Dr. Harpal Dhillon
INSTRUCTOR
Dr. Harpal Dhillon has more than 30 years of experience at various levels going from Junior Engineer to the C.E.O. of a company with annual revenues in excess of 80 million dollars. Dr. Dhillon represents an effective combination of deep-rooted technical qualification/experience and well-developed management skills. During his career with four different employers, Dr. Dhillon has managed large projects involving such diverse technical areas as telemedicine, renewable energy, management information systems, computer aided logistics, computer based training, large scale telecommunication systems, database management systems design and implementation, and LAN/WAN design, installation, operation and maintenance. He was actively involved in managing/overseeing several information technology and telecommunications infrastructure projects for two decades.
Along with his career as a corporate executive, Dr. Dhillon has kept involved in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses at a number of universities. The subjects taught by Dr. Dhillon include Database Management for Information Systems, On-line Management Information Systems, Information Resources Management, Human Factors in Information Systems, Human Computer Interaction, Information Security, Quality Assurance, Systems Engineering, Quantitative Decision Methods, Project Management, Operations Management, Managerial Statistics, and Engineering Economics.
In July 2008, Dr. Dhillon completed a 2 year long tenure as the Dean of School of Business and Technology at Excelsior College. He managed 25 full-time staff members in the school, and was responsible for overseeing the on-line distance learning activities and other academic endeavors of nearly 4,400 students in the school. The instruction is provided by more than 120 adjunct faculty members located at various places within and outside the United States. At Excelsior College, Dr. Dhillon successfully managed the accreditation of the Technology programs by ABET, and the accreditation of the Business academic programs by IACBE.
From 2002 to 2006, Dr. Dhillon was a Professor and Chair in the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems at the Southwestern Oklahoma State University. At this institution, he also Associate Dean in the College of Professional and Graduate Studies for 3 years. Dr. Dhillon is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Information Resources Management at University of Maryland, and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Management Sciences at the George Washington University. He has taught graduate and undergraduate classes in Colleges of (i) Engineering, (ii) Management and Business Administration, (iii) Organizational Management, (iv) Arts and Sciences, and (v) Computer Science and Technology. At George Washington University, Dr. Dhillon assisted the administration of the School of Business as an Advisor/Consultant in the AACSB accreditation of the Business academic programs. A major segment of Dr. Dhillon’s experience has involved teaching non-traditional students, utilizing distance learning and traditional class room instruction. Education: University of Massachusetts Ph.D., Operations Research and Systems Engineering Minor: Statistics Oklahoma State University M.S., Industrial Engg. and Management Punjab University, India B.S. (Honors), Mechanical Engineering Minors: Mathematics & Physics
