Timothy J. Burns is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems in the Anisfield School of Business at Ramapo College of New Jersey, where he teaches courses in the principles of information systems and in systems analysis and design. Dr. Burns has more than 25 years of experience working as a practitioner in the information systems field, primarily as a consultant to organizations in a multitude of industries, including several Fortune 100 companies. His research interests include information systems development and methodologies, shared services implementation, design science theory, software engineering, and general systems theory. He holds a Ph.D. in information systems from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, an M.B.A. from Iona College, and a B.S. from Florida Atlantic University.