Jay Nunamaker
Jay Nunamaker, Founder/Member of Board of Directors
Jay Nunamaker has been at the national and international forefront of Management Information Systems (MIS) research and education. He established the MIS department at the University of Arizona, one of the first MIS departments in the nation, in 1974. Under Nunamaker's leadership, the UA's MIS department quickly rose to national prominence. "U.S. News and World Report" has ranked the department among the top-5 nationally since the inception of the rankings in the mid-1980s. Only two other universities, MIT and Carnegie Mellon, have placed in the top five consistently.
Nunamaker also attracted major research grants totaling more than $35 million from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, IBM, AT&T and Intel, among others. He is the author of more than 220 papers and the author/editor of 10 books and seven videos. Nunamaker's work on GroupSystems and computer supported collaboration research resulted in a successful business spin-off and laid the foundation for computer collaboration in the 21st century.
Nunamaker received his doctorate in operations research and systems engineering from Case Institute of Technology in 1968. He earned his bachelor's and a master's degrees in systems and industrial engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and a bachelor's degree in science from Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to joining the University of Arizona, he was a professor of computer science and industrial administration at Purdue University.