Rick Mathieu is the ManTech Fellow and Department Head of the Department of Computer Information Systems & Management Science in the College of Business at James Madison University. He is currently serving on the board of directors for the Shenandoah Valley Technology Council. In addition, he serves as a program evaluator (PEV) for the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET.
From 1999 until 2005 he taught in the Department of Decision Sciences and MIS in the John Cook School of Business at Saint Louis University. From 2003 until 2005 he served as department chair. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. from the University of Virginia and his B.S. from the University of Delaware. From 1991 until 1999 he taught in the Department Information Systems and Operations Management in the Cameron School of Business at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Rick is active in the information systems research community. He is the column editor in IT Systems for Computer (IEEE), and is on the editorial board for the Journal of Information Systems Education, Operations Management Research, the International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management, the International Journal of Services Sciences, and the International Journal of Services and Operations Management. He has published over thirty peer-reviewed journal articles, three peer-reviewed book chapters, one book, and thirty-four conference proceedings. His research has appeared in publications such as Communications of the ACM, Computer (IEEE), Computers and Industrial Engineering, Production Planning and Control, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, and Computers in Industry. He has received fourteen research grants totaling over $138,000.