Department Chairman Michael Goul says this about Brady Emerson: "You give him a challenge and he meets it head-on, but at the same time, he'll be on the lookout for an additional opportunity.

Michael Spandau is Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President for Global Information Technology for Fender Musical Instruments and a member of the W. P. Carey School's Department of Information Systems Professional Advisory Board.

ASU students are known nationally for their get-up-and-go and go-out-and-get it attitudes toward entrepreneurialism, but the Department of Information Systems is particularly prolific in producing students who have launched their own businesses. KnowIT samples three this month.

Jaime Casap, "Education Evangelist" at Google, was the featured speaker recently at the IT Leadership Seminar hosted by the Department of Information Systems for students in the Master of Science in Information Management (MSIM).

A Rainmaker is someone who makes something happen: at his company, in his career, in his community. The Rainmaker series showcases Department of Information Systems alumni who are catalysts of growth and change.

Green IT initiatives already have proven their payback, but beyond energy savings and cost reductions, "green IT" is evolving into "sustainable IT." Clinical Professor Haluk Demirkan and his research partner, Robert R.

Which prospects are most likely to buy what you're selling? Who are your good credit risks? What will your customers buy next? Chances are, your company uses predictive models to answer these and other questions, or soon will.

Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. is one of the largest distributors of electronics components, computer products and embedded technology, a company whose roots go back to 1921. But technology is more than a product at Avnet.

The Society for Information Management Arizona Chapter has been generating buzz in the Phoenix-area community. That’s thanks in part to the organization’s IT Leader of the Year award, which this year went to Marc Chesley, CTO at Infusionsoft, who is now a member of the SIM board.

The juxtaposition of two buildings under construction in the Phoenix metropolitan area signifies a new dynamic for business in 2013 and beyond. One is a 1 million square foot data center in Chandler that will be the largest of its kind in the country. The other is the W. P.