The online UW Master of Science in Information Technology Management faculty is one of the program’s greatest strengths. You won’t find another IT management program—online or otherwise—that brings such diverse expertise together in one place. That’s because the MS in IT Management program is a collaboration between UW Online Collaboratives and five University of Wisconsin campuses: UW–La Crosse, UW–Oshkosh, UW–Parkside, UW–Stevens Point, and UW–Superior. All courses in this online program are developed and taught by University of Wisconsin faculty—the same faculty who teach our on-campus courses.
Meet the Faculty
Adam Fornal, MBA | UW–Parkside
Adam Fornal is a lecturer at UW–Parkside.
Mr. Fornal has more than 20 years of experience working in the information technology industry and is also a lecturer at the Wisconsin Technical College System.
He received both his both his MBA and BS degrees from UW–Parkside.
Tomi Heimonen, PhD | UW–Stevens Point
Tomi Heimonen, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Computing and New Media Technologies at UW–Stevens Point.
In his dissertation research, Dr. Heimonen developed and studied tools that support mobile information access with innovative user interface solutions, including search query visualization and result clustering. He has worked on various projects with CSCW and visualization emphasis, developing new ways to support collaborative processes in work groups and knowledge work with information visualization and novel interaction techniques. His current research is focused on multimodal and ubiquitous interfaces for collaboration, communication and information access in various contexts, from technologically augmented learning environments to process control rooms in automation industry.
Dr. Heimonen received his MSc in Computer Science from the University of Tampere, with a focus on Human-Computer Interaction, followed by a PhD in Interactive Technology on which he was advised by Professor Kari-Jouko Räihä.
Tim Krause, PhD | UW–Stevens Point
Tim Krause is a professor in the Department of Computing and New Media Technologies at UW–Stevens Point. He serves as Academic Director for our Applied Computing degree.
Dr. Krause has 20 years of industry and consulting experience, particularly in the areas of project management and user experience (UX). His research interests include public-private partnerships with industry, UX, and usability. He has published a number of papers on the same topics in a variety of journals and edited collections. Dr. Krause has been teaching the department’s capstone course every semester for the past fifteen years.
Dr. Krause received his PhD from Purdue University, MA degree from St. Cloud State University, and BS degree from St. John’s University.
Amber Leibundgut-Peterson, MLIS | UW–La Crosse
Amber Leibundgut-Peterson, MA, is an assistant professor at UW–La Crosse.
Professor Leibundgut-Peterson specializes in web design and physical space uses/improvements.
She received her MA in Library and Information Studies from UW–Madison and a BS in Sociology and English from UW–La Crosse.
John Muraski, DBA | UW–Oshkosh
John Michael Muraski, PhD, is an assistant professor of Information Systems in the College of Business at UW–Oshkosh.
Dr. Muraski’s research is motivated by his desire to pursue purposeful, engaged, value-added research contributing to practitioners, organizations, academics, and theory. He is currently exploring ways to grow the supply of information systems students through actively innovating his Essentials of Information Systems course. This course won an honorable mention in the 2015 Innovation in Business Education Awards of the Midwest Business Deans’ Association. He also received the 2014 Online Outstanding MBA Consortium Faculty of the year award. He serves as a reviewer for the Communications of the AIS and the Project Management Journal, and as the Secretary for the Association for Information Systems SIG on Education (SIGEd).
Dr. Muraski earned his Doctorate of Business Administration from UW–Whitewater, MS in Information Systems from UW–Oshkosh, MBA from UW–Whitewater, and BA in Political Science from UW–Green Bay.
Michael Patton, MBA | UW–Oshkosh
Michael Patton is a lecturer in the Information Systems Department within the College of Business at UW–Oshkosh.
He has held leadership positions in Information Systems for organizations of varied size and industry for over 20 years.
He earned his MBA and MSIS from UW–Oshkosh and his BA in Political Science from the University of Iowa.
Bios and photos coming for the additional program faculty listed below:
Ye “Hannah” Han, PhD | UW-LaCrosse
Peter Haried, PhD | UW–Milwaukee
Nancy Ning, PhD | UW-Parkside
Steven Rosenberg, PhD | UW-Superior
Kamil Samara, PhD | UW-Parkside
Steven Schilhabel, PhD | UW Oshkosh
Joseph Sebastian, PhD | UW-Parkside
Josh Stangle, PhD | UW-Superior
Andy Thompson, MBA | UW-Stevens Point
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