Qing Cao, Ph.D.

Office: BA 615 | Phone: 806-742-3919 | Fax: 806-742-3193 | Email: qing.cao@ttu.edu

Jerry Rawls Professor in Management Information Systems

Lubbock, TX 79409-2101

Dr. Qing Cao is the Jerry Rawls Professor of Management Information Systems at the Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University. He holds a Ph.D. from the College of Business Administration at the University of Nebraska (2001) and he also earned an MBA (University of Wisconsin System) and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Shanghai JiaoTong University). Dr. Cao has combined 8 years of industrial experiences in engineering, operations management and IT consulting before entering the academic field in 1997. Before joining Texas Tech fall, 2008, he was an associate professor of Management Information Systems at University of Missouri - Kansas City.

Dr. Cao has taught courses in Management Information Systems, Systems Analysis, Design & Engineering, Quantitative Methods, and Operations Management at both graduate (e.g., Executive MBA & MBA) and undergraduate levels. Dr. Cao is the recipient of the University of Missouri - Kansas City Teaching Award (2007). He is currently teaching Information Technology for Managers (ISQS 5231).

Dr. Cao's research interests include software quality metrics, e-commerce and m-commerce, IT outsourcing, supply chain information management, and artificial intelligence applications. Dr. Cao is a member of Association for Computing Machinery, Association for Information Systems, and Decision Sciences Institute. Dr. Cao is the recipient of the University of Missouri - Kansas City Trustee's Faculty Research Award (2005). Dr. Cao has published more than 23 research papers in top business journals and he also has written and presented more than 40 conferences papers (referred).

Dr. Cao serves as a member of the editorial review board at Computer & Operations Research, International Journal of Service Sciences, and International Journal of Information Technology and Management. Dr. Cao serves as the Associate Program Chair at 2008 Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting.

Dr. Cao co-authored a scholarly book titled "E-commerce operations and information systems management" and three scholarly book chapters on software complexity metrics, IT vendor selection, and IT outsourcing.