Biography:

Dr. Lawrence "Larry" Burgee is Department Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems, Brown School of Business and Leadership, Stevenson University (Position Announcement). He teaches IS 150 Relational Database Design & SQL with MS Access, IS 301 Principles of E-Commerce, and IS 320 Human-Computer Interaction. He led his Department in the development and approval of five new business-focused IS courses and the new Business Information Systems E-Commerce Technology Track (available to students in the Fall Semester 2011). Dr. Burgee led the inaugural and highly-successful Stevenson University May Term 2010 International Marketing European Study Tour. This was a "progressive cultural-immersion experiential learning initiative" to London, Paris, Cologne, and Prague sanctioned by the University's Learning Beyond program. The Study Tour visited twelve highly-regarded companies in Europe (see summary slides: Lockheed Martin UK, GE Healthcare, Subway UK, Sogeti, DDB France, Sodexo, EDF, 3M Germany, Böttcher, Ford Europe, EIN News, and Synovate) to learn MKT 325 International Marketing first-hand from high-level business executives. In June 2010, he completed the prestigious year-long Stevenson University President's Leadership Series. In April 2011, Dr. Burgee won the Brown School of Business and Leadership Dean's Award for Outstanding Faculty Student Leadership.

 In May 2011, Dr. Burgee offered a One-Credit Option entitled "Cultural Effects Observed in European Advertising and Media" as part of the first May Term IS-260 Presentation Theory European Study Tour to London and Paris (led by Sidas Saulynas). In January 2012, he coordinated and led the first Stevenson University Winter Term in Panama, a mini-mester program held at Quality Leadership University, in Panama City, Panama. He taught MKT 325 International Marketing with an infusion of Panamanian culture and business. In May 2012, he will coordinate and lead the next May Term International Marketing European Study Tour to Paris, Milan, and Prague.

Dr. Burgee was an Assistant Professor of e-Business and Technology Management at Towson University from 2003 to 2009. He taught EBTM 311 Principles of e-Business,  EBTM 367 Internet Technology, EBTM 469 Current Development in e-Business, and MNGT 337 Information Technology and consistently earned outstanding teaching evaluations from students and faculty (peer reviews). He was selected by the The President's Leadership Institute and completed the prestigious Towson University Leadership Program during the 2006-2007 academic year. He  played a pivotal role in the development and implementation of Towson University's first Mobile Technology Classroom. Additionally, Dr. Burgee was a member of several University-level and College-level technology-focused committees and task forces. In May 2006, he taught in the Executive MBA program at the University of Lodz Polish-American Management Center in Lodz, Poland. In January 2008 and January 2009, he taught Principles of e-Business at Quality Leadership University, Towson's affiliate in Panama City, Panama.

Dr. Burgee has been associated with Loyola University Maryland since 1989. He was a Visiting Professor in 2003 and has been an Adjunct Professor since 1997. He has taught GB 704 Information and Technology for Management, GB 748 International Marketing, GB 756 Database Design and Implementation, GB 757 Business Support Technologies, and GB 759 Lattanze Seminar Series in the MBA Program, and BA 251 Management Information Systems, BA 382 International Business, and BA 448 International Marketing in the Undergraduate Program. He earned his M.B.A. at Loyola in 1993 and was the International Business & Marketing Study Tour Coordinator from 1993 to 1998. Dr. Burgee coordinated, attended, and guided six consecutive annual European Study Tours. He developed marketing strategies, established relationships with high-level European executives, and arranged for group visits to more than 75 companies in Belgium, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, and Switzerland. From 1999 to 2002, he was the Executive Director of Lattanze Center @ Loyola University, the Center for Executive Studies in Information Technology. Dr. Burgee was also Loyola's American Experience Program Director. In 2001, he hosted a ten-day educational and cultural visit to Baltimore for 20 Chilean business executives from the Loyola MBA Program at University Alberto Hurtado in Santiago, Chile.

In 2005, Dr. Burgee earned a Ph.D. in Information Systems at University of Maryland, Baltimore County, with a dissertation topic entitled The Effects of Screen Size, Information Organization, and Time on User Comprehension of Text-Based Information Presented in a Web Browser. He has also conducted considerable research examining human-computer interaction issues from an international and cultural perspective as they relate to the global e-Business environment. As a Part-time Instructor at UMBC, he taught Software and Hardware Concepts and Database Program Development.

From 1988 to 1998, Dr. Burgee was employed by the Baltimore Gas & Electric Company. From 1995 to 1998, he was an Information Technology Analyst and was responsible for Oracle Financials Technical Support. He performed extensive project management work for the implementation of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and became very knowledgeable in supply-chain management technology. He was also responsible for the Company's Business Information System Intranet web site and authored more than 200 web pages. From 1992 to 1995, Dr. Burgee was BGE's Disaster Recovery Coordinator, responsible for the recovery activities of Information Systems, Telecommunications, Customer Service, and Nuclear Support Services. From 1988 to 1992, he was a Systems Programmer and maintained large-scale mainframe operating systems (IBM-MVS).

From 1985 to 1988, Dr. Burgee was a VM and MVS Systems Programmer for First National Bank of Maryland (Allfirst Bank) and Mercantile Safe-Deposit and Trust. In 1984, he started his career as a Mathematician at the U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory where he worked on conventional and nuclear weapons testing and simulation.

Dr. Burgee is also an e-Business and Technology Consultant at Burgee & Associates where he consults in the areas of website design, development, and usability where he has created a Web presence for many clients. He also develops and conducts training seminars on a variety of topics:

Relaxing at Old Bahama Bay on Grand Bahama Island. It's only a 35 minute flight from Dr. Burgee's home in Jupiter, Florida	3M, Paris, France; Loyola University International Business & Marketing European Study Tour: May 1996	Dr. Burgee with Dr. Ellen Hoadley, Loyola Associate Professor; Merck Pharmaceuticals, Milan, Italy; Study Tour: May 1995
Larry enjoyed VIP seating and backstage guest pass at the Coldplay and Pete Yorn concert on May 21, 2009! Coldplay Pictures! Videos I shot at the show: Fix You / Viva La Vida	First Subway in Dublin, Ireland; Loyola University International Business & Marketing European Study Tour: May 1993	Dr. Burgee taught Principles of e-Business in Panama in 2008 and 2009 Panama Pictures! Diablo Rojo (Video) A Pavo in Action (Video)

An article about this visit appeared in Ford Europe magazine!

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