My name is Chris Califf and I am pursuing a Ph.D. in Management Information Systems at Washington State University.
My research interests include online buying behavior, information retention via online learning platforms – with a specific interest in continuing education for professionals and software tutorials – user-interface design, online trust & ethics, work life balance, and energy informatics.
Professional Experience
My professional experience includes two years as a Project Manager at Boxkite Media, a boutique Web design firm located in Athens, GA. My responsibilities ranged from serving as a project manager, acting as a communication liaison between clients and programmers/designers, crafting advertisements (Google and Facebook), analyzing advertisement data to determine buyer behavior, and writing Internet marketing documents and sales proposals.
I am also the founder, IT administrator, and co-editor of Sound Check Music Blog, a daily music news aggregator that receives over 400 hits a day. My business parter and I founded Sound Check in the summer of 2011.
Teaching Experience
MIS 374 (Online): Information Technology Infrastructure and Security. Designing, managing, and securing corporate information technology infrastructures.
MIS 250 (Lab): 12 weeks of teaching, and assisting students with assignments on, MS Word, PowerPoint, Access, and Excel.
Writing Gigs
I currently blog for the UMB Tech Web website EnterpriseEfficiency.com, where I examine enterprise-IT related topics. I also submit bi-weekly blogs to the Atlanta-based social media marketing firm, MegaPlayer, where I rationalize the business models of companies participating in the social Web.
My other writing credits include multiple front-page musings for Technorati.com and a technology news column in the Athens Banner-Herald.
Previous Education
I earned a Bachelors of Business Administration in M.I.S. and a Master’s in Internet Technology from the University of Georgia in 2008 and 2011 respectively. Sick ‘em!
Spare Time
I spend my free time feeding my Netflix addiction, discovering the true sound of music on my newly inherited record player, and traveling anywhere and everywhere around the globe.
