Sambamurthy to co-chair
BTM Institute's academic council
Group to help businesses find ways to leverage technology

Eli Broad Professor of Information Technology V. Sambamurthy has been named co-chair of the academic council for the new, not for profit BTM Institute, which is dedicated to providing companies with a fundamentally better way to capitalize on technology investments. The other co-chair of the council is Robert Zmud, Michael F. Price Chair in MIS, University of Oklahoma.

The institute will champion the emerging discipline of BTM (Business Technology Management) as the first, unified management practice that enables organizations to see how business and technology intersect. According to Sambamurthy, "Industry and education have historically treated business and technology management disciplines as add-ons to each other, rather than as a necessarily holistic approach to producing economic, operational, and competitive advantages. For the first time, we will set our collective sights on bringing these management concepts together as one."

Members of the institute will collaborate on producing research, publications, books, events, forums and workshops to provide CIOs and their companies, as well as the broader academic community, access to fresh and relevant information about tough business and IT management issues. The institute intends to publish its first research paper in the first half of 2004.

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