IRMA BECERRA-FERNANDEZ

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Professional Preparation
Institution
University of Miami
University of Miami
Florida International University

Major
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering

Degree and Year

B.S. 1982
M.S. 1986
Ph.D. 1994

Appointments
May 2013-present
Florida International University (FIU) Vice President for Engagement
Jan 20110-May 2012 FIU Vice Provost for Academic Affairs.
July 2009-January 2010 FIU College of Business Administration (CBA) Director of the Pino
Entrepreneurship Center and Full Professor of Management Information Systems
(MIS)
August 2003-2009,
FIU CBA Associate Professor of MIS. Knight Ridder Research Professor of MIS.
2007 Kauffman Entrepreneurship Professor. Faculty Director of the Masters of
Science in MIS. Director of the MIS PhD Program. Director of the Knowledge
Management Lab. Sabbatical appointment to NASA Headquarters (Sept. 2004
Sept. 2005)
August 19982003
FIU, College of Business Administration, Assistant Professor of MIS, Founder
and Director of the Knowledge Management (KM) Lab.
August 19961998
FIU, College of Engineering, Visiting Assistant Professor and Director External
Programs,
December 1994-1996 FIU, Area Director, NASA Southern Technology Applications Center (STAC)
July 1983- 1990
Florida Power and Light, Engineer I and Techniques I Instructor.
Publications
Books:
1. Sabherwal, R. and Becerra-Fernandez, I. (2010) Business Intelligence: Practices, Technologies, and
Management (2010). Publisher: Wiley, Hoboken, NY, USA. ISBN-13: 978-0470461709.
2. Becerra-Fernandez, I. and Sabherwal, R. (2010) Knowledge Management: Systems and Processes
(2010). Publisher: M. E. Sharpe, Armonk, NY, USA. ISBN-10: 076562351X
3. Becerra-Fernandez, I and Leidner, D. [eds] (2008) Knowledge Management: En Evolutionary View of
the Field. Published in the series Advances in Management Information Systems, edited by Vladimir
Zwass, series Editor. Publisher: M. E. Sharpe, Armonk, NY, USA. ISBN: 978-0-7656-1637-1.
4. Becerra-Fernandez, I., Gonzalez, A., & Sabherwal, R. (2004) Knowledge Management: Challenges,
Solutions, and Technologies. Publisher: Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA. ISBN: 0-13101606-7.
Other Significant Publications
1. Xia, W. , Becerra-Fernandez, I. , S Gudi, A. and S Rocha, J.. "Emergency Management Task
Complexity and Knowledge Sharing Strategies" Cutter IT Journal, January 2011.
2. Becerra-Fernandez, I., Elam J., and PSP Clemmons, S. Reversing the landslide in Student
Enrollments in Computer-Related Degree Programs *Communications of the ACM. 53 (2) 127-133.
3. Hoffman, R. , Ziebell, D., Fiore, S., and Becerra-Fernandez, I. (2008) Knowledge Management
Revisited, IEEE: Intelligent Systems, 23(3) 84-88.
4. Kumar, K. and Becerra-Fernandez, I. (2007) Interaction Technology: Speech-Act Based Information
Technology Support for Building Collaborative Relationships and Trust. Decision Support Systems,
43(2), 584-606.
5. Becerra-Fernandez, I. (2006) Searching for Experts on the Web: A Review of Contemporary
Expertise Locator Systems. *ACM Transactions on Internet Technology. 6(4), 333-355.
6. Sabherwal, R. & Becerra-Fernandez, I. (2005) Integrating Specific Knowledge: Insights from the
Kennedy Space Center. *IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 52(3), 301-315.
7. Sabherwal, R. & Becerra-Fernandez, I. (2003) An Empirical Study of the Effect of Knowledge
Management Processes at Individual, Group, and Organizational Levels. *Decision Sciences, 34 (2),
225-261.

8. Becerra-Fernandez, I., & Sabherwal, R. (2001). Organizational Knowledge Management Processes:

A Contingency Perspective. *Journal of Management Information Systems, 18(1), 23-55.
Synergistic Activities
1. Founder and director of the Knowledge Management (KM) Lab at Florida International University
College of Business Administration. Have received over $1.8 Million dollars in funding, primarily
federal, since started the operations of the KM Lab in June 1997. The charter of the KM Lab is to
research and evaluate the practices, processes, and technologies that are being used in the field of
KM. To date, sixty-four undergraduate and graduate, predominantly minority students have received
paid internships and scholarships to work on research projects at the KM Lab.
2. Editorial Boards of the Internal Journal of Knowledge and Learning (IJKL) and the International
Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation (IJMLO).
3. Have published eight case studies, which have a pedagogical value and are currently in use in
different courses and at the different universities.
4. Have collaborated with many researchers across the world to assist in the development of courses in
KM in different disciplines, including business, library sciences, and computer sciences.
5. Have delivered many invited presentations at universities around the world, including: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Hong Kong Polytechnic, Univ. of
Colorado at Denver, Univ. of British Columbia, Univ. of South Florida, George Washington Univ.
Delivered keynotes and participated in numerous conferences with a business, computer science and
engineering focus.
Collaborators & Other Affiliations
a. Collaborators and Co-Editors (last 48 months)
Agha, Gul Univ of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign, IL.
Cousins, Karlene FIU, Miami, FL
Del Alto, Marta NASA, ARC, CA.
Elam, Joyce - FIU, Miami, FL.
Gonzalez, Avelino University of Central
Florida, Orlando, FL
Kumar, Kuldeep FIU, Miami, FL.
Madey, Greg Univ. of Notre Dame, IA.
Murphy, Kenneth - FIU, Miami, FL
Prietula, Michael Emory University
Rodriguez, Domingo, UPRM, PR.
Sabherwal, Rajiv - UMSL, St. Louis, MO
Stewart, Helen NASA, ARC, CA.
Walczak, Steven University of ColoradoDenver, CO
Weber, Rosina Drexel, Philadelphia, PA.
Welty, Bill - Action Technologies, Inc.,
Alameda, CA
Xia, Weidong FIU, Miami, FL
Zanakis, Stelios FIU, Miami, FL

b. Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors

Florida International University, Miami, FL
Dr. Subbarao, Wunnava (Dissertation
Advisor)
Dr. Roig, Gustavo
Dr. Yen, Kang
c. Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar
Sponsor
Florida International University, Miami, FL
Jose Rocha- (2011) Dissertation Chair
(Completed)
Arvind Gudi (2009) Dissertation Chair
(Completed)
Susan Clemmons (2005) Dissertation
Committee
Guillermo Garcia Tunon (2008) Dissertation
Committee
Sheng Ying Tseng (2009) Dissertation
Committee
Carlos Albornoz (Current) Dissertation
Committee
Hartmann, Hector (1999)Thesis Supervisor
Meneses,Benigno (1998)-Thesis Committee
Quintana, Alvaro (1997) -Thesis Committee
Riedel, Jessica (1999) - Thesis Supervisor
Total number of PhD students for which I am the
supervisor (completed): 2
Total number of MS students for which I am the
thesis supervisor (completed): 2