Education
- DBA, Boston Univeristy, 2000
- M.S., Universidad Metropolitana, 1991
- B.S., Universidad Metropolitana, 1990
Publications
- Ferran, C., & Watts, S. (2008). Videoconferencing in the field: A Heuristic Processing Model.Management Science, 54(9), 1565-1578.
- Ferran, C., & Ferran, B. (2008). El Análisis Regional Frente al Avance Tecnológico y la Redistribución Espacial de Actividades Económicas. Revista BCV XXII(1).
- Ferran, C., & Salim, R. (2008). Fragilidad Pragmática: ¿Las Tecnologías de la Información reducen el subdesarrollo o se adaptan a él? Economia.
- Ferran, C. (2005). Las Estrategias de Contratación. Revista BCV XIX(1).
- Ferran, C., & Salim, R. (2004). IAC Accounting Data Model: A better data structure for computerized accounting systems. Review of Business Information Systems 8(4).
- Ferran, C., & Salim, R. (2003). The Internet and the Digital Divide. Asian Information-Science-Life, 2(1).
- Ferrán-Urdaneta, C. (2001). Endnote: Using technology to keep track of references. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 7(19).
Honors
- Best Paper Award at the International Applied Business Research Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico,February 2004.
- Member of the National Business Honor Society: Beta Gamma Sigma.
- Fannie Mae Peer-reviewed Scholarship for paper presented at ACM SIGCPR'99, New Orleans,Louisiana. 1999.
- Scholarship from "Fundación Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho", Caracas, Venezuela. 1992.
- Academic Excellence Award "Antonio José de Sucre", Caracas, Venezuela. 1992.
- Cum-Laude for the degree of Magister in Finance, Universidad Metropolitana, Caracas, Venezuela. 1991.
- Mention of Honor for the Dissertation to opt to the title of Magister in Finance, Universidad Metropolitana, Caracas, Venezuela. 1991.
- Award on the Venezuelan National Mathematical Olympics (member of the National Math Team), Caracas, Venezuela. 1982.
- Mention of Honor in the National Contest for Nativity Story-tales, FAPREC, Caracas, Venezuela. 1982.
- First Prize in the National Contest for Nativity Story-tales, FAPREC, Caracas, Venezuela. 1978.
Presentations
- Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, México (September 2009) Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP).
- Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, México (September 2009) Outsourcing and Offshoring.
- Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), San Francisco, CA (August 2009). Thebasic/required MIS course in MBA programs taught in Latin-America (Panel).
- Discussant at the VIII International Research Symposium on Accounting Information Systems 2007, Montreal, Canada
- IESA. Caracas, Venezuela (August 2007). ERMS.
- BALAS Annual Conference, San Jose, Costa Rica (April 2007) Doctoral Student Consortium.
- Banco Central de Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela (March 2007). Videoconferencing.
- Universidad de los Andes. Merida, Venezuela (March 2007). Videoconferencing.
- Discussant at the VII International Research Symposium on Accounting Information Systems, Milwaukee, USA (December 2006).
- BALAS Annual Conference, Lima, Peru (April 2006) ERMS: The next generation of ERPs, for shortterm management and highly unpredictable environments.
- Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Mexico (August 2006). ERMS: Evolución delos ERP Hacia la Gerencia del Corto Plazo en Entornos Económicos Poco Predecibles.
- Banco Central de Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela (January 2005). Rightsourcing.
- Discussant at the VI International Research Symposium on Accounting Information Systems 2005, Las Vegas, USA.
- Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), NYC, NY (August 2004). Pragmatic Fragilityof Information Technology in Latin America: Case studies.
- 12th Academy of Business & Administrative Sciences (ABAS) International Conference, Tallinn, Estonia (July 2004). The IAC Accounting Data Model: Eliminating Redundancies for a Consistent Accounting System.
- International Applied Business Research Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico (February 2004). IAC Accounting Data Model: A route to a non-redundant and therefore consistent accounting system.
- First International Conference on Information and Management Sciences (IMS2002), Xi'An, China. (May 2002). The Internet and the Digital Divide.
- Jiaotong University, Xi'An, China. (May 2002). RightSourcing.
- Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2001), Boston, MA (August 2001). Endnote:Keeping Track of References.
- 5th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI’01/ISAS’01), Orlando, FL(July 2001). Neither a perpetuum mobile nor a perfect software: Sincerity in the relationshipbetween the manufacturer and the client with respect to software defects.
- ACM Computer Personnel Research Conference 1999, (SIGCPR'99), New Orleans, Louisiana. Teams or Communities? Organizational structures for knowledge management.
Service
- Penn State Great Valley Alternate Ombudsman 2007-2010
- Curriculum Committee 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009 Chair
- Student Affairs Committee 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2008-2009 Chair
- Strategic Planning Committee 2008-2009
- Judicial Hearing Board 2006-2007 Chair, 2008-2009
- AACSB Strategic Management Seminar, Honolulu, Hawaii 2008
- Assurance of Learning Committee 2008-2009
- Academic Integrity Board 2007-2008 Chair
- Special Chancellor’s Taskforce to evaluate the MSIS Degree Program 2007-2008
- Awards Committee 2006-2007
- Curriculum Credit/Coverage Taskforce 2005-2006 Chair
- Taskforce on IT-equipped Classrooms 2005-2006
- Information Technology Advisory Committee 2004-2005
- AACSB Committee 2003-2004
- Judging at the XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, and XXIII Annual Pennsylvania State University Graduate Exhibition, State College.
Professional Memberships
- Association for Information Systems (AIS)
- Latin American and Caribbean Association for Information Systems (LACAIS)
- The Business Association of Latin American Studies (BALAS)
- Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Academy of Management
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