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Christopher B.R. Diller

Manager, Collaborative Multimedia Networks

Chris is the manager of collaborative multimedia networks and a ninth-year Ph.D. student at the University of Arizona. His primary responsibilities involve administrating the CMI/BORDERS network infrastructure, overseeing its collaboration enterprise, directing its audio/video production & multimedia creation, and managing CMI's lab/production facilities.

Research Interests

Chris' research interests include: Automated deception detection applications, DSS & network-centric collaboration tools for very large groups, economics of informatics, and human factors in system/software design.

Education

• M.S. - Decision & Information Science, University of Florida, 2002.
• M.B.A. - E-Commerce & Marketing, University of Florida, 2000.
• B.S. - Advertising, University of Florida, 1991.

Academic Awards

• Teaching Commendation (2003): Scored in the highest decile in the "Overall Instructor Quality" category of teaching evaluations at the University of Florida.
• Matherly Scholar (2000): Awarded annually to the most outstanding MBA student at the University of Florida, as voted by the MBA faculty.
• Peer Professionalism Award (2000): Awarded to the best overall MBA group member at the University of Florida, as voted by other MBA students.
• Presidential Commendation (2000): Awarded for "outstanding contributions to the University of Florida."

Background

Chris has eight years of management- and executive-level experience in the telecommunications industry (including wireless, wireline, and public communications firms), primarily in advertising, marketing, public relations, and IT positions. He also has work experience in virtually every news medium (including on-air work in radio & television, management of an online virtual community, and editing/reporting for a syndicated daily newspaper).

In his last year at the University of Florida, Chris taught "Information Systems & Operations Strategy" (the capstone course of UF's undergraduate DIS program). He also co-taught a managerial statistics class for UF's Internet MBA program and tutored UF's student-athletes in seven subjects (including Java, C++, operations management, and three economics classes). Additionally, since 1998 he has lectured several graduate classes in topics ranging from wireless telecommunication & "Next-Gen" networks ... to computer network security ... to standards and government policy.

In 1999, Chris published the first version of an academic case study on the now-defunct PointCast Network, which is intended to facilitate classroom discussion of network development and implementation strategy. He has developed several other instructional tools covering MIS and DIS topics, including a role-playing exercise that helps graduate business students understand the central issues in the public policy conflict between "Hollywood" (music and film producers) and the "High-tech" industry (hardware and software manufacturers).

Personal

Chris is a native of Waverly, Iowa, who enjoys golf, Cajun cuisine, classic movies & television, and college athletics.

Chris also spends one week every year in Fort Myers, Florida, announcing the Bank of America City of Palms Classic, the nation's most prestigious high school basketball tournament. He also serves as an IT & business strategy consultant for the tournament, as well as for the Caloosa Tournament Series sport fishing events.