The Center is the focal point for industry engagement for all areas related to Information Technology and Management
We work with local DFW companies and non-profits, as well as multinationals who have a major DFW presence. Companies work with us to sponsor both undergraduate and graduate student projects and competitions. They also fund internships and work with graduate students and faculty on cutting-edge research problems.
Mission
The Center acts a focal point of engagement between DFW industry and UT Dallas faculty/students in the Information Systems area, based on five pillars:
- At corporate location
We encourage companies to contact the Center for interns in the Information Systems area (both undergraduate and graduate).
Companies are invited to talk on current and important business topics upon invitation by the Center.
- Proof of concept and prototype
The project sponsor provides a use case and relevant data for a 1-2 semester project, done on campus by 2-4 person student teams with part-time faculty supervision. The sponsor test-drives a project that cannot be done in-house because of resource or expertise constraints and observes students for future hiring. We have worked on funded research projects for telecommunications, financial services and travel industry clients.
- Graduate and undergraduate capstones – Companies provide use cases and datasets and the projects are executed by teams of 4-5 students. There is no cost for these activities.
- Co-teaching with UTD faculty
- Guest lectures
- Prizes
- Use cases
Companies provide use cases and prize money. Student teams present results to the company judges for evaluation.
Companies provide use cases and prize money. Student teams present results to the company judges for evaluation.
Advisory Board
The Industry Advisory Board helps the Center with executing its mission and drives its connection to the DFW business community. The Board meets on the UTD campus once each semester, with conference calls as needed. The current members of the Board are:
| Name | Title | Company | Focus area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anoop Agrawal | Director | Verizon | Edge computing and Software Defined Networks |
| Mark Bunn | Senior VP | Nokia | SaaS |
| Carolyn Carlson | Head of Enterprise Sales | Google Cloud | Cloud |
| Sara Eaton | Managing Director | Slalom | Business consulting |
| Randy Hanna | Executive VP and CTO | GM Financial | IT leadership |
| Tan Moorthy | Executive VP | Infosys | Global leadership |
| Tushar Mutreja | VP | Salesforce | CRM partner enablement |
| Toby Pennycuff | Executive VP and CIO | Hilltop Holdings | Cybersecurity |
| Moyez Thanawalla | CEO and founder | t.digital | Technology leadership |
| Josh Weatherly | Managing Director, Public Sector | Amazon Web Services | Cloud |
| David Woody | Director | American Heart Association | Non-profit leadership |
Industry Interactions
CITM’s participants represent a wide range of the Dallas-Fort Worth area’s top corporations. Recent companies include:
- Verizon
- Qualtrics
- Hilltop Holdings
- iLink Digital
- Infosys
- Amazon Web Services
- Salesforce
- Slalom Consulting LLC
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