J.P. Allen is an Associate Professor of Information Systems at the School of Business and Professional Studies, University of San Francisco. J.P. was the first Department Chair of USF’s Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship department.
Classroom magic
J.P.’s research examines the organizational and social consequences of information technology. J.P.’s current research focus is on new internet-based business practices, using open source platforms, ‘web 2.0′ style content communities, software-as-a-service, and virtual infrastructure (such as ‘cloud computing’). How can user-led, open innovation in the digital world lead to better ways of doing things? When will these new practices lead to more innovation and knowledge sharing, even among competing firms? J.P. has also published research on information technologies such as gaming, personal digital assistants, mobile applications, enterprise systems, groupware, and large databases of personally identifiable information.
On the lecture circuit (photo credit: David Silver)
At USF, J.P. has developed a set of Internet Business Applications courses for business students. In Internet Apps class, students apply open-source software and web-based services to deliver useful new applications and digital businesses without any previous technology experience. J.P. teaches MBAs and undergrads in our required business process, operations management, and IT course. J.P. also teaches a Freshman Seminar on Social Networking and Online Community.
Before arriving at USF, J.P. was a faculty member at the University of Cambridge, and Purdue University. He has been a visiting professor in Germany and Brazil, a visiting researcher in Sweden and Australia, and has lived in the Bay Area, Orange County (CA), Indiana, Saudi Arabia, England, Greece, and Switzerland.
If you’d like to know more, you can experience:
- J.P.’s official page at the University of San Francisco
- J.P.’s academic C.V.
- J.P.’s
- J.P.’s Facebook profile (login required)
- An interview with J.P. from the USF MBA Podcast Series
- A sample video of J.P. (a social networking lunchtime talk, from October 2007)
J.P.’s email address is jpallen@usfca.edu
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