Matthew Patrick Sopha Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Information Systems, W. P. Carey School of Business, Office: BA 320A E-mail (Work): msopha@asu.edu W. P. Carey School of Business Phone (Office): (480) 965-3252 P.O. Box 874606 85287-4606 Education 2013 Ph.D. in Business Administration Concentration: Information Systems W.P. Carey School of Business Dissertation: It s Not All About the Music: Digital Goods, Social Media, and the Pressure of Peers Dissertation Committee: Raghu Santanam, Professor, Department of Information Systems, ASU (Dissertation Chair) Bin Gu, Professor, Department of Information Systems, ASU Michael Goul, Department Chair, Department of Information Systems, ASU 2008 Master of Business Administration Concentration: Marketing W.P. Carey School of Business W.P. Carey School of Business 2004 Bachelor of Music Concentration: Performance Double Major: Computer Science Honor: Cum Laude Herberger College of Fine Arts Publications Sopha, Matthew and Balkan, Sule (2014) "Going Mobile: Teaching First-Year Business Students Mobile Application Design," Communications of the Association for Information Systems: Vol. 35, Article 13. Kauffman, R. J., T. S. Raghu, Sopha, M. (2011). Producer-Intermediary Relationships in the Long Tail. Exploring the Grand Challenges for Next Generation E-Business. Ed. R. Sharman, H. R. Rao and T. S. Raghu, Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 52: 105-108.
Peer-Reviewed Conference Articles and Proceedings Sopha, M., Raghu, T.S. It s Not Always About the Music: User Preference for Musicians on Facebook, AMCIS 2012, Seattle, WA, August 2012. Balkan, S., Sopha, M. I m Going Mobile: Teaching Freshman Business Students Mobile Application Development, AMCIS 2012, Seattle, WA, August 2012. Kauffman, R.J., Raghu, T.S., and Sopha, M. Producer-intermediary relationships in the long tail. 8 th Workshop on ebusiness, Phoenix, AZ, December 2009. Working Papers Sopha, M. Raghu, T.S. This is Ourselves Under Pressure: Social Influences on User Preference for Musicians on Facebook. Sopha, M., and Balkan, S., Information Systems Curriculum Development. Teaching Fall 2017 Instructor CIS 235 Introduction to Information Systems (Online IS Core Course ASU Online) Evaluation Score: Online Program (scale of 5): 4.91 Response Rate: 36.84% Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.64 Instructor CIS 235 Introduction to Information Systems (Online IS Core Course icourse) Evaluation Score: Online Program (scale of 5): Response Rate: 13.64% Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.23 Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.51 Response Rate: 87.1% Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.74 Response Rate: 77.42% Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.53 Response Rate: 91.67% Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.57 Response Rate: 91.18% Summer 2017 Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.96 Response Rate: 21.43% Spring 2017 Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.65 Response Rate: 68.75% Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.61 Response Rate: 43.75% Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.5 Response Rate: 60.53% Instructor CIS 575 Emerging Technology (MSIM Core Course)
Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.44 Response Rate: 56% Instructor CIS 575 Emerging Technology (Online MSIM Core Course) Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.26 Response Rate: 52.38% Fall 2016 Instructor CIS 235 Introduction to Information Systems (Online IS Core Course Course Launch) Evaluation Score: Online Program (scale of 5): 4.91 Response Rate: 72.73% Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.81 Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.56 Response Rate: 90.7% Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.52 Response Rate: 86.36% Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.37 Response Rate: 77.27% Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.58 Response Rate: 95.35% Summer 2016 Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.61 Response Rate: 75% Instructor CIS 575 Emerging Technology (Online MSIM Core Course) Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.41 Response Rate: 69.7% Spring 2016 Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.27 Response Rate: 80.65% Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.61 Response Rate: 75% Instructor CIS 575 Emerging Technology (MSIM Core Course) Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.42 Response Rate: 78.95% Fall 2015 Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.38 Response Rate: 39.02% Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.44 Response Rate: 60% Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.14 Response Rate: 61.11% Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.07 Response Rate: 61.11% Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.35 Response Rate: 52.78% Summer 2015 Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 5.8 Response Rate: 33.33%
Topics include: Project Management Methodologies, Practicing Agile Development (Scrum, Kanban), Systems Design and Development, DevOps, IT Management Theory, Theory of Constraints, Version Control Software (Git/GitHub) Evaluation Score (scale of 7): NA Department: NA College: NA Spring 2015 Instructor IS 251 Information Systems (IS Core Course) Evaluation Score (scale of 4): 3.8 Department: 3.7 College: 3.5 Evaluation Score (scale of 4): 3.7 Department: 3.7 College: 3.5 2014 Topics include: Competitive and Strategic Uses of MIS, Effective Management Using MIS, Beginning Database Concepts, Introduction to the SDLC and UML. Project: Evaluate an organization or company in terms of their recent strategic implementation of IT/IS and present the results Instructor IS 352 Applications Development (IS Core Course) Evaluation Score (scale of 4): 3.5 Department: 3.6 College: 3.4 Topics Include: Java, Object Oriented Programming (Using Java and Eclipse IDE), Android Application Design, Android Application Development, Model-View-Controller, BPMN, Project: Design a mobile application for use by the student community using basic application of the SDLC, planning strategies (cost-benefit analysis, NPV, etc.), and UML diagrams Instructor IS 251 Information Systems (IS Core Course) Evaluation Score (scale of 4): 3.5 Department: 3.6 College: 3.4 Evaluation Score (scale of 4): 3.4 Department: 3.6 College: 3.4 Evaluation Score (scale of 4): 3.6 Department: 3.6 College: 3.5 Evaluation Score (scale of 4): 3.6 Department: 3.6 College: 3.5 2013 Instructor IS 251 Information Systems (IS Core Course) Evaluation Score (scale of 4): 3.4 Department: 3.4 College: 3.5 Evaluation Score (scale of 4): 3.3 Department: 3.4 College: 3.5 Instructor IS 352 Applications Development (IS Core Course) Evaluation Score (scale of 4): 2.8 Department: 3.4 College: 3.5 2012 Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.86 Department: 6.16 College: 6.31 Topics include: Project Management Methodologies, Practicing Agile Development (Scrum), Enterprise Systems Design and Development Instructor CIS 340 Business Information Systems Development I (IS Core Course) Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.88 Department: 5.92 College: 6.12
Topics include: Systems Development Lifecycle, Application Development and Design, UML 2.0, Object Oriented Programming (using C# 2010), Object Oriented Analysis and Design Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.7 Department: 6.16 College: 6.31 2011 Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.1 Department: 5.75 College: 5.99 Instructor CIS 425 Electronic Commerce Strategy and Web Design (IS Core Course) Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.63 Department: 5.9 College: 6.14 Topics include: Electronic Commerce Theory and Practice, Effective Web Design, Flow, Color Theory, Web Development (using ASP.NET, C# 2010, and MS-SQL) TA / Project Lead CIS 235 Introduction to Information Systems. Lectured 6 sessions (of 30) Curriculum Redesign / TA CIS 425 Electronic Commerce Strategy and Web Design (IS Core Course). Redeveloped topics include: Electronic Commerce Theory and Practice, Effective Web Design, Flow, Color Theory, Web Development (using HTML5/CSS3, PHP, and MySQL) 2010 Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.35 Department: 6.03 College: 6.27 Instructor CIS 425 Electronic Commerce Strategy and Web Design (IS Core Course) Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.67 Department: 6.26 College: 6.31 TA / Technology Lab Lecturer CIS 425 Electronic Commerce Strategy and Web Design (IS Core Course). Lectured 15 sessions (of 30) Web Design and Development 2009 Instructor CIS 425 Electronic Commerce Strategy and Web Design (IS Core Course) Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 6.84 Department: 6.16 College: 6.27 TA / Technology Lab Lecturer CIS 425 Electronic Commerce Strategy and Web Design (IS Core Course). Lectured 15 sessions (of 30) Web Design and Development Guest Lecturer CIS 591 Information Technology Management (MBA Core IS Course). Lectured 3 sessions (of 9) Digital Goods Strategy, The Long Tail, Software Development Project Management 2008 Instructor CIS 220 Programming Concepts for Accountancy Majors Evaluation Score (scale of 7): 5.97 Department: 6.02 College: 6.16 Introduction to Procedural Programming, Visual Basic 2008, Visual Basic for Applications (macros for automating tasks in Excel and Access) Service
Committee Service: o Undergraduate Program Committee (2015-Present) o CIS Program Review Committee (2015-Present) Chair, 2017-Present o IS Honor and Award Committee, Chair (2015-Present) o CIS 575 Course Coordinator (2015-Present) o CIS 235 Course Coordinator (2016-Present) o CIS 236 Course Coordinator (2015-Present) o Honors Faculty Advisor (Barrett Honors College) (2015-Present) o Leaders Academy Advisor (Barrett Honors College) (2015-Present) Course Coordinator: o CIS 236 Honors Intro to IS (2015-Present) o IS 351 Applications Development (2013-15) Editorial Assistant: Journal of Information Systems, Paul Steinbart, Editor (2009-10) Reviewer: ICIS (2015-Present) AMCIS (2011-Present), HICSS (2011-Present), ECRA (2011-Present), ECIS (2015-Present) Board Member/Faculty Advisor: igoforth mobile application student development competition, advisor to first and second place teams, 2013-15 Project Management Seminars: Conducted sessions for Director of the Office of Project Management at Loyola University Maryland, 2013-15 Microsoft Certification: Designing, Deploying, and Managing Solutions for a Small- and Medium- Sized Business Professional Experience Clinical Assistant Professor 2015-Present Loyola University Maryland Assistant Professor of Information Systems 2013-2015 Baltimore, MD Ph.D. Student 2008-2013 Sprint/Nextel Implementation Project Manager 2007-2008 Phoenix/Tucson, AZ; Irvine, CA; Overland Park, KS Best Buy Corporation Business Technology Consultant 2005-2007 Southwest Market, AZ, NM, NV; Minneapolis, MN
TAP Communications Software and Web Developer, Network Administrator 2000-2008 Overland Park, KS; Phoenix, AZ 10+ years professional experience as an accomplished actor, singer, director, choreographer, and producer at numerous large- and small-scale theatres across the United States.