JamesP.Clements is theVice President for Economic and Com-munity Outreach at Towsom University and the Robert W.Deutsch Distinguished Professor lf Information Technology.He previouslycerved as the executive diyector of the Center for Applied Information Technology andthe Chair of the Department of Computer and Information Sciences a t Towson Unirersyty.He holds an M.S.and a Ph.D.in operations analysis fromthe university of Maryland Baltimore County ,an M.S.in computer science from Jlhns Hopkins University ,and a B.S.in compterscience From the Umiversity of Maryland Baltimore County .He has publkshed and presented nore than50papers on various projectmanagement and information sys-tems topics .During the past 20years ,he has served as a consultant to numerous industry and business groups .Dr ,Clenents is also a four-time winner of the FacultyMenber of the Year Award given bystudents at Towson University.