This book features
- Real-life case studies from Fortune 500 companies
- Interactive excercises
- Easy to read figures, tables, and other illustrations
- Portfolio
- » About the Author
Rupert Hayles, Jr. is the author of Practical Strategy: Aligning Business and Information Technology. He currently serves as Chief Operating Office of a 5,000-member organization in northern New Jersey, and as professor of Technology Strategy at Seton Hall University.
Rupert’s distinguished background in both business operations and Information Technology includes serving as Associate Director of Central Engineering at Merck & Company, where he provided oversight to its Information Systems Project Group within Computer Integrated Engineering and Construction. Formerly, he served as Cytec Industries’ Business Technology Leader, with primary responsibility for all systems development and IT strategic plans. And earlier, while at The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Rupert managed its Business Systems Planning Office and headed its new product development and emerging technologies group.
A graduate of The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania, Rupert has also served as 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force where he was trained as a pilot in T-37 aircraft. Rupert is married to Maryann Hayles and they make their home in Warren County, NJ.