Professor Ron Weber
BCom(hons) QLD MBA PhD Minnesota FCA FCPA FACS FASSA

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Ron Weber

Professional association:

  1. Fellow of CPA Australia
  2. Fellow of the Australian Computer Society
  3. Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
  4. Fellow of the Association of Information Systems
  5. Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

Biography:

Ron Weber is Dean, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University. Previously, he was Professor of Information Systems in the School of Business and Research Director for the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Queensland. In 1972, he graduated with first-class honors and a University Medal in Accounting from the University of Queensland. From 1970 to 1973, he worked as a programmer, systems analyst, and project manager in the Queensland Main Roads Department. He then undertook his MBA and PhD in Management Information Systems at the University of Minnesota.

In 1977 Ron returned to Australia as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Accounting and Public Finance at the Australian National University. In 1979 he took up the post of Reader in Commerce at The University of Queensland. In 1981 he was appointed Professor of Commerce, and in 1988 he was the inaugural appointment to the GWA Chair in Commerce, which he held until 1993. During periods of leave from The University of Queensland, he has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota, New York University, the University of British Columbia, the University of Alberta, the University of Otago, Nanyang Technological University, and City University of Hong Kong.

Ron has taught and researched in the information systems and accounting areas, and he has published extensively in both Australian and international journals. He has also consulted widely on information systems matters, especially the control and audit of computer systems. Many students and practitioners use his book, Information Systems Control and Audit, internationally. In 1999 he won a University of Queensland award for excellence in teaching. In 2000 he won the inaugural Outstanding Educator Award and the Notable Contribution to the Accounting Literature Award, both presented by the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealands. In 2000, he also won the Prime Ministers Award for Individual University Teacher of the Year and the Australian Universities Teaching Committees Teaching Award for Business, Economics and Related Studies. In 2002 he was elected as a life-member of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand.

Ron is a Fellow of CPA Australia, the Australian Computer Society, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, the Association for Information Systems, and the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. He has been a member of the State Divisional Councils of CPA Australia and the Australian Computer Society and a past member of the National Education Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. From 1987 to 1989 he was Australian President of the Accounting Association of Australia and New Zealand. He was on the committee that established the Brisbane chapter of the EDP Auditors Association and Vice-President of the chapter from 1980-1981. In 1994 he won one of four Silver Jubilee Awards given worldwide by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association for contributions to the profession and the discipline of information systems auditing. In 1996 he was also President of the Association for Information Systems. In 2000 he was co-chair for the International Conference on Information Systems when it is held in Brisbane and in 2001 Chair of the Executive Committee of the International Conference on Information Systems.

Ron has worked on many editorial boards. He served as Editor-in-Chief for the MIS Quarterly from 2002 to 2004.

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