Position: Associate Professor Cyber Security & Computer Science
Location: Henkel Building
Email: dscibell@su.edu
Educational History:
A.A.S Penn State University, B.S. Computer & Information Science, University of MD-UC M.S. Systems Engineering, Johns Hopkins University D.Sc. Information Systems & Communication, Robert Morris University
Fields of Expertise:
- Information Privacy & Consumer Exchange of Data
- Computing Systems & Societal Convergence
- Cyber Advancements & Hardening Systems Infrastructure
- Systems Engineering in Computing
- Communication & Integration of Information Systems and Computing Platforms
Professional Highlights:
ABOUT:
My academic and professional experience lends to over twenty-five years of leadership roles in large enterprise-system environments in both the private and public sector. I have experience in defining critical Information Technology infrastructure from ground up, as well as implementation of the systems.
- Adjunct Professor,Mount Saint Mary’s University
- Public Safety Emergency Data Systems and Communications, Montgomery County Government
- Technology Leader, America Online
- Engineer, General Electric Information Systems
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:
Academically earned an Associates Degree of Applied Science from Penn State University, a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Science at University of Maryland UC, a Master’s Degree from Johns Hopkins University in Systems Engineering, and Doctorate Degree from Robert Morris University with a concentration in Information Systems and Communications. Doctoral research explored the convergence of communications and information systems with focus on consumer privacy and the tradeoff implications of using Internet products and services. Academically, served as an adjunct professor at Mount Saint Mary’s University, which is a Catholic Institution located in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Roles in industry included positions technology as an organizational leader directing the designing and implementation of policy, security, procedures, configuration management, change management, chaired multi-agency governance committees and led agency workgroup committees. In addition, designed and implemented disaster recovery, capacity planning, budgetary planning, project management, vendor management, Service Level Agreements (SLA), and software/hardware procurement and life-cycle management. Further experience defining strategic goals and initiative for organizational advancement.
As a technical operations manager–engineer, designed systems architecture and implemented large critical production systems with in-depth experience in systems administration, systems integration, systems programming, cyber security management, hardware and data-center infrastructure, disk subsystems, network components, database management, applications, and systems and vendor support.
Proceedings & Publications
- International Association for Computer Information Systems (IACIS) 2017
Title: The Shaping of Humankind: Ethics and Controls in Cyber Innovations
Web: http://www.iacis.org/conference/proceedings/IACIS_ 2017_Proceedings.pdf - Mount Saint Mary’s University Cyber Ethics and Research Panel, Cyber Security Panel Discussion on current cyber issues. October 4th, 2016 http://msmary.edu/about-the-
Mount/news-and-events/ newspaper-articles/B- article386-msmu-program- encourages-cyber-vigilance- security.html - International Association for Computer Information Systems (IACIS) 2012
Title: The Strategic Hunt for Mobile Consumers through M-Commerce
Web: http://iacis.org/conference/proceedings/IACIS_2012_ Program.pdf - Laurel Highlands Communications Conference (LHCC) 2012
Title: The Convergence of Personal Devices and Business Objectives: Exploring the Delineated Lines between Employee Personal Devices and Business Policy Web: http://www.iup.edu/commmedia/lhcc/default.aspx - BRUNO Independent Living Aids, Inc. WI 2013
Title: Corporate Privacy Perspectives - Issues in Information Systems Journal Volume 13, Issue 1, pp. 144 – 150, 2012
Title: The Strategic Hunt for Mobile Consumers through M-Commerce
Web: http://iacis.org/iis/2012/36_iis_2012_144-150.pdf - Laurel Highlands Communication
Title: The Convergence of Personal Devices and Business Objectives: Exploring the Delineated Lines between Employee Personal Devices and Business Policy - Issues in Information Systems Journal Volume 14, Issue 1, pp. 311 – 314, 2013
Title: The Art of the Shill: Internet Product Consumption for Savvy Consumers
Web: http://iacis.org/iis/2013/216_iis_2013_311-314.pdf - Doctoral Dissertation Research – Robert Morris University August 2013.
Title: The Trade-off: Consumer Privacy for Technology Products and Services UMI: 3568700
Web: http://gradworks.umi.com/35/68/3568700.html - Mercer–Lawrence Business Chronicle, Business Technology Magazine March, 31st, 2014 Issue, pp4.
Title: Mobile Devices in the Workplace
Web: http://www.sharonherald.com/
Committees & Associations
Board of Directors for Saint Thomas More Academy, Independent Catholic School www.stmamd.org/
Mount Saint Mary’s University Cyber Security Advisory Council 2015 – 2017 Web:http://mhec.maryland.gov/
Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honors Society http://upe.acm.org
International Association for Computer Information Systems (IACIS) 2018 Editorial Review Board Web: http://www.iacis.org/iis/iis_
Personal Quote:My Favorite quote which is so true through the lens of technology: Marshall McLuhan “We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.” In response to this notion of McLuhan: “What is our end game?”
Personal Highlights:
Fascination working with mechanical machines – Jeeps, Porsche, Motorcycles, anything with an engine
Enjoy spending time motorcycling and boating exploring everything.
Musician, enjoy and play a multitude of musical instruments non-professionally
Arts – working with glass and wood creating things.
Exploring Appalachia and Industrial Age Reminisce
Interested in Semiotics: “Systems of Meaning” in culture with the adoption of technology
Pondering theorists works in Cybernetics (Kline), Computer Power and Human Reason (Weizenbaum), Cultures and Organizations (Hofstede) Panopticon (Bentham)… only to list a few..