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John Bono

John Bono

Clinical Professor of Information Systems

Associate Department Chair

Associate Academic Director, MS Information Systems

Director, Smith Analytics Consortium

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John Bono is a Clinical Professor of Information Systems and the Associate Department Chair in the Department of Decision, Operations & Information Technologies at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park. He also serves as Associate Academic Director of the MS in Information Systems and Director of the Smith Analytics Consortium. At the College of Information, he serves as an Affiliate Principal Lecturer.

With multiple decades of teaching experience, he is passionate about teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in problem-solving, programming, analytics, databases, Web application development, and systems development lifecycle. He has taught at the School of Computing at George Mason University, School of Technology and Innovation at Marymount University, and School of Cybersecurity and Information Technology at University of Maryland, Global Campus.

Aside from his academic experience, Dr. Bono also has extensive industry experience at for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. His interests include: the design, development, and implementation of information systems to solve business problems; application of systems development methods; and technology acceptance and user adoption within organizations.

He earned his PhD in Information Systems from Nova Southeastern University after completing a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from The Catholic University of America and Master of Science in Electronic Commerce from University of Maryland, Global Campus. He also holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) credential from the Project Management Institute.

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