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Academic History

2002-2005
London School of Economics and Political Science [LSE]
University of London, UK.
PhD in Information Systems.

2001-2002
London School of Economics and Political Science [LSE]
University of London, UK.
MSc in Analysis, Design and Management of Information Systems.

2001
AT Emile Woolf College, London, UK.
Management Accounting [Foundation Stage Uncompleted].

1996-2000
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. [ KNUST]
BSc (Hons) in Planning (Urban and Land Use Planning).

1992-1994
T. I. Ahmadiyya Secondary School, Kumasi, Ghana.
A Level.

1987-1992
Prempeh College, Kumasi, Ghana.
GCE O Level.

Since August 2007

Lecturer of Information Systems: School of Technology, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Accra, Ghana.

March 2005 - April 2007

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow: Interaction Design Centre, University of Limerick, Ireland.

October 2003 - March 2005

Graduate Teaching Assistant: Dept of Information Systems, LSE, UK.

October 2003 - August 2005

Visiting Lecturer: Dept of Humanities, Arts and Languages, London Metropolitan University, UK.

June 2003 - September 2003

Research Assistant: Centre for Learning Technology, LSE, UK.

June 2002 - September 2002

Information Strategy Action Researcher: Lambeth Borough Council, UK.

June - September 1995

Receptionist: Noks Hotel, Kumasi, Ghana.

December 1994 - September 1995

Primary School Teacher: Kokooso Presbyterian Primary School, Suhum District, Eastern Region, Ghana.

Professional Activities

Examiner: University of London External Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems and Management, 2003 - 2006.

Reviewer: 27^th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS '06), 2006.

Reviewer: Information Systems Journal (ISJ) Special Issue on "Managing Knowledge Transfer in Distributed Contexts," 2006.

Reviewer: Communications of the ACM (CACM) Special Issue on "Flexible and Distributed Software Development," 2006.

Reviewer: European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS) Special Issue on "Language-Oriented Action Learning," 2006.

Reviewer: 26^th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS '05), 2005.

Reviewer: International Federation on Information Processing WorkGroup 8.2 (IFIP 8.2) Conference on "Designing Ubiquitous Information Environments - Socio-Technical Issues and Challenges," 2005.

Conferences Attended

December 2001

22nd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA - Delegate.

December 2004

25th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Washington DC, USA - Delegate.

August 2005

International Federation of Information Processing Worgroup 8.2 (IFIP 8.2) Conference (Designing Ubiquitous Information Environments: Socio-Technical Issues and Challenges), Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Presenter.

September 2005

International Workshop on Distributed Software Development (DiSD'05) held at the 13th IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering, Paris, France - Presenter.

May 2006

International Workshop on Global Software Development for the Practitioner (GSD'06) held at the 28th International Conference on Software Engineering, Shanghai, China - Presenter.

• Member: LSE Football Team (2001 - 2005).
• Sports Committee Chairman: Independence Hall, KNUST (1999/2000).
• Captain: KNUST Football Team (1999/2000).
• Member: KNUST Sports Union (1999/2000).
• Member: KNUST Football Team (1996 - 2000).
• Organising Secretary: Department of Planning, KNUST (1998/1999).

Dr. Gamel O. Wiredu
PhD in Information Systems

Referees

Dr. Carsten Sorensen
Department of Management
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 20 7955 6019
Fax: +44 20 7955 6102

E-mail: [email protected]
(PhD Supervisor)