Contact Information
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484 Nicks Hall pittares@etsu.edu 423-439-6951 http://einstein.etsu.edu/~pittares/index.php |
Areas of Research
- e-Business and e-Commerce:
- Usability and design of commerce and non-commerce business sites
- Applicability of historic physical retail merchandising and design techniques in the online environment
- Effective e-business models and supporting practices
- Web Programming and Design
- Usability and Human Computer Interaction research and statistical analysis
- Team-based Web planning, design, and construction
- Application of Software Engineering principles to Web development
- Use of technology in support of business
- Developing a technology plan for creating competitive advantage in business
- Building web-supportive information handling processes into organizational systems
Classes Taught
CSCI 1710 - Essentials of Web Development
CSCI 2910 - Client and Server-Side Programming
Dr. Pittarese earned his undergraduate degree in Management in 1991 from Pensacola Christian College, and an M.B.A. in Management and Marketing from the University of West Florida in 1992. During this time he joined the faculty of a local college and began teaching undergraduate business classes. In his free time, he set up and operated a hobbyist Bulletin Board System, The Eagles Nest. The Eagles Nest was the first free, publicly available system in northwest Florida to offer Internet e-mail and USENET newsgroup access to the public. Out of that hobby grew a desire to learn more about the use of technology to build communities, support communication, and transform business operations. In 1995 he returned to the University of West Florida and completed an M.S. degree in Computer Software Engineering. His Ph.D. in Computer Science and Software Engineering from Auburn University was completed in 2003, with a coursework and research focus on Human Computer Interaction in online retailing.
Personal Information
Dr. Pittarese enjoys reading real-life stories of crime and criminal, and studying the JFK Assassination in particular. While living in Florida he experienced over a dozen hurricanes of varying intensity, the largest being the Category 4 Hurricane Ivan in 2004. Dr. Pittarese and his wife Dianne are big Disney World fans who love visiting the parks and learning trivia about the attractions and park design.