He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration (Information Systems) from the University of Georgia. He also holds an MBA from Middle Tennessee State University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. His research interests include technological ecosystems, electronic health records, critical realism, and open source software. His research has appeared in several journals, including MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Journal, MIS Quarterly Executive, Communications of the AIS, and Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science.