She received her PhD in Management Information Systems from the University of Georgia and holds a Masters of Business Administration and Economics from the University of Hohenheim, Germany. Her research interests include applying organizational theories to IS issues, open source, e-commerce and digital communities. Prior to working on her PhD she worked for three years as a consultant for Deloitte Business Consulting GmbH (formerly Arthur Andersen Business Consulting GmbH) in Germany where she worked on the analysis, design, and implementation of business intelligence systems.