Patricia Tanner
College of Business
Phone: 260.344.4813
Email: PATanner02@indianatech.edu
Office: Cunningham 214B
My Office Hours
MW: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
TR: 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Classes I Teach
BA2010: Principles of Management
BA2030: Principles of Supply Chain
BA2250: Introduction to Business Analytics
BA2350: Enterprise Systems
BA4150: Applied Analytics Project
CS1250: Problem Solving for Programmers
IS1150: Principles of Information Systems
IS4600: Disaster Recovery
IS5300: Enterprise Networking and Communications
IS5600: Digital Enterprise Systems
IS5700: Information Security & IT Governance
IS5900: Database Management Systems
IS6000: Enterprise Information Systems
IS6600: Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
IS6700: Challenges & Implications of Digitization
MBA5400: Statistical Learning and Analytics
MBA6000: Analytics Boot Camp
MBA6010: Data Wrangling & Big Data
MBA6520: Data Communication and Visualization
My Academic Advising Roles
Business Analytics, Construction Management, Supply Chain Management
Educational Background
M.S. Software Engineering – University of Maryland Global Campus 2002
B.S. Information Systems – University of Maryland Global Campus 2000
Professional Experience
My professional experience spans several decades and included:
- 10.5 years with Indiana Tech – adjunct and Professor of Practice
- 8 years as the owner of Prism Medical Systems, Inc. software consulting firm
- 14 years with Johnson & Johnson working in clinical research and healthcare compliance (HIPAA, Safe
- Harbors, GDPR, CCPA as examples of my compliance activities)
- 5 years with Central Soya IT department and consulting
- 3 years with Lincoln National Life Insurance IT department
- First woman to become a certified IBM repair person (1983)
Why I Teach
Experiencing the digital revolution firsthand showed me many things about automation. It can be confusing, disruptive, and frustrating. I teach to help people become more comfortable, at ease, and recognition of the benefits of technology. Seeing a student understand a part of technology that can help them accomplish a task is extremely satisfying.
Overall though, Indiana Tech provides me the opportunity to learn more and stay current in my domain(s).
Additional Information
Assisted building a computer from component parts, capacitors, resistors, CPU, and even built a keyboard for the computer. I helped my husband who is an electrical engineer over the 9 month process. We had to write our own software because this computer was built in 1977. The first time I wrote a program I designed on that computer was a magical moment and cemented my desire to learn more.
My research interests are information ethics, information security, analytics, databases, and data mining.
I am a member of ACM and IEEE.
I have written a science fantasy novel plus, I sew, make jewelry, and bake.