Dave Dischiave is an assistant professor and the director of the graduate Information Management Program in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, where he teaches information management and technology courses. 

Dischiave's Information Technology background spans over thirty years. He has held many technical and management positions at a number of large corporations, where he held a variety positions as computer programmer, programmer/analyst, systems analyst, project manager, application development manager, software engineering manager, and director of application development. 

His teaching experience dates back to the early-seventies where he taught computer fundamentals and computer programming courses at Manchester Community College in Manchester, Connecticut. He also continues to serve as an adjunct faculty member to several local educational institutions, where he teaches a variety of technology and business-related courses in the MBA program at SUNY Oswego and in Computer Studies department at Onondaga Community College. 

Dischiave received a bachelor's degree in computer science from the State University of New York at Potsdam and a Master of Science in Computer Information Technology from Regis University in Denver, Colorado. Today, Dischiave continues to co-own a consulting company, CADEIT, where he does business and technical consulting for a variety of medium to large organizations.    

Research Interests

 Dave's teaching interests continue to be technology focused. He enjoys teaching courses that include: Systems Analysis and Design; Project Management; Database Design, Implementation, Management and Administration; Computer Hardware and Operating System Architecture; Software Engineering; Large Scale Information Systems Integration; Comparative Programming Languages; Management Principles of Application Development and Managing Complex Enterprise Systems.

Teaching Interests

Dave's research interests include: the simplification of process and data modeling techniques, database security, cultural influences on the evolution of computer programming languages and the use of natural language on information and its uses.

Professional Interests

Process and data modeling techniques, object-oriented software engineering principles, object-oriented database management systems and database security techniques.

Personal Interests