Chris F. Kemerer

Chris F. Kemerer is the David M. Roderick Professor of Information Systems and Professor of Business Administration at the University of Pittsburgh's Katz School. He previously served as an associate professor at MIT Sloan School of Management and as a principal at American Management Systems Inc.

• PhD in Systems Sciences (Information Systems), Carnegie Mellon University
• BS (magna cum laude) in Economics and Decision Sciences, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

His research spans management and measurement issues in information systems and software engineering, including technical debt, software metrics, network effects, and technology adoption. He has made significant contributions to software design metrics and empirical analysis of IT markets.

His publications over the last 15 years emphasize technical debt management, software reliability, standards competition, and economic dynamics in microcomputer software. These works bridge software engineering economics with real-world applications in enterprise systems and global markets.

• ISI/Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher in Computer Science
• INFORMS Information Systems Society Distinguished Fellow

He has secured grants from the National Science Foundation and IBM for software evolution research. His consulting includes expert testimony in landmark cases like Microsoft antitrust litigation and Oracle v. Google. He has taught courses in economics of information systems, software design, and technology diffusion at the PhD, Executive DBA, MBA, and EMBA levels.