Frank Appunn

Professor @Thomas College

Watervile, ME, US

Appointed as Professor of Information Technology and Management, teaching at bachelor’s and master’s degree levels. Courses include management, entrepreneurship, innovation, computer science, project management, and the security domains. 2013 Motivated and led the inclusion of Information Security and Cyber Security minor for IT and CS students. Introduced a Project Management minor for business and computer science majors, a MBA project management major (MBA-PM), and recognition by the Project Management Institute.2014 Created a security and cyber defenses major. 2015 Conceived and led the inaugural Thomas Cup, drawing school students into technology and STEM. The success of the event led to this becoming a Signature Event at Thomas.2017 Led the adoption of an 8-week teaching schedule and the creation of a MS Cybersecurity.

Nelson Mandela University

B .Comm, Dual major: Accounting & Economics

Tulane University Law School

Corporate Governance, Sarbanes Oxley Focus

(ISC)2

CISSP, Security, Assurance, Cybersecurity

University of Maine

MBA, Management and Decision support

Capella University

PhD completed May 31, 2008, Technology Management and Organizational Behavior, with a cybersecurity dissertation.