Overview
Scott Bernard is an assistant professor and director of executive education at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies where he teaches enterprise architecture, IT security architecture, and chief information officer (CIO) courses. As a Professor of Practice, he currently serves as the deputy CIO and chief enterprise architect at the Federal Railroad Administration in the U.S. Department of Transportation. He is also a senior lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, where he developed an executive training curriculum in enterprise architecture that is taught world-wide.
Bernard has more than 20 years of experience in information technology management, including work in the academic, federal, military, and private sectors. He founded a successful IT management consulting business in 2002 and assisted several major consulting firms in establishing consulting practices aimed at CIO support. In 2004, Bernard wrote the first textbook on enterprise architecture (EA) and subsequently has been a featured speaker at EA conferences globally. He holds trademarks for the
EA3 Cube TM framework and methodology that are featured in his book, as well as the design for an online architecture repository that is called
Living EnterpriseTM. He is also the founding editor of the
Journal of Enterprise Architecture that is read world-wide.
Bernard earned his Ph.D. at Virginia Tech in public administration and policy; a master’s degree in business and personnel management from Central Michigan University, a master’s degree in information management from Syracuse University, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Southern California. He is a graduate of the United States Naval War College, and earned a CIO Certificate and an Advanced Program Management Certificate from the National Defense University. Bernard is a former career naval aviator who served in positions on aircraft carriers and with shore squadrons, led major IT programs, and was the director of network operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon.
Research Interests
1. Roles for the Chief Information Officer in the Public and Private Sector. 2. Emergence of the Profession of Enterprise Architecture. 3. Federal Policy Development on Information Resources Management.
Teaching Interests
1. Enterprise Architecture and Capital Planning: An Integrated Approach 2. IT Systems Analysis and Design 3. Public and Private Sector Chief Information Officers 4. The Strategic Use of Information Technologies 5. U.S. Federal Policy on Information Technology
Professional Interests
1. Developing a body of academic and practitioner literature on the Chief Information Officer position. 2. Contributing to academic and practitioner literatures on the emerging practice of enterprise architecture. 3. Growing the School of Information Studies graduate program in Washington DC.
Personal Interests
Tennis, Private Flying, Reading, Old Porsche Sport Cars