Biography

Roberto Evaristo

J. Roberto Evaristo, Ph.D.
Knowledge Management Program Office
3M
revaristo@mmm.com, 651-733-4730

Prior to joining 3M in late 2006, Roberto was on the faculty of the Information and Decision Sciences Department at the University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC), where he taught courses in Business Systems Analysis and Design, Project and Program Management, and Management of Distributed Projects. He has researched and consulted extensively for over fifteen years with work done in the United States, Japan, Latin America and Europe.

Roberto’s work has focused on the management of distributed projects, with emphasis on developing and implementing solutions designed to improve sharing and transfer of appropriate knowledge. One of them, a novel methodology created to improve crisis management and associated short-term knowledge transfer decisions, was the basis for a showcase application developed for Avian Flu Pandemic Preparedness and implemented in Miami (Miami-Dade Health County Health Department). Other applications related to business continuity planning have also been developed.

He has published over 30 refereed articles in both academic and practitioner journals including the Communications of the ACM, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, International Journal of Project Management, International Journal of Emergency Management, Business Horizons, European Management Journal, Human Systems Management, and the Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce. Additionally, Roberto has published over 70 book chapters and conference proceedings as well as engaged in multiple expert panels. Prior to joining the faculty at UIC, Roberto was Associate Professor at University of Denver in Colorado. He has also taught graduate and executive education at the Pontificia Universidade Catolica and Universidade de Sao Paulo in Brazil; Escuela Superior de Administración de Empresas in Lima, Peru; and at SDA Bocconi in Milan, Italy. He was visiting Professor at University College Dublin in Ireland, at Agder College in Kristiansand, Norway, and at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He has also been keynote speaker in more than fifteen worldwide meetings and conferences.

Roberto earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Management Information Systems from the University of Minnesota, his Master of Science in Transportation Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (PET/COPPE, UFRJ) and his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil.