Mark E. NissenDr. Mark E. Nissen is Associate Professor of Information Science & Management at the Naval Postgraduate School, USA. His research focuses on knowledge dynamics. He approaches technology, work and organizations as an integrated design problem. Recent esearch has focused on the phenomenology of knowledge flows. Dr. Nissen's publications span knowledge management, information systems, project management, organization studies and related fields. In 2000, he received the Menneken Faculty Award for Excellence in Scientific Research, the top research award available to faculty at the Naval Postgraduate School. In 2001, he received a prestigious Young Investigator Grant Award from the Office of Naval Research. In 2002 – 2003, he spent his sabbatical year in the Stanford Engineering School. He founded the Center for Edge Power at the Naval Postgraduate School in 2004, and currently serves as Regional Editor (Americas) for the journal Knowledge Management Research & Practice and participates on the Boards of multiple scholarly journals. Before his information systems Ph.D. at the University of Southern California, he acquired over a dozen years' management experience in the aerospace and electronics industries. Read More Read Less