Biography:

Present Professional Responsibilities and Activities Dr. Riley is currently Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at theUniversity of Maryland, College Park, charged with overseeing information technology planning and coordination for the Campus information technology infrastructure: all major central computing, telecommunications and networking infrastructure and services, including academic, student and administrative computer services and instructional technology, with an annual operating budget of over $30 million.

Dr. Riley is a faculty member in the Decision Information Technologies division of the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. Prior to that he was on the faculty of the University of Minnesota Mechanical Engineering Department from 1976 to 1998. Research and teaching interests included applications of interactive computer graphics to CAD-CAM; knowledge-based systems for design and manufacturing; computer-aided mechanism analysis and design; application of CAD/ CAM techniques to biomechanical and bioengineering problems; and product development process. He has published over 100 refereed technical papers and several copyrighted software packages for computer aided design; he has graduated 27 Master of Science and 13 Ph. D. students; he has been responsible as principal or co-principal investigator for over $2,500,000 in external research funding, over $400,000 in educational development grants for computer based instructional software development, and $1.75 million in other grants.

Dr. Riley participated in the founding and leadership of the Computers in Engineering Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and 1990-91 Chair of its Executive Committee; numerous seminars, invited lectures and presentations, panel sessions, short courses and tutorials at the local, national, and international level.