C. Ranganathan (Ranga) is an Associate Professor of Information and Decisions Sciences and Director of the Center for Health Information Management and Systems (CHIMS) at the University of Illinois - Chicago. His areas of expertise include healthcare IT, social networks, electronic security and privacy, IT-enabled organizational transformation, information systems strategy, and organizational impacts of IT. Dr. Ranganathan works closely with the industry in his research and teaching activities. He has published over 50 articles in top journals and has presented his work at premier national and international conferences. He was awarded the ICIS Best Dissertation Award for his doctoral thesis on strategic information technology decisions. Dr. Ranganathan is also a three-time winner of the prestigious SIM Paper Awards Competition. His other recognitions include the Favorite MIS Professor Award, the Teaching Recognition Program Award, and the Best Teaching Case Award. His work has attracted funding from several corporations and agencies, including IBM, the Electronic Document Systems Foundation, the US National Science Foundation, and the US state of Illinois's Office of Healthcare Information Technology. Dr. Ranganathan holds a doctorate in management (MIS) from the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad and a master's degree in science from BITS (Birla Institute of Technology and Science) in Pilani, India. He can be reached at ranga@uic.edu.