"One of the great assets of Monash is that it is a truly global university. With campuses in Australia, South Africa, Malaysia, and a learning centre in Prato, Italy. Monash is recognised as the world educator of IT innovators of tomorrow. Those who wish to study IT will acquire credentials that are relatively unconstrained by nationally-specific practice standards. There are few industries where skilled professionals are as globally mobile as those who work in IT field. Accordingly, a credential from a university of quality such as Monash, with a physical base and a profile on five continents serves IT professionals well." said Professor Weber, Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology.
Professor Ron Weber was appointed as Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University in February 2004. Previously, Professor Weber was Professor of Information Systems in the School of Business and Research Director for the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Queensland.
Professor Weber's first degree was a Bachelor of Commerce in which he obtained first class honours from the University of Queensland in 1972. After working as a programmer, systems analyst, and project manager, he then undertook his MBA (1975) and PhD (1977) in Management Information Systems at the University of Minnesota.
In 1977 Professor Weber returned to Australia as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Accounting and Public Finance at the Australian National University . In 1979 he took up the post of Reader in Commerce at The University of Queensland. In 1981 he was appointed Professor of Commerce, and in 1988 he was the inaugural appointment to the GWA Chair in Commerce, which he held until 1993.
During his career, Professor Weber has held visiting academic appointments at the University of Alberta , the University of British Columbia , the City University of Hong Kong, the University of Minnesota , Nanyang Technological University Singapore , New York University and the University of Otago.
His main research interests are in ontology (a branch of metaphysics), conceptual modelling, modelling of information systems, and information systems management, audit and control. He has published extensively in both Australian and international journals, and many students and practitioners use his book, Information Systems Control and Audit , internationally.
Professor Weber is a fellow of the Australian Computer Society, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia , CPA Australia, the Association for Information Systems, and the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia . In 2002 he was elected as a life-member of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand.
His many awards include the University Medal ( University of Queensland ), University of Minnesota Corporate Fellowship and the Prime Minister's Award for University Teacher of the Year (2000). In 1994 he won one of four Silver Jubilee Awards given worldwide by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association for contributions to the profession and the discipline of information systems auditing.
Professor Weber has worked on many editorial boards. He is a past senior editor for the MIS Quarterly and on 31 December 2004 ended a three-year term as Editor-in-Chief MIS Quarterly being the first non-U.S. resident to ever hold the position.