This is an online expert lecture in the two-weekly Digital Humanism Lecture Series.
James W. Cortada PhD is a Research Fellow at the Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota, USA. Dr. Cortada is a historian specializing in the business and economic history of information and information technologies. He spent over 38 years at IBM in various sales, consulting, management, and executive positions, and is active in the IEEE Computer Society, American Historical Association, and sit on the board of directors of the IT History Society. All these activities have influenced his research. Currently James W. Cortada is exploring the role of information and information tools in American society since 1875, particularly their use in business.