Wendy CurrieWendy Currie has research interests in sociological theories in information systems, IT-enabled transformation in healthcare, e-business models (service oriented architectures), and IT and compliance in financial services. She was previously a Profesor in Information Systems at Brunel and Sheffield universities and served as the Principal Investigator of EPSRC and ESRC (Paccit/Link) funded research into e-business models and emerging technologies. Following that appointment, she was Head of Information Systems and Management Group at the Warwick Business School in the University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K. She is presently Professor in Systems Management and Strategy and Director of the International Policy and Technology Research Unit (IPTRU) in the Business School at the University of Greenwich, Queen Anne. She served as European, Middle East and Africa representative for the Association for Information Systems, and was joint Conference Chair for the International Conference on Information Systems held in Arizona in December 2009. She is currently serving on several editorial boards. Her research is published in the information systems and management journals and she works with several 'blue chip' companies on various research projects. She is currently working with the UK National Health Service and the Compliance Institute on ICT adoption and diffusion. Read More Read Less