Dr. Gary Garrison
Assistant Professor of Information Systems Management
Gary Garrison is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems Management at Belmont University. He received his M.B.A. and Ph.D. from The University of Mississippi in 2002 and 2005, respectively and his B.S. in Biology from Missouri State University in 1993. His research is focused on virtual team collaboration and organizational identification and adoption of disruptive technology. His teaching interests include Database Management, Systems Analysis and Design, Project Management, Information Systems Strategy, and Virtual Collaboration.
His goals while at Belmont University are to continue to develop his stream of research, to develop an agile and relevant ISM program, and to provide his students with the knowledge, skills, and ability needed to succeed in a global business environment. Prior to graduate school, he worked as a food microbiologist and chemist at Dairy Farmers of America and most recently as the webmaster for Travelhost Magazine of Branson. During graduate school he worked as a web developer for the business school and as a systems analyst for a startup Internet company.
His biggest accomplishments thus far include his marriage of 10 years to his wife, Melodie and the birth of their two wonderful children, Brayden (9) and Madilyn (5). In his spare time he volunteers as a baseball and a soccer coach for his children’s respective teams and looks forward to the challenge of improving in all facets of his life.
