J.P. Auffret is Director of the Research Partnerships and Grants Initiatives in the School of Business and Associate Director of the Center for Assurance Research and Engineering in the Volgenau School of Engineering at George Mason University. He is co-founder and vice president of the International Academy of CIOs and has served on several recent Commonwealth of Virginia commissions including the Commonwealth of Virginia Health Information Technology Advisory Commission (HITAC) and the Electronic Medical Records Advisory Committee of the Virginia General Assembly’s Joint Commission on Technology and Science (JCOTS). Auffret earned a BS in chemistry from Duke University where he was an AB Duke Scholar, an MBA from the University of Virginia and a PhD in physics from American University. Learn More about Dr. Auffret's research and publications at: http://business.gmu.edu/facultyandresearch/faculty/administration/profile/52/107/