About our authors
Amy S. Kinser, Esq. (Series Editor) holds a B.A. degree in Chemistry with a Business minor from Indiana University, and a J.D. from the Maurer School of Law, also at Indiana University. After working as an environmental chemist, starting her own technology consulting company, and practicing intellectual property law, she has spent the past 20-plus years teaching technology at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Currently, she serves as the Executive Director of Teaching and Learning in the Office of the Dean and Teaching Professor in Computer Skills at the Kelley School of Business. She also loves spending time with her 2 sons, Aidan and J. Matthew, and her husband J. Eric.
Kristyn A. Jacobson holds an M.S. in Education from the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse and a B.S. in Business Education from the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. She has been the Business Technology Department Chair and a faculty member at Madison College in Madison, Wisconsin, for over 20 years. She also serves as the curriculum coordinator for Microsoft Excel courses for the college. As well as teaching, Kristyn enjoys providing training to businesses on the Microsoft Office Suite including Microsoft Project, project management, customer service, personal productivity and time management. Prior to Madison College, she taught at a business college in Des Moines, Iowa, where she helped implement an online learning program while also teaching traditional business courses.
Eric Kinser received his B.S. degree in Biology from Indiana University and his M.S. in Counseling and Education from the Indiana School of Education. He has worked in the medical field and in higher education as a technology and decision support specialist. He is currently a teaching professor in the Operations and Decision Technology Department at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. When not teaching, he enjoys experimenting with new technologies, traveling and hiking with his family.
Brant Moriarity earned a B.A. in Religious Studies/Philosophy and an M.S. in Information Systems at Indiana University. He is a Senior Lecturer at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, where he teaches topics such as data management and analysis and the strategic use of information systems in business. He is also the founder of Beats Per Minute Technologies, LLC, bringing the benefits of business analytics and custom database application development to small businesses and nonprofit organizations.
