William E. Lewis

Biography

William E. Lewis is a Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department in the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at ASU. Lewis received his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University in 1962. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University in 1964 and 1966, respectively. Lewis came to ASU in 1965 as an assistant professor of Industrial Engineering. In 1980, he became the founding chair of the CSE department and was elevated to professor in 1981. He served as Chair of CSE until 1985 when he accepted a position of assistant dean and later associate dean in the school. In 1992, he served as interim director for Academic and Communications Technology. In 1993, he became the Vice Provost for Information Technology. In 2003, he was elevated to the Chief Information Officer and Vice Provost of ASU. Lewis’s industry experience includes work at Intel Corporation, Honeywell Information Systems, and the General Electric Company in Phoenix, Arizona. He currently serves as a consultant for the Secretary of State’s Voting Tabulation System, is on the Board of Directors of Unicon, and is involved in expert witness activity. He has previously served as a consultant for Good Samaritan Hospital, the City of Tempe, General Electric Company, the MEAS Project in Colorado, Honeywell, Central Arizona Health Systems Agency, Tempe Elementary School District, Mountain Bell, Delphi Associates, Tempe Union High School District, Maricopa County Recorder’s Office, the University of Utah and East Carolina University. Lewis’s principal research interests include computer science, operations research, performance evaluation and advanced systems concepts, intra and inter-nets, and client/server computing. He is a member of UPE (Computer Science Honor Society), Alpha Pi Mu (Industrial Engineering Honor Society), Sigma Xi (Science Honor Society) and Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society).

Research Interest

Accounting Economics Banking commerce