Michael J. Sal?
Associate Dean of the Leo J. Meehan School of Business, Information Technology Management Program Director, Data Analytics Minor Program Director
Biography
Associate Dean of the Leo J. Meehan School of Business Michael J. Salé first joined the Stonehill College community as a part-time faculty member in 2007. He was appointed to the full-time faculty in 2014. He has taught across the areas of information technology management, data analytics, business analytics, statistics, software engineering, project management and SAS programming. His teaching emphasizes the connection between technology, organizational strategy, analytics and practical problem-solving. He has also played a significant role in the development and growth of Stonehill’s undergraduate and graduate data/business analytics programs, as well as initiatives related to business curriculum design, professional skill development and applied learning.
Salé has served the College in various leadership roles, including as chair of the Department of Management & Business Analytics, director of the Master of Science in Data Analytics, president of the Faculty Senate and faculty advisor to Stonehill’s Collegiate DECA chapter. In his administrative and faculty work, he is especially interested in helping students connect technical skills with leadership, communication, ethical reasoning and career readiness.
He brings extensive experience in information technology management, higher education software implementation, project management, data analytics and software engineering practices. Previously, he worked in the higher education software industry, where he led large-scale administrative software implementations for colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. He is also the owner of Portico Consulting Group, through which he has provided consulting services to colleges, universities, and software engineering teams.
Salé’s scholarly interests include legacy software maintenance, information technology management in higher education, analytics education, Agile, Scrum, and XP software development practices, software engineering pedagogy, and pattern languages.
His publications and professional work have addressed topics such as:
- Legacy software maintenance practices
- Information technology auditing in higher education
- Machine learning algorithms
- Agile, Scrum, and software engineering education
- Analytics education and workforce preparation
- Pattern languages for data preparation
Salé is active in several professional communities related to analytics, software development, management education and computing. He serves as President of the Board of Directors of the Hillside Group and as Academic Ambassador for the Boston Area SAS Users Group. His professional engagement also includes work with SAS users and educators, the Pattern Languages of Programs, People, and Practices community, Collegiate DECA, and organizations focused on computing, analytics, management, and software engineering.
Education
- D.P.S., Computing, Pace University
- M.S., Management, Bridgewater State College
- B.S., Management Information Systems, Bridgewater State College
Courses Taught
- First-Year Business Experience
- Introduction to Data Analytics
- Business Statistics
- SAS I for Business Analytics
- Data Communications and Networking
- Data Management Using SQL
- Project Management
- Software Engineering (Computer Science capstone)
- Data Analytics: Tools and Concepts (graduate)
- Data Mining (graduate)
- Database and Data Warehouse Concepts (graduate)
- SAS Programming for Data Analysts (graduate)
- Data Analytics Strategy (graduate capstone/thesis)
- Numerous directed studies, independent research projects, and graduate theses