Position: Rector, Kumasi Campus

Official Email Address: larkotey@vvu.edu.gh

Academic Areas of Interest: E-Government, Mobile Applications, E-Payment Systems, Human-Computer Interaction, Social Media, IS/Business Strategy Alignment

Biography:

   Sex: Male

   Marital Status:  Married

   Nationality: Ghanaian

   Date of Birth:  9th August 1983

   Languages  Spoken    English, Ga, Twi, French (Fairly)

   Qualities I present:

I am a Team player.

I love to do Research and Development. I am a very “fast” learner.

I am able to think critically and a problem solving person. I work under pressure.

I work with little or no supervision. I have a high sense of Integrity.

I am committed to duty. I am Trustworthy.

I have leadership qualities which are not too common in recent times. I’m highly open to ideas and have the ability to learn from others.

I am persistent.

Academic Degrees

   University of Ghana  Business School, Legon (UG) –  Ghana

PhD Candidate, Information Systems 2014- 2018

Research Area: Development of E-Government Portals in Developing Countries: The Dialectic Process Theory Perspective - Internal Supervisors: Dr. John Effah (Main Supervisor) & Professor Richard Boateng (Co-Supervisor)

   University of Ghana,  Legon (UG) - Ghana

Aug 2009 – May 2011 - Master of Business Administration with a 1 year thesis on ATM’s at the University of Ghana Business School, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.  Concentration: Operations and Management Information Systems

General Examination Fields: Fundamentals of Computing, Economics, Management Science, Organizational Behaviour and Management, Management Information Systems, Research Methods, Financial Management, Marketing Management, Production/Operational Management, Advanced Business Policy and Strategy I, Business Law, Financial Management of Banks, Contemporary Application Development, Database Systems, Advanced Business Policy and Strategy II, Decision Analysis, Management Informatics.

   Valley View University, Oyibi, Accra, Ghana

Bachelor of Science Computer Science, December 2007

General Examination Fields: Digital Electronics, Programming I   , Programming II, Computer Organization I, System Programming, Digital Logic Design, Database System  Design,  Information  Systems,  Computer  Architecture  &  Microprocessor

System, Computer Graphics I, Data Communication And Computer Network II, Compiler Design, Computer Engineering, Data Structures and Algorithm, Operating Systems, Operations Research, Computer Security, Distributed Systems, Expert systems & Artificial Intelligence.

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