Professor Kenneth Michael Goul, 64, died on March 19, 2020. Mike was serving as the Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research and a Professor at the W.P. Carey School of Business at ASU. He was an affiliated faculty member for ASU's Institute for Social Science Research and the Global Security Initiative. He also served on the Biodesign Institute's Internal Advisory Board. Mike is remembered by colleagues as a visionary for how he saw the explosion of big data, the shift to cloud computing and the emergence of the mobile/social web platforms and the impacts they would have on the global economy. He was recognized in 2016 with the Outstanding Leadership Award by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Services Computing.

Mike received a Bachelor of Science in Business 1978, MBA 1979, and Ph.D. in Computer Science 1985 from Oregon State University. Mike began his 35 year career at ASU in 1985. He served as Chairman of the Department of Information Systems from 2009 - 2015. During this time as Chairman, he spearheaded the development of the Master of Science in Business Analytics program and administered the launch of the undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Business Data Analytics degree. ASU was one of the first schools in the country to offer a Bachelor Degree in Business Analytics and recently received the honor of a #10 ranking in the nation by US News. Professor Goul also administered the launch of the online version of the Masters of Science in Information Management Program. These programs have grown in popularity every year and enroll more than a thousand students each year. Most recently, Mike created an open access version of CIS 105 course that enables anyone in the world access to a quality education.

In January, 2020, Mike was the recipient of the Hugh J. Watson Award for his achievements and service to the Teradata Corporation and to the data and analytics academic community. This award was presented to him at the HICSS conference held in Hawaii. He published more than 100 articles, authored cases and conducted analytics research at companies including American Express, ebay, Intel and Teradata. Mike was involved in over 44 Ph.D. Dissertations as a Chair/Co-Chair or Committee member. He was recently nominated for the prestigious University President's Professor award at ASU.

Mike is survived by his wife Sandy, a daughter, his mother, a brother and other relatives. Donations may be made to the K. Michael Goul Scholarship in his memory. Cards can be sent to Mariposa Gardens Memorial Park and Funeral Care, 400 S Power Rd, Mesa, AZ 85206. Electronic messages for the family can be left at Dignity Memorial . A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. (Source: Arizona Republic)