David Olsen has been an educator since 1993. He received his Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from The University of Arizona in 1993 and taught at The University of Akron accounting department in accounting information systems for five years.

His research interests include database concurrency control and modeling, accounting information systems, and the integration of SQL with other useful tools like XML, SSIS, SSRS, PYTHON, EXCEL, and TABLEAU. David has been published in journals such as Communications of the ACM, Issues in Accounting Education, and the Journal of Database Management; he has published research with many different graduate students over the years. Professionally, Dr. Olsen’s favorite accomplishments are the teaching awards he has received. His favorite conversation is with student that tells him, “Dr. Olsen, I got a job.”