Summary
Gove Allen is a Professor Emeritus and longtime information systems scholar with nearly two decades in academia, currently based at Brigham Young University. His research probes the ontological foundations of conceptual modeling and the design and evaluation of graphical business-domain representations, bridging deep theory with practical visualization methods. He also directs expertise toward rigorous online experimentation and complex online survey design, bringing empirical precision to business-school teaching and research. A veteran editor for Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, he handles legal and eCommerce scholarship, reflecting a rare mix of technical, conceptual, and policy interests. Trained with a Ph.D. in Business Administration (Information Systems, Educational Psychology) from the University of Minnesota, he combines disciplinary breadth with a pragmatic orientation toward tools like database management and VBA taught early in his career. Colleagues value him for translating abstract ontological insights into usable models that improve how organizations represent and measure digital business processes.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Business Administration, Infromation Systems, Educational Psychology, Ph.D., Business Administration, Infromation Systems, Educational Psychology at University of Minnesota
BS, Accountancy, BS, Accountancy at Brigham Young University