Terrence August

Research Areas

Economics of software
Economics of information security
Organization of software firms
Production and operations management
Network policy and pricing

Industry Areas

Information technology
Consumer products
Software

Associate Professor of Innovation, Technology and Operations

August''s research broadly spans information systems and operations management with current interests in the economics of network software, production and service management, pricing and policy associated with network goods, and the interaction of digital piracy and security risk. Currently, he is investigating the control of information security risk using economic incentives.

August has co-founded two information technology start-up companies and worked in research and development and operations for the Clorox Company. He has consulted for Honeywell, GlaxoSmithKline, Herbalife and Time Warner Cable.

He received a 2010 National Science Foundation CAREER award. It will provide $530,000 in research funding and was granted by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, under the Trustworthy Computing program.

August received his Ph.D. in the field of operations, information & technology from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University in 2007.