Renata McFadden

Dr. Renata McFadden has a technology background spanning over 25 years with major accomplishments in academia and industry. Dr. McFadden has taught college courses at 9 universities and has won faculty awards.  Her research experience includes many top-tier publications like IEEE.  For over 15 years she worked for IBM where she held many roles.  She designed and developed multiple utilities and systems; worked as the development and testing team lead, product owner, and project manager to include Scrum Master; she led and supervised testing for function, system, and performance testing.

Classes Taught

S.O.L.I.D. Object-Oriented Design Principles

Industry Experience

Worked at the following companies/organizations:

• IBM
• US Army

Teaching Experience

Taught classes at the following colleges and universities:

• University of Maryland Baltimore County
• University of Maryland Global Campus
• Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
• ECPI University
• Drexel University
• Nova Southeastern University
• Marist College
• Dutches Community College
• SUNY New Paltz

Education  

• PhD in Computer Science from Nova Southeastern University 
• MS Psychology from Walden University
• MBA from Marist College
• MS Computer Science from Hampton University
• BS Computer Science from St John's University

Research

Has over 15 published research papers and patents.

Awards

• University of Maryland Global Campus Stanley J Drazek Teaching Excellence Award
• University of Maryland Global Campus Teaching Recognition Award