Dr. Horan serves as Executive Director of the Claremont Information and Technology Institute (CITI) and Associate Professor in the School of Information Systems and Technology. As director of CITI, he is responsible for directing a wide range of applied technology research projects. His own area of specialization is in the development and deployment of advanced information technologies and policies, including intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and advanced telecommunications systems. He is widely recognized as a national authority on this subject, and has led a number of studies and consultations on the design and deployment of digital and sustainable communities.
Dr. Horan also teaches graduate courses in the School of Information Systems and Technology relating to planning and evaluation of digital networks and community design. Prior to joining Claremont Graduate University, Dr. Horan spent seven years in the Washington, D.C. area. From 1992-94, Dr. Horan was a Senior Fellow at George Mason University and from 1988-1992, Dr. Horan was a Senior Analyst at the U.S. General Accounting Office (GA0). Dr. Horan has both his Master and Doctorate degrees from the Claremont Graduate School.