Vicki Sauter joined the faculty of the College of Business Administration in 1979 after receiving her Ph.D. in systems engineering from Northwestern University, and serves currently as Professor of Information Systems at UM-St. Louis. Her research interests began with decision support systems, especially in the model-management area. Currently Professor Sauter is working in the area of systems analysis with a focus on the improvement of methodologies. In addition, she is conducting research in the role of women in the information systems profession.

Professor Sauter teaches classes primarily in Systems Analysis, at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels. She also teaches decision support systems and web development.

In addition to a variety of research projects, Dr. Sauter is revising her book Decision Support Systems for Business Intelligence. She is also working on a new book, You are Never Too Old to Surf. You can read the proposal.

Professor Sauter serves on the Board of Craft Alliance and on the Board of the Restoration Committee of Bonhomme's Old Stone Church. She also volunteers her technological skills at the Stamper Library of John Burroughs School and for CHIPS.