Career
Dittman received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Purdue University in 1981 and his Master of Arts in Management Information Systems from the Florida Institute of Technology. He started his career in industry as programmer and analyst at an engineering company in 1981. From 1982 to 1985 he was systems analyst at a machine industry company.
In 1985 he started at Lockheed Martin, where from 1985 to 1995 he was systems engineer, and from 1995 to 2011 consultant in the fields of Information Technology, Systems Engineering, Quality management, Process Management, and Project Management.
In 1995 Dittman was appointed Professor of Information Technology at the Purdue University. Bentley, Lonnie Doctorate., Bentley, and Brewer, Jeffrey L., and Brewer, Jeffrey L., and Smoak, William Todd, and