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Dr. Alain Pinsonneault is a Distinguished James McGill Professor and IMASCO Chair in Information Systems at McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management. He serves as Academic Director of the McGill-HEC EMBA program and co-founded this executive education initiative in 2005. His research examines the organizational impacts of information technologies across banking, manufacturing, and healthcare sectors.
Dr. Pinsonneault's research focuses on ERP implementation, user adaptation to new technologies, social networks, and e-health systems. His work explores how digital transformation affects organizational performance through strategic alignment, electronic integration, and business agility. Recent studies investigate data scientists' occupational identity threats, digital strategic agility through weak signal detection, and distributed IT championing processes.
His publication record demonstrates consistent leadership in top-tier journals including MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, and Management Science. Recent articles show increasing focus on digital transformation challenges, with strong representation in healthcare IT applications and social media contexts. His work bridges technical implementation issues with strategic business outcomes.
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2010)
- Fellow of the Association for Information Systems (2014)
- Chevalier, Ordre National du Québec (2016)
- King Charles III medal (2025)
- Multiple best paper awards across ICIS, AMCIS, and HICSS conferences
Dr. Pinsonneault has secured major funding from SSHRC, FRQSC, and NSERC, including the $313,280 'Winning with IT in a Digital Economy' project (2015-2019). His research teams investigate IT slack resources, social network effects on managerial vision, and implementation challenges affecting IT value realization. Current work through the McGill HEC EMBA program focuses on executive education for digital leadership.
