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Dr. Michael Bliemel is a Professor of Management Information Systems at Ontario Tech University's Faculty of Business and Information Technology. He joined in 2018 from Dalhousie University, where he received awards for teaching and leadership. His research focuses on strategic IT management, emerging technologies, data literacy, and digital transformation. He collaborates with industry to bridge academia, business, and government, emphasizing experiential learning through analytics competitions and gamification.
- Education:
- PhD in Management Science/Systems, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University (2006)
- Master of Management Studies, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University (2001)
- BSc in Mining Engineering, Queen’s University (1997)
His research interests span business analytics, e-commerce, NeuroIS, and human-computer interaction. Key areas include leveraging new technologies for firm performance and usability insights. Recent work explores analytics education strategies, data literacy frameworks, and digital transformation in healthcare and retail.
Dr. Bliemel’s articles address supply chain resilience, EV infrastructure planning, and decision support systems. His 2025 paper on EV charging stations in Halifax integrates fairness metrics into multi-objective optimization. Earlier work (2014–2021) focuses on disruption risk modeling in supply chains and rail networks, applying Benders decomposition and stochastic methods.
- Awards:
- Majdi Najm Outstanding Service Award (2017)
- A. Gordon Archibald Teaching Excellence Award (2014)
- Named Visionary Member of SAP University Alliances (2014)
He advises student teams in global analytics competitions and leads grants like SSHRC’s “Data Literacy Education Strategies” (2015). Active in the Business Analytics & AI Research Group at Ontario Tech, he develops tools for marketing/operations analytics and enterprise systems.
