Operations-Marketing Interface Professors and Supervisors

Darina Nitovaمشاهده پروفایل

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University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and GeodesyBulgaria

Prof. Darina Nitova serves as Director of the Center for Career Development and Postgraduate Qualification at the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy (UACEG), Faculty of Transport Engineering, Department of Railways. Her academic career spans nearly three decades with progressive appointments from assistant to full professor. Education: Civil Engineer in Transport Construction (Railway Profile), Master's Degree (1989-1994), Higher Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering Doctor of Science (2001-2006), University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, dissertation on 'Optimization of Track Development at High-Speed Stations' Her research focuses on high-speed railway systems , with particular expertise in railway superstructure design, station operations, and intermodal terminal optimization. She has pioneered methodologies for track layout optimization under high-speed conditions and developed innovative approaches for railway safety in extreme weather conditions. Her work bridges theoretical engineering principles with practical infrastructure solutions, emphasizing sustainability and operational efficiency in Balkan transport corridors. Her 62+ publications reveal consistent specialization in railway infrastructure modernization, with increasing focus on intermodal integration since 2012. Recent works address Horizon Europe priorities including EU Green Deal compliance, container terminal automation, and cultural heritage integration in railway development. Key trends show evolution from track engineering fundamentals to holistic transport system integration. Professional Engagement: National Contact Person for Horizon Europe (2022-present) Chairman of 'Transport Construction' Section, Chamber of Engineers (2020-present) Member of Sofia Municipality Territorial Planning Council (2021-present) Coordinator of EU-funded student practice programs (2009-2015) She actively leads international collaborations through UEEIV and Bulgarian Transport Council, directing research projects on railway modernization including the Sofia-Plovdiv corridor. Her leadership extends to academic administration through UACEG's career development center and curriculum development for railway engineering education.

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Gianluca Breroمشاهده پروفایل

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Bryant UniversityUnited States

Gianluca Brero is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Analytics in the College of Business at Bryant University, specializing in AI-driven optimization of economic platforms including electricity trading, spectrum auctions, and supply chains to enhance efficiency and fairness. His academic credentials include: Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Zurich (2020), advised by Sven Seuken Double Master's in Mathematics from Turin Polytechnic and Milan Polytechnic (Alta Scuola Politecnica) Bachelor's in Mathematics from Turin Polytechnic, all earned summa cum laude Dr. Brero's research integrates machine learning, reinforcement learning, and game theory to solve complex market design problems. His work develops novel algorithms for combinatorial auctions, sequential pricing mechanisms, and AI collusion mitigation, with direct applications in critical economic infrastructure. He emphasizes ethical AI deployment throughout his methodology. His publication trajectory shows consistent output in top AI/economics venues (AAAI, IJCAI, AAMAS, NeurIPS) from 2014-2025, with increasing focus on real-world platform optimization. Recent work (2021-2025) demonstrates growing impact in applying ML to economic mechanisms and collusion prevention. Key recognitions include: Jeanne and John Rowe Fellow in Data Science Top mathematics graduate at Turin Polytechnic As an educator, Dr. Brero teaches deep learning, AI ethics, and statistics at Bryant, building on prior teaching at University of Zurich and Brown University. His mentorship focuses on equipping students with both technical rigor and ethical frameworks for AI development. While specific grant details aren't public, his postdoctoral appointments and publication record indicate sustained research funding. Though no formal lab is established at Bryant, his collaborative network spans Brown, Harvard, University of Zurich, and Microsoft Research, providing students access to interdisciplinary research opportunities in market design.

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John Newmanمشاهده پروفایل

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University of MemphisUnited States

John Newman serves as the Herbert Herff Chair of Excellence and Professor of Law at the University of Memphis School of Law, where his research centers on antitrust law and digital market regulation. A former Deputy Director of the FTC Bureau of Competition and DOJ Antitrust Division trial attorney, he has directly shaped high-profile cases against Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft. His scholarship appears in leading journals including Stanford Law Review and Texas Law Review , with commentary featured in the New York Times , Wall Street Journal , and Washington Post . Professor Newman earned his J.D. with highest honors from the University of Iowa College of Law, where he served as Managing Editor of the Iowa Law Review and research assistant to Herbert Hovenkamp. His academic journey includes tenured faculty positions at the University of Miami School of Law and international lecturing at the University of Tokyo Law School. His research redefines antitrust frameworks for digital economies through critical analyses of attention capitalism, zero-price markets, and antimonopoly history. Key contributions include exposing 'The Output–Welfare Fallacy' in enforcement and documenting 'Racist Antitrust' failures. His work bridges legal doctrine, economic theory, and social justice, particularly examining how market concentration perpetuates inequality through frameworks like 'Antiracist Antitrust'. Recent publications demonstrate consistent focus on evolving digital market challenges, with 14 major works from 2013-2026 addressing platform regulation, merger enforcement, and welfare standards. His scholarship reveals trends toward reinterpreting antitrust through political economy lenses while developing new metrics for consumer harm in attention-based business models. Professor of the Year (awarded by students) Multiple research awards from international scholarly associations Regular media commentator for CBS News, PBS NewsHour, and Bloomberg Senate testimony on antitrust enforcement priorities Professor Newman actively mentors students through his Antitrust & Big Tech seminar and amicus brief practice, providing direct pathways to enforcement agencies. His advisory roles with the American Antitrust Institute and Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies create unique research opportunities. Current projects include developing frameworks for 'Attention Capitalism' regulation and historical analyses of Clayton Act enforcement. While not leading a formal laboratory, his research group operates through the Herbert Herff Chair infrastructure, collaborating with international scholars and policymakers. His amicus brief practice connects students with real-world impact, recently representing venture capital interests in platform antitrust cases. Future work focuses on political economy dimensions of digital markets as outlined in his forthcoming Stanford Law Review article.

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Rajagopalمشاهده پروفایل

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Monterrey Institute of TechnologyMexico

Dr. Rajagopal serves as Professor in the Department of Marketing and Business Intelligence at EGADE Business School, Tecnologico de Monterrey, while concurrently holding a professorship at Boston University's Metropolitan College. His distinguished career spans decades across Mexican, American, and Indian academic institutions with significant contributions to marketing theory and practice. His educational foundation includes: Doctorate in Marketing from Ravishankar University, India Master of Arts in Economics from Ravishankar University, India Dr. Rajagopal's research centers on Marketing Strategy , Consumer Behavior , and Technology Innovation , with specialized expertise in service marketing, global business dynamics, and brand management. His work uniquely bridges theoretical rigor with practical applications in emerging markets, particularly examining how digital transformation reshapes consumer engagement and competitive positioning. Recent publications demonstrate sophisticated integration of business analytics with traditional marketing frameworks. His 15 most recent publications (2006-2019) reveal a clear trajectory toward data-driven marketing strategies, with increasing focus on digital ecosystems, cross-cultural consumer behavior, and innovation management. These works span diverse subfields including startup ecosystems, social media influence, spatial trade patterns, and sustainable growth models, reflecting his comprehensive approach to contemporary marketing challenges. Key recognitions include: National Researcher Level 3 by CONACYT (Mexico's highest research distinction, 2013-2022) Premio Pravasi Bharatiya Samman 2023 (India's highest honor for overseas citizens) UK-Mexico Visiting Chair for collaborative research with University of Sheffield Fellowship in the Royal Society of Arts (Life Fellow since 2016) Multiple teaching excellence awards including Innovative Teaching Award 2011 As an active advisor and researcher, Dr. Rajagopal has guided numerous graduate students while securing significant research funding through his National Researcher status and international collaborations. His editorial roles across eight academic journals and membership in fifteen professional associations demonstrate extensive scholarly engagement. Current research initiatives focus on digital marketing analytics and global-local business convergence, supported by ongoing partnerships with institutions across three continents. He maintains active participation in research groups including the Organizational Strategy and Industry Transformation group at Tecnologico de Monterrey, while contributing to global academic networks such as the Academy of Marketing Science and Association of Consumer Research.

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Hoda Hamoudaمشاهده پروفایل

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Emily Carr University of Art and DesignCanada

Hoda Hamouda is a UX Designer and Instructor at Emily Carr University of Art + Design's Faculty of Design and Dynamic Media. She currently serves as Lead UX Designer of MyPDx at Molecular You and Director of UX Design at EVNC in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Her professional practice spans healthcare, education, and media sectors with clients including Goethe Institut, Orange France Telecom, AUC, and Deutsche Universität im Kairo. Her educational background includes a Master of Applied Arts in Design from Emily Carr University (2012-2014) and a Bachelor of Applied Sciences and Arts in Multimedia and Communication Design from Deutsche Universität In Kairo (2006-2011). She also completed a Diplome Universitaire de Management at University of Poitiers (2005-2006). Hoda's research interests center around user-centered design methodologies with specific focus on citizen media visualization, political design, and democratic media platforms. Her work explores the intersection of technology, media, and social impact, particularly examining how digital platforms can embody contextual specificity of citizen media content with political and historical significance. She employs participatory design approaches and mixed methods throughout iterative design processes to create intuitive user experiences. Her design portfolio demonstrates consistent exploration of how media can reconstruct relationships between content and temporal, spatial, and circumstantial dimensions of occurrences from multiple witness perspectives. The work shows progression from early corporate identity projects to sophisticated platforms addressing social needs, healthcare accessibility, and community engagement. ACM CHI - Student Design Competition Hoda has advised students through her teaching role at Emily Carr University, focusing on design principles and practical application. Her industry experience spans healthcare technology (Molecular You), educational platforms, and social impact projects. She has worked with diverse clients across multiple countries, bringing international perspective to her teaching practice. Her technical expertise includes Adobe Creative Suite, prototyping tools, and user research methodologies. Her design practice operates at the intersection of academic research and professional application, with projects often serving as case studies for her teaching. She maintains active industry connections through her work with EVNC and Molecular You, ensuring her instruction remains grounded in current design practices and industry demands.

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Michael J. Messinaمشاهده پروفایل

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Gannon UniversityUnited States

Michael J. Messina is a Professor of Marketing at Gannon University's Dahlkemper School of Business, where he has served since 1982. He has held numerous leadership positions including Professor of Marketing & MBA Director (2011-2019), Director of Graduate Programs, and Director of the Marketing Program. His extensive teaching portfolio includes graduate courses such as Strategic Marketing Management, Marketing Research, Consumer Behavior, and Marketing Ethics, as well as numerous undergraduate marketing courses. Dr. Messina earned his BSBA from John Carroll University, MBA from Youngstown State University, and PhD from Kent State University, where his dissertation focused on alcohol advertising. His research interests span marketing education, consumer behavior, supply chain management, marketing ethics, and the integration of marketing with operations management. His scholarly work demonstrates a consistent focus on practical applications of marketing principles in both educational and business contexts. Marketing Education and Curriculum Development Supply Chain Management Integration Consumer Behavior and Ethics Higher Education Pedagogy Online and Traditional Teaching Methods Dr. Messina's publications reveal a strong emphasis on connecting marketing education with practical business applications, particularly in the areas of supply chain management and operations. His work often addresses the challenges of teaching marketing concepts effectively across different educational formats and student levels. His notable recognitions include: Distinguished Faculty Award (2020) Distinguished Fellow by the Marketing Management Association (2017) Award-winning papers on customer satisfaction and real estate marketing Throughout his career, Dr. Messina has actively mentored students through research projects and client-based experiences, connecting classroom learning with real-world business challenges. He has served on numerous university committees including the University Review Council (as chair), University Rank, Tenure and Academic Committee, and the University Graduate Council. His community engagement extends to board memberships with Erie Dawn and NAMI, demonstrating his commitment to both academic and community service.

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Yaroslav Yakymovychمشاهده پروفایل

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Uppsala UniversitySweden

Yaroslav Yakymovych is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Uppsala University's Institute for Housing and Urban Research (IBF), specializing in labour economics with emphases on technological disruption, sickness absence policies, and job displacement dynamics. His work examines heterogeneous impacts across worker demographics and occupations within Sweden's social safety net framework. His research agenda investigates critical labour market interfaces: How relaxed medical certification monitoring affects sickness absence patterns Differential vulnerability to job loss among routine versus non-routine workers Occupational wage growth mechanisms amid technological change Policy experiments targeting insurance system misuse Methodologically, he combines administrative data analysis with randomized field experiments to evaluate causal relationships in labour dynamics. Recent publications (2022-2024) reveal consistent focus on policy-relevant labour market shocks, particularly studying how mass layoffs and certification reforms differentially impact vulnerable worker groups. His work demonstrates strong alignment with IBF's interdisciplinary urban research mission while contributing to broader European labour policy debates through collaborations with researchers like Susan Athey and Oskar Nordström Skans. Yakymovych operates within IBF's research ecosystem at Uppsala University, which provides infrastructure for housing, urban development, and socioeconomic inequality studies. His position enables direct engagement with Swedish labour market institutions through access to national registries and policy evaluation partnerships.

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Jorge Raul Navarro-Cabreraمشاهده پروفایل

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Lumière University Lyon 2France

Jorge Raul Navarro-Cabrera serves as a contracted lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at Peruvian Union University since March 2025, while concurrently holding technical and editorial roles at Universidad Nacional de San Martin in Tarapoto, Peru. His institutional affiliations demonstrate dual engagement in academic instruction and university publishing operations. He earned his Systems and Computer Engineering degree from Universidad Nacional de San Martin, establishing the foundation for his interdisciplinary research career. This educational background directly informs his applied technical approach across diverse domains. Navarro-Cabrera's research program centers on artificial intelligence and data science applications addressing Peruvian societal challenges. His work in health informatics develops non-invasive diagnostic tools using computer vision, while tourism technology research focuses on ICT solutions for destination promotion. Educational data mining constitutes another pillar, particularly unsupervised learning for student retention prediction. These threads converge in practical implementations like municipal sociocultural web applications and immigration risk classification systems. Analysis of his 15 most recent publications reveals a consistent pattern of collaborative research with Miguel Valles-Coral and Lloy Pinedo, spanning healthcare diagnostics, tourism innovation, and educational technology. The geographical focus remains predominantly Peruvian, with methodological strengths in unsupervised learning algorithms and multimodal data analysis. His academic service includes editorial assistance for scientific journals at Universidad Nacional de San Martin, complementing his technical role in the university's editorial department. This combination of teaching, research, and publishing support reflects a multifaceted academic profile engaged with both theoretical and operational aspects of higher education.

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Avinash Malsheمشاهده پروفایل

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Thomas CollegeUnited States

Avinash Malshe serves as a Professor in the Marketing Department at the Opus College of Business, University of St. Thomas, where he teaches graduate courses including Marketing Management, Applied Business Research, Healthcare Marketing, and Brand Management. He has led international study programs in India, Australia, and New Zealand, integrating his industry experience with academic rigor. His educational background includes: PhD in Marketing from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln MMS in Marketing from the University of Mumbai BS in Pharmaceutical Science from the University of Mumbai Malshe's research centers on business-to-business (B2B) marketing and sales-marketing interface dynamics , examining how organizational functions interact to enable or inhibit strategy implementation and value co-creation with customers. His work spans sales management , value co-creation processes , and strategic alignment in complex B2B contexts, with significant contributions to understanding tensions within sales ecosystems and digitization's impact on sales professions. His publication record (over 30 articles in top journals like Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science and Journal of Service Research) reveals evolving focus from foundational sales-marketing interface studies (2010-2017) to contemporary challenges like sales enablement, AI-driven transformation, and value co-creation in disrupted markets (2018-2021). Notable recognitions include: James M Comer Award for Best Contribution to Selling and Sales Management Theory (2019) Susan E. Heckler Research Excellence Award (2018, 2012) University Scholar Grant (2017-2020) Marvin Jolson Award for Best Contribution to Selling and Sales Management Practice (2016) University of Nebraska Presidential Fellowship (2005) Malshe leverages his industry background (Pfizer, Ranbaxy, Dr. Reddy's) to bridge academic theory and practical application. His research funding includes the multi-year University Scholar Grant, and he actively contributes as a reviewer for 15+ leading journals. His teaching philosophy emphasizes strategic problem-solving for executives facing digital transformation and sales-marketing alignment challenges.

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Matteo Peroniمشاهده پروفایل

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Lynn UniversityUnited States

Matteo Peroni serves as an Associate Professor of Marketing within the College of Business and Management at Lynn University. Based in Room 343 of the International Business Center, he maintains active scholarly engagement with contact details maperoni@lynn.edu and +1 561-237-7652. His academic leadership extends to current service as Secretary of the Lynn University Academic Council (2024-2026) and participation in high-impact conferences including Quantum Beach 2025. Educational credentials include: D.B.A. from University of Phoenix M.B.A. from Lynn University B.S. from Fairleigh Dickinson University Peroni's research program bridges Marketing and Educational Innovation, with concentrated expertise in Digital Marketing, Artificial Intelligence applications in pedagogy, Augmented Reality interfaces, Neuromarketing analytics, and Sustainability frameworks. His work interrogates technology's transformative role in both consumer behavior and academic instruction, particularly examining how AI reshapes faculty development and classroom dynamics. Recent projects demonstrate methodological versatility across quantitative neuroscience, qualitative case studies, and interdisciplinary sustainability assessments. Analysis of his 2014-2025 publications reveals escalating focus on artificial intelligence's disruptive potential in higher education, evidenced by three 2025 studies on AI-driven teaching methodologies. This intersects with his longstanding Digital Marketing scholarship, creating a distinctive niche in technology-mediated consumer and educational experiences. The trajectory shows progressive integration of neuroscience techniques with marketing theory, culminating in contemporary work that addresses pandemic-era educational challenges and sustainable business practices. Professional recognition includes: Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award (Lynn University, 2016-2017) His academic service demonstrates institutional leadership through the Academic Council secretaryship and conference presentations advancing AI education discourse. Collaborative patterns indicate strong interdisciplinary engagement, particularly with colleagues in business analytics and educational technology. While specific grant details aren't provided, his conference activities and publication output suggest sustained research funding supporting faculty development initiatives and pedagogical innovation projects. Peroni operates at the nexus of marketing theory and educational technology implementation, with recent work positioning him as a thought leader in AI's academic applications. His conference participation in Quantum Beach 2025 and Lynn University Digital Press publications establish him within networks focused on digital transformation across business education and consumer markets.

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