Officers

SIGDSA OFFICERS

For the year 2024-23, the new officers of SIGDSA are as follows:

  1. Chair: Vic Matta, Ohio University (matta@ohio.edu)
  2. Vice-Chair: Shwadhin Sharma, California State University, Monterey Bay (ssharma@csumb.edu)
  3. Recent past Chair: Aleš Popovič,  NEOMA Business School, France (ales.popovic@neoma-bs.fr)
  4. Program Chair: Amir Zadeh, Wright State University (amir.zadeh@wright.edu)
  5. Program Chair-elect: Biljana Mileva Boshkoska, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia (biljana.mileva@ijs.si)
  6. Secretary/Treasurer:  Stephen McCarthy, University College Cork (stephen.mccarthy@ucc.ie)

 SIGDSA ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS

  1. Haya Ajjan, Elon University (hajjan@elon.edu), Term 1, expires June 2027
  2. Ciara Heavin,University College Cork (c.heavin@ucc.ie), Term 1, expires June 2027
  3. Thilini Ariyachandra, Xavier University (ariyachandrat@xavier.edu), Term 1, expires June 2027
  4. Gloria Phillips-Wren, Loyola University Maryland (gwren@loyola.edu), Term 2. expires June 2026
  5. Amit Deokar, University of Massachusetts Lowell, (Amit_Deokar@uml.edu), Term 2, expires June 2026
  6. Ashish Gupta, Auburn University, (azg0074@auburn.edu),  Term 1, expires June 2025
  7. Sagnika Sen, Pennsylvania State University (sagnika.sen@psu.edu), Term 1, expires June 2025

SIGDSA PAST CHAIRS

  1. Paul Gray (Founding Past Chair) 2002-2004
  2. Daniel J. Power 2002-2004
  3. Michael Goul 2004-2005
  4. Ramesh Sharda 2005-2006
  5. Karen Corral 2006-2007
  6. Frada Burstein 2007-2008
  7. David Paradice 2008-2009
  8. Jim Courtney 2009-2010
  9. Uday Kulkarni 2010-2011
  10. Dianne Hall 2011-2012
  11. Gloria Phillips-Wren 2012-2013
  12. Lakshmi Iyer 2013-2014
  13. Ozgur Turetken 2014-2015
  14. Babita Gupta 2015-2016
  15. Thilini Ariyachandra 2016-2017
  16. Amit V. Deokar 2017-2018
  17. Uzma Raja 2018-2019
  18. Ashish Gupta,  2019-2020
  19. Sagnika Sen, 2020-2021
  20. Haya Ajjan, 2021-2022
  21. Ciara Heavin, 2022-2023
  22. Aleš Popovič, 2023-2024

SIGDSA EMERITUS BOARD MEMBERS

  1. Andrew Whinston
  2. Barbara Wixom
  3. Henk Sol
  4. Hugh Watson
  5. Jim Courtney
  6. Murray Turoff
  7. Steve Alter
  8. Ralph W. Sprague
  9. Uday Kulkarni
  10. Frada Burstein 
  11. David Paradice 
  12. Ramesh Sharda
  13. Lakshmi Iyer - Recent Past Board Chair