Led by Faculty Director Vijay Gurbaxani and guided by a distinguished governance council and advisory board, the Center for Digital Transformation (CDT) is at the forefront of addressing strategic issues at the intersection of business and technology in the age of AI. CDT’s mission is to develop and disseminate thought leadership to elevate the discourse on technology, especially AI, to ensure that business executives, faculty and students, and society are prepared for future success.
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Faculty Director
Vijay Gurbaxani
Vijay Gurbaxani is the Taco Bell Endowed Professor of Information Systems and Computer Science and Founding Director of the Center for Digital Transformation (CDT) at the UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business. A distinguished scholar and expert on digital transformation, the strategic impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on business, and the economics of technology, Vijay has devoted his academic career to advancing understanding of the digital economy and guiding business leaders through the opportunities and challenges of technological innovation. His thought-provoking work blends rigorous academic research with practical applications, equipping business leaders and boards with the tools to make informed decisions in an AI-driven world.
Roxanne Austin
Board Director
AbbVie, Verizon, CrowdStrike Holdings, Freshworks
Jagdeep Bachher
Chief Investment Officer
University of California
Dawn Behnke
EVP, Life Insurance Division
Pacific Life Insurance Company
Marcello Damiani
Senior Partner, Flagship Pioneering
Board Director, Cellarity, BenevolentAI
Susan Doniz
Former CIO & SVP, Information Technology & Data Analytics
The Boeing Company
Julie Guggemos
Board Director, Evrnu, Beekman 1802
Former SVP & Chief Design Officer, Target
Gajen Kandiah
President & COO, Hitachi Digital
Chief Digital Transformation Officer, Hitachi, Ltd. Digital Systems and Solutions Division
Deputy General Manager, AI Transformation Division, Hitachi, Ltd.
Jeff Margolis
Margolis Enterprises, LLC
Senior Advisor, Blackstone; Chairman, Nextgen Healthcare; Board Director, Alignment Health Care, TriNetX, Hydrogen Health, Grin, DNAnexus, Brightside Health
Diana McKenzie
Board Director
MetLife, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Paradox, agilon health
Chris Nardecchia
SVP, Chief Digital & Information Officer
Rockwell Automation
Kalpana Ramakrishnan
Principal
KPMG
Shashank Samant
Executive Chairman of Hitachi America, Ltd. &
Executive Chairman of Hitachi Digital LLC
Board Director, Hitachi Energy, Office Depot, Rackspace
Software Advisory Council, Mercedes-Benz
Tiffany Wilding
Managing Director & Economist
PIMCO
Center Contributors
We gratefully recognize the following individuals who have generously given their time and resources in support of the center and our programs. Contributors serve as advisory board members, industry and research fellows and research affiliates.
Kiva Allgood
Head, Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains
World Economic Forum
Vasudev Bhandarkar
Founder/ CEO
ScoreData Corporation
Manish Dasaur
Chief Data & AI Officer - NA Communications, Media and Technology
Accenture
Suren Dutia
Senior Fellow
Kauffman Foundation
Adam Fingersh
Chief Customer Officer and EVP North American Operations
Experian
Shivbir Grewal
Co-Founder and Managing Member
Auctus Global Capital Group
Lynn Hemans
Head of Insights & Analytics
Chipotle
Donald Jones
Chief Digital Officer
The Scripps Research Institute
Allan Lubitz
Board Member
SigmaSight
Jeff Margolis
President
Margolis Enterprises
Philip Potloff
General Manager
AWS Software Marketplace
Geraldine Ramezani
SVP, Chief Information Officer
First American Financial Corporation
Ashwin Rangan
Managing Director
The Insightful Group
Shankar Rao
Principal
Shadowbrook Systems
Rebecca Scholl
VP, Digital Innovation
Genpact
Julie Sokol
Chief Technology Officer
OCVIBE
Sri Velamoor
President & Chief Operating Officer
NextGen Healthcare
Dr. Nicholas Vitalari
Chief Strategy Officer
Quantum Materials Corp
Tom Andriola
Senior Industry Fellow
Vice Chancellor for Information, Technology & Data, UC Irvine
Dr. Nicholas Vitalari
Senior Research Fellow
CEO & Founder, Elasticity Labs
Vibhanshu Abhishek
Associate Professor
The Paul Merage School of Business
Behnaz Bojd
Assistant Professor
The Paul Merage School of Business
Michael Carey
Professor
Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
Vidyanand Choudhary
Professor
The Paul Merage School of Business
Sanjeev Dewan
Professor
The Paul Merage School of Business
Vijay Gurbaxani
Professor and Director CDT
The Paul Merage School of Business
Mimi Ito
Professor in Residence
Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
Frank MacCrory
Assistant Professor
The Paul Merage School of Business
Gloria Mark
Professor
Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
Bill Maurer
Dean, Professor & AAAS Fellow
School of Social Sciences
Melissa Mazmanian
Associate Professor
Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
Tingting Nian
Assistant Professor
The Paul Merage School of Business
Connie Pechmann
Professor
The Paul Merage School of Business
Jui Ramaprasad
Associate Professor
Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
Padhraic Smyth
Professor
Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
John Turner
Associate Professor
The Paul Merage School of Business
Margarethe Wiersema
Dean’s Professor
The Paul Merage School of Business
Mingdi Xin
Assistant Professor
The Paul Merage School of Business
MBA Immersion in Digital Transformation
The MBA Immersion in Digital Transformation prepares students to lead their organizations to success in the digital economy. Digital technologies are appreciating in power at incredible rates and changing the business environment in profound ways. Digital Transformation is the reinvention of businesses to reflect the digital world. The economics of the digital world are fundamentally different from those of the physical world, and imply new rules of competition. They change business strategy, structure and practices in profound ways. Students will learn how to analyze technology-enabled change broadly and how to leverage digital technologies across businesses, from the perspective of both incumbents and startups.
Master of Science in Business Analytics
The Master of Science in Business Analytics program prepares you for a wide range of high-demand opportunities in big data and business analytics across a variety of industries throughout California and beyond. Taught by world-class faculty and leading researchers in the field, this intensive one-year, full-time program thoroughly prepares you to handle large volumes of structured and non-structured data and apply a variety of analytics methods to the data in different business contexts.
CDT conducts custom research projects for companies on digital technology initiatives leading to new discoveries, accelerating R&D and providing scientific validation.
The world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is expanding at a rapid pace, and many professionals are looking to pivot their careers to tap into this transformative technology. As a Merage School alum, you already possess a solid foundation in business acumen, strategic thinking, and problem-solving. Now, you have to learn how to leverage AI at work. As we like to say, the race is not between AI and humans but between humans who know how to race alongside AI against those that do not.
The inaugural event featured a discussion on ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence program that has gone viral over the last few months.
Carnegie Mellon Professor Michael Smith argues universities must adapt to the digital world.
Top business leaders spoke about the necessity of maintaining cyber security as the business world continues to evolve digitally.
To kick off the eleventh year of the Center for Digital Transformation at the UCI Paul Merage School of Business, Vijay Gurbaxani, Director of the Center for Digital Transformation, invited guest speakers Nicole Perlroth and Adam Segal to discuss their report titled “Confronting Reality in Cyberspace Foreign Policy for a Fragmented Internet,” which delves into the implications of foreign policy in cyberspace.
The UCI Paul Merage School of Business’s Center for Digital Transformation invited Professor Marshall Van Alstyne to speak on the issues of free speech and misinformation in the modern age.
CDT Director Vijay Gurbaxani and guest speaker Martin Ford addressed the future of artificial intelligence and machine learning for the economy, the job market and society as a whole.
The AI awakening is upon us, but what does that mean? The Center for Digital Transformation hosted Stanford Professor and Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab Erik Brynjolfsson in conversation with Center Director Professor Vijay Gurbaxani to discuss the ways we can harness the power of artificial intelligence to drive shared prosperity.
There are numerous ways for you and your organization can get involved with the Center for Digital Transformation. These opportunities extend from sharing your knowledge and time to providing financial support for our programs.
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