Giridhar Reddy Bojja, new College of Business assistant professor of information systems and analytics, brings academic expertise in management information systems, analytics, and computer science, as well as industry experience as a data scientist and engineer. His hire is part of a College of Business faculty hiring initiative that supports a new curricular emphasis on technology and business analytics.
Bojja comes to Michigan Tech from the University of Central Oklahoma – College of Business, where he was a visiting assistant professor of business analytics. His academic and industry background is well aligned with Michigan Tech’s tech-focused environment.
He cites several reasons for his interest in Michigan Tech, including the wide research opportunities, the entrepreneurial emphasis within the College of Business, and the AACSB accreditation of College of Business programs. He is also impressed that Michigan Tech is a Carnegie Institute-rated R2 university on the path to becoming an R1 institution.
Bojja’s research interests lie at the intersection of information systems and management science. In his health information technology research, he investigates IT capabilities and outcomes and design science research to build IT artifacts. In his data science research, he explores social network analysis and predictive analytics.
“Through a composite technology-enabled organizational excellence lens, my research addresses the optimization of technological resources and the effective appraisal of business leadership for optimal firm outcomes,” Bojja explains. “I am also particularly interested in building IT artifacts involving AI, machine learning, and blockchain for healthcare using a design science approach.”
Bojja started his career as a business intelligence developer at Sanford Health, where he was drawn to the vastness of the healthcare sector, which eventually became his primary research stream. He also worked as a data engineer at Johnson & Johnson and Sharecare and as an engineer for Amazon Business Upstream Analytics.
This academic year, Bojja will teach IS/IT Management (MIS 2000), Information Systems, Management and Data Analytics (BA 5200), and Information Systems Projects (MIS 4100).
Bojja received his PhD from the College of Business and Information Systems at Dakota State University in 2022. His master’s degree is in analytics, and his bachelor’s is in Computer Science.
Learn more about Giridhar Reddy Bojja on his faculty profile.
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