The Institute for Innovation and Technology Management

Mohamad Y. Jaber, Ph.D., P.Eng., is an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at Ryerson University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Manufacturing and Operations Management from The University of Nottingham. His research expertise includes Modelling Human Learning and Forgetting Curves, Workforce Flexibility and Productivity, Inventory Management, Supply Chain Management, Reverse Logistics, and Thermodynamic Analysis of Manufacturing and Service Systems. M.Y. Jaber published more than 50 papers in internationally refereed journals such as: Applied Mathematical Modelling, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Computers & Operations Research, European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Operational Research Society, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, and Production Planning & Control. His research has been cited more than 200 times by national and international scholars. MY Jaber's industrial experience is in construction management. He is on the editorial boards for the Journal of Operations and Logistics, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Research Journal of Applied Sciences. M.Y. Jaber is a member of the European Operations Management Association, Decision Sciences Institute, International Institute of Innovation, Industrial Engineering and Entrepreneurship, International Society for Inventory Research, Production & Operations Management Society, and Professional Engineers Ontario.

Room: EPH-334A (P) 416-979-5000 ext. 7623 mjaber@ryerson.ca � Personal website

Margaret Plaza, M.A.Sc. Eng., Ph.D. is a Senior Research Scientist in IITM and an Associate Professor of Information Technology Management at Ryerson University. She holds M.ASc. in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Production Engineering from Politechnika Krakowska (Cracow University of Technology) where she specialized in flexible manufacturing systems. Dr. Plaza is also a P.Eng ( Ontario ), PMP, and CIA. Her current research focuses on organizational learning and technology management. She has developed several decision models and decision support technologies to assist managers with the complex decision problems of new technology implementations. Her research papers have appeared in a number of international journals and conference proceedings.

Room: RBB 3-088 (P) 416-979-5000 ext.7792 mplaza@ryerson.ca

Farid Shirazi, B.Eng., MSc. CS, Ph.D. is a Senior Researcher in IITM and Assistant Professor at Ted Rogers school of Information Technology Management at Ryerson University. He teaches IS management courses with a focus on business process and operational management startegies. He has several years of working experiences as a senior Network Analyst providing solutions for a wide range of network infrastructure from wired to wireless networks. Dr. Shirazi's research focuses mainly on the impact of ICTs on the social and economic development. His main research interests are to study ICT development from the perspectives of Green IT management as well as  the ethical and security perspectives associated with the introduction and use of ICTs in particular the e-government strategies in the context of developing countries. He has published in several journals and conference proceedings including LNCS book chapters; Associations for Information Systems; Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries; Journal of Telematics & Informatics; Journal of  Information, Communication & Ethics in Society; Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM) and Journal of Information & Management (I&M).

Room RBB 2-095 (P) 416-979-5000 ext. 7938  f2shiraz@ryerson.ca

Ozgur Turetken, B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D. is a Senior Research Scientist in IITM and Associate Professor in Information Technology Management. Ozgur earned his B.S. in Engineering and MBA from Middle East Technical University, Ankara , Turkey; and Ph.D. in Management Science and Information Systems from Oklahoma State University. Prior to joining Ryerson in 2006, Ozgur was an assistant professor of management information systems at the Fox School of Business and Management at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) from 2000 to 2006 where he mainly taught courses in systems analysis and design and database design and management. Dr. Turetken's major research interests are human computer interaction (with an emphasis on information organization and presentation) and decision support systems (with an emphasis on building and testing predictive systems). His research has appeared in a wide range of international journals. Ozgur is a member of various professional organizations such as AIS, ACM, IEEE Computer Society, and INFORMS.

Room: RBB 3-091 (P) 416-979-5000 ext. 2481 turetken@ryerson.ca

SENIOR POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS:

Mehmet Aydin, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral research fellow at the IITM. He is Assistant Professor at School of Management and Governance, University of Twente, The Netherlands. In 2006 He received his Ph.D. in Method Engineering from University of Twente; MA degree from Institute of Social Science, University of Marmara; BSc in Mathematics from Bogazici University. In addition to his academic background, he has spent several years in management consulting companies including Accenture. He has been actively involved in business development of hi-tech companies as a board member and worked as a project manager and consultant in several IT project in various industries including e-government, finance, high-tech, and tourism. His current research interests on Service Oriented Approach for Business Thinking, External Change Agents in IT projects, Off Shore Agile IS Development in Global Distributed Setting. His publications appear in several journals including Journal of Database Management, LNCS book chapters, CAiSE Proceedings.
m.n.aydin@utwente.nl � Personal website

Farkhanda Shamim, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral researcher in i ITM. In 2007, she received her PhD in Economic Development Policy and Management and an MA from Nagoya University, Japan. She was a Monbukagakusho Scholar (Japanese government's highest award) during her post-graduate studies at Nagoya. Farkhanda also earned an M.Phil degree in Economics from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, and a distinction for her M.Sc degree from the International Islamic University of Islamabad and a BA in Statistics, Psychology from Punjab University. She has been a lecturer the International Islamic University of Islamabad. During fall 2007 Farkhanda was a teaching assistant at DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Hamilton. Her research focuses on the adoption of electronic money systems in Japan and Canada, and ICT and development in Asia. Her papers have appeared in Journal of Economic Studies and Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services.
farashamy@yahoo.com

Felix Bollou, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist in IITM. Felix is currently a Assistant Professor at the American University of Nigeria, Yola, Nigeria. His research focuses on the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on social and economic development. He holds a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, South Africa; a  Diplôme d'études supérieures spécialisées from Universite Paris I, Sorbonne, France and the Ingenieur de travaux Informatique  from Institut Africain d'Informatique, Libreville, Gabon. From 2004 to 2006, he was a lecturer in the School of Information Technology Management, Ryerson University. During 2001-2002 he was a Visiting Research Scientist, Information Systems Research Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA. During 1999 and 2000 he designed and implemented the infrastructure for the first IP Telephony Systems in the Ivory Coast. Felix has wide experience as an IT manager with the West African Central Bank, Ivory Coast where he worked from 1984 until 1990. bollou@gmail.com

VISITING PhD CANDIDATES:

Godfrey Cadogan is a Research Scientist in Risk and Uncertainty at IITM. His research focus is on application of diverse branches of mathematics such as algebraic topology, number theory, group theory, probability theory, and functional analysis to the foundations of risk and uncertainty. His research has been featured in SSRN Top Ten lists in diverse areas that include Cognition in Mathematics, Science, & Technology; Statistical Decision Theory; Forecasting; Emerging Research within Organizational Behavior; Behavioral Economics; Econometrics; and Econophysics. His current research includes martingale systems and data mining algorithms that mimic active portfolio management strategies and explain behavior of portfolio alpha, canonical representation of option pricing formulae to reflect investor sentiment, behavioral response to seemingly fair gambles, inefficiencies in pricing mechanisms for optimal auctions for internet advertising based on click rates, mechanism design for public-private sector partnerships, and topology of prospect theory’s function space. He holds a B.S. in Actuarial Math, B.S. in Statistics; M.A in Statistics; ISR Certificate in Modeling American Electoral Politics--all from the University of Michigan, where he is a PhD Candidate in Interdisciplinary Studies in Behavioral Economics and Probability Theory.
godfrey.cadogan@ryerson.ca

Ward Eagen is a Researcher in Design, Innovation and Learning at IITM. He is currently a lecturer in the School of Information Technology and Communication, at the American University of Nigeria, Yola. From 2001-2004 he was a lecturer in the School of Information Technology Management, Ryerson University; in 2004 he was part-time Professor of Communication, Culture and Information Technology, Sheridan College and University of Toronto; in 2002 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Fine Art, Lethbridge University. Ward is presently completing his Ph.D. in Design Thinking, at University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.  He holds a B.Arch from the University of Toronto, and an M.A. and BA in Philosophy from the University of Guelph. His research focuses Design of Information and Innovation Spaces. In 2001 he was a Resident (Artist/Scholar) at New Media Program, Canadian Film Centre, Toronto. ward@plop.ca

Olga Morawczynski is a Research Scientist in IITM. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh. Olga earned an MA with honors in International Political Economy from the University of Kent at Brussels and a B.Com in information technology management from Ryerson University. Olga's research focuses on the diffusion and impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on emerging economies in Latin America and West Africa. Her research has been published in several journal and academic conferences, including Electronic Journal of Information Systems and Developing Countries; Journal of Information Technology and Development; European Conference on Information Systems; and INFORMS. Olga's current work examines how mobile technologies are being appropriated in the context of rural Kenya. o.morawczynski@sms.ed.ac.uk

Ummaha Tul-Hazra is a Research Scientist in iITM where she researches user experiences and mobile technology adoption. Ummaha is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Information Systems, Aalborg University, Denmark. She  holds a MMSc (2009) from the Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University; an MBA (2006) and BBA (2005) from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.