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Decision & Information Sciences

Renowned faculty researchers bring innovative business concepts and real-world applications to life in Oakland University’s management information systems programs. Collaboration with industry combined with integrating today’s business challenges into the curriculum means OU students graduate with the skills and knowledge required to address vital business and technology issues.

The department is home to Oakland University’s Center for Data Science and Big Data Analytics, a collaborative, cross-disciplinary research center that merges the expertise of biomedical science, mathematics, engineering, business and finance to develop innovative solutions to high-impact problems.

Undergraduate
Graduate

Contact Us
Dr. Vijayan Sugumaran
Department Chair
442 Elliott Hall
(248) 370-4649
sugumara@oakland.edu

Carrie Haddon
Office Assistant
440 Elliott Hall
(248) 370-3283
chaddon@oakland.edu

Name Title Company
Andre Arebelaez President & CEO HC3 Hispanic C-Suite Corporate Counsel
V. Balaji Senior Director, IT BRM, Enterprise Operations Network - Machine Implatables & Capital Disposables Medtronic
Mark Baughman Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer Delta Dental
James Cavellier EVP & CIO Cass Information Systems
Mark Guthrie Director IS&S & CIO AM General
Grace Hansen Vice President Global Change & Capability Stellantis
John Jarvis Director of Operations FANUC
Naresh R. Jasotani AI/ML Lead for Automotive Google
Bhavani Koneru Chief Information Officer Oakland University
Zoran Lazovski Automotive Industry Lead Google
Dan Lemon Head of Enterprise Technology Strategy & Execution Ally
Rahul Misra Business & Corporate Development Amazon
Quaid Saifee President WIT Incorporated
Abdallah Shanti Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer Volkswagon
Vijayan Sugumaran Professor and Chair - Decision and Information Science Oakland University
Mark Williams Senior Manager Global Networks/Telecommunications/Security BorgWarner

Please see the School of Business Administration Faculty/Staff Directory for more information, including office location, link to personal web pages and more.

Faculty

Name Email Phone
Vijayan Sugumaran, Chair sugumara@oakland.edu (248) 370-4649
Henry Aigbedo haigbedo@oakland.edu (248) 370-4959
Osman Aydas aydas@oakland.edu (248) 370-2821
Junhyun Bae bae@oakland.edu (248) 370-3689
Venugopal Balijepally balijepa@oakland.edu (248) 370-4088
Eralda Caushaj ecaushaj@oakland.edu (248) 370-3690
Mohammad Dadashzadeh dadashza@oakland.edu (248) 370-2831
Xiaodong Deng deng@oakland.edu (248) 370-4089
Eugene Fliedner fliedner@oakland.edu (248) 370-4281
Tammy Grace grace@oakland.edu (248) 370-3276
Mark Isken isken@oakland.edu (248) 370-3296
Karl Majeske majeske2@oakland.edu (248) 370-4976
Kieran Mathieson mathieso@oakland.edu (248) 370-3284
Yaman Roumani yamanroumani@oakland.edu (248) 370-2717
Yazan Roumani roumani@oakland.edu (248) 370-4974
Amy Rutledge rutledge@oakland.edu (248) 370-3507
Ramandeep Sandhu sandhu2@oakland.edu (248) 370-3278
T. J. Wharton wharton@oakland.edu (248) 370-4284

Special Lecturer

Collette Johnson

Professors Emeriti

David Doane