Kiron Ravindran’s research and teaching interests in Information Systems comes from his engineering and management education, industry experience, training in quantitative methods and a keen interest in emerging technologies.
Kiron holds a PhD from the University of California, Irvine, during which he focused on Sourcing Strategy, Information Technology Management, Governance and Contract Design, Organizational Social Network Analysis, and Economics of Information Systems. In addition he holds the post of the Associate Dean of the Master in Management Programs.
His industry experience includes working in the manufacturing and information technology sectors. Working for a large automotive manufacturer, he managed sourcing from suppliers and sub-contractors. In the IT industry, he played the roles of a project manager, strategy consultant and IT service provider.