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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
[email protected]

Carrie Haddon
Office Assistant
440 Elliott Hall
(248) 370-3283
[email protected]

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
Jeffrey Laskowski Director of Innovation AAA
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

School of Business Administration

Elliott Hall, Room 427
275 Varner Drive
Rochester, MI 48309-4485
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