BAH Program Committee & Organizers
Shivani Shukla
Committee Chair
Shivani Shukla works in the fields of Operations Research, Statistics, and Game Theory. Her research is in security investment issues in the realm of supply chains and logistical networks that examine the financial and strategic implications of cooperation among various entities of the networks. In addition to the applied benefits, her goal is to make methodological contributions to successfully bring together optimization and game theoretic techniques in presence of uncertainty.
Her work has led to publications in some of the prominent journals like European Journal of Operational Research, Annals of Operations Research, and Transportation Research Part E. She received a B.S. and M.S. in Statistics from India, and a PhD in Management Science from University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Mouwafac Sidaoui
Mouwafac Sidaoui, Department Chair and Professor of Business Analytics and Information Systems, is a greatly respected teacher of quantitative analysis, decision modeling and algebra/statistics for business, renowned for his expertise in entrepreneurship around the world, particularly in the Middle East. He strives to teach his students how to approach the concepts of strategic thinking and analysis of global business from more dynamic and socially conscious vantage points.
Sidaoui makes every effort to bridge the gap between theory and practice for his students, to help them understand business challenges and opportunities around the world, while also developing a more global perspective. Sidaoui has been actively involved in USF’s Academic Global Immersion program to the Middle East and Turkey since 2009.
“Competition creates innovation and innovation creates better young minds to change and improve the world! Company small and big are seeking innovation to increase their productivity and efficiency. Hackathon is the event where groups of talents sit together to learn, have fun, innovate and improve the world!”
Bhavya Mohan
Assistant Professor Bhavya Mohan teaches in the Marketing Department of the School of Management. Her research examines issues of transparency, disclosure, behavioral pricing, framing effects and marketing ethics. Specifically, her work investigates how consumer behavior changes when firms are transparent about promotional strategies, costs, and wages. Her first-authored academic research has been published in the Journal of Marketing Behavior and presented at leading national and international conferences. Prior to completing her doctorate at Harvard Business School, Professor Mohan worked in company planning at Gap Inc., marketing analytics at Google Inc., and marketing strategy at Safeway Inc, gaining real-world work experience in what’s now her field of expertise. In her spare time, she enjoys painting, meditation, and San Francisco’s natural beauty.
“Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.”
– Albert Einstein
Majid Dadgar
Assistant Professor Majid Dadgar specializes in Management Information Systems and Industrial Design. His teaching philosophy is explore, do, and learn. His classes are organically designed, and include interactive and participatory business cases that require experiential learning. Dadgar’s research focuses on the extent of importance human values are to patients with chronic disease and who are impacted by self-management systems. He hopes to both inform policy debates in the National discussion of transforming health care, as well as help design systems that support the human values of patients. Dadgar earned his B.A. at the University of Tehran, his M.A. from The Ohio State University, and his Ph.D from Washington State University – in July, he defended his doctoral dissertation in Management Information Systems.
John Charles Sanders
Thomas Grossman
Professor Thomas Grossman is a researcher and educator who enables students and alumni to harness the power of analytics to lead their organizations. His research and teaching encompasses spreadsheet engineering, business analytics, management of spreadsheets within organizations, analysis-driven process improvement, and the use of analytical spreadsheet models.
One of Dr. Grossman’s key specialties is helping students and organizations improve their managerial communication of analytic results. Professor Grossman believes you must determine which analytical insights are the most meaningful and actionable, then decide how best to relay these results to your desired audience, with the aim of nurturing and optimizing comprehension.
“Everybody understands that data, models, and analytics is going to be part of everyone’s job in the future. But not everybody understands how to engage with a mass of data, and figure out how to use it to generate actionable insight — that can only be learned by doing. We are committed to giving students hands-on experience so they can learn how to dance with data. ”
