He has successfully supervised 7 doctoral and 10 master theses. He is the Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of the International Journal of Business Intelligence Research and the Big Data and Analytics Educational Conference Co-Chair. ScholarGPS ranks him as the 7th highest-ranked researcher globally in the Business Intelligence field.

 

His scholarship has been published in top journals, including 8A* and 28A ABDC-ranked journals, and top conferences (e.g., ICIS, ECIS, PACIS, AMCIS, ACIS, HICSS), and has been supported by various funding bodies and industry. His expert opinions have been featured on national news outlets, e.g., ABC Radio, SBS News, Australian Financial Review, The New Daily, etc.

 

 

At Deakin University, he has served as Director of the University's IBM Centre of Excellence in Business Analytics, Co-Director of the Faculty's Business and Technology Theme, Director of Teaching, Course Director, and Department's Director of International, Director of Industry Engagement, and HDR Coordinator.

 

He was a visiting scholar at the University of Ottawa (Telfer School of Management) and a visiting professor at the University of Indonesia. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR).   Previously, he was the Deputy Dean (R&D and Postgraduate Programs) at UTAR's Faculty of ICT, where he established the PhD and Master's research programs in 2009. He is an elected Fellow of the Australian Computer Society (ACS), an honour representing induction into the ACS Hall of Fame.