Digital Platforms
Platform Ecosystems
Enterprise Architecture
Generative and Agentic AI
Agent-based Simulation
2023
Habilitation (Venia Legendi) in Business Administration with specialization in Information Systems, University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland
2009–2014
PhD in Information Systems, HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
2001–2004
M.Sc. in Information Technology Management, University of Tehran, Iran
Since September 2026
Associate Professor of Information Systems, University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland
2021–2026
Associate Professor of Information Systems, Geneva School of Business Administration, Switzerland
2017–2021
Assistant Professor of Information Systems, University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland
2015–2017
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland
2009–2014
Teaching and Research Associate, HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
2004–2008
Various management positions in IT consulting, enterprise architecture, and customer relationship management, MAGFA IT Development Center, Tehran, Iran
2023–2024
Generative AI for Enterprise Platforms
Hasler Foundation, Switzerland
2022–2023
Transition to Platform Ecosystem: Implications for Incumbent Firms
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO)
2019–2022
Ambidextrous Digital Platforms: Balancing Control and Emergence
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
2019–2020
Guiding the Co-evolution of Digital Platforms and Service Ecosystems: A Simulation-based Research
University of St. Gallen (HSG)
2019–2020
A Design Theory on Harnessing the Complexity of Sociotechnical Systems
University of St. Gallen (HSG)
2016–2019
Dynamics of Institutional Mechanisms in Enterprise-wide Information Systems Architecture
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
2016–2018
Value Co-Creation Language (ValCoLa)
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) & Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR)
Additional Research Projects (2016–2019)
Behavioral Enterprise Architecture Management; Ambidextrous IS Architecture: Balancing Control and Emergence; A Simulation-based Research Approach in Studying Sociotechnical Information Systems Phenomena — University of St. Gallen (HSG).
Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Swiss Chapter of the AIS (CHAIS)
Journal Editorial Activities
Conference Leadership and Editorial Activities
Doctoral and Community Service