Vijay Gurbaxani

Vijay Gurbaxani is the Founding Director of the Center for Digital Transformation and Taco Bell Endowed Professor of Technology Management at The Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine. He is an expert on digital transformation, actively engaged in research, teaching and speaking. He brings a distinctive perspective to his work using economic principles as his lens to analyze leadership questions at the intersection of business strategy and digital innovation. Vijay has extensive experience in management education and advisory services, having lectured worldwide on management issues, taught extensively in degree and executive programs, and consulted for and provided research expertise to Fortune 500 companies, technology service providers, and consulting firms. He has authored the book, “Managing Information Systems Costs,” and published numerous articles in premier academic journals. Dr. Gurbaxani received a Master’s degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He received his Ph.D. from the Simon School of Business, University of Rochester. His thesis won the best dissertation prize in a worldwide competition.