Dr. John Mooney, executive director of the Pepperdine University Institute for Entertainment, Media, and Culture, also serves as an associate professor of information systems and technology management at the Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business and Management, US as well as a Research Affiliate at the MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research, US. Dr. Mooney's expertise is in digital innovation and business analytics. He holds a PhD in Information Systems and Business Strategy from UC Irvine, US, and a Master of Management Science with a BS in Computer Science both from University College Dublin, Ireland. From 2014-2015, Dr. Mooney served as interim associate dean for academic affairs and online programs. He served as department chair for strategy, information systems and decision sciences from 2012-2014, and as associate dean of academic programs and executive education from 2005-2010 when his responsibilities included leadership and oversight of the development and delivery of the Graziadio School portfolio of degree programs for business professionals and executives. Dr. Mooney is a member of the editorial boards of MIS Quarterly Executive, the
Journal of Strategic Information Systems, the
eService Journal and the
Journal of Global Responsibility. He was a co-founder of RealExPayments and served as a non-executive director until its acquisition in 2015. John was also the founding co-chair of the AACSB Associate Deans Affinity Group, and now leads the design and delivery of AACSB's Seminar for New Associate Deans. He was Vice President for Chapters and Affiliated Organizations at the Association for Information Systems (AIS) from 2004-2007, and was Conference Co-Chair for its 2016 International Conference on Information Systems in Dublin, Ireland.
Dr. Pierangelo Rosati is Assistant Professor in Business Analytics at DCU Business School, Ireland. He previously worked as Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce (IC4). Dr. Rosati holds a PhD in Accounting and Finance from the University of Chieti-Pescara (Italy) and an MSc in Management and Business Administration from the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna (Italy). He was appointed Visiting Professor at the Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP), and visiting PhD Student at the Capital Markets Cooperative Research Center (CMCRC) in Sydney (Australia). Dr. Rosati has been working on research projects on FinTech, Blockchain, cloud computing, data and business analytics, and cyber security. His research has been published in leading academic journals and international conferences.
Dr. Grace Fox is Assistant Professor of Digital Business at DCU Business School, Ireland. Previously, Dr Fox was a Postdoctoral researcher at the Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce (IC4). She has previously worked as a Postdoctoral researcher in University College Cork (UCC), ireland at the Health Information Systems Research Centre (HISRC). Dr. Fox holds a PhD in Management Information Systems from Dublin City University, Ireland. Her research projects focus on the areas of Information privacy, Technolo
