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School of Business Administration
Elliott Hall, Room 427
275 Varner Drive
Rochester,
MI
48309-4485
(location map)

Decision & Information Sciences
With society increasingly dependent on information processing and analysis, the Department of Decision and Information Sciences (DIS) offers several courses of study that help students meet and exceed market demands.
Oakland University is recognized for excellence in its information systems:
Oakland University is recognized for excellence in its information systems:
- The Institute for Business and Information Technology lists Oakland as one of the top 50 schools on its IS Job Index
- Silicon Angle, an independent media company recognizes Oakland as one of 11 universities that specialize in data science, analytics and business intelligence
Academic Programs
Undergraduate
Graduate
- Master of Science in Information Technology Management
- Master of Science in Information Technology Management 4+ 1 program
Complete in only one additional year after completing your bachelor's degree - Post-Master's Certificates in:
- Management Information Systems
- Production and Operations Management
Contact Us
Dr. Vijayan Sugumaran
Department Chair
442 Elliott Hall
(248) 370-4649
sugumara@oakland.edu
Shannon Johnson
Office Assistant
440 Elliott Hall
(248) 370-3283
mjohnson3@oakland.edu
ADVISORY BOARD
Name | Title | Company |
Andre Arebelaez | President | Hispanic IT Executive Council |
V. Balaji | Chief Information Officer | Tata Technologies |
James Cavellier | Senior Vice President | Services Division Comerica Bank |
Jeff Douville | Director, Materials Planning and Logistics | A123 LLC |
Candace Hayden | Sr. Vice President of Technology | Hutchinson North America |
Jim Kamp | ||
Dennis Hodges | Chief Information Officer | Inteva Products LLC |
Thomas McKenna | Senior Vice President | Engineering and Technology Penske Logistics |
Quaid Saifee | President | WIT Incorporated |
Saad Shah | CEO | Metric-X |
Vijayan Sugumaran | Professor and Chair Decision and Information Science | Oakland University |
Jason Vazzano | CEO | Vectorform |
Faculty &
Centers
Centers
Please see the School of Business Administration Faculty/Staff Directory for more information, including office location, link to personal web pages and more.
Faculty
Vijayan Sugumaran, Chair | sugumara@oakland.edu | (248) 370-4649 |
Henry Aigbedo | haigbedo@oakland.edu | (248) 370-4959 |
Osman Aydas | aydas@oakland.edu | (248) 370-2821 |
Venugopal Balijepally | balijepa@oakland.edu | (248) 370-4088 |
Mohammad Dadashzadeh | dadashza@oakland.edu | (248) 370-2831 |
Xiaodong Deng | deng@oakland.edu | (248) 370-4089 |
Eugene Fliedner | fliedner@oakland.edu | (248) 370-4281 |
Mark Isken | isken@oakland.edu | (248) 370-3296 |
Thomas Lauer | lauer@oakland.edu | (248) 370-3287 |
Paul Licker | licker@oakland.edu | (248) 370-2432 |
Karl Majeske | majeske2@oakland.edu | (248) 370-4976 |
Kieran Mathieson | mathieso@oakland.edu | (248) 370-3284 |
Yazan Roumani | roumani@oakland.edu | (248) 370-4958 |
Amy Rutledge | rutledge@oakland.edu | (248) 370-3507 |
Ahmed Sobhani | ahamdsobhani@oakland.edu | (248) 370-4002 |
Mohan Tanniru | tanniru@oakland.edu | (248) 370-3205 |
T. J. Wharton | wharton@oakland.edu | (248) 370-4284 |