Education/Professional Certification:

Ph.D. (2005), New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business
MBA (1996), Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India
B.Tech. (1994), Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India

Areas of Expertise:

Strategic Analysis of Digital Goods (e.g. Software, Music, Video Games), Impact of Information Technology on Business Processes and Firm Structure

Biography:

Ramesh Sankaranarayanan is an assistant professor of Information Systems at the School of Business, University of Connecticut. His current research focuses on strategic analysis of digital goods such as software, music and video games, and the impact of information systems on business processes and the structure of firms. He has served as a management consultant with multinational corporations such as PricewaterhouseCoopers, Morgan Stanley, Wipro Infotech, and ICICI Ltd, providing strategy formulation and implementation, economic analysis of contracts, financial business process re-engineering, systems design and implementation to industries such as financial services, electric utilities, oil and gas, consumer electronics, and enterprise software. He has also taught courses on business information systems and database management systems. Ramesh has a Ph.D. from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, NYU, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and a B.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India.