Thanks to an endowment from the Deloitte Foundation and its partners, the Center and its Scholars work to integrate the analytics component more broadly into the business curriculum. The Center develops leading-edge business analytics curriculum to provide students with the data knowledge, skills abilities needed to become the most highly-trained business leaders of tomorrow. Through the use of data and business analytics, companies are better equipped to make enlightened financial and operational decisions, while improving their competitive position in a global marketplace.
Our Team
Director
Kim Mendoza
Associate Professor of Accountancy
Accountancy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Associate Professor of Accountancy Kim Mendoza has always been interested in the intersection of technology and accounting. She brings her expertise to teaching ACCY 570, Data Analytics Foundations, where students develop the skills to bridge the ...
1 teaching material
Associate Academic Director
Ye Joo Park
Instructor of Accountancy
Accountancy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ye Joo Park is an Instructor of Accountancy at the Gies College of Business. Since joining Gies in 2020, Park has taught ACCY 570 (Data Analytics Foundations for Accountancy I), ACCY 575 (Data Analytics Foundations for ...
2 teaching materials
Deloitte Foundation Center for Business Emerging Technologies Scholars
Center Scholars are faculty members from the University of Illinois, who use their expertise to advance the mission of the University of Illinois-Deloitte Foundation Center for Business Emerging Technologies. Scholars help develop practical case studies and innovative curricula that provide students with scientific knowledge, skills, and abilities to become leaders in the world of business.
Aram Bahrini
Teaching Assistant Professor
Business Administration, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Aram Bahrini is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Business Administration at the Gies College of Business, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He earned his Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. His ...
Robert Brunner
Professor of Accountancy
Accountancy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Robert Brunner is the Chief Disruption Officer at the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he is also a Professor of Accounting, holds an Arthur Andersen Fellowship, and is a University ...
4 teaching materials
Anton Ivanov
Assistant Professor
Business Administration, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Anton Ivanov is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems in the Department of Business Administration at the Gies College of Business and a Deloitte Foundation Center Scholar (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026). He received his PhD in ...
1 teaching material
Mohammad Moshref-Javadi
Teaching Assistant Professor
Business Administration, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Mohammad Moshref-Javadi is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Information Systems, Operations, Supply Chain, and Analytics (IOSA) area of the Department of Business Administration at the Gies College of Business, which he joined in August ...
1 teaching material
Unnati Narang
Assistant Professor
Business Administration, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Unnati Narang is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration (Marketing) at the Gies College of Business, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research lies at the intersection of mobile marketing, consumer mobility, and engagement in digital environments. ...
2 teaching materials
Michael Penn Jr.
Senior Lecturer
Accountancy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Michael Penn Jr. has been a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Accountancy since May 2018. He holds a BSBA and a MAcc degree from the University of Arizona and a PhD from the Pennsylvania State ...
1 teaching material
The Center Scholars Program is open to all University of Illinois faculty, tenure-track and specialized, with preference given to those in the Gies College of Business. This program spans a one-year term from August to August. Calls for applications are typically released toward the end of the spring semester and due at the end of May.
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