Shahram Amiri

Biography

Shahram Amiri is the chair of the Department of Decision and Information Sciences at the School of Business Administration of Stetson University. He is also a faculty member with Salzburg Seminars in Salzburg, Austria. As a CIO and a senior executive for over 20 years, he has provided leadership and direction for large IT organizations at four different institutions of higher learning: Norfolk State University, Christopher Newport University, Williams College and Stetson University. In each case, he posted a track record of successful, cost-effective and productive IT innovation and implementation. Because of his strong commitment to serving the community and state, he founded and served as president and chief executive officer of the Institute for the Study of Digital Inclusion, a nonprofit organization. ISDI's mission is to promote the use of effective and affordable technology and enhance individual lives. Over 1,000 students (2003-2011) from underserved communities in Florida graduated from the Institute (The Make-It-Take-It After School Program) where they learned Internet literacy and built and received their own computers.

Research Interest

The impact of information and communication technology on e-commerce, e-health, e-learning, e-government, socio-economics and the gross domestic product.