Dr. Jonathan Dunne received his B.Sc. degree in Computing and Statistics from the Open University, UK, in 2014 and his Ph.D. (Mathematics & Statistics) from Maynooth University in 2018.

He has worked in IBM for over 20 years as a Software Developer, Systems and Performance Engineer, and currently as a Principal Data Scientist.

Jonathan has co-authored over 20 conferences and Journal Papers in Cloud Outage Detection and Network QoS. He is also the holder of 270 software patents. His research interests include Service time Modelling and Queueing Theory. He also holds Level 3 – Distinguished Data Scientist certification from the Open Group.  He is currently a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Dr. Pratyush Nidhi Sharma is the H. Taylor Morrissette Endowed Faculty Fellow, Associate Department Head, and Associate Professor of Information Systems at the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Business. He is a Fellow of the University of Alabama’s 2024–25 Leadership U program and a recipient of the 2025 Manderson MBA Student Impact Teaching Award.

His research is widely published in leading journals & conferences and focuses on artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, open-source software, digital platforms, and information systems governance.

Dr. Sharma teaches doctoral, executive MBA, and traditional MBA courses, including PhD seminars on AI and MIS research methods, executive education on “AI for leaders,” and core MIS courses for graduate students. He earned his PhD in Information Systems from the University of Pittsburgh.