Date: Monday, January 12, 2026

Time: 8:30am-10:00am

Location: Buendia Breakfast & Lunch Cafe
Pricing: Members: $15  •  Non-Members: $25

Karthik Kannan is Halle Chair of Leadership and the dean of Eller College of Management, University of Arizona. He joined in 2022. Previously, he spent 19 years at Purdue's Krannert School of Management in various capacities, including as the Associate Dean for Research and Partnerships, founding academic co-director for MS (Business Analytics and Information Management).

Professor Kannan is a thought leader in digital transformations, analysis of digital traces, and strategic foresighting. He has published many papers in leading management journals and has won various awards. For 2017-18, he was awarded the prestigious Jefferson Science Fellowship by the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering.