Award-winning Senior Lecturer of Business Information Systems at Macquarie University. My research interest is in the intersection of technology, innovation and entrepreneurship and how through text mining (analysis of text) we can predict the rise and fall of an idea, product, or a technological innovation. My research is relevant to all business sectors, and is applicable to brands, company reports, stock trends, product life cycle.

My aim is to help CEOs, entrepreneurs and innovators in the area of technology to refine the language of their communication to increase the adoption of their products in the marketplace.

Research grants

• 2019 – Macquarie Research Infrastructure Scheme: Topic emergence, evolution and overlap in different research disciplines: An artificial intelligence tool to bridge cross-disciplinary gaps ($95,000).
• 2018 – Industry Funding: Scoping Study for social business incubation trial in New South Wales with the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Australia ($100,000).
• 2016 - Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) Research Grant: How will virtual and augmented reality technologies disrupt or benefit the accounting profession? ($19,690)
• 2015 – Extension Grant: Impact of Active Learning on Non-Lecture Attending Students ($7,491).
• 2015 – Strategic Priority Grant: Towards maximising graduate employment competitiveness in the national Asia capable workforce ($24,000)
• 2014 - Enhancement Program: Talk Less, Learn More: enhancing student engagement through active learning ($10,940).
• 2014 - Innovation Scholarship Program: Ethics MVP: An Interactive Game to Immerse Learners into Ethical Decision Making ($23,879).
• 2014 - Enhancement Program: Digital Storytelling-enhancing student engagement ($16,889).
• 2014- MQSIS Learning and Teaching Scheme: Interview Simulation Suite and Multimedia Creation Studio ($55,000).
• 2012 - Innovation Scholarship Program: Finding the Learning Genome: Fostering smart learning at Macquarie University ($19,978).
• 2012 - Innovation Scholarship Program: Taking it massive - towards Massive Open Online Courses at Macquarie ($19,761).
• 2012 - Competitive Grants Scheme: Learning Technologies Register: Stage 1 ($9,892).
• 2011- Teaching Delivery Grant: Efficient Vocabulary Learning through game-like online activities ($23,082).

Research awards

• 2019 – Macquarie Business School Learning Innovation Award
• 2019 – Highly Commended finalist for the 2019 Vice-Chancellor’s Learning Innovation Award 
• 2016 – ACODE and Pearson´s award for Innovation in Technology Enhanced Learning
• 2015 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Programs that Enhance Learning for the introduction of KickStart - Pre-commencement strategies for student engagement.
• 2015 – University of Southern Queensland's School-Specific Publication Excellence Awards (Management and Enterprise) for the journal paper titled: IT service management: a cross-national study of ITIL adoption.
• 2015 – Silver LearnX Impact Award for Best Learning Resource - School and Higher Education
• 2014 – Best Poster Award (People's Choice) – Macquarie University's Learning and Teaching Week
• 2014 – NSW State iAward in Education Winner (For the development of Traders of Macquarie University)
• 2014 – Wharton – QS Stars Reimagine Education – E-learning Award - Shortlisted
• 2014 – Australian Innovation in Education – iAwards nomination

• Text Mining in Literature Reviews
• Fashion Waves
• Digital Transformation