Sabyasachi “Saby” Mitra, Dean of the University of Florida Warrington College of Business began his tenure on August 1, 2020. Dean Mitra received his doctorate in business administration (management science) from the University of Iowa in 1990, and his Bachelor of Technology degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India in 1985.
Dean Mitra came to UF Warrington College of Business from Georgia Tech where he served as Senior Associate Dean of Faculty and Research from 2019-2020, and prior to that senior associate dean of programs from 2015 to 2019. Saby held other positions at Georgia Tech for 27 years with extensive background in administration and scholarly work in information technology, electronic commerce and online search.
Dean Mitra’s research interests include IT security management, online consumer search, innovation in technology industries, the digital divide, IT outsourcing, IT governance, as well as areas of design science including optimization and artificial intelligence methods for IT infrastructure design and cloud computing. His research has appeared in top journals, including “Information Systems Research”, “Management Science”, “Journal of Marketing”, “MIS Quarterly” and “Journal of Management Information Systems.” He previously served as senior editor and associate editor of “Information Systems.