John Mooney

Dr. John Mooney, executive director of the Pepperdine University Institute for Entertainment, Media, and Culture, also serves as an associate professor of information systems and technology management at the Pepperdine University Graziadio Business School.

Dr. Mooney''s expertise is in digital innovation and business analytics. He holds a PhD in Information Systems and Business Strategy from UC Irvine, and a Master of Management Science with a BS in Computer Science both from University College Dublin, Ireland.

From 2014-2015, Dr. Mooney served as interim associate dean for academic affairs and online programs. He served as department chair for strategy, information systems and decision sciences from 2012-2014, and as associate dean of academic programs and executive education from 2005-2010 when his responsibilities included leadership and oversight of the development and delivery of the Graziadio School portfolio of degree programs for business professionals and executives.

Dr. Mooney is a member of the editorial boards of MIS Quarterly Executive, the Journal of Strategic Information Systems, the eService Journal and the Journal of Global Responsibility. He was a co-founder of Realex Payments and served as a non-executive director until its acquisition in 2015. John was also the founding co-chair of the AACSB Associate Deans Affinity Group, and now leads the design and delivery of AACSB''s Seminar for New Associate Deans. He was Vice President for Chapters and Affiliated Organizations at the Association for Information Systems (AIS) from 2004-2007, and will serve as Conference Co-Chair for its 2016 International Conference on Information Systems, which will be held in Dublin, Ireland.

John is married to Dr. Angela Tripoli, a former professor of organization behavior who now coaches executives and business owners through life and career transitions. They are blessed with one daughter, whose passion is ballet.

Education

• PhD University of California, Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business (1990 — 1996)
• Master of Science (M.Sc.) University College Dublin (1983 — 1984)
• Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) University College Dublin (1979 — 1983)

Companies

• Academic Research Fellow - MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) MIT Sloan School of Management (2022)
• Academic Director, Institute for Entertainment, Sports, Media and Culture Pepperdine Graziadio Business School (2018)
• Academic Director, Executive Doctorate of Business Administration Pepperdine Graziadio Business School (2018)
• External Advisory Board Lero Centre (2017)
• Professor of Information Systems and Technology Management Pepperdine Graziadio School of Business and Management (2003)
• External Examiner Maynooth University (2017 — 2020)
• Executive Director, Institute for Entertainment, Media and Culture Pepperdine University (2015 — 2018)
• Research Affiliate MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research (2011 — 2017)
• Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Online Programs Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business and Management (2014 — 2015)