J.C. Paradi

B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), P.Eng., FCAE
Room WB257
Tel.: 416-978-6924x1/416-978-3714
Email: paradi@mie.utoronto.ca
Website: http://www.cmte.utoronto.ca


Chair holder in Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship
Executive Director, Centre for Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship

Honours and Awards

Entrepreneur of the Year, Information Industry Association, Financial Services Industry Division, 1988
Finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year in Ontario, "Supporter of Entrepreneurship" category, 1996.
Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineers, 1997
Innovation Management Association of Canada (IMAC) – Distinguished Member Award, 1999
Elected President of CERCL 2004
Speaker of the Council of the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, 2002-2006
Synergy Award for Innovation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2005

Memberships

Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO)
Metropolitan Board of Trade
Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
INFORMS - Management Sciences and Operational Research Soc.
TIMS College on Innovation, Management and Entrepreneurship
Productivity Analysis and Research Network (PARN)
International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT)
Canadian Association for Management of Technology (CANMOT)
Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineers (FCAE)

Research Interests

Research interests concentrate on the Financial Services Industry and the communications carriers' technology and performance evaluation needs. Productivity, efficiency and effectiveness in the services industries are the major focus of the work. This includes the examination of productivity measures for independent Decision Making Units ("DMU"). Such groups include software development teams, branch employees and management, loan portfolio lending teams, credit rating of corporate loans, international banking, client profiles, credit card fraud, etc. This area of research involves the Data Envelopment Analysis ("DEA") approach and modelling of the DMUs in the collaborating real-world corporations. We also work in new approaches to testing large-scale software; quality in software development; Technological Change as a Competitive Weapon; evaluation of the effects of risk (technological, environmental, economic, competitive etc.). We have a deep interest in the rapidly emerging e-Commerce field, specifically in the on-line banking segment and in the arbitrated commerce area. This work comprises of the development of e-Commerce strategies in an on-line environment where both buyer and seller “deal” simultaneously. Much work is oriented towards the understanding of the underlying mechanisms and inherent technological and human factors issues.