Alexeis Garcia Perez
Professor Of Digital Business And Society | Aston University
Birmingham, B4 7ET, UNITED KINGDOM
Garcia Perez researches the relationships between people and technology, cyber security management and data-driven innovation
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Biography
Alexeis Garcia Perez is Professor of Digital Business and Society at Aston Business School, Aston University. He is also Visiting Professor at the Centre for Business in Society of Coventry University, and Visiting Research Scholar at the Department of Communication, Culture & Technology of Georgetown University.
His original background in Computer Science was complemented by a PhD in Information Systems from Cranfield University. This socio-technical understanding of information technologies and information systems has enabled a focus on the wider challenges of data, information and knowledge management in business and society, with particular emphasis on data-driven innovation and digital transformation strategies. His research has been funded by national and international bodies including Horizon Europe, EPSRC, the Railway Safety and Standards Board, and Network Rail.
Alexeis has led teams delivering Information Systems programmes in both Computing and Business environments, including an MBA in Cyber Security.
He is Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and member of the executive committee of the International Association for Knowledge Management.
Areas of Expertise (7)
Cyber Security Management
Digital Leadership
Digital Transformation
Digital Resilience
Knowledge Management
Data, Information and Knowledge Management
Computer/Network Security
Education (4)
Cranfield University: Ph.D., Information Systems and Knowledge Management 2010
Manchester Metropolitan University: M.Sc., Information Management 2003
University of Havana: M.Sc., Information Science 2002
University of Havana, Cuba: B.Sc. (Hons), Computer Science 1996
Affiliations (3)
- Higher Education Academy: Senior Fellow
- Operational Research Society: Member
- International Association for Knowledge Management: Member of the Executive Committee
Links (3)
Media Appearances (1)
Business Matters: Employee awareness is key to cyber security
Insider Media online
2021-12-06
Professor Alexeis Garcia-Perez, Professor of Management Information Systems at Coventry University’s Centre for Business in Society considers the role that the people within a business can play to protect them from cyber-attacks.
Articles (4)
Resilience in healthcare systems: Cyber security and digital transformation
ScienceDirectAlexeis Garcia-Perez, Juan Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro, Mark Paul Sallos, Eva Martinez-Caro, Anitha Chinnaswamy
2023-03-01
The digital transformation of the healthcare sector is an essential development as societies move into a post-industrial, knowledge-based economy. The adoption of the latest technologies and their applications in the health and care systems must be managed effectively from the perspective of their cyber security and resilience. However, there is still a limited understanding of the key concepts that must define the strategic vision of a resilient and sustainable digital transformation of the healthcare sector.
Exploring the impact of digital transformation on technology entrepreneurship and technological market expansion: The role of technology readiness, exploration and exploitation
ScienceDirectVahid Jafari-Sadeghi, Alexeis Garcia-Perez, Elena Candelo, Jerome Couturier
2021-01-01
The objective of this research is to addresses the effects of digital transformation on value creation through the study of technology entrepreneurship and technological market expansion. This is particularly important since both of these concepts are part of the dynamic capabilities that help in embracing digital innovation at a national level. Relevant data from 28 European countries representing development indicators and ease of doing business over a timeframe of 7 years from 2009 to 2015 were analysed to formulate and investigate a new perspective of digital entrepreneurship driven by the concepts of digital transformation and entrepreneurship.
Knowledge agents as drivers of environmental sustainability and business performance in the hospitality sector Author links open overlay panel
ScienceDirectAurora Martinez-Martinez, Juan-Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro, Alexeis Garcia-Perez, Anthony Wensley
2019-02-01
This study examines the role of knowledge agents as key enablers in the process of creating and updating the environmental knowledge base of a firm and, in doing so, having a positive effect on business performance. From the perspective of a hotel as the most important cog in the machinery of the hospitality sector, knowledge agents are those individuals who can provide information and knowledge that enables the firm to deal with environmental issues effectively.
REF2021 Impact Case Study
REF 2021Data-driven management strategies and operations: Towards a secure digital transformation of business and society.
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