Ravi Bapna, an Indian-born American data scientist and digital transformation expert, is a distinguished business academic, executive educator, and speaker. He holds the Curtis L. Carlson Chair in Business Analytics and Information Systems at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, where he also serves as Associate Dean for Executive Education and Academic Director of the Carlson Analytics Lab and the Analytics for Good Institute. Bapna’s research spans a wide range of areas, including social media, peer influence, monetization and design of freemium communities, big-data analytics, online dating and matching, the economics of information systems, human capital in the IT services industry, online auctions, e-market design, grid computing, and IT organization design. His work delves into the digital transformation of business and society, viewing it as a vast global laboratory for innovation. He is an active member of several professional societies, including the Information Systems Society, where he served as president from 2013 to 2015. Additionally, Bapna is a Senior Editor for Information Systems Research.