Marcelo Tsuguio Okano

Holds a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics (1992) and a Bachelor's in Technology in Managerial Processes (2022). Earned a Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of São Caetano do Sul USCS (2006), a Ph.D. in Production Engineering from Universidade Paulista UNIP (2010), and a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the São Paulo School of Business Administration at Fundação Getulio Vargas EAESP/FGV (2020). Completed two postdoctoral fellowships in Production Engineering: the first in 2013 at FEG/UNESP, focused on the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in supply chain management (SCM), and the second in 2015 at UNIP, focused on innovation and entrepreneurship.Has extensive professional experience in the technology sector, having worked in technical and executive roles for national and international companies. Served as a permanent faculty member of the Professional Master's Program in Management and Technology in Productive Systems at Centro Paula Souza (CEETEPS) from 2015 to 2021. Since 2022, has been a professor in the Graduate Program in Production Engineering at UNIP, working in the research area of Operations Systems Management, with projects related to ICT, digital technologies, technological innovation, digital transformation, digital platforms and ecosystems, and data protection (LGPD).Leader of the CNPq research group GEDITAD Study and Development Group on Innovation, Technologies, and Digital Artifacts at UNIP. Also serves as a volunteer research collaborator at the School of Technology at UNICAMP since 2020, focusing on IT and Telecommunications. Currently a CNPq Productivity Fellow in Technological Development and Innovative Extension (Level 2). Has authored numerous scientific articles, conference papers, book chapters, and books, in addition to registered technological products and patented software. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)