Dr. Armani is an institutional economist and data scientist who conducts research on Distributed Governance, Collective Intelligence, FinTech, Blockchain Technology, Smart Contracts, and Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). He uses Response Surface Methodology, Online Experimentation, and Agent-Based Simulation to evaluate and compare different Collective Intelligence protocols and DAOs.
He has designed and experimented with different Collective Intelligence protocols at the University of Texas at Austin (as the Principal Investigator) and the Michigan State University (as the Researcher). He is the CEO of TeammateMe, the Global Team Building Platform. He is also the designer and the Chief Scaffolder of PaperScore, the first Decentralized Academic Journal (DAJ) and publication platform. Moreover, he is the inventor of ParaLead, the revolutionary Decentralized Autonomous Corporation based on Parallel Markets and Bonding Curves.
He has been a member of the Association of Information Systems, the Financial Management Association, the System Dynamics Society, the Decision Sciences Institute, and the INFORMS. He has delivered speeches in several conferences and seminars around the United States.
The primary objective of Texas Blockchain Center LLC is to help individuals and businesses to materialize and operationalize their innovative e-business ideas efficiently in a short time. The secondary objective is to leverage information technology to enhance corporate governance and business processes in small and medium-sized enterprises. The main focus is on the digitization and decentralization of operational and decision-making processes in organizations. To this end, Dr. Armani and his professional team help individuals and organizations to advance their strategic goals by effectively utilizing financial technologies such as Enterprise (Permissioned) Blockchains, Smart Contracts, Collective Intelligence, and Artificial Intelligence.
Vis. Assistant Professor (Aug '22 - Aug '23)
> Instructor for Fundamentals of Business Analytics (6 sections)
Finance Visiting Scholar (Sep '19 - Aug '20)
> Principal Investigator for Experiments on Distributed Governance
Vis. Assistant Professor (Aug '18 - Aug '19)
> Instructor for Database Management (2 sections)
> Instructor for Intro to IT Management (2 sections)
> Principal Investigator for Experiments on Distributed Governance
PhD in MIS (Aug '13 - Aug '18)
> Instructor for Business Analytics and IT (2 sections)
> GA for MBA Executive Lectures (4 sections)
> TA for Business Analytics and IT (12 sections)
> Researcher for Experiments on Distributed Governance
MSc in Industrial Engineering (Aug '04 - Oct '06)
> Developed a MATALB software to simulate firm as a nexus of contracts
> Top of the Class 2006
Project Management, Operations Management, Operations Research, Optimization;
Corporate Governance, Distributed Governance, Collective Intelligence Protocols;
FinTech, DeFi, Blockchain Protocols, Smart Contracts, DAOs, DACs;
Database Design and Development, Backend Development, DApp Development;
Data Analytics, Multivariate Statistics, Econometrics, Machine Learning, Simulation;
Research Design, Online Experiments, A/B Testing, Response Surface Methodology;