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Hardeep Johar

Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Hardeep Johar has a Ph.D. in Information Systems from the Stern School of Business, New York University, is a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, and has an M.A. in Economics from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani, India.

Johar has had extensive experience in industry. He has worked for many years as a quantitative proprietary trader at Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, and Morgan Stanley in New York. He was on the management team of a startup (Peak Strategy) and was on the advisory board member of another (mSpoke, Inc.). Prior to joining Columbia Engineering, Johar has also taught at  the business schools at NYU, Columbia, and Fordham Universities. At Columbia Engineering, Johar is the program coordinator for the MS in Business Analytics and MS in Management Science and programs, both run in collaboration with Columbia Business School. His interests are centered around the applications of AI and Machine Learning in business and he teaches classes on data analytics, machine learning, AI, and big data analytics on distributed environments. Johar has also taught in executive programs and participated in AI related industry panels. 

Research Areas

  • Data Analytics
  • Decision Analysis
  • Financial Engineering
  • Business Analytics

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Industrial Engineering and Operatios
    • Research and in the discipline of Business, Columbia University. 2016 -
    • Adjunct Professor, Columbia Business School, 2010 - 2016
    • Adjunct Professor, Stern School, New York University, 2014 - 2016
    • Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Business, Fordham University, 2009 – 2016
    • VP Professional Services/Member Advisory Board. MSpoke, Inc. 2004-2008
    • Director, Deutsche Bank, 2000 - 2004
    • Vice President, Credit Suisse First Boston, 1998-1999
    • Associate, Morgan Stanley, 1995 – 1998
    • Assistant Professor, School of Business, Rider University. 1994 - 1995
  • Education
    • PhD, Information Systems, New York University
    • Fellow, Information Systems, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
    • MA, Economics, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani