About Gerry

Gerry Tsoukalas is a Thinkers50 Radar (2025) selection, recognized as a specialist in AI, digital platforms, and analytics.

He is an Associate Professor (with tenure) in the Information Systems Department at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, a Senior Fellow at the Wharton School, a Research Fellow at Cornell University’s FinTech Initiative, and a Fellow at The Luohan Academy (Alibaba Group).

 

Professor Tsoukalas specializes in digital platforms and analytics (artificial intelligence/Machine Learning) and is co-founder of the Crypto and Blockchain Economics Research Forum (CBER). Recognized as a Thinkers50 Radar (2025) selection, he has been identified as a leading thinker shaping the future of management and technology (link).

His scholarly work is widely published and has received numerous research awards. He holds Associate Editor positions at Management Science, Operations Research, and M&SOM, and has served as a Guest Department Editor for M&SOM and the Journal of Operations Management. An award-winning educator, he has over a decade of experience teaching undergraduate, MBA, and executive education courses in data analytics, AI, and machine learning at Boston University, the Wharton School, Columbia Business School, and IMD Switzerland.

He completed his undergraduate studies in France, earning degrees in Applied Quantum Physics from the University of Paris and Aeronautical Engineering from the Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace-Supaero in 2005. In the U.S., he received a Master’s in Aeronautics & Astronautics from MIT in 2007 and a PhD from the Management Science & Engineering Department at Stanford University from 2009-2013.

Beyond academia, Professor Tsoukalas has worked extensively with technology, healthcare, and financial services firms, including Intelligencia (AI-driven healthcare), Wisdomise (AI-driven investments), PayPal, Forest Park, Indiegogo, Rabt Inc, Moody’s, and more. He has also engaged in policy work with government agencies and think tanks, such as the Center of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) and the Wharton Public Policy Initiative (WPPI).

Before transitioning to academia, he worked as a structured products trader at Morgan Stanley in London (2007-2009) and has consulted for startups, investment firms, and hedge funds, including EvA Funds (2010-2011) and Weiss Asset Management (2012-2013). He has also held roles at Barclays Capital (2006) and Société Générale (2005).

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Editorial Positions

Department Editor (Guest)

  • Journal of Operations Management

  • Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (M&SOM)

Associate Editor

  • Management Science

  • Operations Research

  • Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (M&SOM)

  • Management Science Special Issue “Blockchains and Crypto Economics”

  • Management Science Special Issue “Data-Driven Prescriptive Analytics”

  • M&SOM Special Issue “FinTech Operations”

Referee

Management Science, Operations Research, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (M&SOM), Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ), Production and Operations Management (POMS), European Journal of Operations Research (EJOR), International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (JEDC), Quantitative Finance, Mathematical Finance, International Journal of Innovation Studies, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Financial Innovation, etc.

Honors and Awards

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  • Cornell University FinTech Initiative, fellowship, 2021-pres.

  • The Luohan Academy, fellowship, 2021-2023

  • Wharton Teaching Excellence Award, 2020

  • Management Science Associate Editor Meritorious Service Award, 2020

  • Marjorie Weiler Prize for Excellence in Writing (advising Tolga Dizdarer)

  • Featured article in the Management Science Review 2021

  • Best Student Paper (advising Gan, J.), 2019 INFORMS Finance Section, Honorable Mention 

  • Best Paper Award, 2018 M&SOM iFORM SiG, 1st Prize

  • Best Paper Award, 2018 Technology, Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship (TIMES), 3rd Prize 

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Grants

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2025

Automated Market Makers

  • The Uniswap Foundation

2021

Scaling Blockchains: Can Elected Committees Help?

  • The Hogeg Institute for Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Research

2019

Decentralized Ride-Sharing

  • The Ripple Foundation

  • Mack Institute for Innovation Management

Inventory, Speculators and Initial Coin Offerings

  • The Ripple Foundation

  • Fishman-Davidson Center for Service and Operations Management

  • Mack Institute for Innovation Management

Token-Weighted Voting Protocols in Blockchain Platforms

  • The Ripple Foundation

2018

Blockchain and the Value of Operational Transparency

  • Fishman-Davidson Center for Service and Operations Management

  • Mack Institute for Innovation Management

  • Wharton Dean’s Research Fund

2015

Entrepreneurial Financing: Crowdfunding, Venture Capital, and Banks

  • Mack Institute for Innovation Management

Large-Scale Loan Portfolio Management

  • Wharton Dean’s Research Fund

  • Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research

Can the Dark Side of Operating Flexibility Be Overcome Through Covenants?

  • Fishman-Davidson Center for Service and Operations Management

2014

Capacity Investment With Financial Covenants

  • Wharton Dean’s Research Fund

Inventory Management With Debt Covenants

  • Fishman-Davidson Center for Service and Operations Management

2013

Deciding When to Pull the Plug: Exploration and Exploitation in Collateralized Lending

  • Wharton Dean’s Research Fund

Inventory Management With Debt Covenants

  • Fishman-Davidson Center for Service and Operations Management