Brian Stewart the Deputy CIO at the University of Alberta, Canada. His role is to provide strategic leadership, vision, and direction for information services and technology and to lead business transformation through digitally led innovation. Since 2020 he has been acting as the Program director of the University of Alberta’s Service Excellence Transformation initiative which is leading the restructuring of the University to reduce cost and improve administrative performance. Brian’s background is in strategic, operational and technology management in the printing and higher education sectors, and he has written and spoken widely on these topics. Brian has an M.A. in Economics from University College Cork and a MBA from Athabasca University. Brian has published a number of papers and presented at conferences on the topic of digital disruption and transformation, and is an academic coach for the Athabasca University MBA program, In 2017, Brian co-edited Phantom ex machina: Digital disruption‘s role in business model transformation which was published by Springer.
Research interests
Digital and organizational transformation
Operational performance
Technology adoption
Change Management
Economic history
Educational credentials
M.A., Economics (First Class Honours) - University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, 2001
MBA - Athabasca University Centre for Innovative Management, Alberta, 2000
B.A., Economics-Geography (Honours)- University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, 1985
Professional affiliations
Organizational Design for Digital Transformation Certificate Course MIT 2020
Executive Data Science MOOC Specialization John’s Hopkins University 2016
Lean Yellow Belt Certificate Norquest College, 2016
Business Relationship Management Professional Certificate APMG International, 2016
Change Management Certificate – Prosci October 2014
IT Business Manager Certificate - IT Manager Institute (Belmont University, MDE Enterprises Inc), 2010
Green IT Certificate - Australian Computer Society/Australian National University, 2009
SUAC (Senior University Administrators Course) - (CHERD) Centre for Higher Education Research and Development, 2006
ISP, Information Systems Professional, ITCP, IT Certified Professional, 2006 CIPS (Canadian Information Processing Society)
PMP, Project Management Professional - PMI (Project Management Institute), 2005
Certified Production Management Executive Certificate - NAPL, Northwestern University, Evanston/Ill
Chair - Northern Alberta Business Incubator 2018 – Present
Member - Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) 2006 - Present
Member - Project Management Institute 2005 – Present
Member - Oversight Committee MyCreds 2017- present
Brian Stewart, Khare, A. and Schatz, R. (2022). The Role of the Two-Order Model for Digital Disruption in Strategy Formulation Ch 2. Sustainable International Business Models in a Digitally Transforming World Ed. Khare, A Ojala, A. Baber, W. Publisher: Routlidge
Khare, A., Stewart, B. (2020) Commuting to Computing: Some projections from US Data: Accepted for publication in the International Journal of Japan Society for Production Management. Vol. 8 No. 1 (November 2020) / pp. 5-12. Publisher: Japan Society for Production Management.
Khare, A., Stewart, B. (November 5-8, 2020) Commuting to Computing: A perspective on the effects of mobility ofCovid-19 (co-author Brian Stewart) - Virtual Presentation at the 10th Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the Environment (ACSEE2020), held in partnership with the IAFOR Research Centre at the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) at Osaka University, Japan in Tokyo, Japan. Abstract in proceedings (pg. 29).
Anshuman Khare, Brian Stewart (2019) Confronting Digital Complexity trough a Two-order Model. Journal of Japan Society for Production Management. Vol. 7 No. 1 November.
Anshuman Khare, Brian Stewart (2019) Reducing Digital Uncertainty using a Two-order Model. 4th. International Conference on Production Management 2019 in Aichi Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan
Brian Stewart, LeeAnne Klein, and Melanie Clements, (2019). Ch. 14. Machine Leaning, Adopting Lean into a University IT culture in Global Lean for Higher Education, Ed. Steve Yorkstone Routledge Productivity Press.
Brian Stewart, Joe Cox (2019) Business Transformation in a Digital World. Elective course, Athabasca University MBA program.
Brian Stewart, Anshuman Khare. (2017). Ch.1. Online Business Education: An Economic Perspective in On the Line: Business Education in the Digital Age, Khare, A. Hurst, D. Eds. (2017) Springer International Publishing.
Anshuman Khare, Brian Stewart, and Rod Schatz R. Phantom Ex Machina, (2017) Springer International Publishing.
Brian Stewart, Anshuman Khare and Rod Schatz. (2017). Making Sense of Digital Disruption Using a Conceptual Two-Order Model. In Phantom Ex Machina (pp. 3-21).
Brian Stewart, Anshuman Khare and Rod Schatz. (2017). Disruptions: Truth and Consequences. In Phantom Ex Machina (pp. 299-315).
Brian Stewart, (2015) ODeLPD Information Technology Planning course, African Virtual University Nairobi, Kenya.
Brian Stewart, Anshuman Khare and Rod Schatz, (2015) Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity in Higher Education, Ch. 16 Managing in a VUCA World, Mack, Khare, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland.
Brian Stewart, Cindy Ives and Anshuman Khare, (2015) Athabasca University Contract Tracking System (AUCTS) Project – Reducing Carbon Footprint While Registering Gains in Operational and Financial Efficiency HYOJUNKA KENKYU March, Society for Standardization Studies
Brian Stewart and Anshuman Khare, eLearning and the Sustainable Campus (Paper 31- WSSD-U-2014) 2nd World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities (WSSD-U-2014)
Griff Richards, Rory McGreal, and Brian Stewart, Matthias Sturm (2014). Cloud Computing and Adult Literacy: How Cloud Computing Can Sustain the Promise of Adult Learning? Ch. 15 Cloud Computing and Digital Media Fundamentals, Techniques, and Applications (Eds) Kuan-Ching Li, Qing Li, and Timothy K . Shih, Chapman and Hall/CRC
Kennepohl, D., McGreal, R., Ives, C., & Stewart, B. (2012). The next generation: Transformation to a 21st century university via Core Strategic Projects