since 11/2020
Senior Manager Digital Business Development and Data Products at BIG PICTURE GmbH, Berlin, Germany

09/2019 – 10/2020
Lead Consultant Data Products at BIG PICTURE GmbH, Berlin, Germany

04/2018– 08/2019
Digital Business Consultant at BIG PICTURE GmbH, Berlin, Germany

since 2020
Co-founder of a Stealth Startup, Leading development of a sustainable food-/climate-tech venture, Berlin, Germany

since 04/2017
Visiting Lecturer at The Berlin School of Economics (HWR), Berlin, Germany

04/2014 – 03/2018
Doctoral/Postdoctoral Researcher at European University Viadrina / German Graduate School of Management and Law (GGS) (Dynamic Capabilities and Relationship Program), Frankfurt Oder / Heilbronn, Germany.

03/2013 – 04/2014
Business Development Manager at Gi Anti (Logistics, 100 employees), Georgia

01/2012 – 06/2012
Working Student at Sandvik Coromant, Sweden

12/2009 – 06/2010
Credit Officer for SMEs at ProCredit Bank (Banking and Insurance, 3000 Employees), Tbilisi, Georgia

05/2009 – 11/2009
Retail Sales Manager at IRAO - Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) (Banking and Insurance, 1000 Employees), Tbilisi, Georgia

05/2008 – 05/2009
Credit Officer for SMEs at TBC Bank (Banking and Insurance, 2000 Employees), Tbilisi, Georgia

05/2006 – 04/2008
Corporate and Individual Client’s Consultant at TBC Bank, Tbilisi, Georgia

04/2017 - 
Post-doctoral Researcher, Research Program in “Dynamic Capabilities and Relationships” - European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) and the German Graduate School of Management and Law, Heilbronn, Germany

04/2014 - 04/2017
Doctor of Philosophy (Dr. rer. pol.) in Business Administration in the joint doctoral program “Dynamic Capabilities and Relationships” - European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) and the German Graduate School of Management and Law, Heilbronn, Germany

• Dissertation on "Strategic Capabilities for Innovation in the Digital Economy: A Data Analytics Perspective"

07/2016 - 08/2016
Summer School in Quantitative Methods of Social Research - ICPSR  at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

• Regression Analysis II, Statistics and Data Analysis II, Longitudinal Analysis

07/2014 
8th Jena Summer Academy in ‘The Economics of Innovative Change’, Organized jointly by Max Planck Institute of Economics and Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

01/2011 - 06/2012
Master in Business Administration at the University of  Gävle, Sweden

01/2011 - 06/2011
Business Planning and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries at Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship, Sweden

09/2002 - 06/2006
Bachelor in IT with Economics – Majoring in Economics at Georgian Technical University (scholarship), Georgia

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles / Papers

• Shuradze, G, Wagner, H-T. (2016) ‘Governing for Agility and Innovation in Data-Rich Environment: Data Analytics Capabilities Perspective’; Proceedings of the 24th European Conference on Information Systems; (VHB-JOURQUAL 3 Rating: B)
• Shuradze, G, Wagner, H-T. (2016) ‘Towards a Conceptualization of Data Analytics Capabilities’; Proceedings of the 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, pp. 5052-5064; DOI 10.1109/HICSS.2016.626; (VHB-JOURQUAL 3 Rating: C)
• Shuradze, G, Wagner, H-T, Wagner, D. (2015) ‘Technological Platforms and Innovation: Review, Integration, and Extension’; Proceedings of the 21st Americas Conference on Information Systems; (VHB-JOURQUAL 3 Rating: D)

Works presented at Conferences

• Shuradze, G, Stanske, S, Vodosek, M. “From Being to Becoming: Understanding Quality in Qualitative Process Studies”; Professional development workshop to be presented at the 31st annual conference of the British Academy of Management, Coventry, UK; September, 2017
• Shuradze, G, Stanske, S, Vodosek, M, Wagner, H-T. “Tracing Processes and Change: What Is Quality in Qualitative Research?”; Professional development workshop to be presented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA, USA; August, 2017
• Hartmann, M, Shuradze, G, Vodosek, M. “Forming and Framing Research Ideas: A Primer for New Doctoral Students”; Professional development workshop presented at the 30th annual conference of the British Academy of Management, Newcastle, UK; September, 2016
• Shuradze, G, Wagner, H-T. ‘Governing for Agility and Innovation in Data-Rich Environment: Data Analytics Capabilities Perspective’; Paper presented at the 24th European Conference on Information Systems, Istanbul, Turkey; June, 2016
• Shuradze, G, Wagner, H-T. ‘Towards a Conceptualization of Data Analytics Capabilities’; Paper presented (by Wagner, H-T.) at the 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Kauai, Hawaii, USA; January, 2016
• Vodosek, M, Hartmann, M, Shuradze, G. “How to Write Your First Academic Paper”; Professional development workshop presented at the 75th annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada; August, 2015
• Shuradze, G, Wagner, H-T, Wagner, D. ‘Technological Platforms and Innovation: Review, Integration, and Extension’; Paper presented at the 21st Americas Conference on Information Systems, Puerto Rico, USA; August, 2015

Selected Workshops

July 2016 - August 2016: R Statistical Computing Environment

• workshop in R statistical programming language and computing environment with John Fox (McMaster University) attended at the ICPSR summer program at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, USA

Professional development workshop on ‘From Being to Becoming: Understanding Quality in Qualitative Process Studies’

• workshop presented to 30 participating PhD students and junior faculty at the 31st Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management in Coventry, UK (co-organizers: Sarah Stanske and Markus Vodosek) (09/2017)

Professional development workshop on ‘Tracing Processes and Change: What is Quality in Qualitative Research?’ 

•  workshop presented to 50 participating PhD students and junior faculty at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Atlanta, Georgia, USA (co-organizers: Sarah Stanske, Markus Vodosek, and Heinz-Theo Wagner) (08/2017)

Professional development workshop on ‘Forming and Framing Research Ideas: A Primer for New Doctoral Students’

• workshop presented to 45 participating PhD students at the 30th Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management in Newcastle, UK (co-organizers: Michael Hartmann and Markus Vodosek) (09/2016)

Professional development workshop on ‘How to Write Your First Academic Paper: From Idea to Publication’ 

• workshop presented to 40 participating PhD students at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Vancouver, Canada (co-organizers: Michael Hartmann and Markus Vodosek) (08/2015)