Certifications & Credentials
Certified competence in
security, projects, and practice
More than twenty professional certifications — led by information-security auditing and project management — alongside a doctorate and four further degrees, senior memberships of the ACM and IEEE, and editorial leadership of international journals.
Certifications
Professional certifications
Grouped by domain. Selected certification numbers are noted where applicable.
Information Security & Cybersecurity
ISO/IEC 27001:2022 ISMS Associate Auditor
CQI / IRCA · Membership No. 6221555
2025
Certified Lead Implementer Professional (CLIP), ISO/IEC 27001:2013
British Standards Institution
2019
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
EC-Council
2019
EC-Council Certified Instructor (CEI)
EC-Council
2020
IBM Cybersecurity Analyst Professional Certificate
IBM · Coursera
2020
Project, Service & Quality Management
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management Institute · No. 1838907
2015–2030
PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner
Axelos
2019
PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation
Axelos
2019
ITIL® V4 Foundation in IT Service Management
Axelos
2019
Certified Agile Scrum Foundation (CASF)
Global Skill Development Council
2019
Programming, Databases & Networking
Certified Associate in Python Programming (PCAP)
Python Institute · OpenEDG
2019
Oracle Certified SQL Expert
Oracle
2011
Oracle Certified Associate
Oracle
2006
Sun Certified Java Professional
Sun Microsystems
2006
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Cisco
2010–2013
Microsoft & Other
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Microsoft
2008
Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD)
Microsoft
2008
Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)
Microsoft
2010–2015
Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
Microsoft
2012
Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA)
Microsoft
2015–2016
Certified e-Commerce Consultant
College of Management and IT, Dublin, Ireland
2012
Education
Academic degrees
Doctorate in Information Systems and Technology
University of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
2013
Master of Business Administration, Information Systems Management
Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch (IUKB), Sion, Switzerland
2009
Postgraduate Certificate in Information Technology
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
2013
Master of Computer Applications
Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
2001
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India
1998
Memberships
Professional affiliations
Senior Member, ACM · since 2012Senior Member, IEEE · since 2016Member, PMI · since 2015Member, AIS · since 2016ISACA Academic Advocate · since 2014Member, AAAI · since 2019Member, AITP · since 2017Member, IAMCT · since 2010Member, EC-Council · since 2019
Editorial Service
Editorial & reviewing roles
- Editor-in-Chief — International Journal of Risk and Contingency Management (IGI Global)
- Senior Editorial Board Member — Journal for Information Systems Education (Scopus, ERA, ABDC)
- Associate Editor — International Journal of Public Sociology and Sociotherapy
- Editorial Board Member — Journal of Modern Project Management (Scopus)
- Editorial Board Member — International Journal of Information Technology Project Management (Scopus, ESCI)
- Editorial Board Member — International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Business and Management
- Editorial Board Member — International Journal of Digital Strategy, Governance, and Business Transformation