About Gerry

Gerry Tsoukalas is Associate Professor (with tenure) in the Information Systems department at Boston University, Questrom School of Business a Senior Fellow of the Wharton School, Visiting Professor at IMD Switzerland, a research fellow of Cornell University’s FinTech Initiative and a Fellow of The Luohan Academy (Alibaba Group).

 

Professor Tsoukalas specializes in digital platforms and analytics, and is co-founder of the Crypto and Blockchain Economics Research Forum (CBER). 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 serves as a Guest Editor for the Journal of Operations Management. He’s an award-winning educator with over a decade of experience teaching undergraduate, MBA, and executive education courses in Business and Data Analytics (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.

In the professional sphere, Professor Tsoukalas has collaborated with diverse firms and startups in technology, healthcare, and financial services, including Intelligencia, Wisdomise, PayPal, Forest Park, Indiegogo, Rabt Inc, Moody’s, and more. He's also worked on policy matters with government agencies and think tanks such as the Center of Planning and Economic Research KEPE and the Wharton Public Policy Initiative WPPI. Before venturing into academia, he served as a structured products trader at Morgan Stanley in London from 2007-2009. His consultancy portfolio includes startups, investment firms, and hedge funds like EvA Funds (2010-2011) and Weiss Asset Management (2012-2013). He's also had roles in international banks, including Barclays Capital (2006) and Societe Generale (2005).

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Editorial Positions

Guest Editor

  • Journal of Operations Management - Special Issue

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

  • —See CV for complete list—

  • 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 

  • Departmental Fellowship covering graduate studies at Stanford University

  • George & Marie Vergottis Fellowship covering graduate studies at MIT

  • Flight Training Fellowship at ISAE-Supaero (obtained pilot’s license)

  • Undergraduate degree in Physics achieved with High Honors (ranked 2nd out of 100+)

  • Honorary preparatory program at Université Paris VII (top 5% of students)

Grants

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