Dr. Mehrdad Koohikamali is an Assistant Professor of the Computer Information Systems department at Cal Poly Pomona. He received a B.S. in Geomatics engineering from University of Tabriz, Iran, a M.S. in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) from University of Tehran, Iran, a M.S. in Applied GIS from University of North Texas, and a Ph.D. in Information Systems from University of North Texas. Dr. Koohikamali was an Assistant Professor of Location and Business Analytics at University of Redlands from 2016 to 2019, where he led a major curriculum development in location analytics with partnership with ESRI for MBA students. He received two teaching innovation grants to innovatively bring social media and mobile apps in classrooms. As a leader in the location analytics area with emphasis for businesses, he developed two novel courses on location analytics for decision-making and spatial analytics of global business.