PhD - sciences and industrial technologies, University of Strasbourg
MSc - technological and industrial systems, Troyes University of Technology - UTT
Systems and computing engineering, National University of Colombia
Oscar Avila has worked for more than 12 years on international consulting projects in Europe and Latin America. In Europe, he worked for the international consulting company CapGemini, where he served as a consultant and IT project and service manager in serveral industrial sectors such as: energy and utilities, defense, railway, automotive and agri-food. In Latin America he has worked as a consultant and IT analyst in sectors such as banking, distribution and state sector.
Oscar defended his PhD thesis on Business / IT alignment at the University of Strasbourg in 2009. He obtained a postdoctoral fellow in 2010 from the car industry to research on adaptation of IT process methods for modelling manufacturing processes. In addition, he holds an MSc in IT from the University of Technology of Troyes (2005) and a Computing engineering degree from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
A Literature Review of Maturity Models for Cyber-Physical Production SystemsArtículo
2024
Abadia S, Avila O, Goepp V. (2024) A Literature Review of Maturity Models for Cyber-Physical Production Systems.IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline) (ISSN 1474-6670) 128 (1), pp. ---. - 2024
A preliminary analysis of the adoption of intelligent information systems in ColombiaArtículo
Business Decisions through Social Data Analytics in Colombia. 2024 IEEE 26th Conference on Business Informatics (CBI)Artículo
2024
Avila O. (2024) Business Decisions through Social Data Analytics in Colombia. 2024 IEEE 26th Conference on Business Informatics (CBI). - (-), pp. ---. - 2024
Maturity model for the assessment and evolution towards cyber-physical production systemsTesis
2024
.(2024). Maturity model for the assessment and evolution towards cyber-physical production systems. Trabajo Dirigido por: Avila O - 2024
Transformación organizacional y procesos: el impacto de las tecnologías de la información en la eficiencia operacionalTesis
2024
.(2024). Transformación organizacional y procesos: el impacto de las tecnologías de la información en la eficiencia operacional. Trabajo Dirigido por: Avila O - 2024
A Literature Review of Evaluation Approaches for Cyber-Physical Production SystemsCapítulo en Memoria
Aproximación al análisis de la adopción de sistemas empresariales inteligentes en ColombiaTesis
2022
.(2022). Aproximación al análisis de la adopción de sistemas empresariales inteligentes en Colombia. Trabajo Dirigido por: Avila O - 2022
Soporte al área de abastecimiento de una organización manufacturera por medio del análisis funcional y la configuración del proceso de compras en SAP S/4 HanaTesis
2022
.(2022). Soporte al área de abastecimiento de una organización manufacturera por medio del análisis funcional y la configuración del proceso de compras en SAP S/4 Hana. Trabajo Dirigido por: Avila O - 2022
Statistical and Requirement Analysis for an IDM Tool for Emergency Department SimulationCapítulo en Memoria
Towards a cloud-based web application for automated input data management for discrete event simulation models in an emergency department contextTesis
2022
.(2022). Towards a cloud-based web application for automated input data management for discrete event simulation models in an emergency department context. Trabajo Dirigido por: Avila O - 2022
Configuración del proceso de ventas y el módulo de contabilidad financiera sobre SAP S/4 HannaTesis
2021
.(2021). Configuración del proceso de ventas y el módulo de contabilidad financiera sobre SAP S/4 Hanna. Trabajo Dirigido por: Avila O - 2021
Identificación de beneficios a partir de la implementación de nuevas tendencias tecnológicas digitales en el sector del petróleo y gas colombianoTesis
2021
.(2021). Identificación de beneficios a partir de la implementación de nuevas tendencias tecnológicas digitales en el sector del petróleo y gas colombiano. Trabajo Dirigido por: Avila O - 2021
Marco para la evaluación de soluciones de monitoreo en el contexto de gestión de servicios de negocioTesis
2021
.(2021). Marco para la evaluación de soluciones de monitoreo en el contexto de gestión de servicios de negocio. Trabajo Dirigido por: Avila O - 2021
A model to assess customer alignment through customer experience conceptsArtículo
Towards a Service Brokering Model for IT DepartmentsCapítulo en Memoria
2018
Rodriguez L, Avila O. (2018) Towards a Service Brokering Model for IT Departments.15th International Conference on e-Business (ICE-B 2020). Proceedings of the 15th International Joint Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications (ISBN 978-989-758-319-3) Portugal. - 2018
Towards cloud service customization: A state of the artCapítulo en Memoria
2018
Paez C, Avila O, Correal D. (2018) Towards cloud service customization: A state of the art.15th International Conference on e-Business (ICE-B 2020). Proceedings of the 15th International Joint Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications (ISBN 978-989-758-319-3) Portugal. - 2018
A Literature Review of Benefit Analysis Approaches for IT Projects in the Public SectorCapítulo en Memoria
Towards Personalised Multimedia ApplicationsCapítulo en Memoria
2017
Sastoque S, Avila O, Iregui M. (2017) Towards Personalised Multimedia Applications.19th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2017). Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ISBN 978-989-758-249-3) Porto, Portugal. - 2017
Uncovering the knowledge coordination process in ICT outsourcingCapítulo en Memoria
A Change Management Review: Extracting Concepts to Preserve Business and IT AlignmentArtículo
2016
Avila O. (2016) A Change Management Review: Extracting Concepts to Preserve Business and IT Alignment.Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (ISSN 1865-1348) 261 (-), pp. 177-192. - 2016
A survey on availability calculation and definition for Information Technology servicesCapítulo en Memoria
Caracterización y Modelado de Variables Para el Cálculo de SLT de DisponibilidadTesis
2016
Ruiz J .(2016). Caracterización y Modelado de Variables Para el Cálculo de SLT de Disponibilidad. Trabajo Dirigido por: Avila O - 2016
Change Management support to preserve Business - Information Technology AlignmentArtículo
2016
Avila O, Garces K. (2016) Change Management support to preserve Business - Information Technology Alignment.Journal of computer information systems (ISSN 0887-4417) - (-), pp. 1-18. - 2016
Modelo de sistema para la creación de aplicaciones multimedia personalizadasTesis
2016
Sastoque S .(2016). Modelo de sistema para la creación de aplicaciones multimedia personalizadas. Trabajo Dirigido por: Avila O - 2016
An Extended-Strategic Alignment Model for technical information system alignmentArtículo
Means for Building Models to Align Information Systems Support to Specific Application DomainsArtículo
2015
Avila O. (2015) Means for Building Models to Align Information Systems Support to Specific Application Domains.Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (ISSN 1865-1348) 228 (-), pp. 89-100. - 2015
Meta-modelling the Strategic Alignment Model for Aligning Information Systems Support to Specific Application DomainsCapítulo en Memoria
Cadre d’analyse des approches d’alignement des systèmes d’information. Contribution à la formalisation des mécanismes sous-jacentsCapítulo en Memoria
2008
Avila O, Goepp V, Kiefer F. (2008) Cadre d’analyse des approches d’alignement des systèmes d’information. Contribution à la formalisation des mécanismes sous-jacents.Atelier en Ingénierie d'Entreprise et des Systèmes d'Information IESI’08 Francia. - 2008
Information system design and integrated enterprise modelling through a key-problem frameworkArtículo
Vers une extension du SAM (Strategic Alignment Model) pour les systèmes d'information de productionCapítulo en Memoria
2008
Avila O, Goepp V, Kiefer F. (2008) Vers une extension du SAM (Strategic Alignment Model) pour les systèmes d'information de production.XXVIème Congrès Informatique des Organisations et Systèmes d’Information INFORSID - 2008
“A framework to analyse IS alignment approaches: Towards the definition of underlying alignment mechanismsCapítulo en Memoria
Chair – 2nd International Workshop on Transforming the Digital Customer Experience (DigEx-2020) held in conjunction with the 23rd International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS-2020), University of Colorado, USA
Chair – 1st International Workshop on Transforming the Digital Customer Experience (DigEx-2019) held in conjunction with the 22nd International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS-2019), Sevilla, Spain, 2019.
Chair and organising committee member – 2nd professional forum on IT service management, Bogotá, Colombia, 2017
Chair and organising committee member – 1st professional forum on IT service management, Bogotá, Colombia, 2015
Session Chair – Program Committee
Program committee member – 23rd International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS 2020)
Program committee member – International Workshop on Transforming the Digital Customer Experience (during 2 years: 2019 and 2020)
Program committee member – International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems ICEIS (during 5 years: 2015- 2019)
Session chair – 15th International Join Conference on E-Business and Telecomunications ICETE (2018)
Program committee member – International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering ENASE (during 3 years: 2015-2017)
International Board of Reviewers member – IEEE International Conference on Information Management and Technology (ICIMTech 2016), Jakarta, Indonesia
Member of the focal groups of the Program for Excellence in Electronic Government (PEGEL), which is a joint project of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Colombian Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (MinTIC).
Academic activities with the industry
Founder and director – Uniandes – SAP NextGen Innovation Hub (2018 – up-today)
Primary Faculty Coordinator – SAP University Alliances – University of los Andes (2014 – up-today)
Jury member – National innovation awards – Americas’ SAP Users’ Group (ASUG) (2019), Cartagena, Colombia
Jury/panel member – 2019 SAP Innovation Contest – SAP Colombia (2019), Bogotá, Colombia
Chair – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Enterprise Information Systems’ Project Exposition – event supported by SAP Colombia and Universidad de los Andes (2018 – 2019), Bogotá, Colombia
Education
Degree
Discipline
Institution
Year
Ph.D
Industrial science and technology
University of Strasbourg-France
2009
M.Sc
Technological and industrial systems
University of Technology Troyes – UTT
2006
B.Sc
Systems and Computing Engineering
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2003
Academic experience
Institution
Rank
Tittle
When
Full time or part-time
Universidad de los Andes
Assistant profesor
Assistant professor
2013- Present
FT
National Institute of Applied Sciences- INSA Strasbourg
Postdoctoral researcher
Postdoctoral researcher
2010
FT
Universidad De Estrasburgo
PhD Student
Doctoral researcher
2006-2009
FT
Non-academic experience
Company or entity
Title
Brief description of position
When
Full time or part-time
Capgemini Consulting – France
Consultant
Worked on several international projects for customers such as Mars Inc., Renault, Alstom, and the French treasury department
2010-2013
FT
Alstom Transport
R&D Engineer
Decision-making on IT choices. Business and functional analysis (UML). Development of Web modules and integration with TeamCenter PLM
2008
FT
EDF (Electricité de France) R&D
R&D Engineer
Identification of the contributions of Semantic Web notation languages (OWL, RDF) for knowledge modelling. Technological forecasting.
DISAN S.A.
IS Analist
Requirements elicitation and business processes modelling (UML). Leadership
of the implementation in several branches
Certifications or professional registrations
Colombia, Professional Card on Computing and systems engineering
Current membership in professional organizations
Member of the Association for Information Systems – AIS
Honors and awards
PhD fellowship: Allocation de recherche ‐ France, French Ministry of Education
Mention “excellent” by the jury after the defense of my PhD thesis, University of Strasbourg
Qualification to work as a professor in French universities, French Ministry of Education
List of the most important publications and presentations from the past five years
Avila O. “Preventing Business and Information Technology Misalignment When Introducing Technology Changes”. International Journal Of Business Information Systems (ISSN 1746-0980), pp. 1-13. 2017.
Avila O, Garces K. “Change Management support to preserve Business – Information Technology Alignment”. Journal of computer information systems (ISSN 0887-4417), pp. 1-18. 2016
Garcés K, Avila O. “A Change Management Review: Extracting Concepts to Preserve Business and IT Alignment”. Lectures Notes in Business Information Processing (ISBN 978-3-319-11460-6) Prague, República Checa. 2016.
Avila O, Sastoque S. “A survey on availability calculation and definition for Information Technology services”. Proceedings of the 20th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2016) (ISBN 9789860491029) Chia-i Chia-I, Taiwan. 2016.
Goepp V, Avila O. “An Extended-Strategic Alignment Model for technical information system alignment”. International Journal Of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (ISSN 0951-192X) 28 (-), pp. 1275-1290. 2015.
Avila O, Goepp V. “Means for Building Models to Align Information Systems Support to Specific Application Domains”. Lectures Notes in Business Information Processing (ISBN 978-3-319-11460-6) Poznan, Polonia. 2015.
Avila O, Goepp V, Kiefer F. “ATIS: a method for the complete alignment of technical information systems”. International Journal Of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (ISSN 0951-192X) 24 (11), pp. 993-1009. 2011
Goepp V, Kiefer F, Avila O. “Information system design and integrated enterprise modelling through a key-problem framework”. Computers in Industry (ISSN 0166-3615) 59 (7), pp. 660-671. 2008
Percentage of time available for research or scholarly activities
Teaching 50%, Research 25% and Curricular Committee 25%
