Emir Ganić

Dr. Emir Ganić completed his BSc in Computer Science at Durham University, UK, in 2005. He went on to obtain a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Buckingham University, UK, in 2007, and a PhD from the University of Sarajevo, School of Business and Economics, in 2018. His doctoral thesis was titled Modified Service Profit Chain in the Higher Education Industry.

After completing his MBA, Dr. Ganić worked as a software engineer and tester for WhiteField Computers, and as a software developer for Hewlet Packard (HP) at HERMES SOFTLab (BiH). In 2009, he joined the Sarajevo School of Science and Technology (SSST) in a dual role as the University’s Head of Marketing and Teaching Assistant with the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems. In 2010, Dr. Ganić was appointed Lecturer in Software Engineering and Information Systems and then in 2015, the SSST’s Executive Director.

As the university’s chief executive, Dr. Ganić designed and oversaw the implementation of a number of large-scale projects aimed at upgrading the quality of teaching and research at the University. He is presently spearheading a $10 million development project aimed at establishing a Research Institute for medicine and computer science under the SSST’s umbrella. In 2016, under his stewardship, the University was awarded the prestigious Excellence in Higher Education award by the region’s premier association of management professionals.
Dr. Ganić is the author of a number of peer-reviewed papers and has participated in dozens of international conferences in computer science and management in higher learning.