Suchit is Associate Professor, Business Technology Management at the John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal (Canada) and Co-Director of Concordia's Applied AI institute. Suchit received his BSc and MSc degrees in Information Technology from Purdue University, USA. In 2018, he received his PhD degree in Management Information Systems from the Smith School of Business, Queen’s University, Kingston (Canada).​ Previously, he served as the founding Director of John Molson School's MSc Program in Business Analytics and Technology Management and the Academic Lead of the Steering Committee of the Quebec Black Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub. His research is focused on  digital strategy and innovation, digital transformation, frugal innovation, platform and ecosystem orchestration, responsible innovation, and community-driven innovation.  ​Suchit has served on prestigious committees such as the Standards Council of Canada and is a member of the board of advisors of Quantum Tiger, an AI Infrastructure company. He serves on the international advisory boards of several business, engineering, and IT schools in India including Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences – Entrepreneurship Cell (Bengaluru), Woxsen University (Hyderabad), SAI Business School (Chennai), and Poddar Management and Technical Campus (Jaipur). In 2026, he was shortlisted among the Top 100 Voices to Follow in Higher Education.

​Stephanie is an innovation and responsible IA project manager in higher education, at the crossroads of academic research and practice. She acts as a knowledge bridge between research and alternative innovation practices, helping organisations question and evolve their ways of operating toward more responsible, and sustainable models.​ With a doctorate in innovation management, Stephanie focuses on how frugal solutions are designed and developed, drawing on international case studies, particularly in Indonesia. She is co-author of the book Frugal Innovation and the New Product Development Process, which proposes a practical framework for designing innovations tailored to the real needs of populations.​  Her work also explores bottom-up innovations - how ideas emerging ideas from employees translate into concrete organizational change, and what conditions enable this to happen. Stephanie has published in leading journals, contributed to work with the World Health Organization, and taught innovation management at three universities in Canada and Australia. She also holds certifications in AI Leadership (Mila , Quebec, 2025) and Design Thinking & Facilitation (Factry, Quebec, 2022).​