Nigel P. Melville is an associate professor of information systems at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and Design Science Program Director. Professor Melville has over 20 years of experience researching, teaching, and consulting on the topic of organizational transformation enabled by digital information systems.

He has published more than 30 research articles in such leading journals and conferences as Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Journal of Management Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, Information Systems Journal, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Journal of Cleaner Production, Communications of the ACM, and the International Conference on Information Systems, has been cited more than 6750 times, and has earned a best publication of the year award from the Association for Information Systems. He is an editor of the book "Global E-Commerce: Impacts of National Environment and Policy" (Cambridge University Press, 2006), has served as a keynote speaker for international conferences, is an invited speaker at leading institutions throughout the world, and serves on the editorial boards of leading information systems journals. In addition to executive education, Professor Melville teaches core classes in the evening MBA program, part-time online MBA program, MS in supply chain management, and BBA program. His engagement with organizations focuses on navigating digital transformation in the emerging fourth industrial revolution.

Prior to academia, Professor Melville worked as a product engineer for a global telecommunications firm and co-founded a customer relationship management software company. Professor Melville earned a BS in electrical engineering from UCLA, an MS in electrical and computer engineering from UC Santa Barbara, and a PhD in management from UC Irvine.