About the Founder
Dr. Armani is an Applied Econometrician and Data Scientist specializing in Corporate Governance, Automated Governance, Collective Intelligence, Blockchains, and Decentralized Autonomous Corporations (DACs). He employs Response Surface Methodology, Online Experimentation, and Agent-based Simulation to design, test, evaluate, and compare alternative governance mechanisms and DACs.
He has designed and tested various Automated Governance Mechanisms at the University of Texas at Austin (as the Principal Investigator) and at Michigan State University (as the Researcher). He is the founder of TeammateMe, the Global Team Building Platform. He is also the designer and the Chief Scaffolder of PaperScore, the first Decentralized Academic Journal (DAJ) and publication platform. Moreover, he is the inventor of ParaLead, the revolutionary Decentralized Autonomous Corporation based on Parallel Markets and Bonding Curves.
He has been a member of the Association of Information Systems, the Financial Management Association, the System Dynamics Society, the Decision Sciences Institute, and the INFORMS. He has delivered speeches in several conferences and seminars around the United States.
The primary objective of Texas Blockchain Center LLC is to help individuals and businesses to materialize and operationalize their innovative e-business ideas efficiently in a short time. The secondary objective is to leverage information technology to enhance corporate governance and business processes in small and medium-sized enterprises. The main focus is on the digitization and decentralization of operational and decision-making processes in organizations. To this end, Dr. Armani and his professional team help individuals and organizations to advance their strategic goals by effectively utilizing financial technologies such as Enterprise (Permissioned) Blockchains, Smart Contracts, Collective Intelligence, and Artificial Intelligence.
Education and Academic Positions
Vis. Assistant Professor (Aug '22 - Aug '23)
> Instructor for Fundamentals of Business Analytics (6 sections)
Finance Visiting Scholar (Sep '19 - Aug '20)
> Principal Investigator for Experiments on Automated Governance
Vis. Assistant Professor (Aug '18 - Aug '19)
> Instructor for Database Management (2 sections)
> Instructor for Intro to IT Management (2 sections)
> Principal Investigator for Experiments on Automated Governance
PhD in MIS (Aug '13 - Aug '18)
> Instructor for Business Analytics and IT (2 sections)
> GA for MBA Executive Lectures (4 sections)
> TA for Business Analytics and IT (12 sections)
> Researcher for Experiments on Automated Governance
MSc in Industrial Engineering (Aug '04 - Oct '06)
> Developed a MATALB software to simulate firm as a nexus of contracts
> Top of the Class 2006
Publications and Research Projects
2024, Daniel Armani, "In Pursuit of Credible Promises ('Justice')," PaperScore.
2023, D. Armani, "Corporate Governance Free from Corporate Governors," Yellow Paper for ParaLead.
2022, H. Khaledi & S. Grabski, "Design of Governance Models for Digital Environments," Joint Midyear Meeting of the AIS and SET Sections. American Accounting Association.
2018, D. Armani, "Making the Most out of Speculative Market Forecasts," INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona.
2018, H. Khaledi, "E-Constitutions: Conceptualization, Theory, Design Model and Experimental Evaluations," PhD Dissertation. Michigan State University, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 10792537.
2017, D. Armani, "An Agency Model Free from the Utility Theory," 48th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Washington DC.
2015, H. Khaledi, "A Generic System Dynamics Model of Firm Internal Processes," 33rd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Boston MA.
2014, B. Penland & T. Haerem & H. Khaledi, "Using Action Networks to Detect Change in Repetitive Patterns of Action," International Conference on Information Systems, Auckland New Zealand.
2012, H. Khaledi & M. Reisi-Nafchi, "Dynamic Production Planning Model: A Dynamic Programming Approach," International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 67, pp. 1675–1681.
2008, H. Khaledi, "Programming Dynamic Programmers using Inverse Nash Equilibrium," Seasonal Journal of Industrial Engineering (ISSN 5221-1560), Vol. 44, pp. 62-73.
2024, D. Armani, "Decentralized Automated Corporate Governance," Under Review.
2024, D. Armani, "Governance as Collective Intelligence," Work in Progress.
Consultation Services
Corporate Governance, Automated Governance, Collective Intelligence;
FinTech, DeFi, Blockchain Protocols, Smart Contracts, DAOs, DACs, DApp Development;
Database Design and Development, Backend Development, Agile Project Management;
Operations Management, Operations Research, Optimization, Simulation, System Dynamics;
Data Analytics, Multivariate Statistics, Econometrics, Machine Learning, Deep Learning;
Quantitative Research, Randomized Experiments, A/B Testing, Response Surface Methodology;
