ITIL® 4 Foundation Certification

Gaurav Shekhar is the Senior Assistant Dean of the Graduate Programs in the Naveen Jindal School of Management. He is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Information Systems area and teaches courses like Business Intelligence, Digital Consulting, Sustainability Analytics and Robotic Process Automation to both Graduate and Undergraduates. He was inducted into ‘Dallas 500’ by the DCEO Magazine for 2024. He is a two-time TEDx speaker and was named as the 40 Under 40 by the Dallas Business Journal in 2023. He was also named as a 40 under 40 Data Leaders for the year 2022 by the CDO Magazine.

His main areas of research are IT Project Management, AI/Machine Learning, Natural Language, and Organizational Leadership. He enjoys working with students and works with them across academic and non-academic areas. He has been instrumental in setting up student and corporate engagement programs at The University of Texas at Dallas. He is a big believer in Servant Leadership which is the base of most of his initiatives. He leads the Young Entrepreneurs Program and serves on the board of the US-India Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of the Academic Panel for PeopleCert and serves on the board of Alteryx SparkED programs and the Chinese Institute of Engineers – DFW. He is the President of the DFW Alumni Chapter for Beta Gamma Sigma, an International business honor society. He works with Fortune 500 CXOs and advises them on their strategic initiatives, especially from the point of view of Technology.

Brian Culp serves as the IT Service Management Director at the University of Texas at Dallas. In this role, he oversees the UT Dallas implementation of TeamDynamix as the platform owner. Moreover, he acts as the process owner for all ITIL processes within the organization, ensuring the delivery of IT services aligns with best practices and industry standards. Prior to this, Brian was an IT Director at NTT Data, where he managed a Transition Service Management team responsible for IT Service Management implementations. His career includes positions as a Solutions Architect Consultant, Transition Management Consultant, and Service Delivery Manager. Brian holds a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from the University of Texas at Dallas and several ITIL certifications, including ITIL Foundations Version 4, ITIL Intermediate, and ITIL Expert.