Prof. Varadraj Gurupur received his Bachelor of Engineering from Mangalore University in 2002 and his Master of Science and Ph.D. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2005 and 2010, respectively. He is an Associate Professor at the School of Global Health Management and Informatics at the University of Central Florida. His core research is focused on software engineering decision support systems for healthcare and education. He receives research grants and holds several patents in health information management.