Simha R. Magal, Ph.D.

Simha R. Magal, Ph.D. is the co-founder of Epistemy Press and a Clinical Professor and MSIS Program Director in the CIS department at Georgia State University. He received his doctorate from the University of Georgia. His primary interests are related to enterprise systems and digital transformation. Dr. Magal has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in business processes and enterprise systems using SAP for nearly two decades, and has coauthored four best-selling books: Essentials of Business Processes and Information Systems (Wiley, 2009), Integrated Business Processes with ERP (Wiley 2012), Business Process Integration with SAP ERP (Epistemy Press 2013), and Business Process Configuration with SAP ERP (Epistemy Press, 2017).

Dr. Magal has been recognized for his SAP expertise and contributions numerous times. He received two prestigious awards from the SAP University Alliances academic community: the Majdi Najm Outstanding Service Award (2012) and the Visionary Member Award (2013). He was selected by the SAP professional community to be an SAP Mentor (2012), and SAP Developer Hero (2016), a rare honor for an academic.