Rate My Professor Marcello La Rosa

Marcello La Rosa is an Honorary Professorial Fellow in the School of Computing and Information Systems at the University of Melbourne. He earned a PhD in Computer Science from Queensland University of Technology in 2009, with a dissertation titled 'Managing Variability in Process-Aware Information Systems,' and a five-year Laurea degree in Computer Engineering from Politecnico di Torino, Italy, in 2005, graduating summa cum laude with 110/110. His career includes serving as Professor in the Information Systems discipline at Queensland University of Technology, where he led the BPM discipline (2016-2017) and was Academic Director for corporate engagements (2012-2017). At the University of Melbourne, he has occupied key leadership positions such as Leader of the BPM Team (2018-2023), Leader of the Information Systems Group (2018-2021), Deputy Head of School for Engagement (2018-2020), and Academic Director for Engagement (2018-2020). La Rosa co-founded Apromore Pty Ltd in 2019, a process mining platform spun out from the University of Melbourne, where he served as CEO; following its acquisition by Salesforce, he now holds the position of VP of Product.