Dr Veeresh Thummadi is a Lecturer in the Business Information Systems (BIS) department at Cork University Business School at University College Cork and a member of Lero, The Science Foundation Ireland Research Center for software. His research is primarily focused on issues in information systems, open source and agile methods. Specifically, he is interested in understanding how emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and big data shape business and software processes.

In his research, he has studied how information systems software development work practices are shaped by the use of design methods such as agile and waterfall. Till now, he has published several articles or forthcoming in outlets such as Journal of Association of Information Systems (JAIS), International Conference of Information Systems (ICIS), American Conference of Information Systems (AMCIS), Academy of Management (AOM), Design Science Research in Information Systems (DESRIST), Agile Conference. He has several promising research projects that are under pipeline. In addition, his work has received national media attention in the Irish Times.