Executive Director of the Biggio Center (Auburn University)

Asim Ali, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of the Biggio Center at Auburn University, where he advances professional development programs and resources to enhance academic innovation and support scholarly and creative activities. Prior to this role, he served as Founding Director of Auburn Online. 

Asim earned a bachelor’s in software engineering, a master’s in information systems management, and a doctorate with research focused on self-directed and technology-enhanced learning from Auburn University. 

Asim co-leads work on artificial intelligence to build capacity for understanding and implementing AI, and he has modeled the implementation of generative AI in the introduction to information systems management course he teaches for the Harbert Business School. 
Asim also co-leads innovative initiatives for microcredentials and AR/VR. Asim is the incoming president-elect of UPCEA, the online and professional education association. He has been an invited keynote speaker and presenter nationally and internationally at conferences and universities