Hello.
I'm Dr. Ahmad Najmi

Academician·Researcher·Entrepreneur

Senior Lecturer at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Founder & CEO of NexScholar. My research examines how organisations design, adopt, and use digital technologies to transform work, improve decisions, and create sustainable value.

Dr. Ahmad Najmi
Information SystemsDigital InnovationDSROrganisationsDecision SupportHuman–AI CollaborationNexScholarUTM
  1. Teaching
  2. Research
  3. Entrepreneurship

About me

I work at the intersection of Information Systems scholarship, real digital-system development, and entrepreneurship. This combination helps me connect rigorous research with the organisational realities of digital innovation.

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Grants
Strategic funding

Grants & investment

Recent strategic grants and investments fuelling NexScholar and community impact projects.

RM469,300
MTDC fund injection — NexScholar Sdn. Bhd.
2025
RM20,000.00
New Researcher Grant — A PhD Readiness Assessment Method for Postgraduate Candidates Using Design Science Research
2024 – 2025
RM5,000
KTP — Yayasan Masjid Al-Jawahir
2024
RM5,000
KTP — Masjid Ar-Rahman, Kulai
2025

Research

Digital Innovation in Higher Education

NexScholarDigital PlatformsResearch Ecosystems

NexScholar serves as a living research environment for studying digital platform adoption, academic decision support, user trust, and value creation.

Researcher exploring a scholarly network visualization on a laptop

Design Science Research

DSRDesign KnowledgeDigital Artefacts

Designing and evaluating methods, frameworks, systems, and interventions that produce both rigorous knowledge and practical organisational impact.

Hands sketching a design framework diagram on paper with sticky notes

Digital Work & Decision-Making

Work SystemsHuman–AIDecision Support

Investigating how people and intelligent technologies collaborate, reshape work systems, and improve organisational decision-making.

Analyst reviewing business intelligence dashboards on a large monitor

Digital Innovation in Organisations

SMEsStartupsTransformation

Understanding how organisations design, adopt, and use emerging technologies to build capabilities, transform processes, and create sustainable value.

Facilitator leading a small business workshop around a table with sticky notes
Contacts

Have a project?Let's talk!

ahmadnajmi@utm.my