Marika Kldiashvili was Appointed to the Position of Dean of CIU Faculty of Business and Technology

Ms. Marika Kldiashvili was appointed to the position of Dean of the Faculty of Business and Technology at Caucasus International University.

Marika Kldiashvili graduated from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Sciences in 2000, and in 2002 she was awarded a Master’s degree at the same faculty. In 2021, she defended her doctoral thesis at Georgian Technical University, and was awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Business Administration.

Her dissertation contributes to the development of one of the directions of economics, the theory of organizational changes. Marika Klidiashvili has 24 years of practical experience, including 20 years of managerial experience in the fields of information technologies and business development, in leading local and international companies. At different times she occupied the positions of Head of Information Systems Department, Head of Business Analysis and Project Management Departments, Director of Operations, Director of Innovation.

Under her leadership, a number of innovative products and services were introduced in Georgian banking sector, such as the first Internet bank, mobile bank, sms-bank, unified messaging system, various types of credit cards, and others. With her involvement, project management methodologies were introduced and transformational projects were implemented in companies of various sectors and activities. Since 2015, Marika has been conducting trainings for middle and top-level managers in the areas of project management, flexible management methods and business analytics.

Since 2016, she has been leading private and public business incubators and accelerators and has been promoting the development of small and medium-sized business representatives as a coach and mentor. With her direct involvement and support, various business incubators and accelerator programs were established, including the first incubator program in Georgia on the basis of GITA Technopark. Since 2017, Marika has been actively cooperating with various companies as a field expert, strategic development and operations management consultant.

Marika Kldiashvili is engaged in academic and scientific activities. Since 2019, she is a visiting lecturer at the University of the Bank of Georgia; Since 2020, guest lecturer of the Free University of Tbilisi, Business School; Since 2020, the visiting lecturer of Business and Technology University (BTU); Since 2022, Associate Professor of the Faculty of Business and Technology of Caucasus International University (CIU).

Marika Kldiashvili is a certified international business analyst IQBBA CFLBA, certified project management professional PMP (PMI.org), certified international coach (Erickson Coaching International) and process management expert Lean Six Sigma, IT service management professional (ITIL).

Marika Kldiashvili is the author of both Georgian and foreign scientific articles. At the current stage, her research is related to organizational changes and transformations in small and medium-sized businesses.