Originally from Liberia, Dr. Matthew Waritay Guah is professor of Management and Dean of the College of Business & Information Systems at South Carolina State University. He heads a college that is accredited by AACSB International—being one of only 5% of the top business schools in the world. Previous roles Dr. Guah has held at SC State University include Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, Department Chair for the Business Administration, MBA Program Director, and Faculty Athletic Representative for NCAA (Mid-Eastern Atlantic Conference)

Matthew Guah earned a PhD in Information Systems and Management Controls from Warwick University (2006), Masters in Technology Management from Manchester University (1998) and Bachelors in Information Technology from Salford University (1996). He brings into academia industry experience from British Airways, Merrill Lynch, British Standards Institute, and UNICEF. Before joining SC State University ten years ago, Dr. Guah worked at Claflin University (SC), Erasmus School of Economics (Rotterdam), University of Hawaii (Honolulu), Warwick University (UK) and Brunel University (London).

As an academic researcher, his primary focus is business systems in healthcare organizations—reforming healthcare delivery process and performance evaluation. His research work also involves Big Data—considered the next frontier for innovation, competition, and productivity. He has written six books and around 90 journal articles, book chapters and international conference papers, mostly in healthcare management, project management and business accountability. Dr. Guah has served on editorial boards for several academic journals as well as track chair, session chair and panelist for many international conferences.

This proud son of Liberia, West Africa, has been married to Evelyn Morgan Guah since 1995, with two grown children, Within the past year, Dean Guah has spearheaded a team of American academics to tour universities in Ghana (West Africa) and Kenya (East Africa) for the purpose of establishing collaborations that will bring developments and improved facilities for the benefits of African youth in preparation for more ethical leadership on the motherland. He even met with a few officials at UL and CUC in Monrovia.

Dean Guah is Lector, Eucharistic Minister, and a Parish Council member at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Orangeburg, SC. He has served on the African American board at the Commission of Minority Affairs since 2015. He strongly believes in the power of minority voice in America and persistently promotes the Ethos for Black People in America.