Dr Jamie Caine PhD, PGCE, BSc (Hons)
Senior Lecturer in Information Systems & Business Modelling
Summary
Dr Jamie Caine is a distinguished thought leader specialising in digital strategy and digital transformation maturity assessments, combining academic rigour with industry practice. With expertise spanning the entire strategy lifecycle from analysis and design to implementation and continuous improvement, he bridges theory and practice in digital transformation strategy through teaching, research and practice in industry. Dr Caine’s impact spans a global audience, thus advancing global digital transformation, empowering organisations, and shaping the next generation of digital professionals.
About
Dr Jamie Caine is an accomplished academic and industry practitioner with a distinguished reputation in the fields of digital strategy and digital transformation. Renowned for his visionary thinking and thought leadership, Dr Caine excels in bridging theoretical knowledge with practical application, making a transformative impact across academia, industry, and society. His expertise extends over the entire digital strategy lifecycle, from analysis and design to development, implementation, and continuous improvement.
Dr Caine’s doctoral research addressed critical challenges in aligning strategic management with digital technology, producing practical solutions that inform both his academic teachings and industry practices. This interdisciplinary approach has solidified his reputation as a leader in the evolving field of digital transformation strategy.
His current research explores digital capabilities, digital strategy, and the automation of business and IT alignment. His work harmonises the application of software engineering, digital strategy and digital maturity assessments, thus reducing the gap between strategy and execution.
Dr Caine’s teaching portfolio includes IT strategy, business architecture, digital transformation, information systems and business analysis at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
His work in industry includes leading high impact projects on the development of digital transformation maturity assessments and digital capability roadmaps. This includes the development of standardised methodologies and models that serve a global audience of national standard bodies across 170 countries.
As a principal corporate trainer, Dr Caine designs, coordinates, and delivers advanced training programmes across various digital transformation domains. His innovative approach ensures the alignment of theoretical rigour with the demands of industry, equipping professionals with the tools to drive meaningful change.
As an exceptional public speaker, Dr Caine is frequently invited to deliver keynotes on topics such as industry 4.0, leadership, and personal development. His commitment to giving back extends to capacity building initiatives in East Africa, focusing on digital skills development and digital transformation. He has previously served as a Group Scout Leader for 298 Sheffield which allowed him to proactively develop communities and enhance the citizenship, social and leadership prospects of young people.
Teaching
School of Computing and Digital Technologies
College of Business, Technology and Engineering
Digital Analytics and Technologies
Courses taught:
IT with Business Studies
IT Management
Modules taught:
IT Strategy
Enterprise Management Project
Business Architecture
Information Systems Analysis
Introduction to Cloud and Emerging Technologies
Research
Research projects
Digital Capability Maturity Assessment and Roadmap for National Standard Bodies
Agriculture Research Council Digital Transformation Assessment
Bayer Cloud Strategy Architecture
Publications
Key Publications
Caine, J., & von Rosing, M. (2020). The Need and Requirements to a Strategy Ontology. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 70-77. http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2574/short7.pdf
Caine, J., & von Rosing, M. (2018). Introducing the strategy lifecycle: using ontology and semiotics to interlink strategy design to strategy execution. In Liu, K., Nakata, K., Li, W., & Baranauskas, C. (Eds.) Digitalisation, innovation, and transformation :18th IFIP WG 8.1 International Conference on Informatics and Semiotics in Organisations, ICISO 2018, Reading, UK, July 16-18, 2018, Proceedings, (pp. 136-144). Cham: Springer: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94541-5_14
Journal articles
Caine, J., Gilroy, J., Greaves, M., & Madriaga, M. (2021). Principles of Success: Facilitating Sustainable Transformation through a Progressive Relational Pedagogy. Social Policy and Society. http://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746421000658
Conference papers
Caine, J. (2023). Advancing strategy ontology. In Polovina, R., Polovina, S., & Kemp, N. (Eds.) Measuring Ontologies for Value Enhancement: Aligning Computing Productivity with Human Creativity for Societal Adaptation International Workshop, Virtual, 17 October 2020 - 18 October 2020 (pp. 114-167). Springer: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22228-3_7
Caine, J., & Polovina, S. (2018). From Enterprise Concepts to Formal Concepts : A University Case Study. In Croitoru, M., Marquis, P., Rudolph, S., & Stapleton, G. (Eds.) Graph Structures for Knowledge Representation and Reasoning : 5th International Workshop, GKR 2017, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, August 21, 2017, Revised Selected Papers, (pp. 84-98). Springer: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78102-0
Book chapters
Kagoya, S.M., Mashaka, M., & Caine, J. (2024). The Application of Markov Chains Model in Determining the Switching Behaviour of Customers in Phone Companies in Developing World: A Study of Tanzania. In Signals and Communication Technology. (pp. 269-283). Springer Nature Switzerland: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57880-9_13
Caine, J., Davies, J., & Williams, B.T. (2017). Game 2 Engage: Using iPads to Mediate and Develop Social Relationships in College Learning. In Burnett, C., Merchant, G., Simpson, A., & Walsh, M. (Eds.) The Case of the iPad : Mobile Literacies in Education. (pp. 143-158). Springer: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4364-2_9
Theses / Dissertations
Caine, J. (2024). The Impact of Ontology on Organisation Strategy: A Critical Validation and Appraisal. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Moshiri, S., Polovina, S., & Uruchurtu, E. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00660
Presentations
Caine, J., & Rosing, P.M.V. (2020). Outperformer Study: The Largest Study Around Strategy and Strategy Execution. Presented at: Learn from the Leaders Industry Conference, Bruxelles
Other activities
Editorial board member for Measuring Ontologies in Value seeking Environments (MOVE)