Saeed Janani, PhD

Saeed Janani is an assistant professor of marketing who joined the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver in 2023. He is an expert in quantitative marketing strategy and marketing research. His academic research focuses on the marketing/technology interface, specifically issues relating to the impact of firms’ capabilities and technological orientation on firm performance. In addition, he studies the roles of marketing in enhancing societal welfare, beyond just what is good for the financial performance of firms, and he seeks to answer how marketing phenomena might improve people’s lives and strengthen societies.

Saeed has won several research and teaching awards, and his scholarly work has been published in several top-tier marketing journals, including Marketing Science, the Academy of Marketing Science, the Journal of International Marketing, and the Journal of Business Research.

He received his PhD in Marketing from the W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, in 2020, and his master’s in marketing research from Southern Illinois University in 2014. Prior to that, he worked for several years as a product and brand manager.