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Florenta Teodoridis, Associate Professor of Management and Organization and the Jorge Paulo and Susanna Lemann Chair in Entrepreneurship at the University of Southern California

New webinars are available for the MTM program! No matter your background, UCSB’s Master of Technology Management (MTM) graduate program will give you the essential technology skills, business acumen, and entrepreneurial mindset to accelerate your career and expand your leadership opportunities within technology-driven firms. Attend an upcoming information session with MTM faculty and staff to learn more.

Does AI that monitors and supports worker emotions improve or degrade the workplace? Technology Management Professor Nelson Phillips and Doctoral Candidate Fares Ahmad offer their thoughts on the topic in a new piece in The Conversation.

UC Santa Barbara’s College of Engineering and Technology Management are introducing a new undergraduate program designed to prepare students to lead at the intersection of engineering, business, and technology.

Paul Dourish, Professor in the Department of Informatics at UC Irvine

Technology Management assistant professor Sukhun Kang receives the Regents’ Junior Faculty Fellowships (RJFF), which supports the continued development of his work regarding innovation metrics in strategy research. 

Pinar Ozcan, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Academic Director of the Oxford Entrepreneurship Center and the Oxford Future of Finance and Technology (Fintech) Initiative.

Technology Management is pleased to announce that UC alumni are now able to apply for the Master of Technology Management (MTM) graduate degree program for free! Applicants who have received a degree from any University of California campus or who will complete their degree by Fall 2026 are eligible to apply for application sponsorship–a $135 value for U.S. citizens and permanent residents and a $155 value for international applicants.

Everyone gets tired. But that tiredness can be dangerous when it comes from everyday tools! In his book Digital Exhaustion, out October 7, Paul Leonardi shows how technology is draining our energy, and walks us through how we can replenish it through eight simple rules we can implement today. Lessen your burden and make your digital life healthier!

Our department had the recent pleasure of chatting with Steve Wells, one of our donors, a New Venture Program mentor, and longtime friend of the department. He and his wife Tracy have sponsored a scholarship in their name for students in any major. Read on to learn more about Steve’s background, what brought him and his wife to Technology Management, what he’d like to tell other donors, and more.

Our department is thrilled to introduce the newest addition to our faculty lineup, Assistant Teaching Professor Ting Xiao! She recently joined our team in July of 2025, and will be providing her expertise to our students on innovation and strategy, with a focus on AI.

Our department had the pleasure of chatting with Evan McCall, whose AI-powered, personalized tutoring application RazeMath won the New Venture Competition earlier this year. Read his full interview to learn more about him, the origins of his start-up company, his experience in the New Venture Program, and more.