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Violina Rindova, Associate Dean of Research & PhD Programs, Dean's Leadership Circle Chair, and Professor of Strategy at Merage School of Business, UC Irvine

The skills gap between junior and senior occupational members has become more pronounced with the introduction of new technology. Senior experts, who are used to previous tools, struggle to keep up with the technological expertise they need to succeed, while their newer counterparts often race ahead to new frontiers. Research from Matt Beane (Department of Technology Management at UCSB) and Callen Anthony (NYU Stern School of Business) is now showing that senior experts fix this imbalance through “inverted apprenticeships”—a previously unstudied relationship between seniors and juniors that enables senior learning.

When implementing new technology, decades of research show that managers and employees often bring their full and immediate attention to ensuring the technology is installed and useful in as little time as possible. This is primarily to allow for new possibilities but also to secure their return on investment (ROI). However, according to a recent study by Matt Beane (Department of Technology Management at UCSB), this preoccupation with rolling out new technology drives counterproductive allocation of resources across the entire portfolio of technology in a firm.

The pandemic has shown the world the benefits of working from home, including more flexible schedules and additional time with family. From this perspective, lack of communication when working from home might seem like a necessary side effect of these benefits. However, a recent study from Paul Leonardi (Department of Technology Management at UCSB) and Samantha Keppler (University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business) is showing that social media—widely available in remote work—can fill the role of, or even improve on, traditional types of communication. 

Lindsey Cameron, Assistant Professor of Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Dev Jennings, Coordinator of the Interpretive Data Science (IDeaS) Group, the Canadian Center for CSR Coordinator at the Alberta School of Business, and Co-PI in the Future Energy System (FES) Research Consortium

Arvind Karunakaran, Assistant Professor of Management Science; Engineering at Stanford University

Technology Management, a Department within UC Santa Barbara's College of Engineering, has welcomed two additional students to its growing Ph.D. in Technology Management program. Fares Ahmad and Brandon Lepine bring unique insights into their scholarship, including leadership experience within the technology sector.

Technology Management Assistant Professor Jessica Santana has been awarded the prestigious Hellman Fellowship from the Society of Hellman Fellows. Made possible by a $125M gift from the Hellman Fellows Fund, this endowed program provides research funding to promising assistant professors who show capacity for great distinction in their chosen field. Many Hellman Fellows go on to become department chairs, award-winning researchers, and MacArthur “genius” grant recipients. 

Funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has been granted to support research led by Ph.D. candidate Danielle Bovenberg. Bovenberg will lead the research overseen by principal investigator Stephen R. Barley, Professor of Technology Management, and her research aims to understand the contributions that people in specialized technical staff roles make to science. 

Technology Management Professor Paul Leonardi has been appointed Department Chair by UC Santa Barbara College of Engineering Interim Dean Tresa Pollock. Leonardi begins his appointment on July 1, 2022, and succeeds Professor Kyle Lewis, who has served in this capacity for the past five years. Professor Lewis will continue to conduct research and teach at the graduate level within the Technology Management Department. 

Professor Tripsas, a Professor of Technology Management in the College of Engineering at UC Santa Barbara, is a leading management scholar whose research focuses on the transformation of industries by new technology. Her important contributions have earned her the 2022 TIM Distinguished Scholar Award from the Academy of Management Technology and Innovation Management Division (TIM).