Alumni Spotlight on Noah Kastenbaum, MTM Class of 2022

Noah is originally from Los Angeles. He studied Communication at UCSB, where he also completed the Certificate in Technology Management as an undergraduate. Since completing the MTM graduate program, he has been working at Feedly, an AI cybersecurity startup.

The following comments are excerpted from an alumni panel event that took place in April 2024.

Q: How did MTM help launch your career? 

Interview Panel Highlights with Natalie Jordan, MTM Class of 2019

Natalie is originally from New Jersey and has an undergraduate degree from UCSB in political science and history of public policy. Natalie currently works at Motive, an integrated fleet operations platform. 

The following comments are excerpted from an alumni panel event that took place in April 2024.

Q: What have been your employment experiences since graduating from the MTM program?

Meet Micah Gifford, MTM Class of 2024

Micah graduated from Southern New Hampshire University in 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. He joined the U.S. Army back in 2014 and has worked in Operations Management, Intelligence Analysis, and Language Translation. After graduating, he is looking forward to working in a project management role at a technology company. 

Q: Why did you want to do the MTM graduate program? 

Technology Management Welcomes New Faculty, Prof Nelson Phillips

UC Santa Barbara welcomes Nelson Phillips who joining the Department of Technology Management as a full professor. Phillips spent the past sixteen years as a faculty member at Imperial College in London, where he also served in various administrative positions, including associate dean of external relations and acting dean of the Imperial College Business School.

Technology Management Welcomes Prof Mary Tripsas

Meet Mary Tripsas

A leading management scholar whose research and teaching focus on technological innovation and entrepreneurship, Mary Tripsas studies how organizations can best adapt to new technologies that disrupt industries and ecosystems, with an emphasis on how the interplay of organizational capabilities, organizational identity, and managerial mental models shape strategic responses to technological shifts.