Profiles

Aamir is originally from Santa Monica and was a Mechanical Engineering major at UCSB prior to joining MTM.

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

Sabrina is originally from Southern California and completed her BA in English at UCSB before joining MTM.

Q: Why did you want to join the MTM graduate program, and how did your undergraduate major in English influence your decision?

Shabarita is originally from India, and prior to joining MTM, she worked as a business systems analysis specialist in Edmonton, Canada. She has a Bachelor’s of Technology degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Amrita University and an MBA from the PSG Institute of Management.

Q: Why did you choose MTM?

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, 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.

Meet 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.

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.