She examines the performance of teams, especially those teams engaged in knowledge work such as professional services, new product development, science and engineering, and project-based tasks. She teaches courses in leading people, managing diverse teams, and collaborative innovation. Renee Rottner, Assistant Professor, Technology Management Dr. Rottner's research and teaching focuses on innovation, particularly how innovators can improve the development of new ideas and new firms. She has examined the dynamics of innovation in a range of settings, including Caltech spinouts, NASA projects, semiconductor startups, and Federal nanotechnology initiatives. She is currently studying these dynamics in non-US contexts, including entrepreneurship in Japan and China, as well as micro-financed businesses in India. Jessica J. Santana, Assistant Professor, Technology Management Santana studies the role of networks in innovation and entrepreneurship. Her recent research explored how entrepreneurs use peers and rhetoric to navigate sensemaking and stigma following startup failure.
Gary S. Hansen, Associate Professor, Technology Management Hansen joined the University of California Santa Barbara as Associate Dean for the College of Engineering to build a new educational and research program in technology management and entrepreneurship within the College of Engineering in 2003. Professor Hansen's current teaching interests include technology-based startups and corporate intrapreneurship. Paul Leonardi, Professor, Ph. Program Faculty Director, Technology Management Leonardi is the Ph. Program Director. His research, teaching, and consulting focus on helping companies to create and share knowledge more effectively. He is interested in how implementing new technologies and harnessing the power of informal social networks can help companies take advantage of their knowledge assets to create innovative products and services. He has authored more than 50 articles that have appeared in top journals across the fields of management. Kyle Lewis, Chair and Professor, Technology Management Lewis' research on team performance and innovation is published in premier scholarly journals and has received international recognition.