Sam Ransbotham
Sam Ransbotham is professor of analytics at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management. He teaches the courses Analytics in Practice and Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Ransbotham serves as a senior editor at Information Systems Research, an associate editor at Management Science, and an academic contributing editor at MIT Sloan Management Review. He cohosts the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, available on all major platforms.
Ransbotham received a National Science Foundation Career Program award “in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education,” for his analytics-based research in security. He was also honored with an INFORMS ISS Sandra A. Slaughter Early Career Award, which recognizes “early career individuals who are on a path towards making outstanding intellectual contributions to the information systems discipline.” Ransbotham earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, an MBA, and a doctorate, all from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Before earning his doctorate, he was the founder and principal of a software company with a globally diverse client list.
Since 2015, he has been a guest editor on MIT SMR's Big Ideas initiatives, including Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy, Competing With Data & Analytics, and Internet of Things. Explore Ransbotham’s work with MIT SMR below.
Sam Ransbotham
Professor, Carroll School of Management at Boston College
Guest editor, MIT Sloan Management Review
- Podcast
- Big Ideas Research
- Articles & Webinars
Technology Innovation Strategy
A One-Stop Data Shop: The Lego Group’s Anders Butzbach Christensen
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
Skills & Learning
A Third Path to Talent Development: Delta’s Michelle McCrackin
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
New Product Development
Out of the Lab and Into a Product: Microsoft’s Eric Boyd
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
AI & Machine Learning
Helping Doctors Make Better Decisions With Data: UC Berkeley’s Ziad Obermeyer
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
AI & Machine Learning
Digital First, Physical Second: Wayfair’s Fiona Tan
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
Customers
Investing in the Last Mile: PayPal’s Khatereh Khodavirdi
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
Customers
Keeping Humans in the (Feedback) Loop: Orangetheory Fitness’s Ameen Kazerouni
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
IT Governance & Leadership
The Three Roles of the Chief Data Officer: ADP’s Jack Berkowitz
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
Data & Data Culture
From Data to Wisdom: Novo Nordisk’s Tonia Sideri
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Big Data in Agriculture: Land O’Lakes’ Teddy Bekele
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
Customers
Inventing the Beauty of the Future: L’Oréal’s Stéphane Lannuzel
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
Automation
Precision Medicine in Pharma: Sanofi’s Frank Nestle
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
- Podcast
- Big Ideas Research
- Articles & Webinars
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Using Analytics to Improve Customer Engagement
Sam Ransbotham and David Kiron
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Analytics as a Source of Business Innovation
Sam Ransbotham and David Kiron
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Beyond the Hype: The Hard Work Behind Analytics Success
Sam Ransbotham et al.
The Talent Dividend
Sam Ransbotham et al.
Technology Innovation Strategy
Data Sharing and Analytics Drive Success With IoT
Stephanie Jernigan et al.
- Podcast
- Big Ideas Research
- Articles & Webinars
Research Findings: Analytics as a Source of Business Innovation
Sam Ransbotham and David Kiron
Technology Innovation Strategy
Data Sharing, Advanced Analytics, and Success with IoT
John Buccola et al.
Creating a Data-Driven Enterprise: Real-Life Cases
Sam Ransbotham et al.
The Analytics Talent Dividend
Sam Ransbotham et al.
