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

Data & Data Culture
Operational Safety With AI: Chevron’s Ellen Nielsen
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh

Digital Marketing
Micro Utility With Gen AI: Shopify’s Miqdad Jaffer
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh

Customers
Marketing With Generative AI: Harvard Business School’s Ayelet Israeli
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh

New Product Development
Entrepreneurial AI in the Enterprise: LG Nova’s Shilpa Prasad
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh

New Product Development
Fueling Interdisciplinary Innovation With AI: Volvo’s Anders Sjögren
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh

Ethics
Protecting Society From AI Harms: Amnesty International’s Matt Mahmoudi and Damini Satija (Part Two)
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh

Ethics
Protecting Society From AI Harms: Amnesty International’s Matt Mahmoudi and Damini Satija (Part 1)
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh

New Product Development
Images and Inspiration With AI: Pinterest’s Jeremy King
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh

Skills & Learning
Learning From and With AI: Duolingo’s Zan Gilani
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh

Security & Privacy
Detecting the Good and the Bad With AI: Airbnb’s Naba Banerjee
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh

IT Governance & Leadership
Regulating AI Innovation: Aboitiz Data Innovation’s David Hardoon
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh

New Product Development
The Social Science of AI: Intel’s Elizabeth Anne Watkins
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.
