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Heather AltmanEmail: haltman [at] stanford [dot] edu Heather is interested in team dynamics in global work environments, in particular how teams coordinate and collaborate to promote creativity and innovation. Her current research project investigates the work factors and team dynamics that influence innovation across cultures. Heather holds a B.A. with honors in Psychology from Stanford University. |
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Yosem CompanysEmail: companys [at] stanford [dot] edu Yosem Companys conducts research on how information and communication technologies (ICTs) affect people’s organizing, collective action, and entrepreneurship patterns throughout the world. Yosem’s dissertation explores the origins of the Democratic netroots movement in the United States via a historical ethnography of the 2004 presidential draft effort of General Wesley K. Clark. Other research explores how people use ICTs to promote democracy, human rights, effective governance, sustainable development, and other social goods. In 2007, the Social Science Research Network selected Yosem’s paper (with Jeff McMullen) entitled “Strategic Entrepreneurs at Work” as a “Top Ten Paper in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.” In 2009, the Academy of Management selected Yosem’s paper (with Carlos Rodriguez-Lluesma) entitled “Bridging the Gap” as a “Best Paper.” Prior to coming to Stanford, Yosem worked in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch and in brand management and business development at Procter & Gamble. Yosem holds an M.A. in Sociology from Stanford University in Organizations, Business, and the Economy; an M.P.A. in International Development from Harvard University in Science, Technology, and Development; and a B.A. in Economics from Yale University in Development. |
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David DixonEmail: rdavidjr [at] stanford [dot] edu David’s areas of interest include studying the social fabric of clusters in emerging economies, both the interactions between firms within the clusters, as well as between those firms and policy makers. He is also studying the emerging phenomena of open innovation, as technology is allowing organizations to crowdsource solutions to even very technical problems. He graduated with Honors from Brigham Young University in Sociology. During his time there he worked as a consultant for non-profits serving in Peru, Mexico, as well as immigrant populations within the US. While there he also conducted research within the Marriott School of Management. Prior to joining WTO, David also spent 6 years founding, overseeing, and then selling a health services startup, and working as a community manager in the low-income housing industry. |
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Ece KaynakEmail: ekaynak [at] stanford [dot] edu Ece is interested in how organizations interact with and influence their external (legal and regulatory) environments. As a preliminary idea, she is interested in the work practices of corporate legal affairs departments which often play a mediating role in these interactions. Ece holds a MSc in Management, Organizations and Governance from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BA in Sociology from Bogazici University in Istanbul. Prior to joining WTO, Ece worked in Human Resources Management at Pfizer, and at Avea Telecommunications in Turkey. She also worked in Marketing and Business Development at Deloitte Turkey. |
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Thomas HaymoreEmail: thaymore [at] stanford [dot] edu Thomas studies how organizations interact with their environments in terms of how they form relationships and share information with other organizations, and, in so doing, learn and evolve. He is particularly interested in the connections between government and private organizations, and how this affects the accessibility, representation, and impact of the policy making process. Thomas is also interested in research at the intersection of law and organizations, including the evolution of legal forms of organization, such as the corporation. Thomas is also finishing up his J.D. at Stanford Law School, where he served as President of the Law Review and worked with the Supreme Court Law Clinic. Prior to coming to Stanford, he received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania. |
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Joachim Bendix LyonEmail: jblyon [at] stanford [dot] edu Joachim’s research focuses on the distribution of creative labor in new product development, in particular the dynamics of inter-occupational and inter-organizational relationships. His early work involved an ethnography of designers and patterncutters on a fashion design floor in southern China. Currently, he is conducting fieldwork at sites in East Asia, Europe, and North America as part of a dissertation project on client management, design practice, and sales in globally distributed design consultancies. Joachim holds an MSc in Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh, and a BA in Cognitive Science from the University of California, San Diego. Prior to joining WTO, he conducted research at the Interactive Cognition Lab, UCSD, and studied for a year at Peking University, China. |
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Tom MoirEmail: tmoir [at] stanford [dot] edu Tom is interested in exploring how issues of knowledge, authority and power affect the way workers negotiate the development of new routines in the face of organizational and technological change. He is currently working on a project examining issues related to privacy, big data and performance improvement in a healthcare setting. Prior to joining WTO, Tom worked as a risk-management consultant, as a manager at Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., and as an Officer in the Canadian Armed Forces. He holds a MSc in Strategy from the Queen’s Smith School of Business, and a BEng in Mechanical Engineering from Dalhousie University. |
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Hatim A. RahmanEmail: harahman [at] stanford [dot] edu Hatim’s research interests are at the nexus of organizations and technology. In particular, he is interested in exploring the impact technology has on organizational structures and occupational roles, especially in the healthcare industry. His research includes “Understanding Technology Appropriation in Intercultural Global Work,” and examining innovation on mobile platforms using both qualitative and quantitative methods on a joint Stanford-MIT team. Previously, Hatim worked professionally in healthcare consulting for close to three years, specializing in clinical operations, strategy, and technology implementation. He received the Dean’s Scroll Award at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne and graduated with High Honors in Business Process Management and in Technology & Management. |
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Daniela RetelnyEmail: dretelny [at] stanford [dot] edu Daniela is interested in exploring the way employees in globally distributed organizations use information, social networking and communication technologies to collaborate and share knowledge with their colleagues around the world. She is particularly interested in the issues that arise surrounding culture, group norms, organizational boundaries and technology design. Daniela holds a B.S. in Information Science from Cornell University. She has conducted research with the Interaction Design Group and the Media Effects Lab at Cornell University. In the past, Daniela has served as a global marketing intern at SONY BMG and a corporate communication specialist and digital content strategist at IBM. |
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Zachariah J. RodgersEmail: zrodgers [at] stanford [dot] edu Zachariah’s research interests focus on alignment between organizational and societal outcomes. He holds a BA with distinction and highest honors in Asian Studies and Economics from the University of Michigan, and an MBA from Brigham Young University’s Marriott School, where he was a Hawes Scholar. Zachariah also has work experience as an entrepreneur in online retail. |
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Gonzalo ValdésEmail: gonzalo.valdes [at] stanford [dot] edu Gonzalo is broadly interested in the impacts of technology adoption on public and private organizations. His research has focused on studying subjects such as: ICT implementation and technological maturity in public agencies (electronic/digital government), process improvement in small and medium-sized IT companies, and empirical/experimental software engineering (in software development teams). His main goal is to explore such subjects from an organizational perspective, and to be able to integrate this view with others that might provide complementary models/solutions to explain/solve the same phenomena/problems (technical, economic, engineering, etc.). Prior coming to Stanford, Gonzalo worked as an instructor and researcher at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (UTFSM) and University of Valparaíso in Chile. He holds a M.Sc., a B.Sc. and an Engineering degree in Information and Computer Science (Informatics) from UTFSM. |
