Overview
Based at Cambridge Judge Business School and Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, CDI has a Management Board and is supported by an Advisory Board, Fellows and Associated Faculty.
Michael Barrett
Academic Director
Cambridge Digital Innovation
Michael is Professor of IS and Innovation Studies and Director of Research at Cambridge Judge Business School. He is also Distinguished Visiting Professor of Innovation at the Stockholm School of Economics. He has served as Head of the Organisation Theory & Information Systems group, Director (Associate Dean) of Programmes, and Director of the MPhil in Innovation, Strategy & Organisation programme. He is also a Distinguished Scholar, OCIS Division, Academy of Management. Professor Barrett is currently Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Information & Organization journal responsible for the RICK section. He has consulted with Oracle Canada where he won the Most Valuable Employee award. He continues to provide executive education for many organisations including Thomson Reuters, Statoil, Bank of China, China Mobile, BT, IBM, HP, PWC, Pfizer, Shell, and the World Health Organisation.
Karl Prince
Director
Cambridge Digital Innovation
As Director, Karl aims to advance research on digital innovation as well promote the translational impact of such research through knowledge hubs and education outreach programmes. His research interests include digital innovation particularly in regard to health care and fintech contexts, broader themes of innovation such as ecosystem development and leadership, and information systems. Karl has previous experience in industry and academic contexts, holding consulting and management positions in the Cambridge cluster and research positions at the University of Cambridge, Warwick Business School and Leeds Business School.
Professor Wanda Orlikowski
MIT Sloan School of Management
Professor Geoff Walsham
Professor Emeritus of Management Studies (Information Systems)
Cambridge Judge Business School
David Hytha
New Wave Partners
Laurel Powers-Freeling
Board of Atom Bank
Michael Barrett
Academic Director
Cambridge Digital Innovation
Michael is Professor of IS and Innovation Studies and Director of Research at Cambridge Judge Business School. He is also Distinguished Visiting Professor of Innovation at the Stockholm School of Economics. He has served as Head of the Organisation Theory & Information Systems group, Director (Associate Dean) of Programmes, and Director of the MPhil in Innovation, Strategy & Organisation programme. He is also a Distinguished Scholar, OCIS Division, Academy of Management. Professor Barrett is currently Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Information & Organization journal responsible for the RICK section. He has consulted with Oracle Canada where he won the Most Valuable Employee award. He continues to provide executive education for many organisations including Thomson Reuters, Statoil, Bank of China, China Mobile, BT, IBM, HP, PWC, Pfizer, Shell, and the World Health Organisation.
Jorge Armanet
Entrepreneur, operator investor, advisor
Founder and former CEO, HealthUnlocked
Dr Manuel Arriaga
Clinical Assistant Professor of Information, Operations and Management Sciences, NYU Stern
Professor Yolande Chan
Dean and James McGill Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
Professor Panos Constantinides
Professor of Digital Innovation, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
Professor Elizabeth Davidson
Professor of Information Technology Management, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawai’i Mānoa
Mark Enzer OBE
Royal Academy of Engineering
Visiting Professor, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Professor Samer Faraj
Canada Research Chair in Technology, Innovation and Organizing, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
Dr Amer Fasihi
CEO, Kraydel
Professor Bob Hinings
Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Business, University of Alberta
Professor Marleen Huysman
Professor and Director of KIN, Center for Digital Innovation, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Dr Samuel Liyala
School of Informatics and Innovative Systems, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, Kenya
Professor Magnus Mähring
Erling Persson Professor of Entrepreneurship and Digital Innovation, Stockholm School of Economics
Dr Joanna Mills
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Centre Manager, Biodata Innovation Centre, Wellcome Genome Campus
Dr Tim Murdoch
CEO, Waymap
Professor Eivor Oborn
Professor of Healthcare Management, Warwick Business School
Professor Geoffrey Parker
Charles E Hutchinson '68A Professor of Engineering Innovation, Dartmouth
Dr Ignacio Perez Hallerbach
VP, NavVis
Dr Nirit Pilosof
Tel Aviv University, Coller School of Management
Dr Kristin-Anne Rutter
Partner, McKinsey and Company
Professor Torsten-Oliver Salge
Co-Director of the Institute of Technology and Innovation Management, RWTH Aachen University
Professor Susan Scott
Professor of Information Systems, Information Systems and Innovation Faculty, Department of Management, LSE
Dr Peter Thomas
Consulant and Chief Clinical Information Officer, Moorfields Eye Hospital
Professor Geoff Walsham
Professor Emeritus of Management Studies (Information Systems), Cambridge Judge Business School
Professor Markos Zachariadis
Professor and Chair in Financial Technology (FinTech) and Information Systems, Alliance Manchester Business School
Gishan Dissanaike
Dean of Cambridge Judge Business School
Adam Smith Professor of Corporate Governance and Finance
PhD (University of Cambridge)
Shasha Lu
Associate Professor in Marketing
PhD (School of Management, Fudan University)
Jaideep Prabhu
Professor of Marketing
Jawaharlal Nehru Professor of Indian Business & Enterprise
PhD (University of Southern California)
Philip Stiles
Associate Professor in Corporate Governance
PhD (University of London)
Dr Philip Stiles is a tenured faculty member at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge and Director of the Centre for International Human Resource Management.
He has worked at the University of Cambridge for 25 years. He previously worked at London Business School.
He has written 3 books, the most recent of which is “Board Dynamics” published by Cambridge University Press in 2022.
Philip’s principal research area is in board dynamics, people management, leadership, and culture. He has researched with major organisations, including developing a research consortium of companies worldwide – including American Express, BT, EDF, GE, General Mills, Glaxo-SmithKline, IBM, IKEA, Infosys, Matsushita, Oracle, Procter and Gamble, Rolls-Royce, SANYO, Sealed Air, Shell, Siemens, TCL, TNT, and Unilever. This research is focused on the linkages between leadership, culture, and innovation.
Most recently he has worked on a major piece of research, funded by the UK Government to $5 million, on the future of work and technology.
He consults to several organisations in both the private and public sector and is on the advisory board of a start-up organisation in London. He conducts board reviews for a number of organisations.
His executive education work has involved working with a wide range of firms from around the world, from professional service firms in law, accountancy, management consulting and advertising, to corporations such as Barclays, IBM, BT, HSBC, non-profits such as Nature Conservancy, NHS, and UNICEF and scientific organisations such as the Sanger Centre in Cambridge, as well as many start-ups and sports teams.
He teaches 2 core courses on the MBA – Organisational Behaviour and Corporate Governance and he teaches Corporate Governance on the Executive MBA He also teaches Corporate Governance on the Master of Accounting course.
Philip has won several awards for research and teaching, including the University of Cambridge Pilkington prize for Teaching Excellence and teacher of the year for the MBA.
He has also won an IBM faculty award for his work with IBM in the area of Services Science.
He is a board advisor to 2 companies, both start-ups, in the Cambridge area.
Paul Tracey
Professor of Innovation and Organisation
PhD (Stirling University)
Helen Haugh
Associate Professor in Community Enterprise
PhD (Aberdeen University)
Matthew Jones
Professor of Information Systems
PhD (Reading University)
Stella Pachidi
Assistant Professor in Information Systems
PhD (VU University Amsterdam)
Stefan Scholtes
Dennis Gillings Professor of Health Management
PhD (Karlsruhe University)
Mark Thompson
Professor in Digital Economy, University of Exeter Business School
