Paul M. Leonardi was the Duca Family Professor of Technology Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
[1] He was also the Investment Group of Santa Barbara Founding Director of the Master of Technology Management Program.
Leonardi’s research focuses on how companies can design their organizational networks and implement new technologies to more effectively create and share knowledge.
He was particularly interested in how data intensive technologies, such as simulation and social media tools, enable new ways to access, store, and share information; how the new sources of information these technologies provide can change work routines and communication partners; and how shifts in employees’ work and communication alter the nature of an organization's expertise.
His recent engagements have focused on helping companies to improve communication between departments, to use social technologies to enhance internal knowledge sharing, and to strengthen global product development operations.