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Matt Beane
100 Main Street
e62-370
Cambridge, MA 02142
EDUCATION
Phone: 518.633.1581
Email: mbeane@mit.edu
http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattbeane
MIT Sloan School of Management
Ph.D., Management Science (Anticipated)
Information Technology major, Organization Studies minor
Advisor: Wanda Orlikowski
Cambridge, MA
2016
Research focus:
What can we expect as we introduce increasingly-sophisticated robotics into the
workplace? How will workers – and customers – react? How will these systems change the
way work gets done? What new possibilities will they unleash? And what about unintended
consequences? I’m committed to helping organizations make wise choices about mixing AI,
robots and people, while producing generalizable social science knowledge.
Sample research projects:
“Multi-site ethnographic investigation comparing robotic and traditional surgical practices.”
Field-based and quantitative research involving Intuitive’s da Vinci surgical system.
“Study of after-hours rounding in a critical care medicine unit mediated by a mobile, robotic
telepresence system.” Survey and field-based research involving the InTouch RP-7.
“Multi-hospital ethnographic investigation of the implications of semi-autonomous delivery
robots for productivity, work practices and worker identity.” Interview and field-based
research involving the Aethon TUG.
“Assessment of attitudes and beliefs regarding a public demonstration of artificial intelligence”
Survey-based research on reactions to the Jeopardy match featuring IBM’s Watson.
MIT Sloan School of Management
Master of Science, Management Research
Cambridge, MA
2014
Bowdoin College
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy
Brunswick, ME
1997
Thesis: “What Difference Does a Robot Make? Managing Ambiguity in Distributed Knowledge Work?”
WORKING PAPERS/POPULAR MEDIA
M. Beane and W. Orlikowski. “What Difference Does a Robot Make? The Material Enactment of
Distributed Coordination” (Selected as a “best paper” by the OCIS division at Academy of
Management 2014, conditionally accepted at Organization Science)
M. Beane. “Robots and the Economy: Red Herrings, or Canaries in a Coal Mine?” (Robohub.org,
2013)
M. Beane. “The Avatar Economy” (MIT Technology Review, 2012)
AWARDS/HONORS/SERVICE
2013
2012
2011
Accepted Paper, “Structuring Work in and around Organizations”, EGOS 2013:
Routes to Fractional Knowing: Evidence from Robotic and Phone-based Night Rounds
in a Post-Surgical ICU
Panel Chair, Human-Robot Interaction Pioneers Workshop, HRI 2012
Invitee, Human-Robot Interaction Pioneers Workshop, HRI 2011
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
15.S62, The Business of Robotics. Designed, administered and taught this intensive workshop in
January 2014 and January 2015 for graduate and undergraduate students from across MIT.
15.S55, Distributed Leadership. Taught a portion of this highly-rated workshop-style course with
Profs. Orlikowski, Malone and Ancona in 2012, 2013 and 2014, revamping a portion of the
curriculum.
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
ROGER SCHWARZ & ASSOCIATES
Principal Associate / Head of Sales and Marketing
Chapel Hill, NC
2002 - 2010
Tasked with revitalizing a shrinking firm that provides training, facilitation, coaching and
consultation to globally-dispersed clients trying to make fundamental, positive, sustained changes
to organizational cultures. Refined and crafted theoretical contribution. Determined market
direction and sales strategies. Led various intensive, long-term interventions to study and optimize
group norms and culture.