Elizabeth J. Altman

Summary

Dr. Elizabeth J. Altman is associate professor of management (with tenure) at the Manning School of Business, University of Massachusetts Lowell. She has been guest editor of MIT Sloan Management Review Future of the Workforce project, and was a visiting scholar at the Harvard Business School and visiting professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Altman teaches in undergraduate, MBA, doctoral, and executive education programs. Her research focuses on strategy, innovation, platform businesses and ecosystems, leadership in the digital economy, organizational identity and change, and future of work/workforce topics. Spending 19 years in industry, Altman was vice president at Motorola with roles in industrial design, product development, manufacturing, marketing, and strategy. Awarded a U.S. Dept. of Commerce and Japanese government fellowship, Altman worked in Japan as an engineer for Sony. She lectures and consults worldwide, and has served on corporate and non-profit boards. Altman is lead author of the book "Workforce Ecosystems: Reaching Strategic Goals with People, Partners, and Technologies," (MIT Press) and co-author of “The Innovator’s Guide to Growth: Putting Disruptive Innovation to Work,” (Harvard Business Press). Altman’s work has been published in the Harvard Business Review (HBR), MIT Sloan Management Review (MIT SMR), Academy of Management Annals, Journal of Management Studies, and other international publications. Her HBR article with Andrei Hagiu was selected for inclusion in “HBR's 10 Must Reads 2019: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review,” and included in “HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Business Model Innovation,” and "HBR's 10 Must Reads on Platforms and Ecosystems." Altman holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School, a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s of Science in Management both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University where she served on the Board of Trustees and is on the Cornell University Library Advisory Council. Altman is a life member of the Cornell University Council and an emerita member of the Cornell College of Engineering Advisory Council and the President’s Council of Cornell Women. Altman was named one of Boston Magazine's “Top 100 Most Influential Women in Boston,” and one of Boston Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” top business and community leaders. She is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.