Questrom Digital

Project Description

The Questrom School has posed two questions: how will workers develop the mindset and skillsets required by an increasingly digital workplace, and how will BU extend its MOOCs for on-demand learning worldwide? The answer to both is Questrom Digital, a portfolio of 21 online modules drawn directly from the BUx MicroMasters® Programs in Digital Leadership and Digital Product Management. Each module features videos, readings, quizzes, and other materials that together create a rich learning experience for the individual user. Topics initially focus on seven digital business topics, ranging from platform strategy to analytics to leadership in the digital age.

These modules differ from the MicroMasters® Program offerings in two key ways. They’re self-paced: ready whenever and wherever the participant may be. And they’re also self-driven: private experiences not connected to a community of learners.

Questrom Digital is directed by faculty and staff connected to Questrom’s Executive Education division. As the modules are launched as individual courses – particularly to BU alumni – they also become essential components of the broader Executive Education blended learning initiatives. Soon these and other modules will be required of incoming executives, installed on corporate platforms, and available to users around the globe. For more information, see https://www.bu.edu/questrom/executive-education/digital/.

Project Team

Jessica Orthman

Jessica Orthman is Associate Director, Operations in the Executive Leadership Center at Boston University Questrom School of Business. She is an executive and higher education professional with over 12 years of experience. In her role as Associate Director, Operations she directs the program management team and oversees the planning and delivery of over 35 programs each year. Prior to her role at Boston University, Jessica was a program manager at the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Programs in Professional Education. In that role, she delivered professional development programs for educators and administrators in both secondary and post-secondary education. She holds an EdM from Boston University and a BA from Harvard University.

Katherine Yunker

Katherine Yunker is Assistant Director, Marketing at the Executive Leadership Center at Boston University Questrom School of Business. She is a learning and development professional with over ten years of experience in training programs, leadership development, strategic relationship management, curriculum design, and project management. Prior to her role in marketing and business development, she delivered custom and open enrollment programs to diverse, C-level audiences at both Boston University and UC Berkeley. Her interests and experience focus on international custom programs, blended learning curriculums, and stakeholder engagement. Katherine holds a Masters in Gastronomy from Boston University and a BS in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University.

Christopher Sprague

Christopher Sprague is a strategy consultant, executive advisor and Senior Lecturer focused on driving profitable growth faster using digital innovation. As a Questrom Digital Fellow he works with future digital innovators, global entrepreneurs and business leaders. He also serves as Questrom Digital Program Leader, accelerating strategy, business development, and product development within BU Questrom Executive Education. Christopher holds an MS from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a BSBA from Babson College.

Paul Carlile

Paul Carlile is an Associate Professor of Management and Information Systems and the Senior Associate Dean for Innovation at Boston University Questrom School of Business. He has also served as the Chair of the Information Systems Department. He holds a B.A. in Philosophy and a Masters in Organizational Behavior from Brigham Young University, as well as a PhD in Organizational Behavior from the University of Michigan. Prior to graduate school, Paul helped start two technology companies.

Nitin Joglekar

Nitin R. Joglekar is Associate Professor of Operations and Technology Management at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. His interests involve Digital Product Management Thinking (DPMT), deployment of analytics and machine learning techniques in innovation processes, and digitization & public policy issues in global supply chains. In addition to his academic career, he has overseen product management and supply chain implantations at established firms, and founded a software startup. He holds degrees in engineering from IIT, Memorial University, and MIT. He also holds a doctorate in management science from the MIT Sloan School. Nitin is the department editor for Technology, Innovation Management, and Entrepreneurship at IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. He is also a department editor for industry studies and public policy at Production and Operations Management.

Venkat Venkatraman

Venkat Venkatraman is the David J. McGrath Jr. professor in Management at Boston University Questrom School of Business. He holds joint appointment in the Information Systems and Strategy & Innovation Departments. He has previously taught at MIT Sloan School of Management and at London Business School. He has undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India and MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (India) and PhD in Strategic Management from the University of Pittsburgh. His doctoral thesis was awarded the Best Dissertation from the Academy of Management and he is one of the most highly cited researchers in management according to Google Scholar.

Jonathan Lehrich

Prior to his departure from BU, Jonathan Lehrich led the strategy development and the execution of core programs within the Executive Leadership Center, including Questrom Digital on-demand learning and non-degree Executive Education programming. He also served as administrative lead for multiple BU Questrom global programs, including the Humphrey Fellows and the Susilo Institute for Ethics in the Global Economy. Jonathan had joined BU Questrom from the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he led the launch and expansion of the MIT EMBA program and served as its program director from 2010 to 2014. He holds a BA in history from Harvard University, an MA in history from the University of Chicago, an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, and an EdD from Boston University. Jonathan serves on the boards of the Agassiz Baldwin Community (treasurer) and Harvard Radio Broadcasting (chairman).