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Curriculum vitae

Ben Collier, PhD

Assistant Teaching Professor of Business Analytics
Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University
Also teaches selected courses at Heinz College

Career at a glance
Academia
PhD, Carnegie MellonCMU Qatar facultyTepper faculty
Industry
UPMC PensiamoDuolingogAIm
Consulting
Hot Metal AI
Degrees
BBAMBAMSPhD
200420082012201620202024

Academic appointments

  • Aug 2024–present
    Assistant Teaching Professor of Business AnalyticsTepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Sep 2026–present
    Faculty Coordinator, MBA Business Analytics TrackTepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Oct 2023–May 2024
    Adjunct Professor of Business AnalyticsTepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Aug 2012–Dec 2016
    Assistant Teaching Professor of Organizational Behavior; Co-Director of Executive and Continuing EducationCarnegie Mellon University in Qatar
  • Sep 2008–Aug 2012
    Research AssistantHuman-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

Education

  • 2012
    PhDCarnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business

    Emphasis: Information Systems and Organizational Behavior. Minor: Empirical Research Methods.

    Dissertation: Leadership Development in Core-Periphery Organizations

  • 2009
    MSCarnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business

    Emphasis: Information Systems and Organizational Behavior

  • 2007
    MBAUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison, Wisconsin School of Business

    Emphasis: Information Systems

  • 2004
    BBAUniversity of Wisconsin–Whitewater, College of Business and Economics

    Double major: Management Computer Systems and Mathematics (Statistics)

Teaching

Courses built

MBA courses

MS in Business Analytics courses

Heinz College

Undergraduate courses

  • 70-445 Artificial Intelligence for Business Leaders: Fall 2026, Tepper School of Business
  • 70-377 Managing and Assessing Tech Talent and Organizations: Fall 2025 (micro-course), Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
  • Organizational Behavior: Summer 2011 (Pittsburgh); Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2016, Fall 2016 (Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar)
  • Negotiations and Conflict Resolution: Spring 2013, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
  • Empirical Research Methods: Spring 2013, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
  • Business Technology Consulting: Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media Strategy: Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
  • Managing Across Cultures: Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

Executive education, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

  • Negotiation and Conflict Resolution: Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2016
  • Dynamic Organizational Leadership: Fall 2014
  • Decision Making in Groups and Organizations: Fall 2014
  • Managing Groups and Teams: Spring 2015
  • Innovation in Groups and Teams: Fall 2015

Advising

  • Advisor, MBA Business Analytics track capstone teams (45-959 Business Analytics Capstone), starting Spring 2027
  • Spring 2026
    Advisor, two MS in Business Analytics capstone teams, both partnering with Westinghouse
  • Spring 2025
    Advisor, five MS in Business Analytics capstone teams (20 students) partnering with Saratoga, RBC, Swank, Confirmed, and a large consulting firm
  • Spring 2024
    Advisor, three MS in Business Analytics capstone teams partnering with Tindoori Labs, Marinus Analytics, and 412 Food Rescue
  • MS in Business Analytics Independent Study supervisor
  • Faculty advisor for undergraduate independent studies in Organizational Behavior, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar: Qatari Females in Leadership: Examining Motivation and Social Capital Influences (Fall 2012); Social Media Marketing: Theory and Evidence from Olympic Bid Campaigns (Fall 2012); A Cultural Analysis of Leadership and Influence: A Qualitative Comparison of Western and Middle Eastern Leadership Approaches (Spring 2013); Designing Leadership Development Programs for Women in the Gulf (Spring 2014)
  • Spring 2010
    Co-advisor, undergraduate senior thesis Social Networks and Promotion in Online Environments, with Robert Kraut

Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence

  • 2011–2012
    Graduate Teaching Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University

    Consulted with graduate students on their teaching, observed them in the classroom and gave feedback, and led workshops for students working toward the Eberly teaching certificate.

Teaching preparation and certificates

  • Spring 2014
    Case Method Teaching Seminar, Harvard Business School
  • Summer 2014
    Advanced Case Method Teaching Seminar, Harvard Business School
  • Fall 2014
    Teaching with Cases Online, Harvard Business School
  • Summer 2014
    Negotiation and Leadership, Harvard Law School Executive Education
  • Summer 2014
    Women and Career Negotiation, Harvard Law School Executive Education
  • Summer 2015
    Case Teaching Workshop, INSEAD
  • Summer 2015
    Case Writing Workshop, INSEAD
  • 2015
    Foundations of Virtual Instruction, University of California, Irvine
  • 2015
    Advanced Instructional Strategies in the Virtual Classroom, University of California, Irvine
  • 2015–2017
    Data Science Specialization (10 courses), Johns Hopkins University
  • Spring 2025
    Faculty Success Program, NCFDD, Cohort 46
  • 2026
    AWS Academy Educator, Amazon Web Services

Honors and awards

  • 2026
    George Leland Bach Teaching AwardTepper School of Business

    One faculty member per year, chosen by vote of the graduating MBA class.

  • 2024
    Center for Intelligent Business Award$10,000 for work on collaborative AI in the classroom

    Named a Collaborative AI Fellow.

  • 2012
    Research Grant AwardQatar Foundation, $200,000
  • 2011
    Doctoral ConsortiumAcademy of Management
  • 2011–2012
    United States Army Research stipend

    for work on collective intelligence in online groups

  • 2010–2011
    National Science Foundation stipend

    for research on management in online communities

  • 2007–2010
    William L. Mellon FellowshipCarnegie Mellon University

    Full tuition and living stipend for the PhD.

  • 2007
    Outstanding MBA Student AwardUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison

    Awarded to two students in each graduating class.

  • 2006
    G. Steven Burrill Technology Business Plan Competition Finalist$4,000 award for entrepreneurship in a technology startup

Industry experience

  • May 2025–present
    Senior Director of AI and Data SciencegAIm Systems

    Builds AI tools and research studies that help sports teams recruit players, develop them, and build rosters.

  • Oct 2018–present
    Founder and Principal Data ScientistHot Metal AI

    Analytics consulting and corporate training. Taught on-site and hybrid professional development courses for technology leaders and executives at Optum, AT&T, Cox Communications, and RapidScale. Ran one- to three-day workshops on chatbot development, data programming, SQL and NoSQL, data mining, infrastructure and the cloud, and agile development. Built a recommendation engine for healthcare specialist referrals for a healthcare client.

  • Feb 2020–Jun 2023
    Staff Data ScientistDuolingo

    Data science for monetization: financial forecasting, user retention prediction, ad platform optimization, and the key performance metrics for the 2021 initial public offering. Helped hire and train data scientists as the team grew from three to fifteen. Designed and analyzed large-scale A/B tests across more than 70 million users. Presented A/B test results to the CEO and executive team.

  • Sep 2016–Feb 2020
    Senior Director of Data ScienceUPMC / Pensiamo

    Founding data scientist for a joint venture with IBM Watson Health applying AI to the healthcare supply chain. Conducted machine learning research and built production pipelines for CognitiveRx, a drug price prediction and drug shortage tool later acquired by Premier. Hired and managed a team of PhD-level healthcare data scientists. Designed data pipelines and analytic tools for managing a $1.2 billion fleet of 175,000 medical devices across the UPMC system. Built the Databricks infrastructure for large-scale aggregation, cleaning, and machine learning in Python and Spark.

Earlier research and industry roles

  • Sep 2008–Aug 2012
    Research Assistant, Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Technical Consultant, Nakoma Capital Management Equity Fund
  • 2005–2007
    Research Assistant, Experimental Economics, Accounting Department, Wisconsin School of Business
  • 2005–2007
    Research Assistant, Applied Securities Analysis Program, Wisconsin School of Business
  • May–Sep 2006
    Project Manager, Virtualization Technologies, IBM
  • May 2003–Aug 2005
    Software Developer, Production Operations and Warehousing, Quad Graphics
  • Web Developer, Residence Life, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater

Publications and presentations

Peer-reviewed publications and conference proceedings

  • Bear, J. B., & Collier, B. (2016). Where are the Women in Wikipedia? Understanding the Different Psychological Experiences of Men and Women in Wikipedia. Sex Roles, 74(5–6), 254–265. DOI

    Featured in Harvard Business Review, June 2016 (archived copy): “Women reported feeling less confident about their expertise, less comfortable with editing others’ work.” Also covered by ATTN: and Wiki Education, and discussed in Wikipedia's article on gender bias on Wikipedia.

  • Turan, N., & Collier, B. (2014). Gender and Negotiation in Leadership Roles: Extending Advocacy Effects to Women in Leadership Positions. Annual Meeting of the International Association for Conflict Management, Leiden, Netherlands.
  • Collier, B., & Kraut, R. (2012). Leading the Collective: Social Capital and the Development of Leaders in Core-Periphery Organizations. Collective Intelligence, Cambridge, MA. DOI

    Summarized in the Wikimedia Research Newsletter, May 2012.

  • Collier, B., & Bear, J. (2012). Conflict, Confidence, or Criticism: An Empirical Examination of the Gender Gap in Wikipedia Contributors. ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Seattle, WA, 383–392. DOI

    Reviewed in the Wikipedia Signpost, February 2012.

  • Collier, B., Burke, M., Kittur, A., & Kraut, R. (2010). Promoting Good Management: Governance, Promotion, and Leadership in Open Collaboration Communities. International Conference on Information Systems, St. Louis, MO. https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2010_submissions/220
  • Collier, B., & Hampshire, R. (2010). Sending Mixed Signals: Multilevel Reputation Effects in Peer-to-Peer Lending Markets. ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Savannah, GA, 197–206. DOI
  • Collier, B., Burke, M., Kittur, A., & Kraut, R. (2008). Retrospective versus Prospective Evidence for Promotion: The Case of Wikipedia. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA.
  • Collier, B. (2012). Leadership Development in Core-Periphery Organizations. Doctoral dissertation, Carnegie Mellon University.

Teaching presentations

  • Collier, B. (2026, August 7). Lessons Learned from Developing New AI Courses for MBA and Undergraduate Business Students. Tepper AI-Exchange, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University.
  • Collier, B., & Jiang, Z. (2025, June 5). AI Data Visualization Coach. Teaching with AI Conference, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

Practitioner publications

  • Kurta, M., Lang, M. B., Collier, B., et al. (2018, March). Linking Data Leads to Cost-Effective Supply Chain Decisions in Population Health Management. Supply Chain Strategies & Solutions.
  • Collier, B., & Lang, M. B. (2017, November). Driving Healthcare Supply Chain Decisions Using Cognitive Analytics. Supply Chain Strategies & Solutions.

Invited talks and media

  • September 29, 2026
    Business Analytics Track Information Session, Tepper MBA program, Carnegie Mellon University
  • August 22, 2025 and August 21, 2026
    Perspectives on Analytics, BaseCamp orientation for incoming part-time MS in Business Analytics students, Tepper School of Business
  • November 2025
    Managing Groups and Teams: Strategies for Collaborative Excellence, Community Partner Workshop, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
  • March 7, 2025
    AI tools lecture for doctoral students, Colloquium on AI for Business, Tepper School of Business
  • May 2025
    Using Statistics to Estimate the Unknown, Business Analytics Summer Summit, Tepper School of Business
  • June 2024
    Using Statistics to Solve Business Problems, Business Analytics Summer Summit, Tepper School of Business
  • 2026
    Conversation on the MS in Business Analytics program, Tepper School of Business video

    https://cmu.is/4tcxTyj

  • January 10, 2025
    Named as the new professor teaching business analytics in the MBA program, Meet Carnegie Mellon Tepper's MBA Class of 2026, Poets & Quants
  • June 24, 2015
    Quoted on CMU-Q's executive and professional education program, CMU-Q news
  • June 2, 2016
    Research with Julia Bear featured in Why Do So Few Women Edit Wikipedia?, by Nicole Torres, Harvard Business Review (archived copy)
  • 2015
    Creating a Culture for Innovation in Teams, RasGas Company
  • 2014
    Digital Marketing for Entrepreneurs, International Telecommunication Union World Conference (United Nations specialized agency for ICT)
  • 2014
    Leadership in Groups and Organizations, Cultivate Leadership Workshop, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Academic service

Tepper School of Business

  • 2026–
    AI and Teaching Committee
  • Spring 2026
    Marketing Teaching Track Hiring Committee
  • 2025
    Business Analytics Teaching Track Hiring Committee
  • 2024–
    MS in Business Analytics Curriculum Review Committee
  • 2024–
    Business Analytics Summer Summit Planning Committee
  • 2024 and 2025
    Business Analytics Summer Summit Instructor
  • 2024–
    Faculty Advisor, MS in Business Analytics Capstone

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

  • 2013–2016
    Faculty Ambassador, Career Development Office
  • 2014–2015
    Chair, Student Affairs Review Committee
  • 2015
    Hiring Committee, Career Development Office
  • 2015
    Program Chair, Undergraduate Conference on Information Systems and Faculty Workshop on Undergraduate Research
  • 2014
    Panel Chair and Conference Committee Member, Undergraduate Conference on Information Systems
  • Fall 2014
    Co-Organizer, Qatar Airways Digital Marketing Challenge
  • 2013, 2014
    Research Methods Workshop Panel
  • 2013, 2014
    Faculty Judge, Internal Case Competition
  • 2013, 2014, 2015
    Faculty Board Member, Management Game

Service to the field

  • 2011
    Associate Editor, International Conference on Information Systems
  • 2013, 2015
    Reviewer, Information Systems Research
  • 2014
    Reviewer, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
  • 2014
    Reviewer, Annual Meeting of the International Association for Conflict Management
  • 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015
    Reviewer, Academy of Management Annual Meeting
  • 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014
    Reviewer, International Conference on Information Systems
  • 2008
    Reviewer, Americas Conference on Information Systems

Professional affiliations

  • 2008–present
    Association for Computing Machinery
  • 2006–2016
    Association for Information Systems
  • 2007–2016
    Academy of Management

Community

  • Volunteer, Waldorf School of Pittsburgh
  • 2007–present
    Volunteer, The Open Door Presbyterian Church