Dr. Paul Mcdonagh Smith

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Biography

Paul McDonagh-Smith is a Visiting Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, focusing on the intersection of technology and business. With over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, he has held senior roles in Optical Network Systems Engineering and Business Transformation. He specializes in translating data science into actionable business value and has pioneered innovations in Extended Reality (XR) technologies. At MIT Sloan, Paul is involved in several Executive Education programs and teaches courses such as ‘Accelerating Digital Transformation’ and ‘Algorithmic Business Thinking’. He collaborates closely with faculty and industry partners to define digital strategies that drive technology experimentation. Additionally, Paul has served as an advisor to NASA and has experience in managing R&D, emerging products, and human resources in the telecom sector.

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Experience

Visiting Senior Lecturer

2020-01-01 — Present

MIT Sloan School of Management • Cambridge, MA

Teaches courses on digital transformation and algorithmic business thinking at MIT Sloan.