Manuel E. Sosa received his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Universidad Simón Bolívar (Caracas, Venezuela) and his S.M. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

His research efforts are applied to improving product development systems. He is particularly interested in studying coordination and innovation networks in complex product and software development organizations.

He teaches in the MBA, PhD and Executive programs covering topics related to innovation and operations management.
His teaching achievements include the development of a program with the Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, California) to integrate business and design disciplines for successful product development.

His work experience includes systems engineering in the petrochemical industry, and development and deployment of computer-aided engineering software applications.

Selected publications:

Sosa, M., M. Gargiulo, C. Rowles. 2007. Component connectivity, team network structure, and the attention to technical interfaces in complex product development. INSEAD Working Paper 2007/68/TOM/OB (Invited to revise and resubmit to Management Science, 2nd round, mid February 2008).

Sosa, M. 2008. Where do creative interactions come from? The role of tie content and social networks. INSEAD working paper 2008/11/TOM. (Revised and resubmitted to Organization Science in early February 2008).

Sosa, M., S. Eppinger, C. Rowles. 2007. Are your engineers talking to one another when they should? Harvard Business Review (November) 133-142.

Sosa, M. 2007. A structured approach to predicting and managing technical interactions in software development. Research in Engineering Design (in press).

Sosa, M., S. Eppinger, C. Rowles. 2007. A network approach to define modularity of components in complex products. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 129 (11) 1118-1129.

Sosa, M., S. Eppinger, C. Rowles. 2004. The misalignment of product architecture and organizational structure in complex product development. Mgmt. Sci. 50(12) 1674-1689.

Sosa, M., S. Eppinger, C. Rowles. 2003. Identifying modular and integrative systems and their impact on design team interactions. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 125 (2) 240-252.

Sosa, M., S. Eppinger, M. Pich, D. McKendrick, S. Stout. 2002. Factors that influence technical communication in distributed product development: an empirical study in the telecommunications industry. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 49(1) 45-58.

Complex Product Development; Social Networks in R&D Organizations; Innovation Management.

Strategies for Product and Service Development (MBA); Process and Operations Management (MBA); Empirical Methods in Operations Management (PhD).

Aerospace & Defence; Automobiles; Energy, Oil and Gas; Pharmaceuticals and Health