Frank Nagle

Visiting Lecturer in Engineering Sciences, SEAS; Research Scientist, MIT

Frank Nagle is a Research Scientist at the Initiative on the Digital Economy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Advising Chief Economist at The Linux Foundation. Dr. Nagle studies how competitors can collaborate on the creation of core technologies, while still competing on the products and services built on top of them – especially in the context of artificial intelligence, open source software, and cyber security. Dr. Nagle’s work has been published in numerous academic journals and practitioner-oriented publications andhe has won awards and grants from academic and non-profit organizations. He advises multiple startups, has worked with research groups at the OECD and European Commission and has consulted for The World Bank, the U.S. Treasury Department, the Social Security Administration, and various companies in the technology, defense, and energy sectors. Prior to his academic career, Frank worked at a number of startups and large companies in the information security and technology consulting industries. Before MIT, Frank was a professor at Harvard Business School and the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. Frank earned his DBA in Technology and Operations Management from Harvard Business School. He also earned a BS and MS in Computer Science from Georgetown University and an MS in International Business Economics from City University, London.