Director, System Architecture Group
Senior Lecturer in System Design and Management
Faculty Director, Architecture and Systems Engineering Certificate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
33-413
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
bcameron@mit.edu
(617) 253-8985
B.A.Sc., University of Toronto
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bruce Cameron is the Director of the System Architecture Group at MIT. His research interests include technology strategy, system architecture, and the management of product platforms. Dr. Cameron has directed research projects for Amazon, Amgen, BP, Dell, Hyundai, Meta, NASA, Sikorsky, Stryker, and Verizon.
His recent work has looked at how firms chose to develop battery-only EVs compared with hybrid EVs (with Hyundai), how startups disrupted incumbents in the satellite communications market (with SES, NASA, and Meta), and how digital platforms such as Uber and Apple’s App Store retain customer loyalty. Previously, Dr. Cameron ran the MIT Commonality Study, an 8-year study of 32 firms that showed most platforms see significant erosion against sharing targets due to management challenges. His book System Architecture : Strategy and Product Development for Complex Systems has been translated into Japanese and Chinese and is used by thousands of practitioners.
Dr. Cameron teaches the System Architecture core class for the System Design and Management program, where he has taught over 1000 students. Dr. Cameron’s teaching in Sloan Executive Education was tied for the highest rated Executive Education program at MIT for several years. Additionally, Dr. Cameron is the Faculty Director for MIT’s Architecture and System Engineering online certificate, which has taught over 14,000 participants.
Dr. Cameron is a co-founder of Technology Strategy Partners, a consultancy created to help firms to restructure product development organizations, build systems engineering functions, and identify new architectures. Dr. Cameron has led projects in Fortune 500 firms in high tech, medical devices, transportation, and consumer goods.
Previously, Dr. Cameron worked in high tech and banking, where he built advanced analytics for managing complex development programs. He has been a board member or advisor to 30 startups spanning consumer and industrial products, and is a past board member of the University of Toronto.
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