Jaime Macias is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL), affiliated with the MIT Supply Chain Management (SCM) Master’s Program and the MIT Digital Supply Chain (Digital SC) Lab. He holds a PhD in Engineering, with a concentration in Digital Logistics, from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in International Supply Chain Management (with distinction, ranked 1st in cohort) from the University of Exeter.
Before joining MIT, Jaime was a Senior Lecturer in Industrial Engineering at ESPOL (Ecuador), where he taught courses in Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Stochastic Modelling, Forecasting, and Inventory Control. Prior to academia, he served as Head of Planning and Supply at IPAC-Duferco, a multinational in the steel sector, and worked as an independent manufacturing and logistics consultant.
His research focuses on the economic value of digitalization in supply chains, with particular attention to how Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) can adopt digital and automation solutions effectively. He develops analytical and empirical methods to quantify the value of digital technologies prior to adoption, enabling companies to make better-informed investment decisions.