I am an assistant professor of strategic management at Purdue University. I am currently on leave to visit the TIES group at MIT Sloan School of Management.

My areas of interest include technology commercialization, entrepreneurial finance, and economics of science. Currently, I study how business advice affects early firm development and growth and what it can tell us about critical processes in early firm formation and growth. Before joining Purdue, I founded and led the R&D group at the Creative Destruction Lab.

My work is featured in The Economist, Globe and Mail, and Frankfurter Allgemeine and has received grants and awards, such as the Royal Bank of Canada’s Borealis AI Fellowship, the Government of Canada’s Strategic Innovation Fund, and the Heizer Dissertation Award.

I completed my doctoral studies at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.

When I am not teaching or working on research, I enjoy skiing, playing tennis, learning new pieces on the piano and violin, or renting a small aircraft to explore new places.