About
My path to management research spans engineering, management consulting, and entrepreneurship. Across these settings, I became interested in how technical expertise enters organizations and changes the way people collaborate, make decisions, and exercise authority.
2003 – Completed my undergraduate studies at Trinity College, Hartford CT
Studied physics and engineering, developing an early interest in understanding how complex systems work.
2005 – Completed my master's degree at the University of Pennsylvania
Studied electrical engineering and had my first exposure to artificial intelligence through work with neural networks.
2005 – Joined an MIT startup
Worked as an R&D engineer developing novel sensor technologies for U.S. Navy applications.
2006 – Moved into quantitative risk modeling
Built models to assess structural and financial risks from natural disasters, including hurricanes, wildfires, and earthquakes.
2008 – Returned to school for an MBA
Studied at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, broadening my focus from technical problem solving to organizations, strategy, and management.
2010 – Began a career in management consulting
Worked at ZS Associates as a consultant and manager, leading project teams and encountering firsthand the challenges of coordinating diverse expertise.
2016 – Co-founded a technology startup
Built Walkli, a travel-technology company, and experienced the challenges of creating, organizing, and scaling a new venture.
2020 – Reconsidered my path during the pandemic
After suspending Walkli’s operations, I began reflecting on recurring questions I had encountered across engineering, entrepreneurship, and consulting about how organizations use expertise and technology.
2021 – Began my DPhil at the University of Oxford
Turned those questions into a research agenda on how technological change reshapes expertise, collaboration, careers, and authority inside organizations.