I am an Assistant Professor of Strategy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship at North Carolina State University’s Poole College of Management.

My research examines how values and identity shape entrepreneurial and organizational action under conditions of institutional complexity. I focus on the tensions that emerge when entrepreneurs and organizations pursue transformative innovations – between founders’ personal values and team composition, between long-term ambitions and short-term survival, and between stated commitments and realized impact. Drawing on contexts including climate technology ventures, energy sector incumbents, and impact-focused founding teams, my work develops process theory on values-based team formation, strategic identity transformation, and organizational responses to grand challenges like climate change.

Before joining NC State, I was a Gates Cambridge Scholar and winner of the Bracken Bower Prize (Financial Times/McKinsey, 2022). I received my PhD from Cambridge Judge Business School.

My CV is available on request.