Expertise

My research interests focus on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, with special emphasis on digital platform and open source software ecosystems. As a professor, I provided part time consulting and training services for companies such as Roland Berger, Accenture, Huawei, Byte Dance, China Post, among others. I also provided media commentaries for Bloomberg, Phoenix TV of Hong Kong, TV Korea, China Daily, Shenzhen TV, etc. Before joining academia, I had extensive industry experiences. I worked as software architect for tech giant Motorola and startup companies in the USA. I earned my PhD in Strategy and Entrepreneurship from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Organizational Affiliations

Professor level 1, Department of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, emlyon business school, 2026 –

InvEnt - Entrepreneurship and Innovation, emlyon business school

I2E - Institute for Impactful Innovation & Entrepreneurship, emlyon business school, 2024 –

Past Affiliations

Associate Professor, Department of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, emlyon business school, 2019 – 2026

Education

Strategy and Entrepreneurship
08/200605/2011, PhD

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Computer Science
Master of Science

Peking University, China