I am an Assistant Professor of Management at San Francisco State University where I teach a variety of management courses, serve as Director of the SFSU Family Enterprise Center, and conduct related research.

TEACHING: My teaching at SFSU encompasses undergraduate, MBA, and Executive education. Although I primariy teach Strategic Management; I also teach courses in Family Business, Entrepreneurship, Management of Technology & Innovation, and Business Negotiations. In addition, I supervise MBA graduate theses and independent research projects.

RESEARCH: My research pursuits focus on the following research questions:
... How do businesses best realize their profit potential?
... Why do individuals start new businesses (become entrepreneurs)?
... What are family businesses and how do they differ from other businesses?
... What is wealth and what role does it play in business and personal life?
... What roles do technology & innovation play in business and profit?
... What role does ethics play in business and profit?
... What are the best approaches to teaching and learning?

COMMUNITY SERVICE: My service work spans the local, national, and international marketplace, including both the business and academic communities. I am the founder and Executive Director of the SFSU Family Enterprise Center; and currently serve as Program Chair of the Research & Education segment, member of the local arrangements committee, and member of the program committee of the 2006 Family Firm Institute Conference. In addition, I am a member of the College BIE grant team; a member of the advisory board for the PSED2 initiative (Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics); and currently serving as the Chair of the College Junior Faculty Research Consortium, Representative at large of the Entrepreneurship Division of the Strategic Management Society, and Program Chair Elect of USASBE's Technology Entrepreneurship Division.