He earned his B.A. and M.A. in Economics, his M.S. in organizational theory and M.S. in management science and his Ph.D. in corporate strategy from the University of Texas at Austin. Some career highlights include being selected to serve as the inaugural Postdoctoral Fellow at the Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship at UT Austin, having widely published in several disciplines and topics (strategy, entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, organization theory, narratives/storytelling, and religion/work); and, having interviewed or consulted with almost 200 entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, and investors.