He holds a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Oregon, where he graduated in 2002. His research interests are in corporate governance, valuation, and innovation. He has taught a wide-range of courses across the finance discipline at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, as well as professional seminars for the College of Forestry, the at Oregon State University, the City of Vancouver, and for the government of Trinidad and Tobago. He currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Oregon State Faculty Senate, as the Chair of the graduate curriculum committee in the college of business, and the Oregon University System Retirement Plans Investment Committee.