He obtained his first PhD from the Faculty of Engineering of the City University of Hong Kong and second PhD from the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia. He is an internationally renowned scholar in inter-firm collaboration and competition, technology innovation, and international intellectual property right protection. His research has been published in top-tier academic journals, won prestigious awards, and reached a wide audience via media outlets such as Fortune. He has given talks and served on boards of startup-, established-, and multinational-companies in North America and Asia, including Global Health, StandardAero, Merck & Co., Seven Oaks General Hospital, TsingTao Beer, and The Bank of Beijing.