He is also a regular guest lecturer at Cornell University, where he received his PhD. Professor Carlos has taught courses on entrepreneurship and innovation to students in various countries. His research focuses on issues related to entrepreneurship and strategy in contexts such as health care, alternative energy, corporate sustainability, and university technology commercialization and has been published in top management journals including Administrative Science Quarterly and Organization Science. Prior to his academic career, he was a certified public accountant and a senior consultant with KPMG in their Silicon Valley office. In this capacity, Carlos specialized in helping technology clients such as Google, Hitachi, Palm, and Cypress Semiconductor mitigate financial risk and improve operational performance.