I am a Professor of Management at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. I received my Ph.D. in strategy from INSEAD with a dissertation on delegation and control in multi-unit firms.  Prior to my doctoral studies, I worked as a consultant in the healthcare industry and co-founded an advertisement agency, where I served as a managing-partner. 

My research explores the drivers of organization design choices in complex organizations.  I focus on strategic decisions by managers of multiunit-multimarket firms —such as diversified firms, business groups, and multinationals—and dual-purpose companies.  My work has been published or is forthcoming in the flagship organization design and strategy journals, including Academy of Management Annals, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Harvard Business Review, Journal of International Business Studies,  Journal of Management, Journal of Organization Design, Strategic Management Journal, and Strategy Science, and has received numerous scholarly distinctions.  

I currently serve as a senior editor for Organization Science and previously (2018-2020) served as a co-editor for the Journal of Organization Design.  I serve or have previously served on the editorial boards of Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Global Strategy Journal, Journal of Organization Design,  and Organization Science.  In 2021, I served as the Chairperson of the Corporate Strategy Interest Group in the Strategic Management Society.