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 advertising agency, where I served as a managing partner. 

My research focuses on organization design, with a particular emphasis on design choices in complex organizations characterized by multiple interdependent units or multiple and often conflicting goals.  My work has been published in the flagship journals of the field, 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, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, and Strategy Science.  My dissertation was a finalist for the BPS Best Dissertation Award, and my research has received numerous scholarly distinctions. 

I currently serve as Associate Editor at the Academy of Management Review.  I previously served as Senior Editor at Organization Science (2020-2026) and was Associate Editor (2014-2017) and Co-Editor-in-Chief (2018-2020) at the Journal of Organization Design.  I also held editorial board positions at Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Global Strategy Journal, Journal of Organization Design,  and Organization Science.  

I have also served in the field's professional associations in a variety of roles over the years. I served in the Strategic Management (STR) division (5,500+ members worldwide) of the Academy of Management in various capacities in the past, including as an Executive Committee member, Research Committee member, and Doctoral Consortium Co-Chair, and I was elected to and currently serve in a five year leadership track of the division, progressing from Assistant Program Chair to Past Division Chair (2026-2031). At the Strategic Management Society, I was Chairperson of the Corporate Strategy Interest Group and a Theme Track Co-Chair for the 2024 Annual Conference in Istanbul. I currently serve as Vice Chairperson of the Organizational Design Community.