PhD in Administration (2013). John Molson School of Business, Concordia University (Montreal, Quebec, Canada).
Governor General’s Academic Gold Medal, awarded June 11, 2014, at Concordia University – link – article
Thesis: The Influence of CEO Narratives in Organizational Path Dependence – View
Supervisor: Dr. Rick Molz, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
Internal Committee Member: Dr. Isabelle Dostaler, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
External Committee Member: Dr. Ann Langley, Dept of Management, HEC Montréal
Internal Examiner: Dr. Govind Gopakumar, Faculty of Engineering, Concordia University
External Examiner: Dr. Georg Schreyögg, School of Business & Economics, Freie Universität Berlin
4.11 GPA
Member Golden Key International Honour Society
Member Beta Gamma Sigma International Honour Society.
Co-Creator, President and VP Management, JMSB Doctoral Student Society – 2009/2010
Valedictorian – John Molson School of Business, Fall 2013 graduating class – Video and article
MBA (1996). John Molson School of Business, Concordia University (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
MBA Thesis Project: Information Technology at Nortel – comparing theory to practice
Dean’s List.
Completed degree in 3 years, as a part-time student, while working full-time.
Bachelor of Engineering – Mechanical (1992). McGill University (Montreal, Quebec, Canada).
Minor in Management
Outstanding Student Contribution
Professional Development
Professional Development Workshop – Mid-career consortium. 2017 Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Atlanta) – competitive acceptance
Individual French courses (3 hours per week, year-round)
Atelier d’écriture, HEC Montréal (2014-2015)
Ontario Quebec Qualitative Research Methods Workshop, HEC Montreal & McGill University
Professional Development Workshop – Developing a Research Agenda to Advance Perspectives on Performativity, Academy of Management OMT division (2015, Vancouver) – competitive acceptance
Professional Development Workshop – Bridging the Institutional and the Strategy-as-Practice Perspectives: Avenues for Future Research, Academy of Management OMT and SAP Divisions (2015, Vancouver)
Professional Development Workshop – Craft of Writing a Book, Academy of Management OB, OMT, BPS Divisions (2015, Vancouver)
Atelier pédagogique, HEC Montréal (2014)
Atelier d’intégration, HEC Montréal (2013)
Professional Development Workshop for Early Scholars and Post Docs, European Group for Organizational Studies Annual Meeting (2013, Montreal) – competitive acceptance
Historical Methods Professional Development Workshop, European Group for Organizational Studies Annual Meeting (2013, Montreal) – competitive acceptance
Strategic Discourse Days, HEC Montreal. Workshop for international faculty and doctoral students doing research in strategy and discourse (2011, Montreal)
OMT Doctoral consortium, Academy of Management Annual Meeting (2010, Montreal) – competitive acceptance
Doctoral consortium, Annual HEC Montreal Doctoral Consortium (2009, Montreal)
Managing your dissertation workshop, Academy of Management Annual Meeting (2009, Chicago)
Process research methods workshop, Academy of Management Annual Meeting (2009, Chicago)
Doctoral consortium, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Annual Meeting (2008, Halifax)
