Degrees
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 – Doing Organizational Research Around the World: Opportunities and Challenges, 2018 Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Chicago) – competitive acceptance
- 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)