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I am an Associate Professor of Strategic Management at the Melbourne Business School. I am also Associate Director of the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia. My research explores the strategies used by firms to manage knowledge, both in tangible form (as embodied in intellectual property) and intangible form (as possessed by inventors and scientists. I obtained a bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from the National University of Singapore (1991) and a Ph.D. in Management from the MIT Sloan School (2000). At Melbourne Business School I teach the core MBA course on business strategy. Prior to this I worked as an Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore Business School, where I taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in managing technological innovation. I also served on the steering committee of the NUS Overseas Colleges. At NUS I received a university-level award for teaching excellence in 2003/04 and a faculty-level outstanding educator award in 2004. Early in my career I worked as a management consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton. Apart from my academic work I also enjoy photography and travel.

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Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1995-2000)
Ph.D., Management of Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Basic Research, Applied Research, and Innovation in the Semiconductor and Pharmaceutical Industries
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National University of Singapore (1987-1991)
B. Eng (Electrical) with First Class Honours. "Multi-channel ECG Acquisition and Analysis System".

Raffles Junior College, GCE A-Levels (1985-1986)

Raffles Institution, GCE O-Levels (1981-1984)

Awards

Best Dissertation Award (2001), INFORMS Technology Management Section and the Academy of Management Technology and Innovation Management Division.

Richard R. Nelson Best Dissertation Prize (2001).

NUS University-Level Excellent Teacher Award (AY 2003/4).

NUS Business School Department of Business Policy Educator Award (2004).

National University of Singapore Overseas Graduate Scholarship (1995-2000)

Texas Instruments Scholarship (1989,1990)

ASEAN Pre-University Scholarship (1985-1986)

ASEAN Secondary Scholarship (1981-1984)

Employment

Associate Professor, Melbourne Business School, Nov 2010 - present.

Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Business School, July 2006 -Oct 2010.

Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore Businesss School, 2000- June 2006.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School, Fall 2001.

Senior Tutor, National University of Singapore, 1993-2000.

Consultant, Booz, Allen & Hamilton, 1991-1993.