Employment History
2010 - present
PROFESSOR
IE Business School / IE University
Madrid, Spain
I work as a Professor of Operations Management and Organization Design. I teach organization economics, governance, organization design, and operations management in the International MBA, Global Online MBA, Executive MBA, and Master of Architecture programs.
2015 - 2023
DISTINGUISHED VISITING SCHOLAR
Benedictine University
Lisle, IL, USA
I taught quantitative research methods in the Executive Ph.D. Program at the Center for Values-Driven Leadership.
2006 - 2020
SENIOR FELLOW
ASSOCIATE RESEARCH FELLOW
ETLA, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy
Helsinki, Finland
First as an Associate Research Fellow (from 2006 to 2013) and then as a Senior Fellow (from 2013 to 2020), I worked with a group of Finnish economists on topics such as production geography, innovation policy, and technology management.
2007 - 2010
VISITING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
IE Business School / IE University
Madrid, Spain
I worked as a visiting professor, teaching organization design and governance in the International MBA and the DBA programs, as well as statistical research methods in the Ph.D. program.
2006 - 2010
SENIOR LECTURER
Helsinki University of Technology
Espoo, Finland
I taught organization theory, research design, and statistical research methods at the master's and doctorate levels.
2000 - 2006
POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER
Helsinki University of Technology
Espoo, Finland
I worked as a project manager in a four-year research project on the management of industrial operations; secured €1.5 million in public and private funding.
Other Appointments and Recognition
2015 - 2017
CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Journal of Operations Management
I served as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Operations Management, an academic journal focused on empirical research on operations management.
2025 - present
BOARD MEMBER
Spanish-Finnish Chamber of Commerce
I serve as a board member at the Cámara de Comercio Hispano-Finlandesa (CCHF), a non-profit organization that promotes commercial, industrial, and technological relations between Finland and Spain.
2023
RADAR THINKER
Thinkers50 Radar Class of 2023
Thinkers50 Radar identifies a cohort of 30 up-and-coming thinkers whose ideas we predict will make an important impact on management thinking in the future.
2009 - 2010
PANELIST
Evaluation of Finland's national innovation system
I was a member of an international panel that evaluated the Finnish national innovation system at the request of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.
2001
HONORABLE MENTION
Elwood S. Buffa Dissertation Competition
Decision Sciences Institute
The Elwood S. Buffa Doctoral Dissertation Award recognizes outstanding doctoral research in the development of theory or applications of the decision sciences.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Carlson School of Management
University of Minnesota, USA
2000
At the doctoral level, I was trained in mathematical statistics, applied statistics, operations management, production and organization economics, and organization theory.
Master of Science
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES
Iowa State University, USA
1997
At the master's level, I was trained in applied statistics, industrial engineering, operations management, and production economics.
Bachelor of Science
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Iowa State University, USA
1995
At the bachelor's level, I received basic training in all functional business areas, with an emphasis on operations and production management.