He is a member of the management team of the PJ Tech Catalyst fund, a venture capital fund that invests in seed stage start-up companies. He is an advisor at Aquanetix LTD, a UK company that develops cloud based SaaS applications for the aquaculture industry, and co-founder of NanoPhos S.A, a successful nanotechnology company. He holds a B.Eng. (honours) from the State University of New York at StonyBrook, an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and an M.B.A. (with distinction) from New York University, and a Ph.D. in Marketing and Strategic Management from the University of Warwick. He has taught at the University of California, Berkeley, Aston University and Golden Gate University.