His research focuses on innovation and entrepreneurship, and his classroom experience includes courses in Innovation and Design, Web-Based Products and Services, Business Analytics, and Statistics.Recent projects include work with innovation tournaments and recommendation systems as well as research partnerships with XPRIZE (exploring managing innovation prizes) and Merck (exploring innovation and operations strategy within R&D pipelines). With a history of entrepreneurial involvement, he has helped companies ranging from Fortune 500 firms to a local barbeque restaurant chain. Professor Wooten holds doctoral and master's degrees from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's degree from Georgia Tech.CVDownload CV