His research investigates the effects of globalization on firms, jobs, workers, productivity, and inequality. He previously served as consultant with the World Bank and as a summer fellow at the Federal Reserve Board. Prior to that, he was an investment banking analyst in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group for J.P. Morgan and was also a founder of an Internet/software company. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University and a B.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University.