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Evidence-based guides and courses for resumes, financial accounting, and MBA readiness. Built on learning science principles. Always with 1) intuition first, 2) analytics presented intuitively, 3) math (if needed) presented as a story. Always.
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Chicago Booth
MBA & PhD
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MBA, specialization in finance. Dean's Honor Roll all eligible quarters. Took courses from (then future) Nobel laureates E. Fama and M. Miller.
PhD thesis: "Local Analyst Earnings Forecast Advantages in Europe." Chair: Ray Ball.
Worked closely with former Booth Dean Jack Gould and Deputy Dean Mark Zmijewski.
AAA Award
Dissertation award, 2004
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Dissertation, "Local Analyst Earnings Forecast Advantages in Europe," received the American Accounting Association, International Accounting Section, 2004 Outstanding International Accounting Dissertation Award.
Published
Academic and practitioner publications
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The Accounting Review
Accounting Horizons
Strategic Finance
Accountability in a Sustainable World Quarterly
Journal of Business Cases and Applications
Bloomberg L.P., Sustainability Accounting Portfolio
3 continents
Teaching awards
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Teaching awards on all three continents. Has taught undergraduate, Master's, MBA, and Executive MBA students at Arizona State University, Chicago Booth, Northwestern Kellogg, Boston University, Purdue University, Singapore Management University, and INSEAD (Singapore campus).
What I teach
Every course starts from the same place: the intuition. Then the researched analytics and math, intuitively explained and taught with researched metacognition best practices. The result: the practical outcomes you want.
Live now
A researched, evidence-based system for resumes that get past AI screeners and persuade people. Start free with the checklist, then go as deep as you need: Guidebook, E-Course, or a bespoke review. Build your best resume in about a day.
Coming next
Intuition first: understand accounting without numbers, as a system (yes, you read that correctly). Then use numbers to confirm and test your knowledge of the underlying accounting events and how they are recorded. To learn accounting, it isn't the math. It is an intuitive analytical story. A guidebook and course for students who want accounting to finally click.
Coming later
Arrive at business school prepared to read challenging textbooks in statistics, economics, finance, accounting, marketing, and more. Built on years of teaching Chicago Booth PreMBA students the statistics, accounting, finance, and analytics foundations they need on day one. The course is reverse-engineered so you know how and where to use the PreMBA Analytics course material.
How I teach
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The reason many students don't understand statistics, economics, finance, accounting, etc., is that they lack intuition. These subjects become a series of complicated steps, or details, without an overarching understanding of a topic's purpose and role in business decision-making. First comes mastering intuition.
02
Many accounting students say they struggle with the math. In accounting the math is simple (add, subtract, multiply, divide, a few exponents). No, these students struggle with accounting analytics, such as what to record and how to record it, coupled with a lack of intuition (why record it and what results to expect).
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Math isn't to be memorized. It is to be applied, used to analyze a business situation, or create new solutions. To do this requires more than "doing the math." It requires reading and interpreting math analytically and intuitively. The goal, after all, is a skill you can use, not only a test you successfully pass once.
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