Ivy Profile

Bio

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Information Systems and Business Analytics at Iowa State University. I will be on the job market in the fall of 2024. My research primarily uses insights from patent data to examine the strategic fit between a firm’s innovation strategies and IT capabilities. My current work studies how IT capabilities complement firms with different innovation orientations (exploitative versus exploratory; process versus product) and innovation structures (internal versus external; centralized versus decentralized) to create innovations and improve market performance. Prior my Ph.D., I worked as a patent agent in China for 10 years and obtained over 1,000 patents for leading global tech companies.

Academic History

• Ph.D Candidate, Information System and Business Analytics, Iowa State University, 2025

• MBA, Management, The College of William and Mary, 2019

• Master of Science, Telecommunication Engineering, Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunication, China, 2007

• Bachelor of Science, Electronic Engineering, Shandong University, China, 2004

Academic Work Experience

Expertise

• The intersection of IT and strategic management

• Knowledge Acquisition

• Patent Data Analytics

Awards