In this episode, we feature Dr. Amol M. Joshi. Dr. Joshi is the Thomas H. Davis Professor in Business at Wake Forest University (WFU). He holds a joint faculty appointment as an Associate Professor of Strategic Management in the WFU School of Business and as an Associate Professor of Innovation & Commercialization in the WFU School of Medicine.
Dr. Joshi is an inventor who helps others reinvent themselves. His passion is guiding aspiring entrepreneurs, executives, and students of all levels to pursue their business dreams. He has trained startup founders, corporate managers, and industry leaders in the US, Austria, Denmark, and Vietnam.
A recognized expert on innovation, his interdisciplinary research examines how inventors create and commercialize new technologies and launch and fund new ventures. With a 13-year prior career as an engineer and entrepreneur in venture capital-funded startups in Silicon Valley, Dr. Joshi co-invented two patents for AI-based voice assistant products. He co-founded BeVocal, a speech recognition software startup acquired by Nuance Communications, and served as VP of Sales & Marketing from 1999 to 2003. Dr. Joshi has advised Federal agencies including NASA, NSF, NIH, and the US Department of Energy on national innovation policies and R&D grant programs for small businesses. Dr. Joshi earned a PhD in Business Administration from UNC Chapel Hill, an MBA and MS in Engineering Sciences from Dartmouth College, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech with highest honors.
