Xavier Unda Galarza

Xavier Unda Galarza

Contact:

Bachstraße 18k, Room 2.05A

xavier.unda@uni-jena.de

Curriculum Vitae

WORK EXPERIENCE:

01- 05/17 Faculty Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
09/14 – til date Adjunct professor for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy, National Polytechnic School, Ecuador
09/13 – 09/16 Researcher and Lecturer of Introductory Economics, Market Research and Marketing courses, Polytechnic Salesian University, Ecuador
03/10 – 02/12 Product Marketing– Financial Services Banco Pichincha, Ecuador
07/11 – 01/12 Lecturer of Market Research, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
06/09 – 09/09 Market Research Intern (MBA summer internship) RAMPF Giessharze GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
08/08 – 05/09 Graduate Assistant, School of Business Administration, University of Mississippi , USA
06/06 – 05/08 Regional Sales Supervisor, Candlecross S.A, Pharma Industry, Ecuador

EDUCATION:

2019-23 PhD(c) Graduate College 'The Economics of Innovative Change', Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany.
2018 Case Method Teaching Seminar, Harvard Business Publishing, Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
2019 Certificate Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
2012-13Master’s Degree of Economics, University of Sydney, Australia.
2008-9 Master’s Degree of Business Administration (MBA), University of Mississippi, USA.
2004-7 Commercial Engineer, specialization in Marketing, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
2004-6 Specialization in Business Law, Private Technical University of Loja – Ecuador
2003-4 Commercial Engineer, specialization in Finance, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador Equivalent to Bachelor’s
2003 Certified Public Accountant, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador

AWARDS AND HONORS:

2019 Awarded DAAD grant program for doctoral research
2012-13 Senescyt Excellence Scholarship, merit based full grant from Ecuador’s government most important academic exchange program.
2011 Awarded Senescyt Scholarship “Convocatoria 2011”, decided to decline to apply to the “Excellence Scholarship”
2008-9 Fulbright Scholar, Award based on academic and leadership merits, United States Department of State.
2009 University of Mississippi, MBA summer international scholarship and internship program.
2009 Scholarship for studies in Germany, Office of International Exchange, “Germany: History, Technology and Business Culture”, Hochschule Nürtingen –Geislingen.
2008-9 John N. Palmer Assistantship Recipient, University of Mississippi
2008 Gamma Beta Phi Honors Society Member, invitation/award based on scholastic ranking at the University of Mississippi, (www.gammabetaphi.orgExternal link)

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS:

Congruity of the perception of the innovation driven entrepreneurial ecosystem and of technology transfer intentions of academics, with Uwe Cantner and Holger Graf
Radiating, a key process of universities in knowledge networks, with Stefano Basilico

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Xavier Unda Galarza﻿​