As the executive director of the Mack Institute for Innovation Management at the Wharton School, Valery Yakubovich focuses on creating synergies among research, teaching, and practice of innovation management within the school and university, promoting dialogue between practitioners and academics, and connecting with corporate and regional partners’ innovation ecosystems. In his previous roles, Valery conducted research, teaching, consulting, and fundraising at major academic and corporate institutions, including the Wharton School, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and the ESSEC Business School in France. Valery’s research on technological and organisational innovations and social networks has appeared in top academic and practitioner journals, including Organization Science, American Sociological Review, Harvard Business Review, California Management Review and MIT Sloan Management Review, and was featured in mass media, including the Financial Times, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal among others.