Frank T. Rothaermel is a professor in the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology and an Alfred P. Sloan Industry Studies Fellow. He holds the Russell and Nancy McDonough Chair of Business. Rothaermel held visiting professorships at the EBS University of Business and Law (Germany), Singapore Management University (Tommie Goh Professorship), and the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). Early life and education Frank T. Rothaermel is a native of Butzbach, Germany and a naturalized U.S. citizen. He graduated from the Weidig Gymnasium before studying economics at the University of Duisburg-Essen. During this time, he spent an academic year in England at Sheffield Hallam University as Erasmus Scholar. In 1993, Rothaermel completed his economic studies as Diplom-Volkswirt (M. Sc. equivalent). He wrote his master's thesis about the International Monetary Fund, providing a public policy comparison of macroeconomic stabilization programs in Latin America vs. Eastern Europe, especially Poland. In 1995, Rothaermel obtained an MBA at the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. In 1999, he then received a Ph.D. in Strategic Management with a minor in Economics from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington. His doctoral advisor was Charles W. L. Hill. Rothaermel's doctoral thesis is entitled "Creative Destruction or Creative Cooperation?: An Empirical Investigation of Technological Discontinuities and Their Effect on the Nature of Competition and Firm Performance. A paper from his dissertation received the Academy of Management Newman Award. Career After completing his Ph.D., Rothaermel stayed at the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington to research and teach in the Executive MBA programs. Between 2000 and 2003, Rothaermel was a tenure-track assistant professor at the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. In 2003, he joined the Georgia Institute of Technology. In 2006, Rothaermel was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure, and in 2010, he was promoted to Full Professor. In 2013, Rothaermel was appointed The Russell and Nancy McDonough Chair of Business. Rothaermel served as area coordinator for the Strategy & Innovation group at the Scheller College of Business. He also served as coordinator of the doctoral program in Strategy and Entrepreneurship at Georgia Tech and several college-wide (Promotion & Tenure) and Institute-wide (Strategic Plan Advisory) committees. Rothaermel has a wide range of executive education experience, including teaching in programs at G.E. Management Development Institute (Crotonville, NY), Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgetown University, ICN