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Dr. Daniel F. Muzyka is an internationally recognized leader in the fields of entrepreneurship and corporate strategy. In addition to publishing in a number of management and entrepreneurship journals, Dr. Muzyka has edited and contributed to books and videos on entrepreneurship, including the Financial Time's Mastering Entrepreneurship series (now translated into five languages) and Mastering Innovation series.

Dr. Muzyka is currently serving his second term as Dean of the Sauder School of Business at UBC. Dr. Muzyka was first appointed Dean in 1999.

Dr. Muzyka served as Chair of the Vancouver Board of Trade from 2005 to 2006, and is currently a member of the organization's Executive Committee and Board of Directors.

In November, 2009, he was appointed the National Order of Merit by the Government of France.

Prior to joining UBC, Dr. Muzyka was the IAF Professor of Entrepreneurship at INSEAD (France), where he also served as Associate Dean of the MBA program and Director of the 3i Venturelab. Dr. Muzyka was previously a faculty member at Babson College, and was a visiting professor at the Harvard Business School.

Dr. Muzyka has previous experience in finance and corporate strategy at the General Electric Company, and spent five years as a strategy consultant, primarily with Braxton Associates (Boston).

Before pursuing a career in business, Dr. Muzyka worked as a research associate in the field of astrophysics for a number of organizations, including the NASA-Goddard Institute for Space Studies (New York), the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (Germany) and the Owens Valley Radio Observatory (Caltech).

Dr. Muzyka has a BA from Williams College (Astrophysics), an MBA from the Wharton School (Corporate Strategy), and a DBA from the Harvard Business School.