Mac Nguyen
macnguyen@uvic.ca
Education
Bachelor in Business Administration, Majoring in International Business Management (Foreign Trade University, Vietnam, 2010); Master of Science in International Business, Majoring in International Business, and Minoring in Entrepreneurship (University of Turku, Finland, 2019)
Background
Prior to coming to the Gustavson School of Business, Mac Nguyen worked in the private sector for years. During this period, he played different roles such as supervisor, assistant director, and most recently, entrepreneur and speaker in the areas of business development, external relations, and multicultural communication. Simultaneously, he loves teaching as a lifestyle to connect responsibilities with the meaning of life.
Research Interests
Mac makes efforts to conduct meaningful research in the intersection of innovation capability, design thinking, sustainability development, business ecosystem, and human agency. As a whole, his research seeks to understand how organizations develop and stay relevant within their particular contexts while balancing between the conflicting demands, or tensions.