Sean has over 10 years

exper ience teaching

entrepreneurship , creat iv ity ,

des ign, and strategy . Co-

founded a high tech startup

and the Masters in

Entrepreneurship program at

USF. His scholarship has

appeared in top journals with

over 1 ,000 c itat ions. Pr ior to

academia, Sean worked in

start ups , Fortune 500, and US

Army a i rborne and l ight

infantry units .

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

2003 - 2008

Doctor of Phi losophy in Management

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

2000 - 2002

Master of Business Administrat ion

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - 2010 - 2017

Univers ity of South Flor ida

Center for Entrepreneurship

Co-founding faculty of the Univers ity of South F lor ida ’s Masters

of Entrepreneurship and Appl ied Technology program consistent ly

ranked in the top 10 graduate programs by Pr inceton Review and

Entrepreneursh ip Magazine .

Developed highly rated Creat iv ity & Design course for USF MS

Entrepreneurship and MBA programs.

Graduate of Associat ion to Advance Col legiate Schools of

Business (AACSB) Design in Business program.

Successful ly developed and fac i l i tated creat iv ity , des ign, and

strategy projects for Fortune 500, profess ional sports f ranchises ,

and high tech startups as a consultant .

One of the highest rated instructors in the Rawls Col lege of

Business and Muma Col lege of Business . Selected as k ick off

instructor for Execut ive MBA (2016) .

Conceptual ized, developed, and launched Data & Sons, the

wor ld 's f i rst open dataset marketplace.

Sean Lux, Ph.D.

(813) 598-9549

S E A N L U X P h . D .ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE

RAWLS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITYNo Secur ity ClearanceCompensat ion: +$100K

ABOUT

CONTACT

EDUCATION

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

ACHIEVEMENTS

NORWICH UNIVERSITY

1992 - 1996

Bachelor of Sc ience in Civ i l Engineer ing

VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - 2006 - 2010

Univers ity of South Flor ida

Center for Entrepreneurship

SKILLS

Graduate Business Teaching

Creat iv ity & Design

Program Development

Academic Writ ing & Publ ishing

Business Consult ing

Stat ist ica l Analys is (SPPS, &

Python: Pandas, NumPy)

Web Development (HMTL/CSS)

Computer Programming (Python)

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE - 2018 -PRESENT

Texas Tech Univers ity

Area of Management, Rawls Col lege of Business

seanluxphd@gmai l .com

200 22nd Ave

St Petersburg, FL

PEER REVIEWED

INVITED

UNDER REVIEW

S E A N L U X P h . D .SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Lux, S . , Lamont, B.T. , E l l i s , K .M. , Ferr is , G.R. , & Muchira , J .M. (2016) .

Developing and Uti l iz ing E�cient Ties in Entrepreneur ia l Networks in Afr ica .

Afr ican Journal of Management . 2 (1) : 73-92.

Lux, S . (2016) .

Strategic F it to Pol i t ica l Factors and Subsequent Performance: Evidence from the U.S. Coal

Industry 1986-2000.

Business & Society , 55 (1) : 130-147.

Mathias , B. D. , Lux, S . , Crook, T. R. , Autry, C. W. , & Zaretzki , R . (2015) .

Competing Against the Unknown: Enabl ing and Constra in ing inst itut ions and the informal

Economy.

Journal of Bus iness Ethics , 27(2) : 251-264.

Lux, S . Crook, T.R. & Leap, T. (2012) .

Pol i t ica l Act iv ity: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

Business Horizons , 55 : 307-312 .

Lux, S . , Crook, T.R. & Woeher, D. J . (2011) .

Mix ing Business with Pol i t ics : A Meta-Analyt ic Review of the Antecedents and Outcomes

of Corporate Pol i t ica l Act iv it ies .

Journal of Management , 37 : 223-247.

Ferr is , G.R. , Treadway, D. , Perrewe, P.L . , Brouer, R.L . , Douglas , C. , & Lux, S . (2007) .

Pol i t ica l Sk i l l s in Organizat ions.

Journal of Management , 33 : 290-320.

Lux, S . , Ferr is , G.R. , Brouer, R.L . , La i rd , M.D. , Summers , J .K . (2008)

A Mult i level Conceptual izat ion of Organizat ional Pol i t ics .

In The Handbook of Organizat ional Behavior . Edited by C.C. Cooper & J . Bar l ing. Sage

Publ icat ions. Newbury Park , CA.

Lux, S . , Gentry, R. , Combs, J .A. , & Crook, T.R.

Corporate Pol i t ica l Act iv ity and Sensit iv i ty to Socia l Attack: The Case of Fami ly

F i rms. Family Business Review

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CONFERENCE BEST PAPERS

Barnett , M. Hoepner, A.G.F. , Lux, S . , & Timofeeva, I . (2012) .

Managing Reputat ion through Col lus ion.

Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.

Lux, S . (2005) .

Entrepreneur Socia l Competence & Capita l : The Socia l Networks of Pol i t ica l ly Ski l led Entrepreneurs .

Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings

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COURSES

S E A N L U X P h . D .TEACHING & SERVICE

MGT 3375 Entrepreneurship: New Value Creat ion (2018 - present)

Introduct ion to entrepreneurship course at Rawls Col lege of Business , Texas Tech

Univers ity . Student learn the entrepreneur ia l process , core concepts , and the path to

va lue and wealth creat ion.

ENT 6126 Strategic Entrepreneurship (2008 - 2017)

One of two capstone c lasses for the Masters of Sc ience in Entrepreneurship and Appl ied

Technology (MS EAT) program. Course focused on strategic analys is of new opportunit ies in

ex ist ing firms. Students del ivered a strategic p lan to c l ient company’s inc luding the Tampa Bay

Rays , Jabi l , and many other Tampa Bay companies . Del ivered course to Execut ive MBA students

(2015-2016) . I created the course and developed a l l onl ine course mater ia ls .

ENT 6930 Creat iv ity & Design (2014 - 2017)

Graduate level introduct ion to creat ive problem solv ing and the des ign process . Students learned

to incorporate exper ience economy concepts in des igning a new customer exper ience for Tampa

Bay c l ient companies . I created this course.

ENT 6016 New Venture Formation (2006-2008, 2014-2017)

Graduate level introduct ion to entrepreneurship. Overv iew course introducing students to bas ic

entrepreneurship terms, concepts , process , and theory.

ENT 6116 Business Plan Development (2008-2014)

One of two capstone c lasses for the MS EAT program. Course focused on business p lanning and

model ing culminat ing in presentat ions to Tampa Bay investors . Select students presented in

univers ity and state student bus iness p lan competit ions.

ENT 6415 Venture Capita l & Pr ivate Equity (2006-2009)

Graduate level course on entrepreneur ia l finance, fundrais ing, va luat ions , and understanding

different types of startup investors .

ENT 6186 Strategic Market Assessment for New Technologies (2006-2008)

Graduate level course on how to evaluate univers ity inte l lectual property for technology

transfer .

MAN 4143 Contemporary Leadership (2005-2006)

F lor ida State Univers ity undergraduate course on leadership pr inc ip les and theory.

MAN 4930 Strategic Management (2004 - 2006)

Flor ida State Univers ity undergraduate bus iness capstone course.

RECENTEVALUATIONS

4.6 out of 5 .0

4 .8 out of 5 .0

4.6 out of 5.0

COLLEGE SERVICE

FACULTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - 2010 - 2012

Management Department representat ive on Col lege Dean Search

STUDENT BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION COORDINATOR - 2008 - 2014

Establ ished and ran competit ion inc luding fundrais ing for $25K annual ly in pr izes .

LEAD FACULTY MEMBER, ENTREPRENEURSHIP MASTERS PROGRAM REDESIGN - 2010-2012

Responsib le for MS EAT program curr iculum redesign. Led effort through var ious col lege &

univers ity committees . Efforts led to a lmost a doubl ing of program enrol lment.

4 .8 out of 5 .0

STRATEGY TRACK CHAIR, 2017

Southern Management Associat ion

EVENT COORDINATOR, 2015

Southern Management Associat ion

ASSOCIATE EDITOR, 2013

Socia l Issues in Management

Div is ion, Academy of Management

REVIEWER, 2004 -

Academy of Management

Southern Management Associat ion

S E A N L U X P h . D .PROFESSIONAL SERVICE & EXPERIENCE

EDITORIAL BOARDS

AD HOC REVIEWER

Academy of Management Discover ies (2015 - Present)

Journal of Management (2017 - Present)AFFILIATIONS

Academy of Management

Strategic Management Society

Southern Management

Associat ion

Strategic Management Journal , 2017-

Journal of Management, 2014 -

Business & Society, 2014 –

Academy of Management Discover ies , 2015 -

Smal l Bus iness Management Journal , 2009, 2017

Journal of Business Research, 2012 - 2016

Organizat ional Behavior and Human Decis ion Processes , 2015

Academy of Management Journal , 2006-2013

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal , 2012

Entrepreneurship Theory & Pract ice, 2011

STATE SERVICE

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

DISCIPLINE COORDINATOR

Flor ida State Course

Numbering System

Flor ida Department of

Educat ion, 2009 – 2016

ASSOC. SERVICE

TREASURER

Internat ional Associat ion of

Business & Society, 2013 – 2014

CONFERENCES

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CEO & CO-FOUNDER - 2017 - PRESENT

Data & Sons

Tampa, FL

INTERNAL AUDITOR & CONSULTANT - 2003 - 2004

CSX Corporat ion

Jacksonvi l le , FL

MARKETING MANAGER - 2002-2003

DTNet

Tampa, FL

BATTALION ADJUTANT - 1999-2000

1st Batta l ion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Div is ion (L ight)

Schofield Barracks , HI

BATTALION ASSISTANT OPERATIONS OFFICER - 1997-1999

1st Batta l ion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Div is ion (L ight)

Schofield Barracks , HI

CHEMICAL OFFICER - 1996-1997

1st Batta l ion, 8th F ie ld Art i l lery, 25th Infantry Div is ion (L ight)

Schofield Barracks , HI

ANTI-ARMOR PLATOON LEADER - 1995-1996

2nd Batta l ion, 505th Parachute Infantry, 82nd Airborne Div is ion

FT Bragg, NC