Welcoming New Foster Faculty in 2024

Finance, analytics, accounting, and marketing experts join Foster Faculty

Give a warm welcome to the newest Foster School of Business faculty members, including a former hedge fund manager, a PhD in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, experts in finance and analytics, and more.

New Foster faculty member Ahmed Guecioueur

Ahmed Guecioueur

Assistant Professor of Finance & Business Economics

Education
INSEAD, PhD in Management (Finance specialization)
University College London, MSc Data Science (Statistics specialization), 2018
Imperial College London, MEng (Hons) Computing, 2008

Expertise
Behavior of investors and intermediaries, asset pricing, household finance, and the role of information in decision-making

Experience
BH-DG Systematic Trading LLP (Quant. Development & Trading), 2011-2018
Morgan Stanley (Short Sale Approvals & Trading Technology), 2008-2011

Teaching at Foster
Behavioral Finance

Extracurricular
If not a business professor, I would be: still trading at a hedge fund.
Something surprising about me: My wedding venue was… a library!
When not at work, I enjoy: exploring Seattle.
Favorite book: Anton Chekhov’s collection of novellas and short stories.
Favorite television/streaming series: The Wire
Favorite technology/gadget: Large Language Models: having natural conversations with an algorithm used to be science-fiction.
Top of my bucket list:
A classic American road trip.

New Foster faculty member Max Kleiman-Weiner

Max Kleiman-Weiner

Assistant Professor of Marketing and International Business

Education
PhD (Brain and Cognitive Sciences), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018
MSc (Applied Statistics & Experimental Psychology), University of Oxford, 2012
BS (Biological Sciences), Stanford University, 2009

Expertise
Artificial intelligence and consumer behavior

Experience
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at Common Sense Machines since 2020
Fellow at Harvard University, 2018-2020
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at Diffeo (Acquired by Salesforce), 2012-2019
Summer Associate at McKinsey & Company, 2010

Teaching at Foster
Consumer Insights

Extracurricular
If not a business professor, I would be: a sushi chef
Something surprising about me: I speak Chinese
When not at work, I enjoy: Showing the world to my 1.5-year-old son Nathan
Favorite book: Moby Dick, The Lessons of History, Three-Body Problem Trilogy
Favorite movie: In The Mood for Love, Apocalypse Now
Favorite television/streaming series:
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Favorite technology/gadget: eFoil
Favorite company:
Common Sense Machines
Top of my bucket list:
Dig for a Geoduck clam

New Foster faculty member Kendall Lynch

Kendall Lynch

Assistant Professor of Accounting

Education
PhD, University of Michigan, 2025
MAcc University of Michigan, 2015
BBA University of Michigan, 2014

Expertise
Financial accounting

Experience
Deloitte & Touche, LLP
Advisory Manager, 2019
Advisory Senior Consultant, 2016 – 2019
Audit Intern, 2013
Financial Accounting Standards Board
Post-graduate Technical Assistant (Leases, Private Company Council), 2015 – 2016

Teaching at Foster
Financial Reporting and Analysis

Extracurricular
If not a business professor, I would be:a history professor! I am endlessly fascinated by our past.
Something surprising about me: I am an avid sports fan, particularly professional ice hockey and college football – in fact, one of my favorite parts about living on the West Coast is college football is on TV all day on Saturdays in the fall.
When not at work, I enjoy: reading, watching sports, or going for hikes with my dogs and partner
Favorite book: Lessons in Chemistry (favorite from this year…I love too many books to list just one!)
Favorite movie: Pride and Prejudice (2005)
Favorite television/streaming series:
Parks and Recreation
Favorite technology/gadget: my Oura ring
Favorite company: Patagonia
Top of my bucket list: hike Mount Rainier

New Foster faculty member Reza Roshangarzadeh

Reza Roshangarzadeh

Assistant Professor of Marketing

Education
PhD University of Texas at Dallas, 202
MS University of Tehran, 2018
BA Sharif University of Technology, 2015

Expertise
Digital marketing and healthcare marketing

Teaching at Foster
Customer Analytics

Extracurricular
If not a business professor, I would be: a corporate research scientist working on AI models
Something surprising about me: I love writing short stories in my spare time
When not at work, I enjoy: reading a book, biking
Favorite book: Atomic Habits
Favorite movie: Oppenheimer 
Favorite television/streaming series: Fargo
Favorite technology/gadget: Kindle E-Reader
Favorite company: Nvidia
Top of my bucket list: Traveling to Asia, writing a book, scuba diving

Rui Silva

Rui Silva

Assistant Professor of Accounting

Education
PhD University of Texas, Austin, 2024
MAcc The Ohio State University, 2017
BS Eastern Illinois University, 2016 

Expertise
Financial accounting

Experience
General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union 
Internal Audit Trainee, 2019
Deloitte & Touche LLP 
Audit Assistant – Technology and Investment Management Industries, 2017-2018

Teaching at Foster
Accounting

Extracurricular
If not a business professor, I would be: Tennis coach
Something surprising about me: My immediate family lives in four different countries spanning three continents (parents in Portugal, sister in England, and brother in Australia)
When not at work, I enjoy: Exercising, watching and playing soccer and tennis, reading, trying new food places with my wife
Favorite book: Four Thousand Weeks
Favorite movie: 12 Angry Men
Favorite television/streaming series: The Wire
Favorite technology/gadget: SAD lamp
Favorite company: Costco
Top of my bucket list: Own a home

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