Jacques Alexis is a scholar-practitioner with expertise in business economics, general management, and project, portfolio, and operations management. He is also the author of Project Management Across Industries: A Case-Based Approach. He holds a Master of Science in project management from the University of Wisconsin and a doctoral degree in management from the University of Maryland - The Graduate School. He is a teaching professor in the project management graduate program at Northeastern University's College of Professional Studies. His research explores entrepreneurship, innovation-led business development and sustainable project and portfolio management.