 He began his journalistic career as a reporter with "Fortune" magazine in New York City and later joined the junior faculty of Harvard Business School, where he helped develop case materials and the curriculum for the "Management of Technological Innovation" course.He also worked on cases on solar energy and assisted with the "New York Times" bestseller, "Energy Future, Report of the Harvard Business School Energy Project".He worked as a casewriter at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government under the supervision of former Massachusetts Governor and Presidential Candidate, Michael Dukakis.