Blue Pioneers Program

Professor of Strategic Management
Graduate School of International Policy and Management
Middlebury Institute of International Studies

Dr. Yuwei Shi is Professor of Strategic Management at the Middlebury Institute. His research and practice interests center on competitive strategy, business model and organizational design, particularly for social ventures and impact investing. An award-winning teacher known for innovative pedagogy, course and program design, he is a pioneer in raw-case method of learning. Dr. Shi has led the development and successful launch of impactful programs including the Frontier Market Scouts Fellowship Program and the Blue Pioneers Accelerator Program. He served two terms as the Dean of the Graduate School of International Policy and Management at Middlebury. Additionally, he had two decades of experience as founder of a tech venture, advisory partner at a venture capital firm, and consultant to a couple of prominent management consulting firms. He continues to serve on advisory boards of several impact ventures. Dr. Shi earned his B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University, Master of Comparative Laws from the Dedmen School of Law at Southern Methodist University，and Ph.D. in Organization, Strategy and International Management from the Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas.