Biography
Cameron Ford is a noteworthy scholar and educator with over 35 years of higher education experience. His research and teaching interests focus on how individuals develop novel ideas that create value in organizational and professional settings characterized by myriad constraints on novelty and varied perspectives on value. These interests motivated a strong program of research that has generated over 6000 citations and spawned several doctoral students pursuing related research agendas. He has also invested in institution building at UCF. He founded the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, established the Blackstone LaunchPad at UCF, and conceived and implemented almost all of UCF’s academic entrepreneurship offerings. These initiatives engage thousands of UCF students annually across campus to learn entrepreneurial skills, explore the power of their ideas, and increase their professional impact. He latest undertaking is expanding and improving entrepreneurship education opportunities throughout Florida and across the nation by contributing to the Blackstone LaunchPad program.
Ford’s research has appeared in journals such as the Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, and IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.
Education
- Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior, 1990.
- Pennsylvania State University, B.S. in Management, 1984.
In The News
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Orlando entrepreneurship slips in ranks, but shows key strength
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UCF Member of NSF’s National Innovation Network
Cameron Ford joins the I-Corps program executive committee – to help provide UCF scientists and researchers the program, process, and resources to investigate and validate the commercialization of their science.
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UCF Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Launches Starter Lab
“The Starter Lab is a great place for students to collaborate with others and ‘noodle’ with preliminary innovation and new venture ideas. We intend for the Starter Lab to be a community center for student starters from all disciplines…”
Research and Publications
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Was Innovation in the Pandemic Really a Thing?
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UCF Student’s Capacitor Tech Wins First Place in Florida Venture Forum Collegiate Business Plan Competition
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Thor ORE Wins Grand Prize at UCF’s 2018 Joust New Venture Competition
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4 Student Teams to Battle Shark Tank-Style for $75,000 in Joust Finals April 21
Four student teams will face off for $75,000 in cash and essential business services at 1 p.m. on Friday, April 21, in the finals of the annual Joust New Venture Competition. The finals, which are free and open to the public, will be held in the UCF Pegasus Ballroom in the Student Union on the UCF main campus.