Ted Zoller is an assistant professor of entrepreneurship and executive director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies.
 
He oversees the Center's teaching and outreach programs, and is the primary liaison to UNC’s Carolina Entrepreneurial Initiative and to partners in the Research Triangle entrepreneurial community.
 
Professor Zoller has taught entrepreneurship courses at UNC Kenan-Flagler since 1999. He is the founding instructor of "Launching the Venture," which has increased the number of companies to spin-off from UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former associate dean, high-tech entrepreneur and American Management Systems, Inc. principal. He was founding director of economic development at the College of William & Mary, where he developed Jefferson Park, an advanced technology research park.
 
He teaches new ventures, business plan and enterprise development courses. He has taught and consulted with entrepreneurial firms and serves on the boards of the Council of Entrepreneurial Development, Southeast TechInventures, NCIdea and CollectiveIQ Private Equity.

Professor Zoller also teaches and consults extensively overseas, teaching in UNC Kenan-Flagler’s GLOBE program and the European Summer School of Advanced Management in Denmark, developing an entrepreneurial academy with INITs, the leading tech-transfer organization in Vienna, and teaching in the Global Scholars program, a joint initiative of the British National Council of Graduate Entrepreneurship and the Kauffman Foundation.

He is completing his PhD at UNC-Chapel Hill. He has a bachelor’s degree from William & Mary and master’s degrees from Syracuse University and the University of Virginia.