Alumni
Your three-year investment in this program places you in one of the most powerful and enthusiastic business networks in the country. Through your DBA experience, you will have created meaningful relationships with fellow students and faculty who become lifelong and essential resources in your ever-growing professional network. These scholars will be a source of critical feedback and innovative ideas that will benefit your career long after you earn your degree.
Past Students
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Sachin Jaitly
Morgan Creek Digital
General PartnerMBA: Rollins College
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Vincent Montanti
Montanti Advisory Services, Inc.
Private Wealth Advisor, VP & COOMBA: Pennsylvania State University
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Jason Olmanson
APR Energy LLC
Mechanical Engineering ManagerMS Engineering: Minnesota State University, Mankato
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Tanya Petrova
Program Management Executive, Green PM Consulting
CEO & Managing Broker, Real Estates MarketMS Mgmt Info Systems: Florida International University
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Angel Arroyo
Partner & Principal
Banyan Realty Advisors, LLCMBA: Rollins College
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Clint Buck
Asst. Dean for Operations
Abilene Christian UniversityMasters of Accountancy: Auburn University
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Jeff Casucci
Chief Financial Officer
Titan ContainersMBA: University of Connecticut
MS Accounting: University of Connecticut
MA Economics: University of Oklahoma -
Jenny Chen
Principal
Prager Metis CPAs LLCMBA: Oklahoma City University
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Paul Clark
Product Line Manager
Caterpillar Inc.MBA: University of Georgia
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Christopher Friday
Lecturer, Business Analytics & Economics
University of New Haven, Pompea College of BusinessMBA: Babson College
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Melonie Hall
Senior Manager, Internal Audit- USG
Raytheon TechnologiesMasters of Accounting
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Bruce Hawthorne
Founder
Montague Development, LLCJD: Vanderbilt University
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Michelle Lopez
Site Lean Manufacturing Manager
Boeing Commercial AirplanesMaster’s of Industrial & Systems Engineering: University of Florida
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Inga Moffitt
Regional Manager, Higher Education
Apple, Inc.MBA: Vanderbilt University
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Zone Nguyen
CEO / Attorney
HR Geeks/Nguyen Walter LLPJD: University of Texas
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Gary Orosy
Managing Principal
Orosy & CompanyMBA: Cornell University
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George Rano
Head of Workforce Planning and Resource Optimization
MetLifeMPA: Columbia University
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Yeshwanth Sampath
Director
Discover Financial ServicesMasters, Management Information Systems, Texas A& M University
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Russ Sandifer
Assistant Professor of Business and Finance
Wofford CollegeMBA: University of South Carolina
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Joey Smith
Asst. Professor of Finance & Bus. Law
Missouri Southern State UniversityJD: College of William & Mary
LLM: Georgetown University
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Stein Tan
Partner-Equity Financing
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Jon Walkwitz
Regional Optimization Manager
Shell Oil CompanyMBA: Rice University
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Alan West
Assistant Vice President & University Controller
University of FloridaMBA: Nova Southeastern University
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Mark West
Adjunct Professor of Accounting
Stetson University
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Andres Alcantara
Director of the Regional Executive Education Program, IPADE
Dissertation: The Bidirectional Effect Between the Board Of Directors’ Composition and the Firm´s Performance: The Mexican Stock Exchange Case
MBA: IPADE
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Jason Altmire
President and Chief Executive Officer of Career Education Colleges and Universities
Dissertation: Do Businesspeople Make Good Lawmakers? A Study of How Personality Affects the Legislative Effectiveness of Accountants and Entrepreneurs in Congress
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Joseph Atatsi
Financial Regulator, US Securities & Exchange Commission
Dissertation: To Adopt or Not to Adopt: An Empirical Analysis of Regulation Technology (RegTech) Adoption
MBA: University of Florida
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Tom Bussen
Assistant Teaching Professor
Miami of OhioJD and MBA: St. Louis University
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Flavio Carrillo
Faculty Administrator/Director of Capital Markets Lab, Florida International University
Dissertation: Does ESG Rating Divergence Influence CSR Fund Manager’s Investment Decisions?
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Patty Cooper
Shareholder/CPA, Cooper & Associates
Dissertation: Business Exit Outcomes: Do Seller-Financed Notes Have an Influence on Transaction Price in Private Firm Sales?
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Paulo Freitas Da Silva
Planning Manager, Embraer Executive Aircraft
Dissertation: Multi-National Firm Performance: Evidence from the Acquisition and Dissolution of Domestic and International Subsidiaries
MBA: FGV
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Michael Kaplan
Principal, FOCUS 421 Consulting
Adjunct Lecturer, University of Central FloridaDissertation: Customer experience, meaning, and the case for unordinary events
MBA: New York University
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William Lyle
Senior Lecturer, Oglethorpe University
Dissertation: The Effect of Information on Tax Evasion: A Behavioral Accounting Experimental Study
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Kenneth Najour
Investor/Property Manager, Sole Proprietor
Visiting Assistant Professor, Stetson UniversityDissertation: How Mergers and Acquisitions Can Influence CFO Compensation With Purchase Price Accounting
Masters of Acctg: University of Miami
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Troy Pounds
Visiting Lecturer of Integrated Business, University of Central Florida
Dissertation: The Effect Of Perpetrator Rudeness On Intentions Of Entrepreneurial Endorsement
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Jake Regier
SAP Concur, Client Development Director – Healthcare
Adjunct Lecturer, University of FloridaDissertation: A Referral by Another Name: A Qualitative Exploration of Referral Phenomena from the Managerial Perspective
MBA: Oklahoma State University
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Myles Swann
Principal, Omega Decisions Group, LLC
President, Swann Gaming Group, LLCDissertation: Cause-related Marketing in the Casino Gaming Industry
Master of Stats: Rutgers Univ
Master of Ops Research: Univ. of Alabama Huntsville
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Christian Wolfe
Vice President, Client Development, SAP Concur, Inc.
Dissertation: Asymmetric Bargaining Power and Ecosystem Performance in the Software Industry
MBA: Columbia University
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Robert Zubic
Director, Finance, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
Dissertation: Fund Characteristics & Macroeconomic Risks as Determinants of Venture Capital Fund Performance
MBA: Univ. of British Columbia
MS Finance: EDHEC Business School
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Michael Anderson
Senior Associate, Schellman & Company, LLC
Dissertation: Value Variation, Charismatic Leadership and Deception
Master’s War Studies: King’s College, University of London
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Erasmus Attah-Gyamfi
Associate Vice President/Controller, JP Morgan Chase
Dissertation: Earnings Management and Performance Incentives – The Monitoring Effect of Analysts’ Coverage
MS Accounting: University of Akron
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John Canzio
Senior Financial Consultant – Aerospace
Dissertation: Revisiting the Excess Profitability of U.S. Defense Contractors- Fact or Fiction?
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Michael Carrillo
Clinical Professor, University of Florida
Dissertation: Terroir Co-brand Influence on the Marketing Value of Oakville Luxury Wines: A Mixed Methods Study
MBA, MS Electrical & Computer Engineering, Physics: Georgia Institute of Technology
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Bill Carty
Assistant Professor, Middle Georgia State University
Managing Member, WJC Consulting, LLC
Retired Green Beret ColonelMS International Management: Troy University
MS National Security & Strategic Studies: US Naval War College
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Joel Davis
Executive Director of Miller Retail Center
University of FloridaDissertation: Algorithm Adoption Model: What factors lead to algorithm adoption and use by decision-makers
MBA: University of Florida
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James Kirby Easterling
Professor and Executive-in-Residence at Eastern Kentucky University
Dissertation: A Study on the Impact of Strategic Fit Between Business and Supply Chain Strategies on a Firm’s Value Appropriation
MS Supply Chain Management: The Pennsylvania State University
MBA: Eastern Kentucky University
LinkedIn“Using Productivity to Enable Higher Operational Performance Introduction,” Business Education Forum – Volume 76, Number 2, Winter 2021.
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Jim Fatzinger
Instructor, Vanderbilt University School of Engineering | Tenure-Track Faculty Management, Marketing, and International Business | Co-Director, EKU Data Science Center | President, Fulbright Association of Kentucky
Dissertation: Do Hurricane strikes encourage economic dynamism and entrepreneurial opportunity?
EdD, Vanderbilt University
MBA, University of Miami
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Shari Fowler
Assistant Professor of Accounting at Indiana University East
Dissertation: Evidence of Cost Shifting in the Healthcare Industry
Master’s in Accounting: University of Alabama Huntsville
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Kristen Freiburger
Senior Manager for Regulatory Planning at Altria Group and Adjunct Professor of Marketing at Virginia Commonwealth University
Dissertation: Towards The Development of a Theory of the Consequences of Challenge and Hindrance Stressors
MBA: University of North Carolina
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Pete Garcia
Global Enterprise Tax Solution, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Dissertation: The Deal Structure and its Effect on Biotechnical Alliances
MBA: University of Florida
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Philip Garton
Chief Financial Officer, Shoals Technologies Group
Dissertation: Disclosure of Pro Forma Information in Loan Covenant Compliance
MBA: Cornell University
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Patrick Hobbs
Co-Founder/CEO, Croesus.io
Dissertation: Effect of Sentiment on ICO Underpricing, Bitcoin and High Growth Equity Price Formation
MBA: University of Utah
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Daren Jackson
President & CEO, Rapid Investments, Inc.
Dissertation: Payday Discretion… A Positive Change for the Workplace. Myth or Merit??
MBA: Utah State University
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Bradly Labrum
COO/Principal Equity Partner, Rapid Financial Solutions
Dissertation: 35 Million Dollars Raised in 30 Seconds, How is that Possible? The Standardization and Success of ICO White Papers
MBA: Southern Utah University
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Greg Lewis
Vice President, Global Pgm. Mgr., CITI
Dissertation: Induced Perspective Taking Can Reverse the Corrupting Power of Power: A Field Study
Master’s Aeronautical Science: Embry Riddle University
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Samuel Lopez
Associate Professor of Business, Trinity Baptist College
Adjunct Lecturer,University of Florida College of EngineeringDissertation: Does Diversity Matter in Financial Markets?: Measuring the Effect of Diversity on Market Valuation
MBA: University of Florida
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Carlos Pascual
Chief Revenue Officer at bTLAR
Dissertation: Network Structure and Ecosystem Evolution: An Exploratory Analysis of Digital Platform Companies’ Foray into Fintech.
MBA: Florida International University
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Larry Pino
Founder & Managing Partner, Pino Nicholson, PLLC
Dissertation: Improving Operationalization of IRC Section 142(d) Private Facility Tax-Exempt Bond Financing Programs For Development of Senior Living Communities
JD: New York University
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Bill Poellmitz
Technology Entrepreneur
Dissertation: Does the Method of Attaining Foreign Language Fluency Affect an Individual’s Potential for Global Business Success?
MBA: Rollins College
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Warner Walker
Director of Store Development, Starbucks Coffee Co.
Dissertation: Retail Real Estate Characteristics: Assessing the Impact of Visibility and Accessibility on Retail Sales
MBA: Florida A&M University
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Ok Azie
The Mosaic Company, Vice President & Treasurer
Adjunct Professor of Finance, University of South FloridaDissertation: The Efficacy of Altman’s Bankruptcy Prediction Model. The Altman Z score – in the North American Oil and Gas Sector
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Jeffrey Bannink
Independent Management Consultant
Dissertation: A qualitative analysis of the nature, antecedents, and consequences of employee perceptions of organizational politics (POP)
MS Management: Purdue University
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Scott Carpenter
Senior Director, Regional Finance Officer – Japan for Tiffany & Co.
Dissertation: All that Glitters is not Gold: Diamond Investment Performance
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Sonia Casablanca
Interim Dean, Career and Technical Education at Valencia College
Commercial Real Estate Advisor, Casablanca Commercial Real EstateDissertation: Linking Leadership Empowerment Behaviors and Accountability to Employee Performance: The Influence of Self-Efficacy and Job Complexity
MBA/MS Risk Management: University of Central Florida/Florida State University
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John Cooper
Assistant Professor California State University-Los Angeles
Shareholder, Cooper & Associates, APCDissertation: The Influence of Entity Choice and Buyer Type on Firm Value of Closely Held Businesses
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John Eckroth
Academic Director, Master of Taxation Program at Portland State University
Dissertation: Small to medium size entities financial reporting? The effect of financial information presentation on the likelihood of receiving lender financing
MBT: University of Southern California
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Michael Gabson
CIO, Solid Investment group LLC
Dissertation: Consumption Displacement: An Empirical Study of Heterogenous Substitution
MS Management: North Carolina State University - not available
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Randy Markley
Associate Professor Biola University
Business Development Advisor, Diversified Business SolutionsDissertation: Online vs. Face-to-Face Education in Accounting: Comparing CPA Exam Performance Across Pedagogical Attributes
MPA: University of Southern California
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Alan McKnight
Senior Client Advisor at Mercer Advisors and Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance at University of Maryland Global Campus
Dissertation: Does the market fully value intangible assets? Revisiting the relationship between long-term abnormal stock returns and customer satisfaction
MBA: Kennesaw State University
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Lisa Meneau
Visiting Assistant Professor at Purdue University Fort Wayne
Dissertation: Struggling to make Ends Meet: Consumer Financial Health Behaviors and individual Differences
MBA: Northwestern University
LinkedIn“Struggling to make ends meet: can consumer financial behaviors improve?,” (with Janakiraman Moorthy), International Journal of Bank Marketing, November 2021.
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Rakesh Mishra
President, Star Casualty Insurance Company
Dissertation: Attorney abundance and growing insurance claims
MBA: University of Cincinnati
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Mark Napier
Managing Director at Kilmahew Ventures and Professor at Millikin University
Dissertation: Corporate venture Capital Investment and Financial Performance: The Salient Influence of Corporate Competition and Diversification
MBA: University of Notre Dame
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Christie Novak
Director of Accounting Programs at Le Moyne College
Chief Financial Officer, Chocolate Pizza Company, Inc.MS Accounting: Syracuse University
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Jana Nythruva
Head of Industrial Applications Services, US Pacific Sub-Region at Siemens Energy
Dissertation: Estimating the technology life cycle stages and transition points of innovations in rival firms. An empirical study using patent indicators in the advanced gas turbine industry.
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Eddie Sanchez
Finance Professor at University of South Florida Sarasota Manatee
Dissertation: Institutional Ownership and Performance in the Municipal Bond Market
MBA/MSAPM: Creighton University
MA Economics: Trinity College
LinkedInPublications:
“The Unexpected and Stickiness Behavior of Institutional Investors in Index Funds,” (with Junho Oh), Managerial Finance, September 2020.
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Roxanne Valies
Baptist Health South Florida, Sr. Systems Engineer
Dissertation: Are employees more productive working remote; a Meta-Analysis?
MA, Decision Information Sciences, University of Florida
MS, Human Resources Management, Florida International University
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Erica Bauman
Vice President of Quality Assurance, REDSHIFT Aerospace
Dissertation: Linking Executive Regulatory Focus, Corporate Disclosure and Tax Avoidance
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Tim Halloran
Senior Lecturer, Marketing and Faculty Director, Georgia Tech Executive MBA program
President, Brand IlluminationDissertation: The Impact of Consumer Engagement on Brand Purchase Frequency in Social Media Brand Communities
Education: Masters Marketing Research: University of Georgia
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Susan Henderson
Assistant Professor of Accounting, Cal State Fresno
Dissertation: How do Sustainability Investments Impact Financial Performance? An Instrumental Variable Approach
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Marko Jocic
Clinical Assistant Professor, Kennesaw State University
Dissertation: Goal Priorities in Family Firms: Implications for the Nature of Innovation
Education: MBA University of South Carolina
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Richard Kuerston
Director of Programs, Emory University School of Medicine
Dissertation: The Impact of Incivility on Attention and Risk Taking
Education: MBA: Georgia State University
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Christopher Leo
Associate Lecturer, University of Central Florida
Dissertation: The Positive and Negative Direct and In-direct Effects of Social Networking Websites for Job Search Progress and Employment
Education: Masters of Management: University of Central Florida
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Michele Maletta
Professor of Business and Marketing at Flagler College
Dissertation: Persistence and stickiness of viral marketing content: Elongating the effects of viral content online
Education: MBA: Georgia Southern University
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Ashok Margam
Term Assistant Professor, George Mason University
Dissertation: In quest of metrics to evaluate corporations for impact investing: an investigation into corporate social responsibility ratings
Education: MBA: Columbia University
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Ryan Parris
Assistant Controller, University of Florida
Dissertation: Workplace Incivility (Rudeness) is a Way of Life for Public Accountants – the Cause and Effect of Workplace Incivility
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Anan Sturgess
Professor/Vice President, Mediation First Coast, Inc.
Dissertation: Economic Effect of Tax Reforms
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Omar Tarawneh
Senior Engineering Project Manager, Arab Potash Company
Dissertation: Road to Excellence in Capital Projects Forecasting and Spending: How Project Managers Behavior influences Project Output
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Kate Toskin
Assistant Professor of Business Information Systems at Southern Connecticut State University
Dissertation: Millennials in the Workplace: How to Motivate and Lead Millennials
Education: MBA: Quinnipiac University
LinkedInPublications:
“Information Technology Work Value Differences,” (with RV McCarthy) Journal of Computer Information Systems, 1-9, 2019.
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Nykylo Williams
Vice President Area Operations – Field Services, Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.
Dissertation: Understanding the Factors that Affect Ethical Recovery
Education: MBA: University of Alabama
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Josh Zloba
Vice President IT Solutions for SOS International LLC
Dissertation: Effects of Boundary Spanning Employees on Their Managers: A Qualitative Study of the Managers? Perspective
Education: MBA University of Phoenix
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Tom Arnold
Senior Advisor for McKinsey + Company
Dissertation: Interactive Effects of Deployment Speed, Opportunity Costs, and Investment Horizon on the Evaluation of Private Equity Real Estate Fund Performance
Education: MBA: Dartmouth University
LinkedInPublications:
Arnold, T.R., Private Equity Real Estate Fund Performance: A Comparison to REITs and Open-End Core Funds (with David Ling and Andy Naranjo), The Journal of Portfolio Management Special Real Estate Issue 2021, 47(10).
Arnold, T.R., Real Assets Adviser podcast, August 25, 2021.
Arnold, T.R., Ling, D., & Naranjo, A. “Winning the Horse Race: New Insights into Public and Private Real Estate Investment, Pensions & Investments,” August 23, 2021.
Arnold, T.R., Ling, D., & Naranjo, A. Guest view: Why REITs beat closed-ended private real estate funds, IPE Real Assets, November/December 2021.
“Private Equity Real Estate Funds: Returns, Risk Exposures, and Persistence” (with Thomas Arnold and Andy Naranjo), Journal of Portfolio Management, Vol. 45, No. 7 (2019).
“Waiting to be Called: The Impact of Deployment Speeds and Opportunity Costs on PERE Returns,” (with Thomas Arnold and Andy Naranjo), Journal of Portfolio Management, Vol. 43, No. 6 (2017).
“The Appropriate Taxation of Carried Interest: A Reassessment,” Tax Notes Special Report, Vol. 156, July 24, 2017, pp. 455-470.
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Jennifer Cainas
Clinical Professor, University of South Florida
Dissertation: How a CEO’s regulatory focus affects the time to adoption of a formalized management control system for an entrepreneurial firm
Education: Master of Accountancy: University of South Florida
LinkedInPublications:
“Use Snapchat to Engage Students,” Strategic Finance, August 2018: 100(2), 67-71.
“Add Data Analytics to Intro Accounting,” Strategic Finance, August 2019: 101(2), 36-41.
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Jamey Darnell
Clinical Assistant Professor, Penn State University
Dissertation: Drivers of CSR: what is the role of reputational risk?
Education: MBA: Thunderbird School of Global Management
LinkedInPublications:
“What Aspiring Entrepreneurs Can Learn From ‘Seinfeld’,” Wall Street Journal, 2020.
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Shalini Gopalkrishnan
Professor/CEO, Lexion Global
Dissertation: Return on Entrepreneurship
Education: MBA: Indian Institute of Management
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Brian Hasson
Assistant Professor of Accounting, Appalachian State University
Dissertation: A Field Study: How do Auditors Move from Skeptical Judgment to Skeptical Action?
Education: Master of Accountancy: University of South Florida
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James Hoover
Clinical Professor, University of Florida Warrington College of Business
Dissertation: Big Data Information Privacy Concerns (BDIPC): Measuring Privacy Concerns in a World with Big Data
Education: MBA: University of Florida
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Jose Luis Iglesias
Assistant Professor of Management, University of South Carolina – Beaufort
Dissertation: Resisting Pulling the Plug?: The Role of CEO Regulatory Focus and Outside Directors in Divestment Activity in the U.S. Retail Industry
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Kurt Jacobs
Chairman, Fortis Solutions and Professor of Practice, Entrepreneurship and Strategy and University of Tennessee Knoxville
Dissertation: Hiring a New CEO and Firm Performance: Does It Pay To ‘Overpay’?
Education: MBA: Auburn
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Enrique Lacayo
Co-Founder, TEMPO
Dissertation: Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Financial Performance: The Moderating Role of Absorptive Capacity for Industry R&D
Education: MSM: University of Florida -
Jared Pressell
Director of Planning Analytics at Honeywell
Dissertation: A Theory and Distribution for Consumer Product Returns Subject to Innovation Diffusion
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Anthony Sanor
North American Logistics Cost Management Lead, Toyota
Dissertation: Impact of Construal Level on Employee Voice
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David Spohn
Assistant Professor of Finance, Lynn University
Dissertation: Does Foreign Exchange Volume Activity Predict Foreign Exchange Returns? Evidence from Buy-Sell Volume in the Euro-Dollar Market
Education: MBA: Florida International University
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Jason Thogmartin
Chief Operational Risk Office at Santander US
Dissertation: Understanding the Public Company Cost of Audit Firm Switching
Education: MBA: University of Florida
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Steven Tufts
Clinical Professor, University of Florida
Dissertation: Salesperson Personality and Sphere of Influence as Determinants of Sales Performance
Education: MBA: University of Virginia