Faculty Experts -- School of Business

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Christopher Ball, assistant professor of economics, is available to discuss international economic issues with special emphasis on Central and Eastern European affairs as well as Connecticut gasoline markets.

Ball worked in Budapest, Hungary, as project director for and then advisor to the Hungarian Atlantic Council (a Hungarian foreign policy think tank) from 1994 to 1998. From 1996 to 1998 he also worked as the Central European research fellow for the Institute of Current World Affairs which is based in Hanover, N.H.

Ball returned to the United States in 1998 to pursue his PhD in economics at Texas A&M University with a specialty in theoretical international macroeconomics and industrial organization. In 2003 he earned his PhD from Texas A&M and joined the faculty at Quinnipiac where he teaches undergraduate international economics and managerial economics for MBA students, among other classes.

His current academic research deals with international debt, monetary policy and exchange rate regimes in emerging and developed economies worldwide. He has recently acted as a consultant on Connecticut gasoline markets and is currently conducting further research on energy policy.

To reach Ball, call 203-582-8745 or christopher.ball@quinnipiac.edu.

Blaine J. Branchik, associate professor of marketing, is available to discuss buyer decision-making, market segments, business marketing and marketing history. He has taught courses such as marketing strategy, Internet marketing, business-to-business marketing and principles of marketing on both the undergraduate and graduates levels.

Branchik completed his PhD at Florida Atlantic University and received his MBA and BA from George Washington University. He has published in the Journal of Macromarketing and Consumption, Markets and Culture, contributed a chapter to a book published by Haworth Press entitled "Handbook of Niche Marketing: Principles and Practices", and made numerous media appearances. Prior to undertaking his doctoral studies, he spent over 15 years in technology marketing management in a variety of positions in firms including IBM, Siemens and Oracle.

To reach Branchik, call 203-582-3474 or e-mail blaine.branchik@quinnipiac.edu.

Eric Brunner is an associate professor of economics. His research focuses on the economics of education, school finance and the provision of public goods.

Brunner received his PhD in economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his BA from the University of Connecticut. Prior to joining the faculty at Quinnipiac in 2004, Brunner was an associate professor at San Diego State University. He has published in such journals as the Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, National Tax Journal and Public Choice.

To reach Brunner, call 203-582-3489 or e-mail eric.brunner@quinnipiac.edu.

David Cadden is a professor of management. He has worked for Hazeltine Corporation, Baruch College and Fairfield University and has consulted for firms such as McDonald-Douglas Aircraft and Blue Cross/Blue Shield.

He received his undergraduate degree in engineering and his MS in management from the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He received his MBA and his PhD in management planning systems from Baruch College, which is part of the City University of New York.

To reach Cadden, call 203-582-8933 or e-mail david.cadden@quinnipiac.edu.

Thomas Coe, an associate professor of finance, is available to discuss international markets and investments, debt financing and personal financial analysis.

Coe received his PhD and MA from the University of New Orleans, his MBA from John Carroll University and his bachelor's from the University of Akron. Coe teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in corporate finance, financial statement analysis and investments. He has published in The Journal of Emerging Markets, The Financial Services Review and The Journal of Emerging Markets Finance and the Journal of Financial Education. Prior to receiving his PhD, Coe was an account executive at Monarch Insurance Company and had branch management experience at Cardinal Federal Savings Bank and First National Bank of Ohio.

To reach Coe, call 203-582-3455 or e-mail thomas.coe@quinnipiac.edu.

Mohammad Elahee, an associate professor of international business, is available to discuss cross-cultural business negotiations, free trade and international business and terrorism.

Elahee received his PhD from the University of Texas-Pan American and his MBA from the University of New Brunswick, Canada. Elahee teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in business negotiations, international business, e-commerce, marketing research and international marketing. His work has appeared in The Thunderbird International Business Review, European Business Review, International Journal of Organizational Theory and Behavior, Business and The Contemporary World, Journal of Emerging Markets, Corporate Finanace Review, and Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing. Prior to receiving his PhD, Elahee taught at University of Monterrey, Mexcio, University of Texas-Pan American and at The University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Elahee also held visiting faculty positions at ESC-Rennes, France and at Sadat Academy for Management Science, Egypt. He also worked at Deloitte & Touche and at the World Bank in Washington D.C.

To reach Elahee, call 203-582-3453 or e-mail mohammad.elahee@quinnipiac.edu.

Robert L. Engle is a professor of international business. He is available to discuss international management and strategy and issues related to the European Union.

Engle received his doctorate in business from Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., a master's degree in business from Quinnipiac and a master's degree in education from Towson University in Baltimore, Md.

He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in international business, international management and strategy, and globalization. His work has appeared in a number of books and journals including the "Handbook of Research in International Marketing", the Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, the European Management Journal and the Journal of Pharmaceutical Marketing & Management. He has also co-authored a book on globalization entitled "Living Ever Closer Together: The Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization."

Prior to joining the faculty at Quinnipiac, Engle held a variety of positions in industry in the United States and in Europe, including vice president of marketing and sales operations and vice president of global sales force management for Bayer AG, Pharmaceutical Division.

To reach Engle, call 203-582-3610 or e-mail robert.engle@quinnipiac.edu.

Mark Gius, a professor of economics, is available to discuss his research in sports economics, health economics and the economic effects of advertising.

Gius received his PhD from Penn State University. He teaches undergraduate courses in industrial organization, law and economics and labor economics. He has published in a wide variety of academic journals.

To reach Gius, call 203-582-8576 or e-mail mark.gius@quinnipiac.edu.

Xiaohong He is a professor of international business. She is available to discuss international business and international economic issues, especially related to China and other southeastern Asia markets.

A native of Beijing, He worked in China for eight years as a researcher and engineer before coming to the U.S. During her doctoral study in the U.S., she worked as a consultant, director and vice president of international business between U.S., China and several other countries in Asia.

He received her PhD in international management studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. She also holds two masters degrees in finance and international management. Her undergraduate work was in mechanical engineering.

He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in international business, international corporate finance, international trade and investment and globalization. Her current academic research deals with international trade, investment, global entrepreneurship and various topics in globalization, with a special focus on emerging markets such as China and India. Her research has won prizes both in the U.S. and abroad. Her work has appeared in nine books and 15 journals. She recently co-authored the book "Globalization and International Business: Living Ever Closer Together, " which is in the process of being translated into Chinese.

To reach He, call 203-582-5279 or e-mail xiaohong.he@quinnipiac.edu.

William (Bill) W. Keep is professor of marketing. He is available to discuss marketing strategies and marketing relationships-particularly within dynamic marketing channels, business ethics and the role of business in society.

Keep received a PhD in marketing and a BA in social science and economics, both from Michigan State University. His research articles have appeared in the Journal of Marketing, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Macromarketing, Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, and Business Ethics: European Review, among others. Keep also co-authored the book "Customer Fraud and Business Responses," with Kelly Tepper Tian.

Keep has consulted with or conducted seminars for a range of clients including: Proctor & Gamble, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Department of Justice, Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield and Ashland Oil. He has also served as an expert witness. Before entering graduate school, Keep served as a marketing manager for an international trade association, an assistant to the vice-president of operations for a state-wide electrical distributorship and as a full-time congressional staff member.

Keep has appeared in print, radio and television to comment on marketing practices and his opinion pieces have been published in numerous regional newspapers.

To reach Keep, call 203-582-3776 or e-mail william.keep@quinnipiac.edu.

Osman Kilic, a professor of finance, is available to discuss financial markets and institutions, investments and market microstructure and trading.

Kilic received his PhD and MA from the University of New Orleans, his MBA from University of South Alabama and his bachelor's from Istanbul Technical University. Kilic teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in financial markets and institutions, financial modeling and market microstructures and trading. He has published in the Journal of Financial Services Research, the Journal of Economics and Finance, Global Finance Journal, International Business and Economics Research and the ISE Review. He was a visiting faculty member at Merrill Lynch and Chase Asset Management. Prior to receiving his PhD, Kilic worked as a marine engineer at Zodiac and Dunya Companies.

To reach Kilic, call 203-582-8267 or e-mail osman.kilic@quinnipiac.edu.

Patrice A. Luoma, an associate professor of management, is available to discuss corporate governance, boards of directors, executive compensation, corporate social performance and human resource management issues.

Luoma received her PhD in management from Washington State University and her MBA and bachelor's degrees from St. Cloud State University. At Quinnipiac, Luoma teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in strategic management, organization theory, principles of management and human resource management. She has published in The Academy of Management Journal, written a book chapter on governance issues for "Enron and Beyond" and presented at numerous conferences. Prior to teaching, Luoma worked in local government.

To reach Luoma, call 203-582-8320 or e-mail patrice.luoma@quinnipiac.edu.

Angela Mattie is an assistant professor of management. She is available to discuss healthcare policy, legal, management and compliance issues.

Prior to joining Quinnipiac, Mattie was vice-president of performance improvement for Sisters of Providence Health Care System (SPHS). As a member of the senior leadership team, she had oversight responsibilities for legal, quality, risk management, worker’s compensation, infection control, HIPAA privacy implementation and corporate compliance. In 2000-01, Mattie was a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow. Selected as one of six recipients for this competitive program, she served as a staff member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. While on this committee, she has worked on such legislation as patient safety, privacy, patient bill of rights and HIPAA. During her fellowship, she was on leave from Anthem, Inc., in the corporate office of medical policy. In her role with Anthem, Inc., Mattie was responsible for designing risk-reduction strategies and project implementation for uniform medical policy for the corporation. Before joining Anthem, Inc., Mattie was assistant vice-president, quality improvement services with the Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA). She had responsibility for a clinical research program that received state and national recognition.

Mattie has published in the Archives of Surgery and Journal on Quality Improvement and Statistics in Medicine, as well as given numerous presentations at conferences such as the National Quality Improvement Conference and the American Public Health Association Conference.

Mattie received her master’s degree in public health with distinction from the Yale University School of Medicine Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, her JD at the University of Connecticut School of Law and an undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from Quinnipiac. She is admitted to the Connecticut and Massachusetts bar.

To reach Mattie, call 203-582-3630, on her cell at 203-641-2630 or e-mail her at angela.mattie@quinnipiac.edu.

Richard V. McCarthy, professor of information systems management, teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in database management systems, data warehousing and data mining and enterprise architecture. He conducts research in knowledge management and data mining and has published in the Journal of Computer Information Systems, Information & Software Technology, the Journal of International Technology and Information Management, Issues in Information Systems, the Learning Organization and the Information Systems Education Journal. He is also a contributing author to "Decision Support Systems and Intelligent Systems," 7th edition. McCarthy is also a Charter Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU). He received his DBA from Nova Southeastern University, his MBA from Western New England College and his BS in management information systems from Central Connecticut State University.

To reach McCarthy, call 203-582-8468 or e-mail richard.mccarthy@quinnipiac.edu.

Mary Meixell, an associate professor of management, is available to discuss issues in logistics and supply chain management.

Meixell received her PhD from Lehigh University, MS degrees from the University of Virginia and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the BS degree from Penn State.

Meixell teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in operations management, quantitative methods and project management. Her research has appeared in journals that include IEEE Transactions in Engineering Management, the International Journal of Production Research and Transportation Research.

Prior to joining Quinnipiac, Meixell worked in the automotive and telecommunication equipment industries. Her current research addresses the impact of collaboration in supply partnerships and the value of information technologies in operations.

To reach Meixell, call 203-582-5206 or email mjmeixell@quinnipiac.edu.

Chadwick C. Nehrt, a professor of international business and chair of the international business department, is available to discuss issues to do with globalization, international business strategy and international business management.

Nehrt earned his PhD from the University of Michigan, his MBA from Columbia University and his BA from the University of Pennsylvania. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in international business and \international strategy. Nehrt enjoys leading student short-courses abroad, having taken students to various locations in Southeast Asia and Europe. He has published in Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Global Focus, International Journal of Business, and Research and Business Journal. He is currently co-authoring a book on globalization.

Nehrt's business experience includes running a seven-person small business in Wichita, Kan.; project analysis at International Paper Company in New York City; strategic planning - trouble-shooting, five-year plans, acquisition analysis - at Philip Morris International in New York City; business development and assistant to the vice president - Africa at Philip Morris Europe based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

To reach Nehrt, call 203-582-8303 or e-mail chad.nehrt@quinnipiac.edu.

Patricia Norberg is an assistant professor of marketing and advertising. She holds a PhD, MBA and BA, all from the University of Rhode Island where she specialized in finance and marketing.

Before her doctoral studies, she spent many years working in the U.S. banking and IT consulting industries. Her primary research focus is on the informational interfaces between consumers and businesses in an information-driven economy, with a special interest in public policy and privacy-related issues. In addition to her primary research area, she conducts research in advertising/consumer behavior and gift card programs. She has also acted as an external consulting resource for the European stored value industry and more recently has become involved with consumer behavior in the financial industry.

Norberg may be reached at 203-582-8256 or Patricia.Norberg@quinnipiac.edu

Matthew O'Connor is a professor and chair of finance and co-director of the Equity Compensation Institute. O'Connor's research is in options and portfolio management.

O'Connor received his PhD from Syracuse University, his MBA from the University of Massachusetts and his bachelor's degree from the University of Connecticut. O'Connor teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in derivatives, investments and portfolio management. He conducts research in options and portfolio management and has published in the Financial Review, the Financial Services Review and the Journal of Litigation Economics. Prior to receiving his PhD, O'Connor was an assistant treasury analyst at Rogers Corporation and an actuarial consultant, software developer and software development manager at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company in Springfield, Mass. He received the University's Excellence in Teaching Award in 2005.

To reach O'Connor, call 203-582-8297 or e-mail matthew.oconnor@quinnipiac.edu.

Rowena Ortiz-Walters is an assistant professor of management. Her areas of research, expertise and interest are entrepreneurship; the effect of the social context on creativity, developmental relationships, careers and work experiences of women and racial minorities; teamwork in the classroom. She has published in the Journal of Vocational Behavior and Journal of College Teaching and Learning.

Ortiz-Walters received both a PhD in management and BS in chemistry from the University of Connecticut and an MBA from the University of New Haven.

In the area of professional service, she has served as president of the PhD Project, an association supporting minority graduate students in achieving their doctorates. She is also a member of the Academy of Management. She also served as the assistant director of the Thomas J. & Bette Wolff Family Program in Entrepreneurship and has won several teaching awards at the University of Connecticut. She has served as a reviewer for several journals in the management area and currently serves as co-chair for the Mentoring Committee of the AOM.

To reach Ortiz-Walters, call 203-582-8550 or e-mail rowena.ortiz-walters@quinnipiac.edu.

Robert L. Porter, an assistant professor of finance, is available to discuss the commercial banking industry and other financial institutions, as well as general corporate finance topics.

Porter received his PhD from Rutgers University, an MA from Trinity College and an MBA from Rutgers University. His bachelor's degree is also from Rutgers.

Porter teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in corporate finance, commercial banking and risk management. He has published in Financial Markets, Institutions & Instruments and the Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting.

In addition to his academic work, Porter served as director of asset/liability management for a regional bank holding company and as the CFO of a closely held printing organization.

To reach Porter, call 203-582-3647 or e-mail rlporter@quinnipiac.edu.

Matthew Rafferty, a professor of economics, is available to discuss macroeconomics, corporate R&D policy, executive compensation, and the Connecticut gasoline markets.

Rafferty received his PhD and MA from the University of California-Davis and his BA from the College of William and Mary. Rafferty teaches courses in macroeconomics, money and banking, and economic growth. His academic research focuses on corporate R&D policy and how executive compensation influences that policy. He has also recently acted as a consultant on legislation before the Connecticut legislature on the regulation of gasoline markets.

To reach Rafferty, call 203-582-3396 or e-mail matthew.rafferty@quinnipiac.edu.

Abhik Roy, professor of advertising and chair of the department of marketing and advertising, is available to discuss advertising campaigns, in particular the strategic and media planning aspects of campaigns, international marketing and price competition in oligopolies. Roy has taught courses at Quinnipiac in marketing management, new product development, marketing research and media planning, at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

Roy earned his PhD in marketing management in 1990 from the University of California at Los Angeles and taught at the University of California, Riverside, and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University prior to joining Quinnipiac. Before entering the world of academia he worked as a marketing and advertising executive in his native India. He has consulted for the Riverside Chamber of Commerce, Anheuser-Busch and its distributors in California and Connecticut as well as for small private companies. His research has been published in major academic journals such as Management Science, Journal of Retailing, Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Research in Marketing and Marketing Letters.

He can be contacted at 203-582-8465 or e-mail abhik.roy@quinnipiac.edu.

Bruce Saulnier, a professor of information systems management, is a nationally recognized scholar in the scholarship of teaching and learning. He is available to discuss his research in teaching and learning as spiritual activities, creating significant learning experiences in higher education and service learning in technology education.

Saulnier received an MS from the Georgia Institute of Technology, a BS from Defiance College and was awarded the Certified Systems Professional (CSP) designation by the Institute for the Certification of Computer Professionals. He teaches systems analysis and design, e-commerce and management information systems. He has published in Academic Exchange Quarterly, The Journal of Information Systems Education and Developments in Business Simulation and Experiential Learning.

He is past president and a distinguished fellow of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning and was honored as the Quinnipiac University Outstanding Faculty Member and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Connecticut Professor of the Year in 2002.

To reach Saulnier, call 203-582-8579 or e-mail bruce.saulnier@quinnipiac.edu.

Kathleen Simione, an assistant professor of accounting, is available to discuss her research in accounting and business education and integrative courses.

Simione is a CPA who received her MBA from Quinnipiac. She teaches financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting and introduction to business.

She has published in the Journal of Accounting and Finance Research, the Journal of the Academy of Business Education, Readings in Teaching & Learning, the College Teaching & Learning Journal and Caring Magazine. Prior to teaching, Simione worked in public accounting.

To reach Simione, call 203-582-8519 or e-mail kathleen.simione@quinnipiac.edu.

Michelle Stronz, visiting instructor of management in the entrepreneurial studies program, is available to discuss leadership, organizational development and strategy execution.

Stronz received a doctorate in organizations and leadership from Columbia University in May 2005. She earned a master's in international development from the University of Washington and a BS in journalism from the Scripps Howard School at Ohio University. She brings more than 20 years of leadership experience as a CEO, management consultant and advisor to leaders in industry government and education such as United Technologies Corp., Aetna, Nationwide Insurance, Northeast Utilities, the U.S. Customs Service and the State of Connecticut.

Stronz also works with organizations of all sizes to build internal "enterprise communities" that promote innovation and competitive advantage.

To reach Stronz, call 203-582-8746 or 860-462-4062 or e-mail michelle.stronz@quinnipiac.edu.

Ramesh Subramanian, the Gabriel Ferrucci Professor of Computer Information Systems, is available to discuss his research-object-oriented systems, spatial databases, e-commerce, digital asset management, IT education, emerging technologies and peer-to-peer computing.

Subramanian received a PhD and a MBA from Rutgers University, a postgraduate diploma from Xavier Labor Relations Institute, India, and a BSc in applied sciences from Madras University, India. He teaches information systems strategy, information systems management, IT project management, IS security, data management and a variety of programming languages. He has written scholarly papers and has authored several chapters in books relating to his expertise. He has also published articles in the Journal of Database Management.

His interests include, in addition to the above, the globalization of IT jobs and the current trends in international outsourcing of IT jobs. Prior to his current appointment, Subramanian held the following positions: senior software engineer at IBM's Advanced Technology Lab (Southbury, Conn.); associate professor of MIS, College of Business and Public Policy at the University of Alaska, Anchorage; instructor of computer science at Rutgers University's computer science department; and member of the database research technical staff of Bell Communications Research, Morristown, N.J. Subramanian has also served as consultant to BP Exploration (Alaska) and the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce.

Subramanian will spend the next year teaching at the India Institute of Technology. He is unavailable by telephone, but will respond to e-mail at ramesh.subramanian@quinnipiac.edu.

Bruce White, a professor of information systems management and chairperson of the information systems management program, is a nationally known scholar in information systems education, accreditation of information systems programs and assessment of information systems programs.

White received his doctorate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and both a BS and an MS from Winona State University. He has been awarded the Certificated Data Processor designation from the Institution for Certification of Computer Professional. He has served as conference chair for the ISECON Conference four times. He is on the editorial review board for the Journal of Information Systems Education and the Global Journal of Information Management. He was one of the developers of the IS assessment test through the Center for Computing Education Research under the auspices of the Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals and serves on the ICCP Education Foundation. He is an ABET IS accreditation professional evaluation visitor (PEV). He has presented at several conferences including AMCIS, IAIM, ISECON, ISETL and IIMA. He has been published in the Journal of Informatics Education Research, the Information Systems Education Journal, the Quarterly Journal of Electronic Commerce and the Communications of the IIMA.

White also participates in the Quinnipiac University pep band (and is the faculty advisor), the Hamden Symphony Orchestra at Quinnipiac and other campus and professional organizations. He can be reached at 203-582-3386 or bruce.white@quinnipiac.edu.