Education
- DBA, Kent State University, 1985
Major: Accounting - MS, University of Akron, 1974
Major: Accounting - BS, University of Akron, 1972
Major: Accounting
Past Experience
- Chair for Accounting Department, California State University, Long Beach (2001 - Present)
- Professor, California State University, Long Beach (1993 - Present)
- Lead Instructor, Convisor and Duffy CPA Review, Long Beach, CA (1994 - 1996)
- Associate Professor, California State University, Long Beach (1990 - 1993)
- Assistant Professor, The University of Akron (1984 - 1990)
- Instructor, Kent State University (1978 - 1984)
- Lecturer, Gannon University (1976 - 1978)
- Instructor, Allegheny College (1975 - 1978)
- Staff Accountant, Coopers and Lybrand, Cleveland, Ohio (1974 - 1975)
- Graduate Assistant, The University of Akron (1972 - 1974)
Research and Scholarly Activities
Conference Proceeding- "Selecting the Right Peer Schools for AACSB Accreditation- A Data Mining Application" (2007), Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Data Mining.
- "Impact of FASB Qualitative Characteristics on the Promulgation of Statements of Financial Accounting Standards" (2006), 2006 Proceedings of 12th Americas Conference on Information Systems.
- "Selecting the Right MBA Programs--An Application of Self-Organizing Map Networks" (2006), 2006 Proceedings of 12th Americas Conference on Information Systems.
- "Critical Success Factors For Selecting Hosted Accounting Systems" (2006), Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Supply Chain Management and Information Systems.
- "Choosing the Right MBA Schools: An Application of Self-Organizing Map Networks" (2006), 2006 Hong Kong INFORMS International.
- "Impact of FASB Qualitative Characteristics on the Promulgation of SFAS" (2006), 2006 Hong Kong INFORMS International.
- "Selecting the Right Accounting Software for the Small Business" (2005), Proceedings of the 10th Annual Conference of the Asia Pacific Decision Sciences Institute.
- "Selecting the Best Value Master of Business Administration Program" (2005), Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on Education.
- "Understanding Corporate Rationales for Engaging in Reverse Stock Splits- A Data Mining Application" (2005), Proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences.
Journal Article, Academic Journal- "The Application of SOM as a Decision Support Tool to Identify AACSB Peer Schools" (2009), Decision Support Systems.
- "Do Reverse Stock Splits Indicate Future Poor Stock Performance? " (2009), Expert Systems with Applications.
- "A Value-Added Approach to Selecting the Best Master of Business Administration (MBA) Program" (2007), Journal of Education for Business.
- "Evaluating Mid-Level ERP Software" (2004), The Journal of Computer Information Systems .
- "Linking Cost Volume-Profit Analysis with Performance Evaluation" (2004), Business Journal.
Presentations
- INFORMS International, "SME's and Hosted Accounting Systems: Factors for Successful Selection," , Hong Kong, China (June , 2006)