Business School Stony Brook Faculty

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Carl Allocca (MST, CPA, Long Island University)
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Public and Private Accounting, Auditing, Taxation, Internal Control, Systems Development
A practicing CPA with more than 20 years’ experience, Professor Allocca has worked in private industry as a controller and treasurer in the manufacturing and service industries. He was a member of the audit department of Ernst & Young specializing in auditing, internal control systems development, and conversion and review. Professor Allocca has won the following teaching awards for the Harriman School: Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award from 1997-2001, Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award for the Technology Management Program in 1999, and the Award of Honor for Excellence in Teaching for Business Management in 1997 and 1998.
Email: Callocca@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

T. Owen Carroll (Ph.D., Cornell University)
Finance, Management Information Systems
Dr. Carroll received a B.S. in Engineering Physics from the University of California at Berkeley and a Ph.D. in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. He received the Distinguished Teaching Award in the College of Engineering at Stony Brook, the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching from the State University of New York, and was one of the founding professors of the Harriman School. Dr. Carroll is currently engaged in research and teaching in Computational Finance. He has been a Director of Research and also has been a consultant to Citibank, Nabisco, PPG, and others, as well as to the governments of Canada and Thailand.
Email: Tcarroll@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Jeff T. Casey (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Graduate Program Director
Psychology/Organizational Behavior, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Human Resource Management, Business Strategy
Dr. Casey is Director of the M.S. in Management and Policy Program, and the M.S. in Technology Management Program. He is also Co-Director of the Master of Professional Studies in Human Resource Management Program, the New York State Advanced Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management Program, and the Center for Human Resource Management. In addition to pursuing a variety of consulting activities, he conducts research concerning managerial judgment and decision making under risk, and psychological models of economic behavior. The National Science Foundation has supported Dr. Casey’s research.
Email: Jcasey@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Robert Clark (M.S., Stony Brook University)
Operations Management, Management Science, Entrepreneurship
Professor Clark has 30 years’ experience in operations and materials management with manufacturers of electronic, electro-optical, and mechanical instruments and devices in both commercial and defense environments. He spent three years with the Long Island Forum for Technology helping small to mid-sized manufacturers and distributors increase their productivity and profitability. During his career in industry he spent 18 years as an adjunct lecturer with four universities and colleges and was an instructor for APICS, the Association for Operations Management, from which he earned certification at the Fellow level.

Email: Rsclark@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Robert Ettl (M.B.A., Iona College; M.C.A., New York Institute of Technology;
M.B.A., Penn State)
Marketing, Strategic Planning, Government Relations, Public Relations
Professor Ettl brings 30 years of practical business experience in global and domestic operations in both services and product marketing management. In addition, he has been teaching college courses in an adjunct capacity for 27 years at the undergraduate and graduate levels, where he has been recognized as an outstanding teacher. Professor Ettl has held the position of Associate Professor of Management at Long Island University in the role of Executive-In-Residence. In addition to being selected for Who’s Who in Marketing and Sales, Professor Ettl has been a member of several professional associations. His business experience includes working with firms such as AT&T, Bell Labs, Boeing, Lucent Technologies, and the U.S. government.
Email: Rettl@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Dmytro Holod (Ph.D., University of Kentucky)
Finance
Dr. Holod’s research interests include corporate finance, banking, and financial markets and institutions. His current work investigates whether financial market frictions, such as information asymmetries, restrict a bank’s access to financing. He also explores the role of internal capital markets of a bank holding company in alleviating financial constraints faced by its bank subsidiaries. Dr. Holod presented his research at numerous conferences and seminars. He is a recipient of grant from the FDIC Center for Financial Research. Web Page
E-mail: Dmytro.Holod@sunysb.edu

Aristotle T. Lekacos(MS, Polytechnic Institute of New York)
Information Systems, Business Strategic, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Simulations
Professor Lekacos brings more than 25 years business and technical experience to the classroom. He founded and managed for 20 years a software company that developed enterprise wide business systems for Retailers, Wholesalers and Manufacturers. He guided the firm into a Multinational Corporation expanding the scope and breath of the product line. During that period Mr. Lekacos also provided consulting services to many Fortune 100 corporations including IBM, JC Penny, AT&T, EDS, Sunbeam, Radio Shack, Honeywell and Xerox. He also provided services to various government agencies including CO-OP’s of Ontario (Canadian Agriculture department), Canadian Postal Authority and NY State Court System. In addition to his business background he has extensive technical experience in software and systems. He has published articles and made presentations on business, innovations and technology. Prior to founding his company Mr. Lekacos worked at Grumman Aerospace Corporation in Advanced Systems and Business Proposals. He has received numerous awards including various Who Who’s, International Distinguished Leadership, Personality Of The Year to name a few. Current areas of pursuit are the integration of Wireless devices into the business process.
Email: Aristotle.Lekacos@sunysb.edu

Herbert F. Lewis (Ph.D., Stony Brook University)
Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Operations Research, Management Science, Information Systems, Productivity and Efficiency Analysis
Dr. Lewis has published in academic and practitioner journals in the areas of productivity and efficiency analysis, job selection, and computational complexity. Much of his research focuses on extending the methodology of data envelopment analysis, a linear programming-based technique for measuring relative efficiency. Dr. Lewis also is performing research on fuzzy expert systems, business education, vehicle routing, and location planning. Dr. Lewis has worked as a consultant software developer for Roche Diagnostic Systems, writing FlowPerfect, a Visual Basic program that automates the analysis of laboratory workflow.
Email: Hlewis@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Manuel London (Ph.D., Ohio State University)
Associate Dean of the College of Business
Human Resource Management
Dr. London is Co-Director of the Center for Human Resource Management. He holds a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology. He is also Stony Brook’s Associate Provost for Academic Student Services. Dr. London’s career spans his professorship at major research universities—in particular, the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana from 1974-1977 and Stony Brook University from 1989 to the present. For the 12 intervening years, he was a researcher and human resource practitioner at AT&T, and he has periodically worked with the staff of the Center for Creative Leadership. Dr. London is a pioneer in the now popular field of multisource (360 degree) feedback. As a practitioner and consultant, Dr. London has worked on program development and publications in the areas of performance management, feedback, managing marginal performers, and the manager as coach and developer. Dr. London received the Book Award from the Society for Human Resource Management for Change Agents: New Roles and Innovation Strategies for Human Resource Professionals.
Email: Mlondon@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Joseph W. McDonnell (Ph.D., University of Southern California)
Associate Dean of the College of Business
Management, Corporate Communications, Crisis Management and Entrepreneurship
Dr. McDonnell is interested in the study of management and organizations, particularly during crisis situations. Before coming to the college of business, he served in senior management positions in large organizations as well as entrepreneurial ventures. He began his managerial career as Associate Director of Stony Brook University Hospital, where he was part of the senior management team that opened the hospital. He then went on to become Director of Business Administration for Applied Digital Data Systems, followed by nearly fifteen years in ascendant positions for the Long Island Lighting Company, concluding his service as Senior Vice President for Marketing and External Affairs. Following the merger/sale of the Long Island Lighting Company, Dr. McDonnell worked on Wall Street, where he served as Managing Director for Broadgate Consultants, assisting companies through high-profile crises. He assisted one of his clients with a venture in China and for nearly two years was President and CEO of Chinex International, a joint venture trading company, during which he resided in Beijing.
Email: Jmcdonnell@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Michael Nugent(M.B.A., Dowling College)
Financial Engineering, Derivatives, International Finance, Capital Markets and Institutions, Foreign Exchange Markets, Investment Analysis, Corporate Finance, Business Strategy
Professor Nugent has many years’ work experience in both public and private corporations. He has held the position of SAP Financial System Analyst, where his responsibilities included customizing SAP software, configuring FICO financial modules, maintaining profit center structure and profitability determination, implementing SAP upgrade, and developing user documentation. In addition, Professor Nugent held the position of Cost Accounting Manager, which involved determining cost of sales, budgeting, standard costing, cost allocations, cost behavior determination, product cost estimating and overhead and variance analysis. Since 1996, Professor Nugent has been an Adjunct Professor of Finance for Long Island University (C.W. Post), Dowling College, and University of Phoenix.

Email: Mnugent@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Mark R. Palermo (J.D., Hofstra University School of Law; M.B.A., Adelphi University)
Finance, Strategy, Economics, Law, General Business
Mr. Palermo brings 20 years of diversified business experience to the classroom. His professional career began at The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., where he was a middle market lending officer for several years. After completing his MBA at Adelphi University, Mr. Palermo left Chase to take the position of Vice President – Finance for The Neil Automotive Group. He then returned to school full time on a full scholarship, earning his JD from Hofstra Law in December 1993 and graduating in the top 1.5% of his class. Combining his business experience with his law degree, Mr. Palermo practiced corporate law at the New York law firm of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, where he negotiated and documented debt and equity transactions, domestic and offshore hedge fund organizations, and structured finance transactions (securitizations and commercial paper conduits). After four years of successful law practice, Mr. Palermo accepted a position with Gordon Brothers Capital as Vice President, where he was deeply involved in all aspects of financing private companies in crises. In addition to managing the operations of this finance company, he spent much of his time actively managing companies in crises, and negotiating the sale of corporate assets. Mr. Palermo also has experience financing distressed public companies through uniquely structured private placements of convertible debt instruments. He now teaches full-time at the College of Business while remaining active in the practice of law.
Email: Mpalermo@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Tim Quey (Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology (pending dissertation completion; M.B.A., M.S. A.M., Stanford University)
Certified New Product Development Professional (PDMA)
Marketing of High Technology, Marketing Strategy, New Product Development, Management of Technology, Entrepreneurship
Professor Quey has worked in the telecommunications and software industries. He has headed New Product Development departments as well as overseen marketing functions for a Silicon Valley artificial intelligence start-up. He has run his own marketing consultancy serving small to medium-sized high technology companies. Mr. Quey has taught Marketing and Strategy courses at University of Illinois, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Mercer University. His research is on new product development techniques, inter-organizational technology flows in product development, the formation of high technology clusters, and the marketing-entrepreneurship interface. Mr. Quey has won many competitive fellowships and research grants as well as teaching awards.
Email: Tquey@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Thomas R. Sexton (Ph.D., Stony Brook University)
Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Productivity and Efficiency Analysis, Healthcare Management
Dr. Sexton’s research on productivity and efficiency theory and analysis dates back to the early 1980s. He has analyzed electricity transmission and distribution systems nationwide, hospitals in New York State, Veterans Affairs medical centers throughout the country, and nursing homes in New York State and in Maine. Dr. Sexton helped to develop an efficiency-based funding formula for pupil transportation for the State of North Carolina. This work won Honorable Mention in the 1993 Franz Edelman International Prize Competition for the best application of operations research/management science in industry or government. He has won the Harriman School’s Outstanding Teaching Award seven times. He holds joint appointments in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics and School of Health Technology and Management.
Email: Tsexton@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Jadranka Skorin-Kapov (Ph.D., University of British Columbia)
Management Science, Operations Research, Systems Analysis and Design, Management Information Systems
Before joining Stony Brook, Dr. Skorin-Kapov was an application engineer at the Computer Center of Zagreb University, and a visiting professor of Management Sciences at the University of British Columbia. Her research includes applications of discrete optimization to network design, manufacturing design, scheduling, and location and layout. She develops algorithms (heuristic search and learning, and polynomial algorithms for special cases) for difficult decision problems arising in engineering and business areas. Dr. Skorin-Kapov is a recipient of a number of grants, including six National Science Foundation grants. She has an affiliation with the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics.
Curriculum Vitae
Email: Jskorin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

William H. Turner(M.B.A., New York University)
Dean of the College of Business
Marketing, Leadership, Business Strategy
William H. Turner is the former Vice Chairman of Chemical Banking Corporation and the former Chairman of PNC Bank, N.A. Dean Turner held key management positions at Chemical Banking Corp from 1962 to 1996, including Senior Vice President of the International division, Middle East and Africa; Chief Administrative Officer of the Corporate Banking Division; and Executive Vice President and head of the Retail Banking Division. Mr. Turner joined PNC Bank in August 1997 as President and CEO of PNC Bank, New Jersey. Before joining PNC Bank, he was President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc. He currently serves as a Director of Franklin Electronics Publishers, New Jersey Resources, Standard Motor Products Inc., and Volt Information Sciences Inc. Mr. Turner is a board member and former Chairman of the Atlantic Health System, Chairman of the International College of Beirut, President of the Montclair Art Museum, Treasurer of the Montclair Golf Club and the Montclair Foundation. He is also a Trustee of Trinity College, in Hartford, Connecticut.
Email: Whturner@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Harry Weiner (S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Business-Government Relations, Managerial Ethics
Professor Weiner started his career in the U. S. State Department with postings in the U.S. Embassy in Brazil, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, and Bureau of Inter-American Affairs. He served as Assistant Dean at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, where he helped organize the Center for Urban Education at the City University of New York. He has been a consultant to a number of organizations, including the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. He is now Professor Emeritus in the Harriman School. Professor Weiner’s current research includes public policy analysis, management training, and re-engineering.
Email: Hweiner@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Gerrit Wolf (Ph.D., Cornell University)
Organizational Behavior, Entrepreneurship, Communications, Wireless E-Commerce
Dr. Wolf is an industrial and organizational psychologist who has focused on entrepreneurship. His students have started or joined growing technology-based businesses in New York, where he started entrepreneurship courses 20 years ago; in Budapest, where he held Fulbright’s Alexander Hamilton Chair of entrepreneurship in 1993; and in Stockholm, where he was the first Fulbright Chair of Wireless
E-Commerce in 2001. He and his students have also consulted for a range of firms including Symbol Technologies and Ericsson. He has published more than 60 academic articles on conflict management, managerial decision-making, and leadership. He presently researches wireless impact on organizations and consumers. He is a past Dean of the Harriman School for Management and has had academic and administrative appointments at Georgia Tech, University of Arizona, and Yale. Dr. Wolf is currently is Director of the College’s Honors Program.
Email: Gwolf@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

ADJUNCT FACULTY

Barry Barnett
Principal, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Barry Barnett is a Principal in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Global Human Resource Solutions Group, specializing in Health and Welfare benefits. He provides clients with comprehensive consulting advice relating to health-care strategy development, total compensation program design, consumer-directed health-care plans, HIPAA, and retirement planning. His clients range from large Fortune 100 companies to large government entities. Mr. Barnett has a wealth of managed care experience, specifically in establishing and measuring performance standards and global health-care strategy development. He frequently shares his experience with the health-care industry through seminars, conferences, and articles sponsored by such organizations as the Society for the American Management Association (AMA), the Edison Electric Institute, and Human Resource Management (SHRM). In addition, Mr. Barnett has taught the benefits component of AMA’s Principles of Human Resources course, as well as a Certified Employee Benefits Specialists’ (CEBS) course.
He holds a Master of Arts degree in Communications from Pennsylvania State University.

Pamela Berns
Communication Consultant
Pamela Berns has been a communication consultant for 18 years. She has worked in a wide variety of settings, including pharmaceuticals, hospitals, social services, government, insurance, financial services, information technology, and advertising. Her clients have included The American Heart Association, The American Red Cross, Aventis, Chevron-Texaco, Citicorp, Deloitte & Touche, Deutsche Bank, Ethicon, Goldman Sachs, Janssen Pharmaceutical, Johnson & Johnson PGSM, Johnson & Johnson PRD, and JPMorgan Chase. Ms. Berns has designed and facilitated group programs in leadership, change communication, selling skills, and relationship management. She draws from this wealth of experience in her one-on-one coaching, often with technical professionals who need help transitioning to high-visibility leadership and management roles. Academic credentials include positions in the Bank Street College of Education’s Graduate program in educational leadership, Cornell University’s Off-campus College, Fordham University’s MBA program, and, most recently, a visiting professorship with the Executive MBA program at Beijing University in China. Ms. Berns is the author of numerous articles on adult education, communication, and human resources issues. Her articles have appeared in such publications as Management Review, Human Resource Executive, Advertising Age, Training and Development Journal, Business Week Careers, and Career World and she contributed to the textbook Communication Skills for Business and the Professions, published by Wadsworth Publishing.

James J. Groberg
Chief Financial Officer, Volt Information Sciences Inc.
James J. Groberg is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, and a Director of Volt Information Sciences Inc., a New York Stock Exchange staffing, computer systems, and telecommunication services company. He has been a member of the Volt management team since 1973, with the exception of a five-year absence from 1981 to late 1985. During that five-year period, he was associated with a diversified financial services company as President and Chief Executive Officer for one year, and as President of a publicly traded toy manufacturing company for the balance of that time. In his present position as Chief Financial Officer, his responsibilities include the treasury function (including negotiations of all borrowing agreements with banks); the accounting function for corporate and all divisions and subsidiaries; all computer operations related to accounting, financial, and other back-office functions; acquisitions, mergers, and divestitures; and investor relations. He is a member of the Financial Executive Institute.

Stanford Kay
Vice President, Human Resources, Standard Motor Products Inc.
Stanford Kay has been Vice President of Human Resources for Standard Motor Products Inc. since 1992. In addition to this position, in 1998 he was appointed Corporate Secretary. He joined Standard Motor Products in 1976, where he has held the positions of Labor Relations Specialist, Personnel Manager, and General Office Manager. Before joining Standard, he served as Director of Personnel for Royal Detective Agency. His experience in labor relations is extensive: He has negotiated more than 100 labor contracts as management’s chief spokesperson. Mr. Kay has many years of experience in key labor relations functions, including handling union grievances, presenting the employer’s case at arbitration, defending the employer against Unfair Labor Practice charges, and maintaining union-free status. Mr. Kay holds a J.D. degree from St. John’s University School of Law, and has particular expertise in the legal framework governing human resources.

Fred H. Langbein
Executive Director, Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP
Fred H. Langbein became Executive Director of Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP, in 2003. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Langbein held the position of Executive Director of Mendes & Mount LLP, a 160-attorney firm, where he directed all financial, technology, human resources, marketing, facilities, and administrative activities across three regional offices. Prior to 2000, Mr. Langbein had an extensive career in corporate finance, including positions as Chief Financial Officer of Cozen and O’Connor, P.C., a national law firm with more than $125 million in annual revenues, 400 attorneys, and 18 offices throughout the U.S., and Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer and Administrative Officer of Christie’s Inc. He directed all financial, systems, and administrative functions for the North and South American subsidiary of Christie’s, a fine art auctioneer with annual sales of $723 million (1996). In addition, Mr. Langbein has held positions as Vice President/Director of Management Reporting at CS First Boston Inc., Vice President/Chief Financial and Administrative Officer for Chemical Bank and Financial Analyst for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. He holds an MBA from The American University.

Andrew F. McBride, III
Principal/Director, Kalison, McBride, Jackson & Murphy, P.A.
Andrew F. McBride, III is a Principal and Director of Kalison, McBride, Jackson & Murphy, P.A. For the past 28 years, he has been practicing law and has extensive experience in general health-care law matters. Mr. McBride’s practice is exclusively focused in hospital and health-care law, involving general corporate law, administrative law, antitrust law, litigation, and managed care contracting. He is involved with a wide range of issues including physician contracts, equipment acquisitions, physician credentialing and privilege matters, patient treatment questions, fraud and abuse counseling, certificate of need applications, hospital mergers, consolidations and reorganizations, not-for-profit tax issues, antitrust issues, security law, hospital tax-exempt financing, and managed care contracting. He is an arbitrator for the American Health Lawyers Association, Alternate Dispute Resolution Program. He is past Chair of the American Bar Association Section of Healthcare Litigation. Mr. McBride’s publications and seminars include Health Care in the 70’s: A Perspective—Past, Present, Future, published by Columbia University; and 1988 Health Law Case Update: Fraud and Abuse Seminar, presented to the Center for Health Affairs. He is an Adjunct Professor in the Healthcare Law Program at Seton Hall University School of Law. He holds a J.D. degree from Columbia University School of Law, and a master’s degree in Hospital Administration from Columbia University.

Eva M. Schmatz
President, Summus Ltd.
Ms. Schmatz is a co-founder of Summus Ltd. Ms. Schmatz’s professional approach focuses on using highly precise empirical information gathered through direct interviews to inform her recommendations. She is well versed in handling the special challenges facing not-for-profit organizations operating in diverse national and cultural frameworks.
She has a wide range of experience and has been engaged by Fortune 500 companies for strategic marketing and organizational development in a variety of industries, including non-profit, retail, consumer electronics, automotive, professional services, information services, and technology, among others. In particular, she has in-depth knowledge and experience in fund-raising, positioning communications, executive development, and behavioral alignment, gained through working for not-for-profit organizations such as the Museum of American Folk Art, New York University Medical Center, and The Statue of Liberty Foundation. Ms. Schmatz has been active in trade associations and public speaking. She holds a B.A. and M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, with concentrations in international business and economics, anthropology, and social psychology.