Corporate Finance and Governance, Heterogeneous Beliefs and Agents, Investments

Education:

Ph.D. in Finance, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, December 2009
Visiting Ph.D. Student, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 2005
M.B.A. with finance concentration, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 2003
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1983

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS:
Research paper presentation, 2009 FMA annual meeting, Reno, NV, October, 2009
Doctoral Student Consortium, 2009 FMA annual meeting, Reno, NV, October, 2009
Awarded CFA Charter, 2005
Dean James F. Kane Academic Excellence (Top ranked student: cohort of 102 students), USC, 2003
Distinguished Student Award for Academic Excellence (G.P.A. of 4.0/4.0), USC, 2003
Darla Moore Scholarship and Award for Academic Merit, University of South Carolina, 2001– 2003

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:
General Manager, Filtration Group TM, York, SC, 1998 - 2001
Global Market Development Manager, Hoechst Celanese, Bobingen, Germany, 1996 - 1998