About Me...

I came to Bloomsburg University after appointments at Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre and Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Having earned an undergraduate degree in mathematics, and masters and doctoral degrees in management science/operations management, I handle most of the quantitative courses offered by the Department of Management. These include managerial decision making, managing quality, supply chain operations, and quality management at the undergraduate level, and statistical analysis, business research methods, decision models, quality management, and operations management at the graduate level. I either originally developed or recently updated all course content and materials (textbooks, websites, software), making sure these specialized courses are appropriate for today’s business environments. 

My extensive experience in the public sector derives from staff and management positions including facilities management, safety management, decision support, and statistical analysis spanning a twenty-year career. As a statistician I became deeply involved in the Department of Navy’s transformation to a total quality management organization, and earned several fellowships and grants for advanced study. My doctoral dissertation addressed critical success factors in TQM, and I continue research in this area. Results have been reported in the Quality Management Journal and the International Journal of Quality Science.

I am also published in multiple criteria decision making (MCDM); techniques in this field are included in the decision models courses in the Master of Business Administration and Managerial Decision Making graduate programs. Applications have been published in Institutional Research and Quality Progress. I am very interested in online learning, particularly at the graduate level, and have designed, developed, and delivered many online courses, including business research methods, decision models, quality management, and statistical analysis in BU's MBA program. I conduct ongoing research to measure differences (if any) in learning outcomes as a function of the course delivery medium. Related works have appeared in the Journal of Business Education and DEOSNEWS.

I am devoted to technology-enhanced learning experiences and lead the College of Business' introduction of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) as a tool to fully integrate business disciplines and provide students realistic, holistic, and systematic perspectives on modern business organizations. Currently I coordinate a four-discipline team-taught introductory course in supply chain management that facilitates introduction of this technology in business curricula.

In Spring 2002, I received the Outstanding Teacher Award at Bloomsburg University. This recognition was based on students' nominations acknowledging my high expectations, classroom etiquette, teaching format and structure, and uses of technology. I was the first College of Business recipient of this award and remain the only faculty member to receive it for both undergraduate and graduate teaching.

I was born and raised in Philadelphia and resided most of my life just outside the city limits. My wife, Karen, earned her degree in psychology and works as a therapeutic support specialist. My daughter, Dawn-Alise, received her M.A. degree in art therapy and is a licensed psychotherapist, and my son, Christian, earned an MBA and PhD and holds an assistant professor position, also at Bloomsburg. I am very active in the Boy Scouts, participate in Native American dancing and singing activities, enjoy camping and running, spend summers at the Jersey shore, and “never met a sport I didn’t like."

Here is my Curriculum Vita.

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