Management & Information Technology Faculty
Department Chairman and Professor
Dennis Anderson
B.A., Fordham University
M.S., New York University
Ed.M., Columbia University
M.Phil., Columbia University
MLE Program, Harvard University
Ph.D.,Columbia University |
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Dr. Dennis Anderson is a strong advocate of technology-enhanced learning, emerging technologies, sustainable technologies, and knowledge entrepreneurship. Prior to his appointment as Chairman and Professor of Management and Information Technology he was a professor of information systems and associate dean at Pace University and Director of the University's Center for Advanced Media. He has also taught at NYU Courant Institute and City University of New York.
Anderson has presented at numerous international conferences in the areas of information and communication technology (ICT), sustainable development, leadership, and education. His research interests lie in ICT for sustainable development, information policy, global digital divide, human-computer interaction, multimedia, artificial intelligence, computer science, mathematics and distance education, new-media technologies and e-commerce. He has received numerous grants including from the National Science Foundation and has also served as a reviewer/referee for numerous other grants, fellowships, and publications. Anderson has been named to the roster of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board's Fulbright Senior Specialist program as an expert in information technology.
For more information on Professor Anderson’s many accolades, accomplishments and activities, please visit his
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John Dilyard, Associate Professor
BA, College of Wooster
MA, American University
MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., Rutgers University
Dr. Dilyard currently serves or has served on several standing and ad-hoc committees. Professional memberships include the Academy of International Business, the Academy of Management, the Eastern Economics Association, and the Euro Asian Management Studies Association. His area of expertise is international capital flows, particularly involving developing and emerging markets, and he is a regular reviewer of papers for the Academy of Management, the Academy of International Business, and the Thunderbird International Business Review. He has published and presented numerous papers on this topic and has co-edited a book on global financial instability titled Globalization and Economic and Financial Instability published by Edward Elgar. He is actively involved with the Vale-Columbia Center for Sustainable International Investment and is the Global Director of the Emerging Market Global Players Project, which generates and publishes, in cooperation with major business schools in emerging markets, lists that rank emerging market-based multinational enterprises according to the level of foreign assets owned by these companies.
Allen Burdowski, Professor
BA, Hunter College
Ph.D., New York University
Esther Klein, Associate Professor
B.B.A./M.B.A, Baruch College,
Ph.D., Graduate Center, CUNY
Dr. Klein teaches courses in computer literacy, information systems, communications and networking, information and network security, corporate finance, and, most recently, application development for mobile devices such as the iPad. By combining her industry experience, academic research, and continually keeping current with the evolving technological landscape, she is looking to enhance students’ learning experiences in the classroom and beyond.
Before coming to St. Francis College, Dr. Klein taught at Hofstra University, Baruch College/CUNY, St. John’s University, and the College of Staten Island/CUNY. Prior to joining academia, Dr. Klein held various positions in industry. She was a senior statistical analyst in the Pharmaceuticals Division of Pfizer and was a project leader at the Power Authority of the State of New York. She also served as a consultant in microcomputer database management systems and authored two primers on database management software.
Dr. Klein’s research interests include the application of social networks in information technology, collaborative technologies and organizations, group support systems, creativity and gender in computer-mediated decision-making groups, ethical issues in computer-mediated communications, and leadership in computer-mediated contexts. She has published articles in various journals such as Computers in Human Behavior, Information Systems Journal, and Simulation & Gaming as well as in conference proceedings of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), the Information Resources Management Association (IRMA), and the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute (NEDSI). Dr. Klein is a frequent guest speaker at academic and professional forums.
BA – The City College of New York
MBA – Bernard Baruch College
Ph.D – Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Dr. Gomori has been a faculty member of St. Francis College for more than 24 years teaching various courses in Finance. Besides Principles of Finance, he also has taught Advanced Finance, Personal Finance, Managerial Finance, Security Analysis, Portfolio Management, Introduction to Financial Derivatives, International Finance and Financial Institutions. Dr. Gomori is a member of several Academic organizations, a reviewer of the Journal of the Academy for Business Education and the Financial Education Journal. He is active as a financial consultant, primarily for non-profit organizations.
Maureen Coughlin, Professor
Barbara Edington PMP, Associate Professor
BS, Albright College
MBA, Temple University
DPS, Pace University |
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Dr. Edington is an Assistant Professor here at St. Francis College where she teaches information technology courses. Her area of research and corporate expertise is in project & product management. Prior to moving into the academic realm, Barbara spent 20 years in the investment industry where she focused on financial product development. Barbara worked with Goldman Sachs as a Vice President in New York and an Executive Director in London. She holds an MBA in Finance from Temple University, Philadelphia and a doctorate from Pace University where her research focused on the contextual factors that impact project management success rates. She holds a PMP certification and is a frequent speaker on the topic of technical and business skill integration.
Vincent Lee, Assistant Professor
BS, Fordham University
MS, Indiana University
MBA, St. John’s University
Ph. D., Indiana University
Prior to joining the faculty at St. Francis, Dr. Lee was Director of Industry and Competitive Assessment for the Verizon Corporation, where he worked on corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions. He trained as an industrial statistician in the Bell System, and his career in the telecommunications industry focused on the application of quantitative, statistical, and computer methods to create successful solutions to business problems. At St Francis, he teaches the various statistics and quantitative methods courses that are part of the Operations Research sequence. He is a member of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, as well as the Society for Industrial Archeology. He studies the historical relationships between the railroad and maritime industries in New York harbor.
Sandy Westcott, Associate Professor
AAS, NYC Technical College
BBA, Pace University
MS, Pace University
DPS, Pace University
Before joining the faculty at St. Francis College, Dr. Westcott worked for 17 years at AT&T in the Information Systems area. During that time, she was a Project Manager, Quality Analyst, Systems Analyst, Systems Designer, Programmer, Technical Writer, User Trainer, and System Tester. Dr. Westcott received numerous awards for her work including the AT&T CIO Circle of Excellence award for her Quality Assurance work for the AT&T True Rewards campaign. Dr. Westcott's articles "10 Key Elements to Conducting Successful Post Mortems" and "Being Non-Technical in a Technical World" appeared in Essentials, a project management newsletter.
BA, City College of New York
MBA, Columbia University Graduate School of Business
Professor Ende has extensive professional experience in both large and small businesses and is a former Vice President in Citibank's New York Retail Banking Division. She also served as Director of Consumer information in the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs under Mayors John Lindsay and Abe Beame, provided public relations assistance to several candidates in municipal elections and headed a marketing consulting firm which specialized in small private and non-profit organizations. Currently Professor Ende is a regular contributor to Crain's New York Business, she has written for Working Woman Magazine and daily newspapers in New Jersey and Westchester and is the co-author of Buy It Right, An Introduction to Consumerism, published by EP Dutton. Professor Ende joined St. Francis full-time in 2001.
BA, St. John’s University
MBA, Adelphi University
Professor Smolizza is constantly keeping up to date with the latest applications and programs for web development and design. She has practical experience with software, including Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator and Indesign. She encourages her students to think outside the box when creating a website and to take full command of their projects, not just echo what they learn in class. Professor Smolizza challenges them to view the site they develop from a third person standpoint putting the responsibility on them to find faults with there individual projects and better preparing them for future careers in IT where troubleshooting is one of the most valuable skills a person can have. By doing so she believes this teaches them not only the technical aspect of the software but also the conceptual.
Her considerable real world experience in sales is another valuable tool she brings to the classroom, teaching students about how the business industry has changed.
Simon Best, Adjunct Professor
Steve Catalano, Adjunct Professor
Ken Daley, Adjunct Professor
Frank D'Esposito, Adjunct Professor
Anthony Diodato, Adjunct Professor
James Fazio, Adjunct Professor
Len Honig, Adjunct Professor
Leonard Jordan, Adjunct Professor
Michael C. Macchiarola, Adjunct Professor
John McCabe, Adjunct Professor
Ahmed Melhem, Adjunct Professor
Tarshene Miller, Adjunct Professor
Don Mulligan, Adjunct Professor
James Paguaga, Adjunct Professor
Jean Marc Rejaud, Lecturer
Steven A. Ruben, Adjunct Professor
Bill Tamparo, Adjunct Professor
Celeste A. Thompson-Van Nice, Adjunct Professor