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Nabil Rageh, PhD
Professor of Operations Management
Director, Doctor of Business Administration Program (DBA)
BS (Distinction and Honor) in Industrial Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt
MS and PhD in Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley |
| Areas of Specialization: | Operations and Supply Chain Management
Total Quality Management
Flexible Manufacturing Management
Project and Systems Management |
| Courses: | Operations Management
Project Management
Technology Systems in Business
Systems Management |
| Professional Experience: | 1989-1994:
Senior Vice President, NASCO Group International, Switzerland: Directed the group's planning and control activities for diverse industrial and real estate businesses in Switzerland, Italy, Nigeria, Turkey, and Morocco
1982-1985:
Senior Vice President, BETA Company, Saudi Arabia: Directed the Operations, Finance, and Administration Divisions in this engineering and construction firms
1966-1982:
Division Vice President, Bayer Laboratories, Berkeley, Calif.
Directed the corporate materials management division of this hospital products manufacturing firm. |
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Michael Savod
Academic Director
MS in Integrated Marketing Communications
BS, Purdue University
MBA, Golden Gate University |
| Areas of Specialization: | Marketing Communications |
| Courses: | Integrated Marketing Communications |
| Professional Experience: | Founder and Principal - Target Market Communications
Vice President Sales and Marketing - Oakland A's
Vice President Sales and Marketing - Maserati USA
National Advertising Manager - Chrysler
Director of Marketing Services - Jeep/Renault
Director of Marketing - Oakland Coliseum
General Sales and Marketing Manager - Ford Motor Company (Japan)
Executive Director - Bay Area Integrated Marketer's Association
Board of Regents - St. Mary's Cathedral/San Francisco Archdiocese
Board of Directors - A Brighter Today Foundation |
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Hamid Shomali, PhD
Professor
BS, University of Salford, UK
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles |
| Area of Specialization: | Finance Economics |
| Courses: | Financial Markets and Institutions
Corporate Finance
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| Professional Experience: | Over 10 years of banking and finance experience in the US and Overseas
Domestic and international consulting in the areas of banking, finance, and economics
Taught in 15 US and foreign universities including UC Berkeley and University of Houston |
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Dorothy J. Smith
Director of Human Resource Management
MS, Golden Gate University
DBA (currently in progress) |
| Area of Specialization: | Human Resource and Management |
| Courses: | Human Resource Management
Training & Development
Managing the Employment Function
Strategic Human Resource Management |
| Professional Experience: | SPHR Certification
Principal, Designing Judicious Solutions Consulting
Society of Human Resources Management
Northern California Human Resources Association
American Association of Training and Development
International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans (CEBS) |
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Michal Ann Strahilevitz, PhD
Associate Professor of Marketing
BA, University of Washington
MBA, Tel Aviv University
PhD, University of California at Berkeley |
| Areas of Specialization: | Consumer Behavior
Marketing Communications |
| Courses: | Advertising Management
Consumer Behavior
Marketing Management
(DBA, MBA and Undergraduate) |
| Professional Experience: | Formerly a faculty member at University of Illinois, University of Miami and University of Arizona.
Also worked in advertising (account planning), marketing research, executive teaching, and consulting related to marketing communications and branding.
Currenlty involved in research related to Gender Differences in Consumer Behavior, Motivations for Charitable Giving Behavior, Investor Decision Making and Cause-related Marketing. |
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Walter Stevenson, DBA
Professor
Director of Cyber Development and Director, BBA and BA in Management
AB, University of California, Berkeley
MBA, DBA, Golden Gate University |
| Area of Specialization: | Human Resource and Management |
| Courses: | Management Communication
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| Professional Experience: | Retail Store Management
College & University Administration
Creative Education Foundation
Big Brothers/Big Sisters Board Member
MBTI Approved |
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Blodwen Tarter, PhD
Associate Professor and Chair, Marketing and Public Relations
Nagel T. Miner Professor of Business
BA with distinction, MA Stanford University
MBA (marketing and finance) University of Chicago
PhD Golden Gate University |
| Areas of Specialization: | Marketing Management
Direct and Interactive Marketing
eCommerce/eBusiness
New Product Development |
| Courses: | Marketing Management
Marketing Research
New Product Decisions
Direct and Database Marketing
Advanced Marketing Issues in E-Business |
| Professional Experience: | Professional Experience:Twenty-plus years of management experience and consulting in marketing, product and systems development, strategic planning, and operations management with an emphasis on financial services and information technology. Employers/clients include Charles Schwab, Knight-Ridder, Ziff Davis, Mead, and Wells Fargo as well as start-ups. |
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Kit Carman Yarrow, PhD
Professor of Psychology and Marketing
Chair, Department of Psychology
Ageno School of Business
BS, Georgia State University
MA, PhD, The Wright Institute |
| Areas of Specialization: | Consumer Behavior
Psychopathology
Marketing Research |
| Courses: | Introduction of Applied Psychology
Psychopathology
Principles of Couple and Family Counseling
Consumer Behavior |
| Professional Experience: | Consulting Clients:
Nokia, General Electric Global Branding, California Closets, NFO Research, Landor Branding, ACNielson Research, among others
Executive Director of the Brand Innovation and Learning Lab |
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