Gigi Aboutaam
gaboutaa@stevens.edu
General Manager, Constellation
Mohamed Ahmed
mahmed10@stevens.edu
Nancy Ancowitz
nancowit@stevens.edu
Career Director, M.S. in Mathematics in Finance, NYU Courant
Robyn Ashmen
rashmen@stevens.edu
Principal, Ashmen Leadership Strategies
Ivan Bakrac
ibakrac@stevens.edu
Head of Treasury, ConsenSys | Strategist
Ivan Bakrac serves as the Head of Treasury at ConsenSys | Strategist. With a career spanning two decades, Ivan has held diverse positions, including senior finance roles in a high-growth blockchain technology start-up, head of portfolio management, fixed income portfolio manager, quantitative fixed income researcher, risk manager, digital assets strategist and data analytics expert. His current focus centers on emerging technologies, such as digital assets, blockchain, financial machine learning, AI, and predictive analytics. He is proficient in financial data science and machine learning, with a notable focus on integrating these disciplines into asset management and finance for enhanced alpha generation and optimized investment strategies. His previous positions include Head of Multi-Sector Fixed Income Portfolio Management at Invesco, Lead Fixed Income Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of Quantitative Strategies at Franklin Templeton Investments.
Ivan holds an M.S. in Financial Analytics & Data Science from Stevens Institute of Technology and an M.D. in Financial Engineering from NYU.
Mansoor Basha
mbasha@stevens.edu
Chief Technology Officer, Stagwell Marketing Cloud
The Chief Technology Officer of Stagwell Marketing Cloud, Mansoor Basha is responsible for the AI technology roadmap, data strategy, and cloud portfolio integration across the SMC, Stagwell's proprietary suite of software-as-a-service (SaaS) and data-as-a-service (DaaS) products built for in-house marketers.
Mansoor brings more than 25 years of experience across product development, management and marketing, engineering, and new business development, including a stint at the Applied Intelligence Practice at Accenture. While at Accenture, he was responsible for strategy and consulting, data-led transformation, cloud analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning-based use cases and scenario analysis for several Fortune 500 companies.
Basha holds a master’s degree in Management from Northwestern University and an M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Central Florida.
Selahattin Bekmez
sbekmez@stevens.edu
Professor of Economics and Department Chair, North American University
Thomas Brantle
tbrantle@stevens.edu
Program Director - Project Management, Operations Management and Construction Management Programs, Colorado State University Global
Pamela Burke
pburke1@stevens.edu
Brennan Casey
bcasey@stevens.edu
Lead Data Scientist, Johnson & Johnson
Donna Chlopak
dchlopak@stevens.edu
Managing Director, Business Reactions
Richard Cleary, CFA
rcleary1@stevens.edu
Senior Manager Corporate Finance, EY
Martin Cohen
mcohen1@stevens.edu
Matthew Crane, DBA
mcrane1@stevens.edu
Matthew Crane has been an accountant, auditor, controller, financial analyst, tax consultant and valuation specialist at various accounting and consulting firms within the banking, construction and solid waste industries.
He has been a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed in the State of New York since 2006 and an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) through the American Society of Appraisers since 2009, with specialty designations in business valuation, intangible assets, machinery & technical specialties, and appraisal review.
Crane holds an MBA from Suffolk University, a master’s in Taxation from Bentley University, and a DBA in Finance from Sacred Heart University.
Khashayar Dehnad
kdehnad@stevens.edu
Kosrow Dehnad
kdehnad1@stevens.edu
Chief Data Scientist & Director of AnalyticsChief Data Scientist & Director of Analytics, AIMS Consulting
Erin Dempsey
edempsey@stevens.edu
Head of Production, The XP Agency
Anthony Diaco
adiaco@stevens.edu
Richard Dool
rdool@stevens.edu
Principal, DMgt., RBLP-T, Leaderocity LLC.
Joe Duncan
jduncan1@stevens.edu
Joe Duncan previously taught a graduate course on blockchain investing and data analytics at Columbia University. His co-authored book "Blockchain Investor Manual: The Complete Guide to Blockchain Fundamentals, Trading and Investing,” is core material for his blockchain-related classes.
Prior to embarking on a career in financial technology and teaching, he was a pioneer in the derivatives market with over 15 years of experience at various financial institutions such as Citibank, Morgan Stanley, and ABN AMRO.
Duncan holds an MBA from Northwestern University.
Christopher Frank
cfrank@stevens.edu
Vice President, American Express
Christopher Frank brings 25 years of frontline industry experience at American Express and Microsoft. Connecting insight to strategy in a coherent and actionable way has won him global recognition as a leader in his field. Frank, who started his career at Accenture, brings a practical perspective that marries data science with the art of storytelling to enable smarter decisions. A prominent thought leader in building critical thinking skills, he has also earned acclaim as a lecturer on decision science. Frank has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Forbes, Inc., Fortune, and TedX. He is a two-time author, writing “Drinking from the Fire Hose” and “Decisions over Decimals.”
Frank holds an M.S. in Business, Management, Marketing and Technology Management from Stevens Institute of Technology.
Frank Gallucci
fgallucc@stevens.edu
Senior Managing Director and Founder, Whitestone Associates LLC.
Frank Gallucci founded Whitestone Associates in 1992. As Whitestone’s Senior Managing Director, he has more than 25 years of global business proficiency, financial transactions on four continents, and successful transactions with international Fortune 500 companies. His expertise in acquisitions, divestitures and capital funding for small to mid-sized clients benefits the domestic and international niche markets that Whitestone specializes in. Gallucci instructs MBA students in entrepreneurship, finance and strategic management. In July 2019, he was evaluated as an outstanding instructor by his Stevens students.
A native New Yorker, Gallucci earned an MBA and an M.S. from Hofstra University. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York.
Igor Gavrilov, CFA
igavrilo@stevens.edu
Rates Portfolio Manager, Citi Treasury Investments, Citigroup
Wajahat Gilani
wgilani@stevens.edu
Quantitative Strategist, StrikeValuation
Mario Gonzalez-Corzo
mgonzal4@stevens.edu
Venu Guntupalli
vguntup1@stevens.edu
Senior Director, Analytics & Data Platforms, Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc.
Michael Guthammar
mguthamm@stevens.edu
Founder, Windeye Partners
Michael Guthammar is the founder of Windeye Partners, a financial advisory firm that assists with business valuations, corporate finance, and mergers & acquisitions. He has been an advisor to companies, business owners and investors in the U.S., Europe and Asia for more than 30 years. Guthammar is a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) member of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, a member of the New York State Society of CPAs and a member of the Licensing Executives Society.
Guthammar holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Joyce Harris
jpegler@stevens.edu
Owner, Third Avenue Chocolate Shoppe
Kenneth Heaslip
kheaslip@stevens.edu
Mark Hefter
mhefter@stevens.edu
Erika Henik, Ph.D.
ehenik@stevens.edu
Supervisory Analyst
Katherine Hodsdon
khodsdon@stevens.edu
Ting Yi Ho
tho2@stevens.edu
Theresa Howard
thoward3@stevens.edu
Founder, The Press Republic
Wayne Huang
whuang@stevens.edu
Head of Data Science, Pacific Life
Simeon Hyman
shyman@stevens.edu
Global Investment Strategist, Head of Investment Strategy Group, ProShares
Suji Iyer, Ed.D.
siyer1@stevens.edu
Suji Iyer has over two decades of experience in business transformations, organizational change management, project management and organizational effectiveness. She is a Prosci certified change practitioner and a member of the ACMP since 2018, having previously held positions such as Stevens Alliance for Innovation and Leadership (SAIL) Conference Chair and board member of the American Indian Entrepreneurs Association.
She is a member of Academic Human Resources Development as an active research scholar, focusing on the cultural impact on educational technology. She has co-presented at conferences at Edinburgh University, Scotland.
Iyer holds an MBA with a Human Resource Management specialization and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Management from Drexel University.
Rashmi Jain
rjain27@stevens.edu
Professor, Doctoral Faculty and Graduate Council Chair, Montclair State University
Vasilis Katsikiotis
vkatsiki@stevens.edu
Director, Balance Sheet Solutions & Strategies, Moody's Analytics
Sanjiv Koshal
skoshal@stevens.edu
Head of Machine Learning & Data Engineering, Johnson & Johnson
Dinesh Kumar
dkumar@stevens.edu
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, C3Plan
Theodoros Lappas
tlappas@stevens.edu
Robert Lazer
rlazer@stevens.edu
Robert Lechich
rlechic1@stevens.edu
Principal Manufacturing and Supply Chain Consultant, Global OT/IT
Francis Lewski
flewski@stevens.edu
Michele Lewski
mlewski@stevens.edu
Gerry Libby
glibby@stevens.edu
Gerry Libby has been a financial operations professional and associate professor of business and computer science with various universities, with demonstrated experience providing product development, education and entrepreneurial support for large and small organizations.
His expertise lies in profit and loss management and consultative services for SAAS products in marketing, sales, installation, ERP and electronic payment systems, and B2B purchasing. Libby has experience supporting a variety of distribution, manufacturing and retail systems, document management, and both back-office and front-office systems in the financial services, technology and start-up sectors.
Libby holds an M.S. in Computer Science from NYU and an MBA in Business Systems from Rutgers University.
Yee Han Look
ylook@stevens.edu
Paul Magnone
pmagnone@stevens.edu
Head of Global Strategic Alliances, Google
Alan C. Maltz, Ph.D., P.E.
amaltz@stevens.edu
Maltz was a co-founder of Comsci, LLC., an IT business economics firm that was sold to NASDAQ. He served on the Board of Directors of Callwave, Inc., and retired as Executive Vice President and member of the Board of Directors of Brite Voice Systems, Inc.
He was President and founder of Telecom Services Limited (TSL), which was acquired by Brite in 1995. As head of the TSL Division, he oversaw marketing strategy, business development, financial planning and management operations.
He is a Registered Professional Engineer in New York and New Jersey (retired), a Senior Life Member of the I.E.E.E., and has published numerous articles on strategic management.
Maltz holds an MBA from Pace University and a Ph.D. in Technology Management from Stevens Institute of Technology.
Caitlin McClure
cmcclure@stevens.edu
Founder, Caitlin McClure & Company
Victor Moya
vmoya@stevens.edu
Brian Mueller
bmuelle1@stevens.edu
VP of Innovation and Treasurer, First Region, the Association of the United States Army
Brian Mueller has spent more than 25 years in the field of technology, management and leadership, rising to the position of Distinguished Member of Technical Staff within AT&T Bell Laboratories. He has served in Director and Vice President roles for Chubb Insurance, Medco and JPMorgan Chase. Brian served as senior director for Prudential Financial, before starting Verstandnis Analytics Corporation in 2020, providing data-driven, risk-based solutions and technology project management to its clients.
He also serves as VP of Innovation and Treasurer – First Region - for the Association of the United States Army. The Association of the United States Army provides leadership and support to deployed Army personnel and families.
Mueller holds a master’s degree in Computer Science from Stevens Institute of Technology and an MBA in Management Science from Rutgers University.
Viswanath Narayan
vnarayan1@stevens.edu
Viswanath Narayan (Vish) is a seasoned professional with more than four decades of experience leading global business operations. His specialties include aligning business processes, change management, project management and organizational effectiveness. His transformative work at Cincinnati Milacron, Ford Motor Company and Pfizer Inc. left a lasting impact by unifying processes, implementing best practice replication in manufacturing a global car and setting up a data-driven supply chain organization. He recently worked on a project funded by the Department of Homeland Security to find early warning signals to prevent spurious drugs from infiltrating the market. Narayan is retired from industry work but continues to share his hands-on knowledge and experience with future business leaders. a
Narayan earned a master’s degree in Business Intelligence and Analytics from Stevens.
Seyed Mohammad Nikouei
snikouei@stevens.edu
Principal Data Scientist, LLM Agent Design
Alexandros Panayides
apanayid@stevens.edu
Jacques Pavlenyi
jpavleny@stevens.edu
Director of Product Marketing, Softheon
Diala Pharaon
dpharaon@stevens.edu
Chief Innovation Officer, Gain Contact
Anand Rai
arai2@stevens.edu
Associate Director -Data Analytics/Principle GenAI Engineer, Verizon
Richard Reilly
rreilly@stevens.edu
Paul Rohmeyer
prohmeye@stevens.edu
Principal Consultant, Palindrome Technologies
Denise Rotatori, Ph.D.
drotator@stevens.edu
Engineering Executive, Bank of New York
Denise Rotatori leads large-scale business model strategy, operating model and workforce transformation programs across the front-, middle- and back-office of the financial services industry. She focuses on the application of emerging, innovative technologies, such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain as well as the implications for the future of work.
In her current role, Denise is responsible for making technology resiliency a commercial value proposition for BNY. She is also the Chair of the firm’s Women in Engineering NY Chapter and serves as an Executive Sponsor for the firm’s partnership with the Year Up organization, which brings diverse early career talent into the firm.
Rotatori holds an M.S. in Organizational Development & Change from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in Organizational Development & Change from Columbia.
Narcyz Roztocki, Ph.D.
nroztock@stevens.edu
Narcyz Roztocki teaches Financial Decision Making. He has published in numerous journals including the Journal of Strategic Information Systems, the European Journal of Information Systems, Information Systems Frontiers, the Journal of Computer Information Systems, the Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, the Journal of Global Information Technology Management, in proceedings of AMCIS, DSI, ECIS, and HICSS, and many others. He is a senior editor of the Journal of Information Technology for Development and a senior editor of the Journal of Information Systems Management.
Roztocki holds a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Hamburg University of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.
Jacopo Saccheri
jsaccher@stevens.edu
Patricia Saporito
psapori1@stevens.edu
Founder & Principal Consultant, Saporito & Associates
Patricia Saporito is a recognized expert in data and analytics in financial services and healthcare and helps organizations leverage their data to improve business performance through analytics. Before founding her firm, she managed the Analytics Strategy Consulting Program for the SAP Global Center of Excellence for Analytics. Prior to her tenure at SAP, she led the Insurance & Healthcare Industry Consulting Group at Teradata, a data warehousing software firm.
She is the author of “Applied Insurance Analytics” and a past healthcare expert for the International Analytics Institute co-founded by analytics guru, Tom Davenport. Saporito developed and taught analytics programs for the CPCU Society, Moody’s Analytics, the Risk & Insurance Management Society (RIMS) and other organizations.
Saporito holds a B.S. in Business Administration/Risk Management from Pace University.
Anshul Sharma
asharm70@stevens.edu
Managing Director, ESG Portfolio Strategy, Bank of America
Leigh Ann Soltysiak
lsoltysi@stevens.edu
Founder and Principal of Silverleaf Consulting, LLC
Leigh Ann Soltysiak is the Founder and Principal of Silverleaf Consulting, LLC, specializing in providing independent consulting services to startup and established companies. She has over 25 years of experience within the healthcare/life-science industry, specifically within commercialization and new product development, launch strategy, and marketing and sales execution, most importantly the critical steps needed to discover, plan and execute products for maximum commercial growth.
Prior to Silverleaf, she was a 19-year veteran of Johnson & Johnson within the biotech, medical device and pharmaceutical sectors, serving across all facets of commercialization including product specialty sales, institutional account sales and management, managing district sales, brand management, global commercial leader and global strategic marketing, and global launch leadership roles. She worked across white space, novel therapeutics and flagship brands in specialty areas such as hematology-oncology, HIV/infectious disease, chronic kidney disease, women’s health, CV/stroke, and MedTech/robotics. During her tenure, she earned multiple awards and was recognized for her exceptional strategic, brand execution and sales leadership performance.
Soltysiak holds an M.S. in Integrated Marketing Communications from Northwestern University.
David Stahl
dstahl@stevens.edu
Robert Stein
rstein@stevens.edu
Yifei Sun
ysun95@stevens.edu
Research Scientist, Meta
Shobhit Thapar
sthapar1@stevens.edu
Managing Director - Traded Risk, HSBC
Kal Vadasz
kvadasz@stevens.edu
Managing Partner, Arkangel Partners, LLC.
Stephen White
swhite1@stevens.edu
President/Founder, BPM Advantage Consulting, Inc.
Wing Wong
wwong@stevens.edu
Founder, Systems Lifecycle Consulting, LLC.
Jay Woodruff
jwoodruf@stevens.edu
Senior Editor, Fast Company