Welcome to My Page!

I am an Associate Professor (with tenure) in Finance at Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU), Carmona College of Business. Before joining SVSU, I worked as a finance faculty member at San Diego State University (SDSU, with tenure), a trader on the stock exchange, a fund manager, a chief research officer, a stock analyst, and an industrial engineer. I moved to academia because I enjoy doing research in finance. My current interdisciplinary research focuses on:

* Structural Models of Credit Risk and the Firm

* Capital Structure Theory

* Derivative Pricing

These subjects analyze default decisions by corporations and how the market evaluates the credit of the firms. To replicate my research, please visit my research page.

I also have teaching experience in:

* Corporate finance (introductory, intermediate)

* Case-based applied corporate finance (financial management capstone course)

* Financial derivatives (introductory, advanced)

* Investments (introductory, intermediate)

* Student-managed investment fund (about $100,000)

* International finance (introductory)

* Financial institutions and money