DBA

Franz Kellermanns

Academic Director, DBA Program; Distinguished Professor and Addison H. & Gertrude C. Reese Endowed Chair
DBA

Franz W. Kellermanns is the Addison H. & Gertrude C. Reese Endowed Chair in International Business and Professor of Management in the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte. He holds a joint appointment with the Center for Family Business at the WHU–Otto Beisheim School of Management (Germany). In a worldwide study, he was ranked […]

Dr. Michael Kelly

Manager, Atrium Health
DBA Alumnus, Class of 2022

Background Michael Kelly is a Pittsburgh, PA native that has spent a good deal of his professional career in other cities including Newark (DE), New York City metro area, Chicago and Charlotte.  He completed his undergraduate studies at Susquehanna University (Selinsgrove, PA) with a B.S. in Business Administration with a Focus in Finance. After 15 […]

Kanisa Kelly

DBA Scholar

Background Kanisa Kelly holds a bachelor’s degree in early childhood intervention, a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy, and a master’s degree in industrial-organizational psychology. With more than a decade of experience in the mental health industry, she also served as a logistics officer in the U.S. Army. Her diverse background in leadership, logistics, […]

Dr. Min-Seung Kim

Finance Senior Consultant, Wells Fargo
DBA Alumnus, Class of 2023

Background Min-Seung Kim received his Bachelor of Science in Economics at Davidson College and received his master’s degree in Data Science & Business Analytics at UNC Charlotte. His professional background is in finance, and he is currently a Finance Senior Consultant at Wells Fargo, primarily managing traded products’ funds transfer pricing process.  Min-Seung has a […]

Dr. Barbara Knight

Owner, Knight Property Management
DBA Alumna, Class of 2020

Background In 2010, Barbara started a family business built around rental property management, and home staging that assists homeowners in preparing their homes for sale. Prior to that, she spent 33 years in the finance areas of two Fortune 100 companies, General Motors (1976 – 1983) and Unilever (1983 – 2009).  Varied assignments called for mobility […]

Taylor R. Lackey

Accounting Manager, CBI
DBA Scholar

Background Taylor R. Lackey recently acquired the role of accounting manager in Charlotte, NC, at CBI, a workplace solutions company, to be closer to the Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) program. Prior to this, she worked in the poultry industry in various capacities at Case Farms for five years. Her most advanced role was accounting […]

Dr. Edward Lee

Vice President, Bank of America
DBA Alumnus, Class of 2021

Background I studied Economics and General Management at Syracuse University for my Undergraduate degree and studied General Management at Georgetown University for my MBA degree. I am currently a Vice President at Bank of America under Global Information Security. As a Certified Scrum Master (CSM), I manage Information Security Projects and build Agile Adoption Plans […]

Dr. Michael "Mike" Lee

Senior Customer Success Manager, Conga, Inc.
DBA Alumnus, Class of 2023

Background Mike Lee is the Director of Customer Success at Spreedly, a Software as a Service payment orchestration leader.  He leads a team of Customer Success Professionals focused on value driven relationship building as well as churn prevention, application adoption planning, and subscription renewal engagements.  With a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Alabama […]

Dr. Marie Legg

Supply Chain Advisor, Ernst & Young Consulting
DBA Alumna, Class of 2025

Background Marie is currently a technology consulting manager at Ernst & Young’s consulting practice.  A greater part of her purpose is to give back to the future generations of the world who will one day be the leaders of industry. Marie has more than two decades of expertise in business administration, strategic leadership, and communication. […]

Dr. Sharon Lewis

Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton
DBA Alumna, Class of 2020

Background Dr. Lewis received her bachelor’s degree in business administration from Fayetteville State University, a constituent of the University of North Carolina system, and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix, which she obtained while supporting several military defense programs. Ms. Lewis has more than 21 years of demonstrated success in working […]