DBA

Background Walter Jackson has degrees in theology from North-West and Pretoria Universities in South Africa as well as an MBA in International Business Management from the Lord Ashcroft Business School in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Walter has spent over two decades owning and operating businesses in Africa, Europe, the United States, Australia and the Middle East. […]

Background Darlene Johnson-Deberry earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Economics from SUNY Old Westbury. As a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Darlene obtained a Master of Science Degree in Urban Policy Analysis and Management from the New School of Social Research. Her career includes working with a number of Community Development Financial Institutions […]

Background Anand Kangala received his master’s degree in Business Administration from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. He also has a master’s and a bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the University of Madras, India. Anand is a certified Cost and Management Accountant, Project Management Professional (PMP), and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. Anand has […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]