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Keynote Speaker
Dr. Sut Sakchutchawan
Kean University, NJ
Topic: Teaching a Capstone Class in Business
School
Dr. Sut Sakchutchawan is
an Assistant Professor of Management at College of Business of Kean
University. He has twenty years of experience in management,
banking, and international business from Wall Street. He held titles
of department executive and global lending-abs portfolio officer for
Barclays Bank and Bank of Nova Scotia. His largest portfolio with
Barclays Bank was worth 33 billion. In addition to his post
doctorate in Management (AQ-AACSB) from the University of Toledo,
Dr. Sakchutchawan holds a doctoral degree in International Business
Management from Union Institute and University, USA. He received a
bachelor of arts degree from Ramkhamhaeng University and a master of
arts degree from Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand. He also
holds a master of business administration in Management from
National University, USA. His articles have been published
in Journal of Business Review, Journal of American Academy of
Business, Quarterly Journal of Finance & Accounting, Journal of
International Business Research, Journal of Human Resources and
Adult Learning, Journal of Accounting & Finance, Journal of
International management Studies, Journal of International Academy
of Business Disciplines (yearbook), Journal of Global Business
Management, and Global Journal of International Business Research,
respectively. Currently, he is co-editor for JAABC, He is also a
reviewer for Academy of Management, Academy of International
Business, Eastern Academy of Management, and International Journal
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Keynote Speaker
Dr. Steven Taylor
Professor of Marketing
Illinois State University, IL
Dr.
Steven Taylor is a Professor of Marketing who joined the faculty
of Illinois State University in the Fall of 1992. He received
his Ph.D. in Marketing from the Florida State University (1992).
Prior to entering academics, Dr. Taylor enjoyed managerial
experiences with the US Navy (seven years), as well as the drug
screening, pharmaceutical sales, and hospital management industries.
Dr. Taylor's areas of expertise concern Services Marketing,
Relationship Marketing, and eBusiness with an emphasis on how the
service quality, value, satisfaction, and loyalty constructs operate
in consumer models of judgment and decision making. Professor Taylor
has published 50 refereed academic journal articles in his academic
career to date across numerous journal outlets such as the Journal
of Marketing, Journal of Service Research, Journal of Retailing,
Journal of Service Management, British Journal of Social Psychology,
Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Insurance Issues, Journal of
Product and Brand Management, International Journal of E-Business
Research, among numerous others. He has also published many refereed
proceedings and invited book chapters. Most recently, Dr. Taylor has
focused on attitude-based models of human decision-making in
consumer contexts, including a series of articles investigating
digital piracy behaviors.
In addition to regularly serving as an ad hoc reviewer for numerous
marketing journals, Dr. Taylor also recently served for a decade as
the Co-Editor of the Journal of Consumer Satisfaction,
Dissatisfaction & Complaining Behavior, currently serving as an
Associate Editor for the journal since 2014. Dr. Taylor has also
been a long-term member of the Editorial Review Boards of the
Journal of Service Research (founding member) and the Journal of
Service Management. He has consulted across a wide variety of
industries, including recent projects for insurance, retail, health
care, and manufacturing concerns.
Professor Taylor was recently named the Hinderliter Chair of
Business (2012-2013). He has previously been honored with the
Outstanding Reviewer for the Journal of Service Research (2007),
Illinois State University Outstanding Researcher (2013), Mannehan
College of Business Outstanding Teaching Award (2001), Illinois
State University Teaching Initiative Award (1997), the Illinois
State University Caterpillar Scholar (1998, 2003), the Illinois
State University College of Business Outstanding Researcher Award
(1997, 2009), the Wilma Jean Alexander Technology Innovation Award
(1997), and the Illinois State University Research Initiative Award
(1995). Dr. Taylor has been married to his wife Michel for 30 years,
and they have three children.
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Keynote Speaker
Dr. Sonia Dalmia
Professor of Economics
Grand Valley State University, MI
Dr. Sonia Dalmia is a Professor of Economics at the Seidman College
of Business, Grand Valley State University.
She received a B.A. degree in Economics (Honors) and a B.Ed. degree
in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Delhi in India.
She also has M.A. degrees in Economics from the Delhi School of
Economics and from the University of Oklahoma. Her Ph.D. in
Economics is from the University of Iowa. Her current research
focuses on the marriage premium, marital matching among immigrants,
intra-household allocation and child survival. She has published
extensively and is considered an expert on dowries and marital
equilibria. Her research is cited both nationally and
internationally and has been used as assigned reading in courses
taught at Cornell and Columbia University.
Dr. Dalmia
has served on the Economics Content Advisory Committee for the
Michigan Test for Teaching Certification. She is a sought after
speaker on the issues of wage gap and gender inequality in the
workplace. She has also done extensive consulting on SROI of welfare
to work programs, status of women in Michigan, health care economic
forecast and women’s economic self-sufficiency. She currently serves
as a reviewer for a number of academic journals.
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Keynote Speaker
Dr. Kuan-Chou
Chen
Professor,
Department Head
Purdue
University Calumet,
Hammond, IN
Topic:
Business Education Trends: Integrating Business Analytics Curriculum
with Existing Business Program
Kuan C. Chen is Department Head and Professor of Department of
Information Systems at Purdue University Calumet.
His primary teaching responsibilities are in management information
systems, database management, computer programming, e-business,
decision support systems, knowledge management, project management,
supply chain management, and system analysis and design. Research
interests are focused on the system management, network design and
security, instructional design for information technology training,
data mining, system dynamics, and information technology economics
of information systems, network security, and applications of neural
networks to network design. In his consulting career, he specialized
in database design and management, information technology project
evaluation and feasibility studies, web site planning and analysis,
and networking planning and design. Prior to coming back academia,
Dr. Chen worked as information analyst and project manager for four
years. Dr. Chen received a 2005-2006 outstanding teaching award in
Purdue University Calumet. Dr. Chen also was nominated three times
outstanding scholar award in Purdue University Calumet.
Dr. Chen holds two Ph.D. degrees from the Michigan State University
as well as an MBA degree in Management Sciences from National
Cheng-Kung University at Taiwan. He has published more than 50
journal articles and 70 conference proceedings in information
systems, decision support systems, data mining, instructional
design, and systems thinking model. He is an active participant in
several professional journals and serves on two journals reviewer
boards: Journal of Management Information Systems, and International
Journal of Electronically Commerce. He taught at several
universities: Lansing Community College, Purdue University West
Lafayette, Bowling Green State University, IVY Tech State College,
and Davenport University. Dr. Chen was nominated as a 2006, 2007,
2009 outstanding scholar award in Purdue University Calumet.
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