La Salle University
School of Business
1900 W. Olney Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19141
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Areas of Expertise

My area of expertise is Managerial Accounting, specifically Activity Based Costing/Management, Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Cost Management, Measurement of Financial Performance, Ethical Issues in Business. My responsibilities are to give guidance to graduate programs and international initiatives of the School of Business and to continuously improve teaching, scholarship, service and partnership activities of the School. I teach Accounting for Managerial Decision Making at the Graduate Level.

 

Professional Activities

My research has been published in Advances in Management Accounting, Accounting Enquiries, Southern Business and Economic Journal, Journal of Business Ethics, Health Care Financial Management, Journal of Management Systems, and Mid-American Journal of Business. I have consulted with Albert Einstein Hospital, Crown Cork and Seal, Price Systems, Subaru America, UNISYS, Binney and Smith, and Carpenter Tech. I have made presentations at the American Accounting Association National and Regional Conferences, European Management Accounting Conference, Annual Management Accounting Research Symposia and Philadelphia Controllers Conference. I have served as the President of the American Accounting Association - Mid-Atlantic Region, as well as variety of positions with the Institute of Management Accountants.