Faculty Profiles

Thomas Blood
MA, California State University Monterey Bay (2000)
Teaching at CALMAT:
Operating System, Organization Behavior and Leadership, Entrepreneurship (Core)
Prior Teaching Experience:
California State University Monterey Bay (Faculty, Lecturer)
Industrial Experience:
30 years experience as manager and director in IT

Paul Cernea
Doctoral Candidate, Stony Brook University (Present)
Teaching at CALMAT:
Calculus, Real Analysis, Statistics (Core)
Prior Teaching Experience:
Stony Brook University (Professor)

Sung Huan Chen
MA, Silicon Valley University (2009)
Teaching at CALMAT:
Technology Tools, Business Management, Fundamentals Internship (Core)
Industrial Experience:
7 years experience as engineer and manager in IT and Hospitality

James Ming-Hsun Chiang
Teaching at CALMAT
Marketing Management, Strategic Management,
International Business.
Prior Teaching Experiences:
University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada (2010 - )
University of Paris 9 Dauphine, France (2008- )
Peking University, China (2011 - )
Industrial Experiences:
Over 20 years of professional work experience in
Engineering Company, Manufacturer, and Exporter.

Seth Feldman
JD, Illinois Institute of Technology (2000)
Teaching at CALMAT:
Organizational Behavior, Strategic Management (Core)
Business Law, Change Management, Resource Development (Elective)
Prior Teaching Experience:
Illinois Institute of Technology, Spertus College (Professor)
Industrial Experience:
11 years experience as manager, director in Educational Services

Vardeep Kaur
MA, California State University Monterey Bay (2009)
Teaching at CALMAT:
Organizational Behavior, Foundations of Management, Project Management (Core)
Prior Teaching Experience:
Guru Nanak Dev University (Lecturer)
Industrial Experience:
8 years experience as manager, director in Educational Services

Ke Li
PhD, University of California at Santa Cruz (2007)
Teaching at CALMAT:
Finance, Economics, Quantitative Analysis (Core)
Prior Teaching Experience:
University of California at Santa Cruz (Lecturer)
Industrial Experience:
7 years experience as financial analyst in Financial Services

Tony Lima
PhD, Stanford University (1980)
Teaching at CALMAT:
Corporate Finance, Macroeconomics, Statistics, Information Technology (Core)
Economics of IT, Business Valuation, Investment Management (Elective)
Prior Teaching Experience:
California State University East Bay (Professor)
Stanford University (Lecturer)
Brandeis University (Lecturer)
Industrial Experience:
30 years experience as manager, director in Financial Services

Igor Makasyuk
PhD, University of St. Petersburg, Russia (1990)
Teaching at CALMAT:
Calculus, Algebra (Core)   
Problem Solving, Atomic Physics, Modern Optics (Elective)
Prior Teaching Experience:
San Francisco State University (2003)
Industrial Experience:
18 years experience as manager, professor and scholar in Higher Education and IT

Dennis Sahni
MBA, Guru Nanak Dev University, India (1998)
Teaching at CALMAT:
Finance (Core)
Industrial Experience:
15 years experience as financial analyst, manager in Financial Services

Paula Sims
PhD, Southern California University (2000)
Teaching at CALMAT:
Software Technology, English, Psychology (Core)
Valuation Markets (Elective)
Prior Teaching Experience:
University of California at Berkeley
Industrial Experience:
18 years experience as manager, director in Educational Services

Eric Tao
PhD, University of California at Irvine (1998)
Distinguished Guest Speaker and Advisor
Project Management, Software Engineering, Technology Management (Core)
E-learning, Management Information Systems, Strategic Management (Elective)
Prior Teaching Experience:
California State University Monterey Bay (Professor)
Industrial Experience:
22 years experience as manager, director in Higher Education and IT

Samuel Tong
JD, Santa Clara University (2004)
Teaching at CALMAT:
Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting (Core)
Auditing, Taxation, Cost Accounting, Tax Accounting, Business Law (Elective)
Prior Teaching Experience:
Silicon Valley University (Professor)
Industrial Experience:
15 years experience as manager, director in Accounting and Real Estate

Mike Tzamaloukas
PhD, University of California at Santa Cruz (2000)
Teaching at CALMAT:
Marketing, Software Design, Entrepreneurship (Core)
Database Marketing (Elective)
Prior Teaching Experience:
University of California at Berkeley (Professor)
University of California at Santa Cruz (Professor)
Industrial Experience:
11 years experience as engineer, manager and director in Higher Education and IT

Chelsea Wang
JD, Santa Clara University (2004)
Teaching at CALMAT:
Business Law (Elective)
Industrial Experience:
9 years experience as attorney in Business Law

LiFang Wang
MS, California State University Monterey Bay (2010)
Teaching at CALMAT:
Technology Tools, Fundamentals Internship, Business Management (Core)
Prior Teaching Experience:
California State University Monterey Bay (Lecturer)
Industrial Experience:
6 years experience as consultant, sales and manager in Corporate Business

Min Wu
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2006)
Teaching at CALMAT:
Web Design, Computer and Internet Security, Social Networking (Core)
Prior Teaching Experience:
University of California at Santa Cruz Extension (Professor)
International Technology University (Professor)
Industrial Experience:
4 years experience as senior engineer in IT

Zeus Yiamouyiannis
PhD, Syracuse University (1999)
Teaching at CALMAT:
Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship (Core)
Foundations of Education (Elective)
Prior Teaching Experience:
University of Wisconsin (Professor)
Industrial Experience:
20 years experience in Corporate and Educational Services