Entrepreneurship Faculty :: Fairleigh Dickinson University

	Ethne Swartz, Ph.D., Associate Professor, is chair of Marketing & Entrepreneurial Studies at the Silberman College of Business. She holds a Ph.D. in Management from The Manchester School of Management, University of Manchester Science and Technology Institute, Manchester, England. She holds a BA (Hons) in Sociology from Rhodes University, South Africa and a BA in Sociology/ Psychology from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Her research and teaching interests include entrepreneurship and innovation, management of technology, business continuity and crisis management. From 1994 to October 1999 Dr. Swartz taught Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship at Leicester Business School, DeMontfort University in Leicester, England, where she was instrumental in setting up a center for research into business continuity management. Her work has been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals and she has presented at national and international conferences. Prior to her academic career Dr. Swartz was recruited as a Graduate-in-Training by General Motors (South Africa) and as Personnel Officer by Kodak (South Africa). James G. Almeida, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and the Associate Dean for the Silberman College of Business at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey. He has a Ph.D. in strategic management and entrepreneurship from the University of South Carolina. He also holds an MMS degree as well as a B.Pharm degree from the University of Bombay. Prior to moving to the United States, Dr. Almeida worked in the Indian pharmaceutical industry in sales, marketing, and product management positions. He has also spent a year as a visiting researcher in entrepreneurship at the London Business School. As the Associate Dean of the Silberman College, Dr. Almeida has spearheaded the development of the college’s global strategy and is the lead architect of the global capstone experience for students in their Global MBA program. He previously served as the chair of the Marketing and Entrepreneurship department. He presently serves on the advisory board of two technology-based ventures; one in the educational sector and one in the biotech sector. Dr. Almeida’s research focuses on a broad range of issues pertaining to small and medium sized enterprises, including technology-based new ventures. It has been presented at various national and international conferences and published in a number of leading journals in the discipline. He is currently researching entrepreneurial decision-making under conditions of uncertainty, and is working with his co-author in Monaco to research the importance of network building activities on the success of new ventures.
	Richard T. Archambault, Lecturer in Entrepreneurial Studies at FDU, is President of his own consulting firm. He oversees the Entrepreneurial Society and has been an integral part of the development and instruction of the Discover Business Teen Camp at FDU. He has thirty years of extensive experience at AT&T and Western Electric in manufacturing and global strategic planning for communications and consumer electronic products and services. Mr. Archambault has taught at several universities, primarily in the field of Business Administration and Engineering. He holds an MS in Engineering Management from Northeastern University, an MBA from FDU, and a BS from the University of Rhode Island.
	James C. Barrood is Executive Director of the Rothman Institute and an adjunct faculty member. He has developed and managed many of the Institute’s innovative academic and outreach programs since 1997. He is active in the regional entrepreneurial and business communities and was recently recognized as the 2008 Small Business Advocate (NYER) and among the state's 'Forty Under 40 Business Achievers' by NJBIZ business journal. James frequently speaks at regional business events and has appeared on MSNBC, ABC, My9, NJN (Voices of Innovation) and News12. He sits on several boards, including the Silberman College of Business, North Jersey WIRED, the Franklin Foundation for Educational Excellence, the National Association of Corporate Directors-NJ (Advisory Committee), NJN 2008 Gala Committee and NJ Connected Broadband Initiative. He is also a member of the Council on Competitiveness and Rotary International. James is a former columnist for NJBIZ (2005-2008), has written articles for Entrepreneur and GSW magazines and newspapers, including the Star-Ledger and The Providence Journal, and is widely quoted both regionally and nationally (USA Today). He brings with him a background in small business/family business and the real estate and automobile industries, as well as marketing and e-business expertise. James holds an MBA from Texas A & M and a BA in Economics from Rutgers University. He and his family live in Somerset. Domenick Celentano Domenick is an adjunct faculty member whose focus is Small Business Management . In addition to teaching at Silberman College, Domenick created The FoodPreneur providing Professional Educational Forums tailored to early and mid-stage Entrepreneurs in the specialty food industry. His food focus comes from 25 years working in his family business, Celentano Bros. Inc.Domenick's firm, Celentano & Company works with a wide range of New Jersey Family Businesses. He has a BS in Business Administration from Montclair State University. He received an MBA from St. Joseph's University and is currently pursuing a Post Masters Certificate in Food Marketing. Domenick is a frequent speaker; examples are the New York Fancy Food Show, Association for Corporate Growth and The New Jersey/Italy Trade Council.
	Gerald M. (Jerry) DeFrancisco is an adjunct faculty member with over 30 years experience with large companies and small entrepreneurial firms. Currently President of his own consulting firm, Jerry was formerly President of a mid-sized global management consulting firm and a senior executive at AT&T. While at AT&T he served as VP of Business Innovation, Executive VP of Broadband & Internet Services, and CEO of AT&T Alascom a $300 million AT&T subsidiary. He holds a Bachelors Degree from Siena College, an Exec MBA (with Distinction) from Pace University and is a Doctoral Candidate at the Pace University Lubin School of Business. He also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University, and the Senior Executive Management Program at Duke University. He has served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Alaska, Guest Lecturer at FDU, Siena College, and NJIT, and has been a speaker and panelist in numerous industry conferences and forums. Michael A. Einhorn, an adjunct faculty member of corporate entrepreneurship, is a consultant and economic expert active in the areas of intellectual property, media, entertainment, licensing and valuation. He is the author of the book Media, Technology, and Copyright: Integrating Law and Economics and has designed and applied innovative techniques related to damage estimation, valuation, licensing and strategy in transactional and litigation matters involving patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and publicity rights. He has provided litigation support in matters involving, inter alia, American Telephone and Telegraph, General Electric, Kodak, Archer Daniels Midland, Wal-Mart, Autozone, Blockbuster, Borders Books, Barnes and Noble, eUniverse, Target Stores, Broadcast Music, Inc., SESAC, five magazine distributors, six record companies, eight movie studios, forty-five State Attorneys General, the U.S. Copyright Office and the U.S. Department of Justice. He received a Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University, served on the faculty at Rutgers University and taught as an adjunct at Columbia, Fordham and Rutgers Law School

	Steven M. Fulda has forty years of management and consulting experience spanning all facets of business strategy and venture planning. An FDU adjunct facutly member, he is a partner in a consulting firm specializing in developing business plans for redirecting strategy and increasing profitability. He has designed graduate-level curricula and taught MBA-level courses in business planning and business growth at three prominent universities and two telecommunications companies. Fulda is also an experienced director, serving on six boards for profit and non-profit organizations. He has an MSE from Bell Labs Grad Program and an MS from NYU.
	Robert Gabriel, Ph.D., is CEO and Co-Founder of Genesis Aromatique, LLC. Bob has more than 20 years of progressively responsible experience leading sales, marketing, and product development in companies positioned in the Specialty Chemicals, Packaging and Consumer Products Industries. Bob has led the start-up and expansion of Genesis Aromatique, LLC. - a developer and manufacturer of specialty fragrances. Bob has also co-founded Cognise Consulting, an innovation and management consulting firm based in New York City, where Bob is Managing Partner. Bob has held senior level positions at MeadWestvaco, Clorox, Rhone-Poulenc and Unilever. His understanding of domestic and international business development, sales channel development and marketing has enabled Bob to contribute to the profitable sales growth of these global companies. He also currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurship. Bob has been a guest lecturer at Silberman College of Business an an executive training instructor for a Rothman workshop. He serves as an Entrepreneur in Residence Judge at the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania. Bob holds a Doctorate degree in Chemistry from the University of Illinois and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the Wharton Business School. He lives in Rumson, New Jersey with his wife and four sons. Al Golzari is an adjunct faculty member of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at Fairleigh Dickinson University and an Adjunct Professor of Marketing and Merchandising at Laboratory Institute of Merchandising in New York City. Presently, Golzari works in the retailing industry, and has worked for such companies as Federated Department Stores, Associated Merchandising Corporation (a division of Target Corp) and bath and bedding fashions manufacturer, WestPoint Home. His diversified background in merchandising, retailing, global sourcing and product development has provided him with broad insight into the mechanics of the global business community as a result of extensive overseas travel. His business experience also includes working closely with consumer goods companies and top-tier consumer brands such as Disney, Harley Davidson, etc. Golzari also has consulting experience educating companies in direct sourcing practices and private-brand strategy. He holds a BA in Sociology from New York University and an MBA in Marketing from Fairleigh Dickinson University. A native of northern New Jersey, he currently resides in New York City.
	Leonard C. Green, an adjunct faculty member, heads a full service business consulting and tax firm, GHF & Co. His background includes more than ten years at Touche, Ross and Company. He is an author, lecturer and teacher, having taught at NYU and Miami University of Ohio. Green received his BS from Rutgers, an MS in Taxation from NYU, Monmouth University and he is a graduate of the Owner/President Management Program at the Harvard Business School and Babson’s Symposium on Entrepreneurship Education. Mr. Green is a regular presenter at Babson College’s Annual Entrepreneurship Conference.
	Lindsey Greene Barrett, is president of Women Throughout Time, an organization that provides a series of lectures, seminars and workshops for and about women. Lindsey founded Women Throughout Time to further women’s history education and provide programs for businesswomen and women entrepreneurs. Lindsey graduated from the University of Virginia in 2000 with a B.A. in English and a History minor. After graduation, she began working for Singleton Browne Corporation, an entrepreneurial venture in industrial and residential construction and development started in 1965 by her father. For the last eight years, Lindsey has acted as manager of the firm’s industrial holdings in Upper Saddle River, NJ. Lindsey received her M.B.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 2007, and is currently an adjunct facutly member at FDU teaching two entrepreneurial classes, “Women as Entrepreneurs” and “Business Ventures Capstone.” Lindsey Greene Barrett resides in Wyckoff, NJ with her husband Nicholas. She is active in several local organizations on a volunteer basis, including the Hermitage, a historic house museum and history education center, the Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey and FDU’s Sands of Time: Exposure to Greatness. Lindsey continues to teach on an adjunct basis at FDU, uphold her position at Singleton Browne Corporation, and advance Women Throughout Time.
	Jack Killion, an adjunct faculty member, currently the Entrepreneur in Residence at the Rothman Institute, is the Managing General Partner of the Eagle Rock Diversified fund, a five year old fund-of-hedge funds developed for accredited individual and institutional investors. Jack's previous 35 years of experience includes consulting with top managements in Fortune 500s while with McKinsey & Company following which he successfully developed companies in a range of sectors from providing venture capital funding to emerging companies, industrial polymer processing equipment manufacturing, consumer and business-to-business publishing and agriculture. He has served on the boards of U.S. and international corporations as well as with major non-profits. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Yale and an MS in Industrial management from MIT. He taught previously as an adjunct professor at Rutgers and Montclair State Universities.
	Diana Kyser, an adjunct faculty member, brings over 20 years of experience in leading and growing businesses. She started her career by building a successful consulting firm that serviced over 60 banks and small business in the Los Angeles Area. In 1993, Diana co-founded C3i Inc, a world-class service provider for Customer Management integration and on-going support solutions for many of the world’s leading organizations. The company has support centers on three continents and has revenues of 60 million. Diana has also held senior leadership positions in Marketing and Customer Care at American Express, Hotjobs.com and JPMorgan Chase. She recently sold her latest venture, ExceedGlobal, Inc. to ClearPoint Learning, an eLearning development company where she has assumed the position of COO. Diana holds a BA from Birmingham-Southern College and an MBA from New York University.
	George J. Maddaloni, an adjunct faculty member, is currently Managing Director and Founder, TVM Associates, a management consulting firm that assists clients in capitalizing on opportunities in high-tech, high-growth markets and launching new businesses. He brings to FDU thirty years of experience in strategic/business planning, product management, engineering, design and development while at Lucent Technologies, AT&T and Western Electric. He has also been the President of a wireless equipment startup, Celletra, Inc as well as a Principal at PA Consulting. He holds an MBA from Hofstra University, an MS in Industrial Management from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, and a BME from Manhattan College.
	Charles E. Nahabedian, an adjunct faculty member, is a management consultant with executive and entrepreneurial experience ranging from Fortune 50 to small company environments. Nahabedian brings to FDU over 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry where he developed and managed the realization of innovative communications systems and services. Until recently, he was VP at a 16 year-old management- consulting firm where he also managed the Wireless, Broadband (multi-media), and IT practices. Previous experience includes management positions at Hazeltine Corp., and RAM Mobile Data (Cingular Interactive), Fidelity Investments, AT&T and Bell Labs. Nahabedian holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern and an MBA in Finance/Marketing from Seton Hall University.
	Jim Sheppard, an adjunct faculty member, brings over 25 years of experience, primarily in the retail industry. His experience includes senior executive responsibilities involving finance and planning, information technology, logistics, human resources management and training, and operations. Most recently, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Vitamin Shoppe Industries. Currently he is Managing Director of Beechwood Advisors. Sheppard holds a BS and an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University.


	Gina Tedesco is an entrepreneur, private investor, professional business consultant and professor. She is the founder and President of Opus International, a consultancy offering services in business strategy, M&A, strategic planning, product licensing, valuation analysis, due diligence, and entrepreneurial financing as well as providing industry expertise and analysis on the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Ms. Tedesco's career of 24 years includes co-founding 3 successful start-up ventures after holding various senior level management positions in a global pharmaceutical company which included postings in Paris, France and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Ms. Tedesco earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Pi Tau Sigma) and a MBA from The George Washington University (Magna cum Laude) as well as an additional MBA certificate in Entrepreneurial Studies from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Ms. Tedesco is a member of Jumpstart, a private, member-lead, angel group that invests in early-stage technology companies in the Mid-Atlantic region. She has served on the boards of both public and private ventures and currently serves as a Trustee of the Somerset Hills Educational Foundation. She is a member of the Advisory Board for the Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurship at FDU, as well as lecturing as an adjunct faculty member at FDU. She teaches graduate classes in Entrepreneurial Finance and leads the MBA capstone class "Business Ventures Capstone," a program which partners advanced student teams with New Jersey based ventures to create and develop entrepreneurial and innovative business strategies. Wendy Todoric, an adjunct faculty member and a full-time high school business teacher in Paterson, is currently working on her doctorate in Business Administration. She graduated from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. It was there, that she earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Master of Science degree in Management and Policy. In addition to her business studies, Wendy played Division I soccer as a freshman at Stony Brook. After she left Long Island, she owned and operated a small mail-order business from her home. Wendy is a licensed real estate agent in NY and NJ, and she delights in the vagaries and challenges of the real estate market.
	Rudy Valli is the founder and CEO of Valmar & Associates, LLC., a private consulting services firm. Rudy began his professional career in 1978 with IBM. While at IBM, he pioneered the company’s entry into indirect channels of distribution and equipment financing. This experience was leveraged when he was recruited by an entrepreneurial start-up, XL/Datacomp in 1985. Rudy became an officer at XLDC and its successor, Storage Technology Corporation serving as Vice President and General Manager of the firm’s Eastern Region. In 1994, he entered professional consulting serving as a partner and Broadband practice leader at both Ernst & Young and Accenture LLP. In late 2002, Rudy retired as a partner with the global professional services firm, Accenture). Rudy earned his Global MBA from FDU and his B.S. in Business Administration with Summa Cum Laude honors at Montclair State University. He and his wife, Maryanne reside in Mendham, enjoy international travel and have raised three grown children.