Frank Desimone - PhD Alumnus
“I have found the seminars in New York, on the campus of St. John's University, to be well organized with timely and relevant course material. The Professors have been excellent and my fellow classmates in the seminar were impressive and motivated. Participating in these courses has certainly broadened my educational perspective and solidified my decision to move to a career in academia.
Since initiating my studies at ISM in August of 2006, I find it has clearly upgraded my in-class teaching at Wagner! My syllabus is far more detailed, the assignments I provide the students are structured better and I have been able to integrate much of the material I learned from the coursework at ISM into class lectures and assignments. I recently used one of my research assignments as a case assignment in a Strategic Marketing MBA class. I also feel I am more prepared to challenge my students with interesting ideas and materials beyond the scope of the assigned textbook.”
Academic Activities:
- Associate Professor (Tenured), The Nicolais School of Business, Wagner College, New York, USA
- Specialty in Management, Marketing and International at all levels including undergraduate, traditional MBA, Accelerated MBA and Executive MBA
Professional Activities:
- COO Enforsys - developing and distributing law enforcement software and the development of sophisticated information sharing systems
- CFO Orb, Inc. - One of the early Internet Advertising Agencies in the dot.com era
- COO Azurel, Inc. - Initial Public Offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange as a manufacturer and distributor of cosmetics
- President/Founder - Cambridge Business Services - Initial start - up as an outsourcing and incubator company
- VP Finance and Administration - Parfums Givenchy (Div. LVMH) - First CFO of the U.S. subsidiary of this French Corporation, Launched the Ysatis Fragrance line in the U.S.
