Ilan Alon joins the Crummer School as associate professor of international business. Alon received his bachelor of science in marketing and MBA in International Business from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He also has a master of arts in economics and a Ph.D. in business administration from Kent State University. While attending KSU, he was a lecturer in economics and marketing. Prior to coming to Rollins, Alon taught international business at the State University of New York for four years. He has also taught at China's Shanghai University for Science and Technology several times. Alon is the author and co-editor of seven books and more than 60 articles and chapters published in refereed journals, books and conferences. His research focuses on international business, franchising and political risk assessment.

John Cascio joins the faculty as an executive-in-residence. Most recently, Cascio was vice president for Sprint, responsible for the marketing, sales and service of Sprint's communication portfolio to the Southeastern United States, which delivered in excess of $660 million in revenue in 2000. Prior to being named head of the Southeast Region, Cascio was vice president for Sprint Florida. During his tenure, his team consistently led the division in all growth, financial and service objectives. He brings to the Crummer School 24 years of experience in the telecommunications industry where he has achieved national recognition in sales and marketing. Prior to Sprint, Cascio worked for IBM where he helped develop the marketing strategy to introduce products to five major countries in Europe. Cascio earned a bachelor of science degree in marketing from the University of Maryland and has completed executive education courses in telecommunications at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

Jim Johnson joins the Crummer faculty as associate professor of international business. A graduate of the University of London with a bachelor of arts with honors in Spanish and French, Johnson holds a master of arts in linguistics from the University of Reading, England, an MBA from San Diego State University, and a Ph.D. in international business/strategic management from the University of South Carolina. Johnson comes to the Crummer School from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, where he taught undergraduate, MBA and Ph.D. courses in international business and strategic management from 1995 to 2002. His research interests include cross-cultural management, managing international joint ventures, strategic decision-making processes in multi-national corporations and strategic change in companies in emerging economies. His research has been published in several prestigious journals. He is a member of the Academy of Management, the Academy of International Business, and a founding member of the Ibero-American Academy of Management. A native of London, England, Johnson has previously lived and worked in Britain, Spain, Finland, Yugoslavia and Mexico.

Chandra Mishra joins the Crummer School as professor of finance. Mishra received his bachelor of science in production engineering, master of science in industrial engineering and Ph.D. in finance from the University of Texas. Mishra comes to the Crummer School from Oregon State University where he taught courses in corporate, new venture and international finance. He is the editor of the Journal of Small Business Management and serves on the board of advisers for the Journal of Private Equity. He has published several research papers in the area of corporate finance, including founding family control, corporate governance, corporate venture capital, management compensation and valuation of intangible assets. He is a member of the Financial Management Association, the Academy of International Business and the International Council of Small Business. Mishra is also listed in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in Finance.

Clay Singleton joins the Crummer School as professor of finance. Immediately before joining the Crummer faculty, he was vice president of Ibbotson Associates, an independent asset allocation consulting firm servicing the investment profession, where he was responsible for the firm's consulting, training and research activities. In his academic career, Singleton was on the faculty at University of Nebraska-Lincoln for 12 years where he was named the Paul C. Burmeister Professorship of Investments and served as associate dean. He was subsequently named dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of North Texas, where he served for four years. He also taught as a visiting professor at the University of Virginia and the College of William and Mary. Before joining Ibbotson Associates, he was senior vice president for curriculum and examinations at the Association for Investment Management and Research. Singleton's research in investments and finance has been widely published in both practitioner and academic journals. He earned his bachelor of art and science in political science from Washington University in St. Louis and his MBA and Ph.D. in business from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has worked for KPMG and as a financial and valuation consultant for a variety of clients and earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and chaired that programs' Council of Examiners.

Ron Yeaple joins the faculty as professor of marketing after having served as associate dean of the Crummer School. He joined the Crummer School after 26 years as a faculty member at the Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester, where he was a four-time winner of the Simon School's Superior Teaching Award. He is the author of three recent books, The MBA Advantage, The Success Principle, and Net Profit: Successful Internet Marketing Strategies, as well as journal articles and book chapters in both management and biomedical engineering. Yeaple holds three patents and was executive vice president of the Ritter Company, a biomedical company with sales of $30 million, prior to joining the Simon School. Yeaple received his bachelor of science and master of science in electrical engineering from Cornell University and his MBA and Ph.D. from the University of Rochester.