2021-2022
COLLEGE OF
Business & Information Technology
FROM THE
PR E SID EN T With every challenge comes an opportunity for innovation. The pandemic changed our perception and modus operandi, not just in reaction to a virus, but in all the ways we do business, approach problems, and create solutions. It has helped us all become much more nimble, much more agile, much more able to make fast decisions. I am optimistic that this experience has taught us to be better and more prepared in all that we do and seek to accomplish. A return to “normal” finally seems possible, but I caution against settling for mere normal. I challenge you to disrupt expectations and pursue better through innovation by applying the knowledge you gained at LTU. At LTU you experienced a comprehensive doctoral, innovative, professional University. The creative University of the future that has prepared you for eminent high-paying professional careers, a University that produces technologically-savvy graduates no matter what degree they attain, or discipline they choose to study. You are primed for 21st century interdisciplinary careers and job titles that do not even exist yet! I look forward to your successes and the impact you make on your profession and the world.
Congratulations for what you have accomplished so far, and hopes for great success in whatever comes next!
Tarek Sobh, Ph.D., P.E. President Lawrence Technological University
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FROM THE
DE AN Since its founding in 1939, the College of Business and Information Technology has been committed to delivering an education based on Theory and Practice attuned to the times. Located in Southfield, the heart of southeastern Michigan, students learn in a dynamic urban community and gain valuable experience that only a major metropolitan area can offer. The quality and diversity of the student body provides an educational experience which prepares them for an increasingly diverse workplace in a fastchanging global business environment. Your long years of study have won you a coveted degree from LTU’s College of Business and Information Technology. I offer my hearty congratulations on an honor that does not come easily. Chase your dreams. Never stop trying. Never stop learning. Live life to the fullest and give it nothing but your best. Welcome to the alumni family of the AACSB-accredited Lawrence Technological University. Keep up the good work. We are all proud of you.
“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” – JACK WELCH Best regards,
Bahman Mirshab Dean, College of Business and Information Technology Lawrence Technological University
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MATTHEW COLE
DED IC AT IO N Matthew L. Cole, PhD, is Associate Professor in the College of Business and Information Technology at Lawrence Technological University and the chair of the Lawrence Tech Assessment Committee and the Institutional Review Board. He served as director of Lawrence Tech’s Psychology Program from 2009-2011. He is a strong proponent of inter-disciplinary research collaborations at Lawrence Tech, and manages the annual Research Day and Presidential Colloquium. Dr. Cole, a graduate of Cleveland Institute of Music and Eastern Michigan University, holds a PhD in Integrated Social and Cognitive Psychology from Wayne State University. Cole teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in human resource management (HRM), principles of management, and business statistics. Supported in part by a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Cole’s HRM course is part of LTU’s course-based undergraduate research experience (CRE). Students in HRM conduct empirical research to address the following research question: “What should employers and HR managers do to increase employee retention in Gen Z workers?” This question is timely in today’s highly competitive global business market, especially with a multi-generational workforce. Results of the research may help employers and HR managers to anticipate workplace needs and possibly change HR strategies to increase employee engagement and retention of Gen Z workers. Cole also supervises completion of the master’s thesis research by students in the Senior Service College Fellowship (SSCF) program developed by the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) as a result of a critical need for civilian leaders in acquisition for the Army. In his business statistics course, Cole teaches students to use Minitab and Tableau to analyze real world data. Cole has published journal articles and book chapters on the science of teams, team conflict, team leadership, entrepreneurship, research methods and models, the neuroscience of the self, positive organizational scholarship, Appreciative Inquiry, SOAR (Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, and Results) and SOAR-based strategic thinking, planning, and leading. Cole serves on the editorial team of the SA Journal of Industrial Psychology.
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ABOUT L AWR E N CE TECH N O LO G I C AL UN IV E R SIT Y None other than Henry and Edsel Ford helped Russell E. Lawrence launch a fledgling school called Lawrence Institute of Technology in 1932.
A LONG AND RICH
HIS TO RY
The University’s first campus was located in Highland Park, in a building adjacent to the huge manufacturing facility where Ford’s revolutionary Model T had been built and many other now common labor practices were established.
The new University was founded on the principle that every person should have the opportunity for a college education. From the beginning, there were no restrictions on entering students relating to race, sex, color, creed, or national or ethnic origin – only the requirement that students qualify for admission and have the desire to succeed. Working students could earn a baccalaureate degree by attending evening programs, day programs, or a combination of the two – a feature unique in 1932 and still remarkable today. E. George Lawrence became president of the newly founded University in 1934 after the death of the founding president Russell E. Lawrence. He served as president from 1934 to 1964, turning a dream of preparing students for leadership in the new technical era into reality. Wayne H. Buell, who served as president from 1964 to 1977 and as chair of the board and chief executive officer until 1981, worked to build a firm foundation for the University’s early emergence as a technological leader. Richard E. Marburger was named president of the University in 1977. Lawrence Tech’s first housing center, the Wayne H. Buell Management Building, the Don Ridler Field House, a major addition to engineering facilities, and the massive growth of computer facilities marked his presidency. The University’s name was changed to Lawrence Technological University in 1989. Charles M. Chambers became president in 1993. During his presidency, he oversaw the construction of the University Technology and Learning Center, University Housing-North, the A. Alfred Taubman Student Services Center, a redeveloped campus quadrangle, and the Center for Innovative Materials Research; revamping of the computer system; creation of Michigan’s first completely wireless campus; and expanded student services.
“All the worthwhile and precious things in life are only obtained through continuous and exacting effort, and their worth is in direct proportion to the effort put forth for their attainment.” RUSSELL E. LAWRENCE , 1889–1934
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Lewis N. Walker became president in 2006. He expanded programs in emerging economic sectors such as robotics, defense, and sustainability including “fast track” certificate programs to help professionals retool for new careers. He also worked to add leadership studies to all undergraduate curricula. Virinder K. Moudgil, Lawrence Tech’s seventh president, assumed office in 2012. He has had a long career as a professor and university administrator and was an active researcher in the molecular mechanisms of steroid hormone action and the hormonal regulation of breast cancer. Under Dr. Moudgil’s leadership, the University: • Opened the A. Alfred Taubman Engineering, Architecture, and Life Sciences Complex connecting the Science and Engineering Buildings • Dedicated the Edward Donley Residence Hall, formerly called North Housing, in honor of Ed Donley, BSME’43, HD’76, HD’87, a devoted and tireless supporter of his alma mater • Acquired five acres and the Enterprise Center, a 97,000-square-foot office building adjacent to campus • Built East Residence Hall, a state-of-the-art four-story freshman residence hall Lawrence Tech was founded as a college of engineering with only a few hundred students and a handful of faculty. In 1952, the College of Management was re-established, having been originally created in 1939 as part of an earlier industrial engineering curriculum. The College of Architecture and Design evolved in 1962 from the former architectural engineering program. The College of Arts and Sciences was established in 1967. While LTU was originally a commuter college, it now attracts students from 25 states and 60 countries. The University acquired acreage in Southfield and in 1955 opened its first building on what had been a General Mills research farm. The campus has since expanded to 107 acres and 17 major buildings, as well as the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Affleck House in Bloomfield Hills, which was donated to the University in 1978. Today LTU offers nearly 100 programs in four colleges, with an enrollment of approximately 3,000 students. It is among Michigan’s largest independent colleges.
ABOUT LTU’S CO LLEG E O F BUSI N ESS AN D IN FO R M ATI O N TECH N O LO GY The College of Business and Information Technology evolved from Lawrence Technological University’s degree program in industrial engineering, which in the 1930s combined technology, business, law, economics, and management subjects to benefit managers and administrators of utilities and manufacturing facilities, particularly the operations of Detroit’s automobile companies and their suppliers.
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Using a model of Theory and Practice, the College of Business and Information Technology prepares a diverse body of domestic and international students for successful careers in a variety of organizations through interdisciplinary educational programs that emphasize analytical, technological, and ethical teamwork, global management, and interpersonal skills essential in an interconnected world economy. Faculty engagement in scholarly activity and service to the University, the profession, and the community complements our primary commitment to teaching and service excellence.
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In the aftermath of the Great Depression in 1939, as financial conditions returned more to normal, Lawrence Tech consolidated much of its business and management coursework, transferring it from the College of Engineering to a newly formed College of Business Administration. It inaugurated a new Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA). Several hundred students were pursuing BSBA degrees when the United States entered World War II. Due to the massive swings in enrollment and programs during the war years, the College of Business Administration was disbanded as a separate administrative unit in 1946. Then, as the enrollment grew again through the influx of returning veterans benefiting from the GI Bill, Lawrence Tech reestablished the College of Business Administration as a separate administrative unit in 1952. Throughout this period, Lawrence Tech’s programs in economics and business administration were led by Edwin O. “Doc” Graeffe. Graeffe’s career with the University ended with his death in 1972, and he was succeeded by Professor Leland A. Lahr, who changed the name of the college to the College of Business and Industrial Management and added a number of specialization tracks, such as accounting and finance, marketing and distribution, personnel and labor relations, operations management, and business administration. Work on the 105,400-square-foot Wayne H. Buell Management Building began in 1980 and ended in 1982. The partly earth-sheltered building, named for Lawrence Tech’s third president, was designed for energy conservation. The college was renamed in the early 1980s as the College of Management. In 1989 the college launched the Master of Business Administration program, the first Lawrence Tech graduate degree since the World War II era. Rapidly popular, the MBA was the vanguard of dozens of new graduate programs offered by the University in its quest to meet the evolving needs of students and the professions they enter. In 2018, the college was renamed the College of Business and Information Technology to better reflect the programs and their presigious accreditation. Today, the college remains more committed than ever to developing and offering programs that best serve the needs of the career student. Lawrence Tech’s College of Business and Information Technology has come a long way since its modest beginnings. Not even the University’s founders could have foreseen a College of Business and Information Technology that would offer programs to students throughout southeast Michigan and around the globe. Currently, the College of Business and Information Technology offers the following degree programs: • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) • Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) • Master of Business Administration (MBA) • Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT) • Master of Science in Business Data Analytics (MSBDA) Beginning in the Fall 2022 semester, the college will also offer a Bachelor of Science in Business Data Analytics (BSBDA) and a Master of Science in Healthcare Administration (MSHA).
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ADMINISTRATION &
S TAFF The administrators and support staff of the College of Business and Information Technology are dedicated to providing students caring, efficient service. Their goal is to ensure that the only challenges students face at LTU are in the classroom.
BAHMAN MIRSHAB, PHD
Dean
STEFANIE JANES
Academic Advisor
MINAKHI JENA
Director, Business Programs
JUAN OCHOA
Marketing and Communications Coordinator, Administrative Associate
DONNA KRESS
Office Manager, Assistant to the Dean
CLAIRE KRAKOWIAK
Academic Advisor
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FACULT Y A high-quality education is impossible without talented, committed faculty. College of Business and Information Technology professors are dedicated to the success of their students. At LTU, being a professor is more than a career, it’s a lifestyle.
PATRICIA CASTELLI, PHD
Professor
SEYED ZIAE MOUSAVI MOJAB, PHD
MATTHEW COLE, PHD
Associate Professor Chair, Institutional Review Board Chair, Assessment Committee
MASSOOD OMRANI, PHD
Participating Faculty
Assistant Professor
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ZAHRADDEEN GWARZO, PHD
Assistant Professor
KIOUMARS PARYANI, PHD
Participating Faculty
AHMET MURAT HATTAT, PHD
Assistant Professor
SRIKANT RAGHAVAN, PHD
Associate Professor
AREEJ SALAYMEH, PHD
Assistant Professor
JACQUELINE STAVROS, DM
Professor Director, DBA Program
PAVLO TSEBRO, PHD
Associate Professor
SWATI VERMA, PHD
Assistant Professor
YU (TONY) ZHANG, PHD
Associate Professor
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BOARD OF
ADV ISO R S The LTU College of Business and Information Technology Advisory Board is a link between the college and the business community. The college relies on the expertise of its distinguished advisory board to prepare students for the changing economy and to meet the needs of employers.
MARY JORDAN ABOULJOUD
Community Outreach Specialist Office of Public Affairs U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation
RICHARD (RICK) BLOOM
Partner, Attorney, Certified Public Accountant, and Financial Advisor, Bloom Advisors, Inc.
ARMAND ASH, PHD
ERIC AYANEGUI
CEO and President Mechatronics
Director, Operations Engineering CINTAS Corporation
WAFA BUNNEY
T. JANN CAISON-SOREY, MD, MBA
CEO MIIT Consulting LLC
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Medical Director, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
JOHN R. BEBES, CPA, CGMA
Partner Plante Moran PLCC
MICHELLE D’SOUZA
CEO, Unified Business Technologies, Inc.
SCOTT DZURKA
Vice President Public Sector Consultants
RICH HOMBERG
SHEILA N. ENGLISH
Vice President, Banker J.P. Morgan Private Bank
ANDREW HUMPHREY
President and CEO Detroit Public Television
Meterologist and Tech Reporter, WDIV
THOMAS MARGOSIAN
JOHN NEARY
LARRY L. FOBES
Founder, Learning from Leaders LLC; Co-founder, Learning with Leaders LLC
SATISH JASTI
Vice President and Senior Lending Officer Bank of Ann Arbor Plymouth, MI
YALDA GHORASHY
Head of Dealer Digital Program Stellantis
LORI MARSEE KUEHN
Senior Manager Global Employee Engagement, Strategy Enablement & Research General Motors Corporation
. IT Executive (Retired) Ford Motor Company; Immediate Past Chair Goodwill Industries of Detroit
JACK SHUBITOWSKI
President and CEO Huron Valley State Bank
Founder, Right Workplace Advisor, FOD Capital
RUPESH SRIVASTAVA
President Youngsoft, Inc.
MATTHEW SAUER
Partner, Winkler Sauer
SHANNON STRIEBICH
President, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland
HAMID SERVATI, PHD
President, ServoTech Industries Partner, Zoatex, LLC
BANKOLE THOMPSON
Opinion Columist The Detroit News
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2021 GR AD UAT E S “Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”– THEODORE ROOSEVELT
MASTER’S GRADUATES
AMULYA CHILAKAMARRI
Master of Science in Information Technology, Certificate in Project Management
ALIYA NIKITINA
Master of Business Administration
CHANDLER FISK
Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Marketing
NICHOLAS RAMON
Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Project Management
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SCOTT KUJAWA
Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Project Management
JESSICA SUER
Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Project Management
RAMIRO MANTILLA
Master of Business Administration
SHRUTIKA ANIL SUTRAVE
Master of Science in Information Technology, Concentration in Business Analytics
BACHELOR’S GRADUATES
SHURUQ ALSHARARI
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Minor in Economics
JACOB PERSHERN
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major in Finance
JACOB BRIKHO
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major in Marketing
JENA HOLDEN
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major in Finance
CLIFTON JOHNSON
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major in Marketing
SHELBY RASCH
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major in Marketing
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2021 GR AD UAT E S
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M A S TE R’S G R ADUATES
BACH E LO R’S G R ADUATES
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DAVID BAKER
Graduate Certificate in Project Management
SANDI GAGO
Master of Business Administration
SIGA GAILLIARD
Master of Business Administration, Graduate Certificate in Project Management
SARA HAGAG
Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Marketing
HANNAH KOCHENDOERFER
Master of Science in Information Technology, Concentration in Cybersecurity
PRIYANKA VIJAY KSHATRIYA
Master of Science in Information Technology, Graduate Certificate in Project Management
WAN-TZU KUO
Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Business Analytics
RAREDDING MURRAY
Master of Business Administration
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MIKOLAJ ORZELSKI
ALAN AYANEGUI
Master of Science in Information Technology, Concentration in Cybersecurity
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
NEHA BHARAT PATIL
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Master of Science in Information Technology, Concentration in Business Analytics
ANTHONY REEVES
Master of Science in Information Technology
ASFAND SHAHAB
Master of Science in Information Technology, Concentration in Business Analytics
PEYTON HEADY
CHRISTOPHER MCCOY
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major in Marketing
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2022 GR ADUAT E S “If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.” – ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF
MASTER’S GRADUATES
OLIVIA GLEASON
Master of Science in Information Technology
JEREMY NAFUS
Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Cybersecurity
DEEYONNA JUDKINS
Master of Business Administration, Graduate Certificate in Project Management
MICHAEL PERNICIARO
Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Business Analytics
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ALEXANDER KOLOMITZ
Master of Science in Information Technology, Concentration in Cybersecurity
LUCA ROTH
Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Marketing
JULIA KRANKER
Master of Business Administration
BASMAH SAMKARI
Master of Science in IT, Certificate in Project Management and Cybersecurity, Concentration in Business Analytics
BACHELOR’S GRADUATES
JANNIS SCHNEIDER
Master of Science in Information Technology, Concentration in Project Management
ZACHARY FREIER
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major in Finance
VIDUSH UPADHYAYA
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major in Marketing
LUISE VON AGRIS
Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Project Management
GRANT MUELLER
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
SYDNEY CLARK
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major in Accounting, Minor in Psychology
AHMAD SABBAGH
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
KENDALL FISHER
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major in Marketing, Minor in Psychology
JACK SMITH
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major in Marketing
NATHAN ZIELINSKI
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
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2022 GR ADUAT E S
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M A S TE R’S G R ADUATES \\\\\ ROBERT ANDARY
Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Project Management
DONALD ANTON
Master of Science in Information Technology, Concentration in Cybersecurity
KYLE BENKARSKI
Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Project Management
JUSTIN CLARK
Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Project Management
SCOTT DECLAIRE JR
Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Information Technology
AMRO HAGAG
Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Marketing
ALEXANDER LANZON
Master of Science in Information Technology
AUSTIN LOPER
Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Project Management
NATHAN HARA
Master of Business Administration
CHARLTON HUNT
Graduate Certificate in Project Management
MICHAEL KASLLY
Master of Science in Information Technology, and Certificate in Cybersecurity
Master of Business Administration
Master of Business Administration
Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Project Management
GAYLE KIRBY
Master of Science in Information Technology, Concentration in Business Analytics
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LJUPCE POPOVSKI
Master of Science in Information Technology, Concentration in Cybersecurity
MARY ANN MELTZER
NARCIS MORARU
MEGANN NAFUS
Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Project Management
DAVID PEDRO
Master of Business Administration
EMILY SOMERVILLE
AMICA TUBBS
Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Project Management
EVAN WEESE
Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Project Management
MATTHEW WEHRLY
Master of Business Administration
BACH E LO R’S G R ADUATES \\\\\ ALEC ALLEN
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major in Marketing
AMJAD ALMUTAIRI
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
ALVARO MERINO
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major in Accounting
LAURIN PREBELICH
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major in Accounting
BRYCE EBERT
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major in Marketing
CARTER FRANTZ
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major in Marketing
JEROLD MCGEE
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
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CO LLEGE O F BUSINE SS AND INFO R M AT I O N T ECHN O LO GY VISION
To be a recognized business school that delivers distinctive and rigorous academic programs with a focus on creating leaders who excel in a global environment. MISSION
Using a model of Theory and Practice, the College of Business and Information Technology prepares a diverse body of domestic and international students for successful careers in a variety of organizations through interdisciplinary educational programs that emphasize analytical, technological, ethical, teamwork, global management, and interpersonal skills essential in an interconnected world economy. Faculty engagement in scholarly activity and service to the University, the profession, and the community complements our primary commitment to teaching and service excellence.
VALUES
Theory and Practice Student-focused and Caring Teamwork and Trust Character and Integrity C AUSE
The intellectual development and transformation of our students into critical thinkers, leaders, and lifelong learners. ACCREDITATION
The College of Business and Information Technology is fully accredited by the AACSB International – the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. AACSB accreditation represents the highest standard of achievement for business schools worldwide. The College of Business and Information Technology is also accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) and the International Assembly of Collegiate Business Education (IACBE).
TH E CO LLEG E O F BUSIN ESS AN D IN FO R M ATI O N TECH N O LO GY THAN K S TH E FO LLOWING CO LLE AGUES FO R TH E IR H E LP WITH TH E PRO DUC TI O N O F TH IS BO O K: JUAN OCHOA RENÉE TAMBEAU KRISTINE L. PERSINGER-MCKAGUE SOFIA LULGJURAJ
Inclusion in the 2019-2021 yearbook does not guarantee completion of the requirements of the degree.
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