Thomas W. Brock

B.S., in Business Administration, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1969; M.B.A., in Finance, Northwestern University, 1970.
Chairman and CEO of Salomon Brothers Asset Management. Is a Managing Director of Salomon Brothers Inc's (SBI) Management Board. Prior to assuming his present responsibilities, served as Director of the SBI's Global Research Department and was in charge of its Investment Strategy Group. Among his previous positions, has also been the SBI's Chief Administrative Officer and head of New York Fixed Income Sales. Was named a Managing Director in 1985. Joined Salomon Brothers in 1974 from Continental Bank where, as an investment officer, managed pension fund assets of large corporate and municipal entities.

Alan Brott

B.S., Hunter College, 1965;
M.B.A., New York University, 1966;
C.P.A. New York.
Independent consultant, providing financial and management training; Assistant Professor of Accounting at Lehman College (CUNY). Former Partner, Ernst & Young. Client handling responsibility for performing certified audits and reviewing financial systems and procedures; Partner-in-Charge of human resources.

Robert J. Chalfin

Attorney; Certified Public Accountant.
President of The Chalfin Group, a Metuchen, New Jersey based firm, that specializes in providing strategic planning, valuation and consulting services to entrepreneurial businesses. The Chalfin Group frequently represents and consults with buyers and sellers of businesses. Is actively involved with several businesses, as an owner/investor, corporate board member and consultant. Has been cited in The Best Lawyers in America Directory of Experts as an expert in the area of business valuation and frequently lectures on this topic.

Richard Colombo

M.A., Cambridge, U.K., 1970;
M.B.A., Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, 1984;
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1987.
Statistician at Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (1970-1982).
Assistant professor of marketing at Stern School of Business (1986-1995).
Associate Professor of Marketing, Fordham University (1996-present).
Research focuses on use of probability and statistical methods applied to marketing problems. Teaches courses in marketing management, marketing research and marketing models. Published articles in Management Science, Marketing Science and Journal of Direct Marketing and elsewhere. Consultant to GM, Pfizer, Lucas Industries, NPD, Arthur Andersen, etc.

William F. Doyle

B.S., (in Materials Science and Engineering) Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
M.B.A., Harvard Business School.
While at M.I.T. was the Robert S. Farout Scholar. Currently is a partner with ARCH Venture Partners, L.P. and is Managing Director of the ARCH/Columbia new venture creation alliance. ARCH is a venture capital partnership that forms and develops companies that bring to market technological innovations and other intellectual property developed at academic and research institutions in the U.S. Prior to joining ARCH, co-founded the Durel Corporation and American Superconductor Corporation and was a Venture Capitalist with A.R.D. in Boston. Also spent two years in the health care consulting practice of McKinsey & Company. In addition to his ARCH actitivies, serves on the Board of Directors of Clonetics Corporation, Advanced Cryomagnetics, Inc., the Butcher Wax Company, and Bell Geospace, Inc.

Patricia A. T. Fantulin

B.A., Fordham University, 1988;
M.A., Columbia University, 1989;
Doctoral candidate, Columbia University.
Specializations: APEC; Southeast Asia; political economy, ethnopolitics.
Supplemental work: University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Cornell University. Program Assessment United Nations Development Fund for Women, 1988. From 1989 to 1994, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia University Graduate School of Business, research of trade issues and international economic cooperation. In 1995, Adjunct Professor, Fordham University. Adjunct at Columbia Business School since 1995. Beginning in 1996, coordinator of APEC Study Center, Columbia University. 1997 Columbia Business School representative to Pacific Asian Consortium for International Business Education and Research (PACIBER).

Gerald Feigin

B.A., in Mathematics, Dartmouth College;
M.S. and Ph.D., in Applied Mathematics, Harvard University.
Currently, Research Staff Member in Manufacturing Research, IBM Corporation, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, where, for the last five years, has participated in the development of tools and methods for manufacturing logistics, planning, and strategy, and business process re-engineering. Has initiated and led projects in the areas of scheduling and performance analysis of semi-conductor wafer fabrication, re-engineering and supply chain networks, and simulation of a magnetic head fabrication facility. Is the author of a series of scholarly articles in premier journals.

Michael C. Feiner

B.S., Boston University;
M.B.A., Columbia Business School, Columbia University.
Currently an independent management consultant specializing in building organizational excellence, molding corporate cultures and managing change. Formerly, Chief Personnel Officer for PepsiCo's Beverage Division worldwide. Has extensive experience in utilizing outside consultants as well as leading Pepsi-Cola's internal management consulting group. Has international reputation for expertise on people and organization issues, including helping organizations grow and develop executive leadership as well as coaching managers on how to enhance their executive effectiveness for career success.

William M. (Biff) Folberth, III

B.A., Yale University, 1966;
M.B.A., Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, 1971;
OPM, Harvard Business School, 1991.
Has been a partner/shareholder/officer in three New York major bracket investment banking firms. Subsequently founded his own financial planning firm, which is now part of The Capital Group Companies, a global privately-held investment management firm, where he is currently a senior vice president and personal investment counselor. With 14 other professionals, manages just under $3 billion for 240 families/individuals, their retirement plans and private foundations. The firm manages in excess of $350 billion for 600 institutional, investment company and individual clients. For the past five years taught this course in portfolio management for the New York Society of Security Analysis and Columbia Business School students. Has been active in Columbia Business School affairs at the School's Annual Dinner, as a former member of the School's Alumni Board, and, most recently, as an organizing member of the Classes of 1970 and 1971's fall 1996 twenty-fifth reunion events.

John Griffin

B.S.in Finance from University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce, 1985;
M.B.A., Stanford University Graduate School of Business, 1990.
Financial Analyst in Morgan Stanley's merchant banking group from 1985-1987. Joined global hedge fund Tiger Management as an analyst in 1987. Member of firm's Management Committee and sole portfolio manager of $1 billion of assets. Served as the President of Tiger Management from 1993-1996. Founded the Rubicon Foundation in 1993. Started the McIntire Investment Institute at the University of Virginia in 1994. In January of 1996 founded Blue Ridge Capital, a $100 million hedge fund based in New York.

Donna Hitscherich

J.D., St. John's University;
M.B.A., Columbia Business School, Columbia University.
Currently, a Vice President in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group at J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated, focusing on telecommunications and media clients. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan was a generalist in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group at The First Boston Corporation (1990-1994) and a corporate lawyer in the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom practicing in the mergers and acquisitions area (1984-1987). Is also an Adjunct Professor of Finance at Columbia Business School where she teaches Corporate Finance, Tax Factors in Business Decisions, and Taxation of Business Organizations and Their Owners. Was also an Assistant Professor of Law at St. John's University School of Law, where she taught Federal Securities Regulation, Ethics, and Real Property.

Timothy F. Howe

B.A., Columbia College;
M.B.A., Columbia University.
Founding Partner, Collinson Howe Venture Partners (1990), a venture capital firm advising and/or managing $250 million of venture capital in five different funds. The current portfolios contain over thirty venture investments in a variety of industries though medical investments make up the majority. Was formerly a partner in Schroder Ventures (1984-1990) one of the world's largest venture capital groups with offices in nine countries and $2.3 billion under management. Collinson Howe Venture Partners was known as Schroder Venture Advisers, Inc. until its name change in 1995.

Alan Kane

B.S. in Economics, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, 1963;
M.B.A., Harvard Business School, 1966.
Former President and CEO of Grossman's, a 120-store chain located in nine states, 1993-1994; President and CEO, Pergament Home Centers, a 40-store chain located in seven states, 1991-1992; private retailing consultant, 1987-1991; President and CEO, Hahnes Department Store, a division of May Department Stores, 1979-1987; various executive merchandise positions at Federated Department Stores and May Department Stores, 1966-1978. Teaching interests: retailing.

Jack M. Kaplan

M.B.A., City University of New York;
B.S., Industrial Engineering, University of Colorado.
Started and managed three successful companies concentrating in information technology products and software development. Currently, President of Datamark Technologies, Inc., a New Jersey-based entrepreneurial firm engaged in interactive card technologies and customer loyalty programs for such customer-driven industries as retail, restaurant, travel and leisure, and oil and gas companies in North America. In less than three years, Datamark has built an impressive client list and has helped these companies harness their transaction data to create new ways of communicating with and retaining their best customers. Previously, taught M.B.A. entrepreneurial courses for four years at NYU Stern School of Business, and has appeared on CNN and CNBC evaluating successful growing businesses. His recent book, Smart Cards: The Global Information Passport, details how to manage a successful smart card program.

Douglas A. Lindgren

A.B. (economics), Columbia College, 1983:
M.B.A., Columbia Business School, 1988.
Senior Vice President of U.S. Trust Trust Equity. Executive Vice President of UST Private Equity Investors Fund, Inc., a $40 million private equity fund focused on mid/later stage venture capital investments and middle-market buyouts. Chief Investment Officer of Excelsior Private Equity Fund II, Inc., a $196 million private equity fund also focused on mid/later stage venture capital investments and middle-market buyouts. Prior to joining U.S. Trust in 1995, was President and Managing Principal of Inco Venture Capital Management, a venture capital investment organization responsible for over $100 million of venture capital investments. Has been involved in a wide variety of financial transactions across several different industries and has served on several boards of directors.

Michael Mauboussin

B.A., Georgetown University.
Director in the equity research department at CS First Boston Corporation in New York City. Prior to joining CS First Boston was associated with NatWest Securities (1991-92), Nomura Research Institute America (1989-91), and Drexel Burnham Lambert (1986-89). Presently President of the Consumer Analyst Group of New York. Was a member of Institutional Investor's All America research team in 1993 and 1994.

Kathleen T. McGahran

B.A., Marymount College, Tarrytown, New York;
M.B.A., Iona College, New Rochelle, New York;
Ph.D., New York University, New York, New York;
J.D., Fordham University, New York, New York;
C.P.A., State of Michigan.
Since 1989 Principal at Pelham Associates, Inc., an Executive Education Provider. Since 1986 has been affiliated with the Columbia Business School, Columbia University: currently is an Adjunct Professor; was Associate Dean and Director of Executive Education (1993-1996); was Associate Professor (1986-1996). Teaching experience includes Iona College, 1973-1976; New York University, 1977-1982; University of Michigan, 1982-1983; Stanford University, 1983-1986; INSEAD, Fontainbleau, France, 1989. Designed and implemented executive education programs for Columbia University's Executive Programs; The Coca-Cola Company; Eastman Kodak; Institute for Management Studies; Avon Products; General Electric Company; Am Re Managers; Equitable Life; Travelers; Aetna Life & Casualty, Financial Women's Association. Designed and implemented financial analyst training programs for Lazard Freres & Co.; Bankers Trust; J.P. Morgan; Dean Witter Reynolds; Robinson-Humphrey; First Boston; Merrill Lynch. Research interests are in the area of financial accounting regulations (SEC & FASB) and the impact these regulations have on managers and shareholders. With Gordon Shillinglaw has written a textbook Accounting: A Management Approach (Irwin Publishers), 1993.

Thomas McKnight

B.S. in Business, Miami University and Juris Doctor, the Ohio State University.
Has taught "Entrepreneurial Ventures in Telecommunications and Electronic Media" at Georgetown University, George Washington University, University of Maryland and the University of Denver. He is also active in the creation of a center for entrepreneurship at Brown University. By profession, is a developer of telecommunications and media businesses with credentials as an engineer (F.C.C. license), registered financial consultant (Smith Barney), and licensed attorney specializing in entrepreneurial enterprises in these industries. From 1982 to 1986, was CEO of Orion Satellite Corporation (now known as Orion Network Systems, Inc., "ONSI" on NASDAQ), a firm he co-founded to fracture the 130 nation cartel known as Intelsat. Was part of the founding teams at USA TODAY and the start-up PTAT System, Inc., a privately owned transatlantic fiber optic submarine cable that he sold to U.S. Sprint. Has staff experience in telecommunications and media policy-making with the White House and the Federal Communications Commission. Has also participated in other entrepreneurial ventures in Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kuwait, and Poland. Over the past two years, more than a third of the enterprise launches attempted in his classrooms have survived student graduation with funding or other indications of actual launch.

Sunder Narayanan

Bachelor of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India;
Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India;
M.Phil. and Ph.D., Columbia University, New York.
Has taught various marketing courses at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, and New York University. Research has focused on consumer and managerial decision making. Has published articles in Journal of Retailing, Marketing Letters, Journal of Consumer Psychology, and other journals. Has also worked in product management for four years at SmithKline Beecham (India).

David S. Pfeifer

B.S., M.S. Metallurgical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign;
M.B.A., Columbia Business School, Columbia University.
Currently President of Gamma One, Inc., a leading digital image management company. Prior work experience includes Booz Allen and Hamilton, and Fairchild Camera and Instrument. Is a frequent speaker at industry conferences. At Gamma One, was part of a management team that successfully re-built a troubled business and turned the company into a profitable leader in its marketplace. Action included creation of customer-focused team operation, new technology deployment and acquisitions, culminating in the sale of the company to Big Flower Press Holdings in October 1997. Has been a regular guest lecturer in the "Turnaround Management" course at Columbia since 1993.

John M. Preis

B.S., Quinnipiac College;
M.B.A., Hofstra University.
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, YMCA of Greater New York. Sixteen years as CFO in the non profit sector with the YMCAs in New Haven and Hartford CT., as well as NYC, responsible for all facets of organizational financial resource management and strategic planning. National trainer for YMCA of the USA career development program. Extensive experience as consultant and volunteer board/committee member with many social service and education nonprofit organizations. Recently named to Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council.

Michael S. Preston

B.A., Ithaca College;
M.B.A., New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business.
Currently, is a Management Consultant to growing entrepreneurial and owner/managed companies in strategic and systems planning, process improvement and organization development. Last year retired as a Senior Partner after twenty-eight years with Grant Thornton LLP having held various management positions including: Partner in charge of New York area Management Consulting and Regional Director of Management Consulting, Northeast and Eastern Regions. Has directed numerous assignments for emerging companies and directed major multi-year systems and litigation support projects for larger organizations including Lloyds of London, Motorola, GTE-Sylvania and AT&T. Recently co-authored a book: The Road to Success: How to Manage Growth.

Srikumar S. Rao

B.S. in Physics, St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, India,
1970; Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, 1972;
M.Phil., Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York, 1980;
Ph.D., 1982.
Currently Louis and Johanna Vorzimer Professor of Marketing at the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University and chairman of the Marketing department. Contributing editor for Forbes specializing in the impact of technology on business. Worked in the President's office of Warner Communications (now part of Time-Warner) and was head of market research for Data Resources (now part of McGraw-Hill). Has consulted with numerous Fortune 500 - oops! that should read Forbes 500 - companies and taught in their corporate programs. Has taught in the executive programs at Columbia Business School and seminars run by the American Management Association. Member of MENSA and former marketing advisor to the national board. Do not talk to him about Wodehouse, chess or tennis unless you have several hours to spare.

Laura B. Resnikoff

B.A., magna cum laude, Brandeis University;
M.B.A., Columbia University Graduate School of Business.
Most recently President and CEO of a troubled public company; has extensive experience managing the operational and structuring requirements of troubled situations. Was formerly associated with the Equity Group and First City Capital Corporation.

David L. Robbins

B.A., Ohio University. 1969;
J.D., Columbia Law School, 1972;
M.B.A., Columbia University Graduate School of Business, 1982.
Admitted to the Bar in New York, Ohio, and Federal Courts.
Practiced with Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur in Ohio and Shearman & Sterling in New York. Taught at the Ohio State University College of Law. From 1982 to 1986 was an independent consultant to venture capital firms. Currently, heads his own firm representing foreign financial interests in their U.S. real estate investments.

Clifford J. Schorer, Jr.

B.A., in English literature, Lehigh University, 1965.
An entrepreneur who specializes in the acquisition, development, and eventual re-sale of small and mid-sized companies. Focuses on businesses with unique ideas or technologies which are in need of energy and guidance during their initial growth phase. Is currently involved with companies in the construction, real estate, and office supply industries. Is actively doing business in the former Soviet Union. During his 28-year business career, has lectured in numerous business and academic forums both here and abroad. As a part of his current activities, is developing a series of software programs for business education for a start-up firm, Bizco Inc. Is also working with Thirteen WNET, the PBS television station in New York, developing a children's education series called "Folk Tales of the World." These programs, a series of multimedia productions, will provide self-paced business education utilizing advanced electronic technologies. Is also founder and Chairman of KIDCARE, a non-profit organization chartered to assist homeless children in East Harlem.

Elliot J. Schrage

A.B., Harvard College, 1980;
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1986;
M.P.P., Kennedy School of Government, 1986.
Managing Director of Clark & Weinstock, Inc., a management consulting firm. Counsel to numerous U.S. and foreign corporations in international transactions and consultant to companies, non-governmental organizations, international organizations and private foundations on human rights and related issues. Clients have included the Gap, Reebok International Ltd., the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, the United Nations Civilian Mission to Haiti, the U.S. State Department; the INS and the Pew Charitable Trusts.

Ronald M. Schramm

B.A., Harvard University, 1976;
M.A., Columbia University, 1979;
M.Phil., 1982;
Ph.D., 1987.
Currently is an economist in the International Monetary Fund, Exchange, and Trade Relations Department. In his current post has worked with member countries with a particular emphasis on their external sector and external financing needs. In the past has taught courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, forecasting and international financial management at Columbia Business School. Also served as Associate Director of Columbia Univeristy's Center for International Business Cycle Research. At the Harvard Business School worked on the Vernon Center for Multinational Corporations Project. Current area of research is in international finance with a focus on developing country issues.

Eugene A. Sekulow

M.A. in Political Science and Economics, The Johns Hopkins University, 1953;
Ph.D., 1960.
Member of the faculty at The Johns Hopkins University from 1954 to 1960. Appointed as Executive Vice President, International, NYNEX Corporation on December 1, 1991. Joined NYNEX in 1986 as the President of NYNEX International Company. Has also served as President of RCA International Ltd., responsible for the foreign subsidiary manufacturing and distribution corporations of RCA. Following his retirement from NYNEX in December 1993, founded his own consultancy. Focusing on global telecommunications strategy, policy, planning, strategic partnering, risk analysis and business development, has built a significant practice based on his 35 years of experience in the industry. Has been retained by major European, U.S. and Japanese companies, as well as others in South Asia and Canada.

O. Griffith Sexton

B.S.E., Princeton University, 1965;
M.B.A., Stanford Graduate School of Business, 1973.
Investment Banking Professional at Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, 1973-95. Concentration in the development and execution of advisory assignments involving major corporate transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense, recapitalizations, financial restructurings, joint ventures, spin-offs, squeeze-outs, etc. Managing Director, 1985-95; Advisory Director, May 1995.

Itzhak Sharav

B.A., New School for Social Research, 1960;
M.B.A., Bernard M. Baruch School for Business and Public Administration, 1963;
Ph.D., City University of New York, 1971;
C.P.A.
Teaching and research interests: financial and managerial accounting.
Has served on the faculty of Herbert H. Lehman College, CCNY, 1967 to present. Consultant to commercial and investment banks, and to real estate boards and other organizations of realtors. Has also submitted expert accounting testimony to legislative and judicial bodies. Formerly senior auditor with S.D. Leidesdorf and Company, CPAs. Has written articles for Management Accounting, The Government Accountants Journal, and The Journal of Accountancy; has published articles and book reviews in the New York Times and elsewhere.

Lawrence M. Sherman

B.A., in Psychology, Brandeis University;
M.B.A., Harvard Business School.
Received the "Technology 100 Award" from TECHNOLOGY Magazine, the "Maroon Citation" from Colgate University and two IR-100 Awards from Industrial Research Magazine. Invented EasyCap and founded United States Guaranty Corporation (USGC), of which he is Chairman and CEO, in order to make it possible, for the first time, for small and middle market borrowers and their banks to eliminate interest rate risk. Prior to founding USGC, was, for 25 years, the managing general partner of Cambridge Research and Development Group (CRDG), a company he and his twin brother established to develop and license inventions, start companies around inventions and acquire and manage small industrial companies. Is the inventor of the OvuGuide and holds five U.S. and numerous foreign patents on it and other unrelated inventions. Is on the Board of Directors of Oppenheimer & Co.'s "Quest For Value" fund (NYSE), and Camp Avoda and is a member of the Corporation of Babson College. Has served on the International Board of Directors of the Harvard Business School Alumni Association. Has been a guest lecturer at Harvard Business School, MIT's Sloan School and others, and is currently teaching two seminars in entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School with Professor Murray Low and Professor William Doyle.

Harvey L. Shulman

University of Michigan, 1943.
Chairman/President, HSFS Industries, Inc., New York, N.Y. Member of the Family Firm Institute. In 1987 was a participant in the American assembly in a seminar on American Competitiveness; in 1980, in a White House Conference on Small Business. Former President, Stanwood Mills, Inc., Slatington, Pa., Ramsey Fabrics Co., New York, N.Y., and Select Ribbons, Inc., New York, N.Y.; former Director, Albright Mills, Inc., Scranton, Pa., and Town Club of Scarsdale, N.Y. Has lectured in the Utah State University Partners Program, at the Stern School of Business, Frank G. Zarb School of Business, Hofstra University, the College of New Rochelle, the Entrepreneurial Center, Inc., and the Columbia University Graduate School of Business EMBA division. Member of American Arbitration Association and of advisory boards of several private companies. Member of Advisory Boards of Opus 118 Music Center, Inc. and Goods for Guns Foundation. Advisor to and lecturer for the CBS Alumni Club Entrepreneurship Committee. Interviewed on CNBC 1995, on CNN 1994.

Laura J. Sloate

B.A. with Honors in History, Barnard College, 1966;
M.A., Graduate Faculties, Columbia University, 1966.
Chairman, Treasurer, Chief Investment Officer and Director of Research of Sloate, Weisman, Murray & Company, Inc., which she co-founded in 1974. The firm currently manages in excess of $1 billion in assets for individuals, corporations, trusts, foundations, endowments and pension and profit sharing plans. In December 1995 the firm was appointed as subadvisor to the Strong Value Fund, a mutual fund through the Strong Growth Funds. Also, is Chairman and Treasurer of SWM Securities, Inc.; in December 1995, Sloate, Weisman, Murray & Company, Inc. spun off its broker-dealer operations for form SWM Securities, Inc., a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. Also, is General Partner in Amadeus Partners, LP, a limited partnership fund founded in January 1988, which currently manages in excess of $100 million. Is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Member of the Committee of 200, of Financial Womens' Association of New York, and of New York Society Security Analysts.

Paul D. Sonkin

M.B.A., Columbia University.
Is an analyst and portfolio manager at Royce & Associates Inc., advisor to The Royce Funds. Royce & Associates spcializes in small cap value investing. Before receiving his MBA was employed at Goldman Sachs & Co. and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Courses taught or co-taught at Columbia Business School include Security Analysis, Advanced Seminar in Value Investing and Advanced Seminar in Fundamental Research Techniques.

Peter S. Temple

B.A., Middlebury College;
M.B.A. with Distinction, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
Has held a wide variety of positions in the media production and distribution industries during the last 30 years. Has been a Sr. V.P. of Marketing, a V.P. of Finance, a President & General Manager, and an Executive Producer. Has top market station management experience including Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, and New York, and has covered the big three networks (CBS), the fourth network (FOX), and an independent network (Tribune Broadcasting/WB). Has implemented successful strategic plans throughout his career including the launch of the FOX morning show Good Day New York and the luring of the New England Patriots Football affiliation from a larger station. Has worked in program development in Hollywood at Lorimar-Telepictures, where he also coordinated the marketing plans for all domestic syndicated TV programs. Has won an Emmy Award and currently runs his own independent production company, Foul Weather Productions.

N.T. Wang

B.A., Columbia;
M.A. and Ph.D., Harvard.
Teaching and research interests: international business, economic development and multinational corporations.
Director, China International Business Project, Columbia University. Fellow, International Academy of Management. Previously, served with the United Nations as Director of Information Analysis Division, United Nations Center on Transnational Corporations, and Head of Technical Assistance Missions to developing countries. Has been honorary or visiting professor at more than ten universities in China (mainland and Taiwan), Hong Kong, and the U.S. Distinguished Exchange Scholar with China. Is the recipient of the New York Governor's Outstanding Asian American Award. Publications include Business with China, China's Modernization and Transnational Corporations, Transnational Corporations and China's Open Door Policy, and Taiwan's Enterprises in Global Perspective.

Rob R. Weitz

Ph.D., in Operations Research, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Associate professor in the department of Computing and Decision Sciences at the Stillman School of Business of Seton Hall University. Has previously served on the faculty of INSEAD (the European Institute of Business Administration), and has been a visiting professor and adjunct professor of Information Systems at the Stern School of Business of New York University.

Has conducted research in the areas of forecasting, artificial intelligence, and decision support, with publications appearing in Decision Sciences, Information and Management, The Journal of Management Information Systems, A.I. Magazine, The Journal of the Operational Research Society, OMEGA - The International Journal of Management Science, and The International Journal of Forecasting. His current research focuses on instructional technologies. Was voted "Outstanding Teacher" by the INSEAD MBA class of 1988; was nominated again for this distinction in 1989. At Seton Hall University has been a principal player in the pilot testing and rollout of mobile (notebook) computing in the undergraduate program, was a University Teaching Fellow during the 1996-1997 academic year, was a Center for Academic Technology Faculty Fellow during the 1996-1998 academic years, and is presently Director of Faculty Development for the Stillman School of Business.

Peter Welch

Undergraduate work at the University of Wisconsin and University of Chicago.
M.S., in Mathematics, University of Wisconsin, 1951;
M.S., in Physics, New Mexico State University, 1956;
Ph.D., in Mathematical Statistics, Columbia University, 1963.
From 1951 to 1956 he was with the Physical Science Laboratory of New Mexico State University, where he worked on radar signal processing. From 1956 to 1993 he was with the IBM Research Laboratory, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. At IBM Research he worked in the areas of speech recognition, spectral estimation, queueing theory, seismic signal processing, fast Fourier methodology, pattern recognition, computer and communication system performance modeling, simulation output analysis, and graphics system design. From 1993 to the present he has worked as a consultant on statistical problems in industry and built World Wide Web sites. During the period from 1964 to the present he has frequently held adjunct positions in both the Statistics Department and the Business School at Columbia University.

Robert Willens

A CPA,
is a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers and was formerly Tax Partner-in-Charge of the Capital Markets Group at KPMG Peat Marwick in New York. In these capacities, has participated in numerous transactions where his focus has been on devising tax and accounting oriented solutions to business problems. Is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants where he served as Chairman of the Committee on Revision of the corporate tax laws. Is also a member of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and chaired that organization's Committtee on Distributions, Liquidations and Reorganizations. Is the author of Taxation of Corporate Capital Transactions (John Wiley & Sons Inc. 1984) and has authored over 200 articles for publications that include The Journal of Taxation, Tax Notes, The Tax Adviser, The Journal of Accountancy and The CPA Journal. Is a contributing editor to The Journal of Accountancy and The Journal of Taxation of Investments, and serves on the editorial board of The Journal of Accountancy. Is quoted extensively in the business press including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Barron's and The New York Times and has been named (in each of the past three years) by the CPA Review as one of the 25 most quoted certified public accountants in the United States. Is a frequent lecturer on corporate and investment tax topics and has participated in New York University's Annual Institute on Federal Taxation, National College of Tax Practice sponsored by Arizona State University and The Georgetown Law Center's Annual Tax Institute. Was named to Institutional Investor's All American Research Team in 1990, 1992, 1993-95 in the Accounting Category.