Department Archives: Integrated Business Degree Program

Overview Dr. Nihat Ahmed is an educator and marketing professional with over a decade of experience in the industry. His expertise includes marketing, sales, business management, entrepreneurship, and leadership. His teaching philosophy bridges theoretical frameworks with real-world applications, enabling students to gain practical insights into today’s evolving business landscape. Dr. Ahmed has taught a wide […]

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Alfred Whiffen is an instructor in the Integrated Business program at UCF. Since 2009, he has led Sales and Marketing efforts of startup and early-stage companies in Eastern Canada. He recently joined RouteThis of Kitchener, Ontario, as a Senior Enterprise Account Executive and is responsible for driving the company’s sales efforts with Tier I telecommunication […]

Brandon Brown is a lecturer in the DeVos Sport Business Management and Integrated Business programs at UCF. He also serves as the liaison between the DeVos program and league and media contacts. Prior to returning to UCF, he served as an associate professor at the Tisch Institute for Global Sport at NYU and worked with […]

Eric Litton, Ph.D., is a Lecturer in the Integrated Business department at UCF College of Business. Prior to joining the University of Central Florida, he taught at numerous other institutions, including Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland, and the University of West Indies in Jamaica. He has taught courses ranging from management to finance […]

Dr. Elizabeth Yost joined the IB faculty in the Fall of 2023 and teaches the Business Climate Analysis course. Prior to joining IB, Dr. Yost was an assistant professor at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management of UCF. At Rosen, she taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate classes for the Hospitality Services department, including […]

Adrien Bouchet is the Richard & Helen DeVos Foundation Endowed Chair and Eminent Scholar of the DeVos Sport Business Management Program. He is also Chair of the Integrated Business program. Bouchet came to UCF from the University of Tulsa where he spent 12 years as the Warren Clinic Endowed Professor, Sport Business. He also served […]

Ray Eddy (pronounced Ee-dee) received his bachelor’s degrees in Mathematics and Economics from Duke University. After working for a year, he returned to Duke and obtained his Master’s degree in Teaching. In 2021, he received his Ph.D. here at UCF in a program called Texts and Technology. In that program, he focused on the concept […]

Connect with Dr. López Gómez on LinkedIn Sara López Gómez, Ph.D., teaches Business Climate Analysis with the Integrated Business Program. Originally from Colombia, Dr. López Gómez first gained experience as part of the top management team of two continuing education institutions largely working with underserved communities. While obtaining her MBA, she was invited to be […]

Dr. Sara Willox is a Lecturer in the Integrated Business Department at the University of Central Florida (UCF). She joined UCF in 2020 to designing and instruct the Business Research for Decision Making course, a secondary core class in the REAL format utilizing the DMAIC model to teach problem-solving and decision-making skills with a foundation […]