Department Archives: Integrated Business Degree Program

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 oversees the day-to-day operations of the TIDES program and serve as the liaison between the DeVos program and league and media contacts. He will also manage a team of graduate assistants that helps produce the annual Racial and Gender Report Cards that grade the hiring practices for college and professional organizations, including the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Dr. Penn is a lecturer at UCF and teaches the Integrated Business Foundations course. He has taught and served students from around the world in undergraduate and graduate programs at Harvard and other institutions in the areas of business and other integrated fields such as environmental management and sustainability, film, psychology, information technology and government […]

Dr. Sönmez is the former Associate Dean for Faculty, Research and Graduate Programs at UCF College of Business. She holds a doctorate from Penn State University, a Master’s degree from Clemson University, and a B.B.A. from Bernard Baruch College/City University of New York. Her research is interdisciplinary and applied and delves broadly into the nexus […]

Dr. Gallo is a Lecturer in Human Resources who works for the University of Central Florida in the College of Business. Jim has 20+ years of leadership experience as a senior executive in Human Resources and Organizational consulting. He earned his Ph.D. in Industrial & Organizational Psychology from Florida Tech and holds an MBA and […]