Employee Type Archives: Faculty

Cuneyt Gurcan Akcora received his M.S. from State University of New York at Buffalo, and his Ph.D. from the University of Insubria, Italy. His research interests include data science on complex networks and large-scale graph analysis, with applications in social, biological, IoT and blockchain networks. Akcora has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and has published […]

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 […]

I am an Associate Professor of Marketing at UCF College of Business, where I bring my 10+ years of experience in academia and industry to advance the field of marketing and retail transformation. I explore the intersection of product market strategy (innovation, social media, etc), non-product market strategy (sustainability, business-government relationships, etc), and emerging technologies, […]

Thyagarajan Subramanian, who prefers to be called Raja, is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the College of Business Administration, University of Central Florida. He obtained his Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Texas at Dallas. Raja’s research mainly focuses on advertising in the context of e-commerce, the on-demand economy, and traditional retailing. He […]

After more than 40 years in the corporate world as an entrepreneur, Bill decided to transition to the academic world, where he could provide training and insight to the next generation of leaders. Until 2019, he was co-founder and CEO of ClearSky Technologies, a pioneer in the delivery of hosted services to the cellular industry. […]

A marketing professional with more than 25 years of experience, Michael Kaplan recently transitioned to academia. Since 2021, he has been an Adjunct Instructor in the Marketing Department at UCF College of Business. He brings a balance of theory and practice that engages students and challenges them to find actionable insights to make the most […]

Cassi Willard is an advocate, attorney and educator for entrepreneurs and creatives. She currently serves as an Instructor in the Management Department in the College of Business and the Program Director at the Blackstone LaunchPad at the University of Central Florida. The Blackstone LaunchPad offers coaching, programming, pitch competitions and additional opportunities to make entrepreneurship […]

Dr. Michael P. Lynch is Professor of Practice in the Department of Management and Florida Partnership Director Blackstone LaunchPad. Mike teaches core UCF courses in Entrepreneurship at both the undergraduate and graduate levels including Entrepreneurship in Established Organizations, Technology Entrepreneurship, New Venture Design, and New Venture Implementation. Dr. Lynch also serves in an administrative role […]