Brian G. Eagle, DBA

Disciplines/Field of Instruction

• Finance
• Operations Management
• International Business
• Leadership

Degrees Received

• DBA, Management, 2024, Grand Canyon University 
• M.B.A. 1994, Sloan School of Management at MIT
• M.S. Materials Science & Engineering, 1994, MIT
• M.S. Industrial & Systems Engineering, 1987, Georgia Tech
• B.S. Industrial Engineering, 1986, University of Washington

Courses Taught

• BUS 140 - Business Computing
• BUS 313 - Leadership
• BUS 314 - Financial Statement Analysis
• BUS 415 - Operations Management
• BUS 430 - Intermediate Finance
• I previously taught courses in Operations Management, Finance, Management Concepts, Statistics, Business Mathematics, and Excel at other institutions.
• I also helped develop and deliver and corporate training course "How the Alumninum Market Works" for a private company. 

Professional Experience

Prior to my experience in academia, I worked over 32 years in the corporate world, including more than 25 years at Alcoa. I started out at Alcoa as an industrial engineer and progressed into production control, operations and maintenance management, production line start-up, mergers and acquisitions, business unit
controllership, expatriate operational and financial management, and procurement and supply chain management roles. Subsequently, I spent several years in consulting first with my own consultancy helping U.S. companies integrate Russian acquisitions and then working in program management for an ERP consulting firm. I concluded my corporate career in operations leadership for an electronics recycling company.

Publications

• Eagle, B.G., Maul, J.P., and Smith, D.J., (2024). How can acquirors predict returns from mergers and acquisitions using cultural distance? Journal of International Business and Cultural Studies, 14. https://www.aabri.com/jibcs.html

Distinctions

• Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from Villanova University
• Graduate of Pittsburgh Serving Leaders' Collaborative
• Certified in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management by ISM
• Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional by SMRP
• Certified in Production Control and Inventory Mgmt. by APICS

Miscellaneous

• I love to travel and have been to all 50 states and dozens of foreign contries on five continents. I enjoy sports and reading when time permits.
• I am married to Tara with three grown children (Violetta, Demyan & Danil).
• We reside in Monaca, PA and attend Life Family Church.