Disciplines/Field of Instruction

• Finance
• Operations Management
• International Business
• Leadership

Degrees Received

• DBA, Management, 2024, Grand Canyon University 
• M.B.A., Sloan School of Management, 1994, 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 - International Management
• BUS 335 - Financial Statement Analysis
• BUS 415 - Operations Management
• BUS 430 - Intermediate Finance
• Previously taught courses in Operations Management, Finance, Management Concepts, Statistics, Business Mathematics, and Excel at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, University of Utah, Viterbo University, and Northern Arizona University.

Professional Experience

Prior to my experience in academia, worked over 32 years in the corporate world, including more than 25 years at Alcoa. I started out at Alcoa, starting as an industrial engineer and progressing 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. During this time, lived and worked managing finance, supply chain and operations in Russia and traveled extensively while managing large global teams in finance and procurement.

Subsequently, spent several years in consulting first with my own consultancy (Eagle Consultancy International) helping U.S. companies including Ecolab integrate Russian acquisitions with regular travel to Russia and Azerbaijan. Then worked in program management for an ERP consulting firm, Venetia Partners. Concluded my corporate career in operations leadership for an electronics recycling company, Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations.

Publications

• Eagle, B.G., Maul, J.P., and Smith, D.J., (2024). How can acquirers 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

• Love to travel and have been to all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries on five continents. Enjoy sports, photography, and reading when time permits.
• Married to Tara with three grown children adopted from Russia.
• Passionate about international missions and U.S. and world affairs.
• Currently residing in Monaca, PA and attending Life Family Church.