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COLLEGE OF BUSINESS FACULTY

TAYLOR, TOM, Ed.D

Dean, College of Business

Dr. Tom Taylor has been a management professor, guest lecturer, and a frequent guest speaker for various Universities throughout Southern California including Chapman University, Vanguard University, and Pepperdine University. He holds a doctorate in Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine University and a Master's degree in Organizational Management from Azusa Pacific University.

Dr. Taylor's dissertation research was composed of a case study titled The Servant Leadership of John Wooden. This case study is the only one of its kind, which examines Coach Wooden’s leadership philosophy through the lens of the Servant Leadership Model. Dr. Taylor is considered an expert in Servant Leadership and is frequently asked to present his research on the topic and the findings of his case study to business, academic groups, and conferences.

Dr. Taylor has published various articles and a number papers awaiting publication. He is currently in the process of writing and publishing a book titled The Servant Leadership of John Wooden: The Enduring Legacy of a Great Leader On and Off the Court.

In addition to teaching and guest speaking, Dr. Taylor serves as a consultant in a variety of areas, including leadership development, dissertation coaching, and the advisement of future doctoral students. With a degree in Environmental Engineering, Dr. Taylor has served as a Senior Environmental Consultant for over 16 years with a professional expertise in environmental education, environmental engineering and consulting, water quality, health and safety, and regulatory compliance. He has held various leadership positions for private consulting and contracting firms.

BRASFIELD, GIOVANNA, DPA, Ed.D
Associate DEAN
Dr. Giovanna Brasfield has an extensive background in community involvement through her engagement in educational issues, capacity building, transportation concerns, economic development and social issues. Dr. Brasfield’s actions and leadership roles have coined her as “A Woman on the Rise”.

Dr. Brasfield was the Past Ballot Measure Committee Co-Chair for the Los Angeles County Democratic Party (LACDP), Past Treasurer for the California Democratic Party – African American Caucus (2009-2008), Financial Secretary for the Los Angeles African American Women Public Action Committee (LAAAWPAC) (2009-Present)Delegate for the 52nd Assembly District for the California Democratic Party and the Los Angeles Democratic Party, a Commissioner on the City of Compton’s Oversight Committee (2009-2008), Commissioner for Compton Unified School District Bond Oversight Committee (2009-2008), a Member of the Sisters of the Academy Institute, Founder of the Consortium of American Schools, Colleges, and Universities (CASCU), Founder of the Economic Empowerment & Development Foundation, Corporate Member of the Regional Black Chamber of Commerce, Member of American Society of Public Administration (ASPA), and evolved with many other organizations.

DAVIDSON, JOSH, MBA

Assistant Professor of Business

Prof. Davidson graduated from Harding University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication. He spent time as a general assignments reporter for ABC News in Grand Junction, Colorado before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in business. Josh has worked in numerous management positions for the Walt Disney Company and Hilton Hotels Corporation specializing in the area of guest relations. In 2007 he received an MBA with an emphasis in management from the University of Phoenix, which served as the inspiration to pursue fulltime private business ownership.

In late 2003, Josh founded the public relations and marketing firm known as Moving Target Communications (MTC). After signing a handful of small business clients, the MTC portfolio began to grow in 2007 and Josh left a management position with the Hilton Hotels Corporation to oversee the influx. He is the current Business Director of Beach City Group, LLC and the managing partner of Moving Target Communications.

SHU, STEVE, MBA, ME

Assistant Professor of Business

Professor Shu holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and both an ME and BS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. He is a management consultant and business development professional with over sixteen years of industry experience and provides both interim management and business strategy, marketing, finance, and operations consulting services to clients. Specialty sectors include high-tech, software, services, communications/telecom, startups, and growth-phase companies.

Professor Shu has held a number consulting and management roles, including as a principal consultant with Nortel Business Consulting where he incubated the business and led the carrier practice to provide services such as business and marketing plan development & spectrum valuation, Vice President of Operations and Business Development for FiveSight (acquired by Intalio) where he played a lead role in obtaining both corporate venture capital financing and new clients, COO for 21Publish where he helped with international expansion and deal structuring for lighthouse accounts in the Web 2.0 social media space, and management consultant with Pittiglio Rabin Todd and McGrath (PRTM) where he helped to develop the operational processes for growth-phase companies and carve-outs.

Professor Shu has consulted to numerous clients throughout his career, including Vodafone UK, TeleCable, WoltersKluwer Health, PUC Telecom, Kingston Communications, Telkom Indonesia, GTE, SpectraSite, BenefitMall, and Advocate Healthcare.

MATAI, SEEMA, MBA
Professor of Business
In 1996 Matai received her BA in Communication from UC Santa Barbara. It was there that she participated in the National Television Violence Study (NTVS) commissioned by Senator Paul Simon. Matai holds an MBA with and emphasis on Marketing and Management Information Systems from UC Riverside.

 At Riverside, she taught and assisted in instruction of Marketing, Market Research, Consumer Behavior, and Business Strategy. Her Master’s Thesis was on Linux and its application in the field of Retail Technology. She also conducted projects for multi-million dollar corporations such as Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Epson and Icee.

After completing her MBA, she entered the Internet industry as an Auctions Manager. She moved from the Internet industry to J.D. Power and Associates to conduct automotive studies. While there, she worked closely with large-scale organizations such as Nissan, Volkswagen, Subaru and Daimler Chrysler. In April of 2002, she began her own venture called Interactive Focus. Today, Subaru still remains one of Matai’s clients. Her professional awards are: The Bank of America Achievement Award in Business; The Santa Barbara Industry and Educational Council and Business Award; Soroptomist’s Young Woman of the Year for Southern California; UCSB Department of Communication Award Outstanding Community Service Award; 2005 Nominee San Fernando Valley Business Journal Women Who Mean Business Award.

Associate Professor of Business

Alexander Bradley graduated with a BA degree in Physics with a minor in Mathematics from San Diego State University. In 1977 Alex furthered his educational achievements by obtaining his MBA from Pepperdine University. Throughout the course of his career, Alex also attained many other industrial certificates including Cisco Router Configuration, CDP, CNE, and Network+.

He sat as president on various business organizations including Custom Information Systems, Netus Corporation, and National Digital Corporation. Alex later founded 2 useful business companies, ROM Memories and Vanguard Data Systems. His combined experience provoked a desire to pass on his knowledge.

For the past 25 years, Alex Bradley has been an instructor at various Universities around the world.

Assistant Professor of Business

Audit, accounting and risk control professional with 17 years of Fortune 15 domestic and international experience in financial, regulatory, legal, compliance, accounting and risk-based analysis and project management. Proven track record for creating, implementing and monitoring financial, compliance, audit and risk based enterprise-wide and worldwide programs and corresponding employee training for all organizational levels. Ph.D. and D.B.A. candidate in International Business Management with M.B.A., M.Sc., C.P.A. and strong research background in financial, accounting, auditing and corporate governance matters. Adjunct Professor at the International School of Management M.B.A. program. Fluent Spanish speaker.

ROSS, RON, MBA

Assistant Professor of Business

Prof. Ross received his MBA from California State University, Long Beach and his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Southern Illinois University.

He has owned and operated Multi-Library Services, Inc. for more than 25 years. He also served as an officer in the United States Navy aboard the USS Taluga.

Prof. Ross is the CFO for First Priority Investments, Inc. and serves on the board of directors as Vice President of the non-profit organization Ballet Etudes.

Associate Professor of Business

Since 1993, Samuel Simmons has been teaching various Business courses at High schools and Universities throughout California. He specializes in Computer applications, management, and organizational leadership. For twenty years, Samuel worked as a Business store manager and trainer at both K-Mart and Video Concepts.

In 1998, he was voted by his students as the most inspirational teacher and received a commendation form the Mayor of Los Angeles. Since then, he has developed curriculum for various courses including Business Law and Virtual Enterprise.

Samuel received his MBA from Argosy University in 2005 and is currently in the dissertation phase working towards his DBA in Management.

Assistant Professor of Business

Andy Anderson is a project producer with 22 years technology and business solution experience. Andy has an exceptional broad range of hands-on expertise and experience implementing sound project practices, aligning project goals with organizational. He has performed large, small and multiple projects for organizations including: Valeant Pharmaceutical, Amgen, GE Energy, Los Angeles Police Department, 24 Hour Fitness, Johns Manville, Rockwell Semiconductors, The Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, City and County of San Francisco, Qualcomm, Intuit, Cendant, Qwest Communications, ICG Telecom Group and many others. Andy has also designed and initiated a pharmaceutical tech transfer project for 80 products, a $30 million product line creating 40 project timelines and working with the supply manager and the marketing team to develop 12 new products.

Andy obtained his MA in Organizational Development at the Fielding Graduate University , and also has two Bachelor degrees in Liberal Studies and Agricultural Science.

TAN, KIRSTY, MBA, PhD candidate

Assistant Professor of Business

Kirsty Tan is an experienced and multi-lingual professional with exposure to international organizations based in USA, China, Canada, Japan, and many others. She has over nineteen years of diverse corporate experience including accounting, finance, strategic leadership, organizational development, project management, process improvement, and financial system implementation.

Kirsty is currently the Principal for KST Consulting LLC where she provides coaching to the senior executive and management team. She also led a team of 25 professionals in a successful organizational change initiative.

Kirsty Tan received her MBA at Deakin University in Australia and is currently a candidate for a Doctorate in Philosophy at the International school of Management.

Assistant Professor of Business

Stephen Chan received his MBA from Pepperdine University in 1991 and his CPA License in 1982.

Since 1994, Stephen holds partnership with Grand Central Square, a $60 million commercial, residential, parking, and office complex where he manages the finance and accounting department.

For the last 25 years, Stephen Chan has specialized in financial accounting and managing, including preparing financial statements, audit schedules, corporate and partnership tax returns, real estate accounting, construction accounting and other various financial advisement.

Assistant Professor of Business

Assistant Prof. Quimpo received her BA in Psychology from Philippine Normal College in 1982 and MA in Psychology from University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines in 1986. She also received her Master of Arts in Christian Education major in Educational Management from Philippine Association of Christian Education (PACE) Graduate School of Christian Education (PGSCE) Quezon City, Philippines 1994. Prof Quimpo received her Master in Public Management from Development Academy of the Philippines Pasig City, Metro Manila in 1995.

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