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Dr. Harwood Hoover
Department Chairperson
Professor of Business Administration
Phone: (616) 632-2931
E-mail: hoovehar@aquinas.edu |
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| Woody Hoover
was raised in Tokyo, Japan and northwest suburban Chicago.
He left Chicago to take a Navy scholarship at the University
of Colorado where he was active in student government.
Upon his graduation, the Navy assigned him to a destroyer where he served as gunnery
officer and later as combat information officer during
Vietnam area operations. Upon leaving the Navy, Woody
joined the Martin Marietta Corporation (now Lockheed
Martin) where he took over the West Michigan sales
territory for the company's aluminum division. He found
that selling forged pistons, sheet, plate and extrusions
was a great way to learn about the industrial economy
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| Woody finished his MBA at Western Michigan University and was offered a position at Martin Marietta Corporate headquarters in Washington D.C., but he and his wife decided that they wanted to stay in their lakefront house in Michigan. Woody went to work for the Upjohn Company (Pharmacia and Upjohn) as a Market Analyst, and later joined Amway where he served as Supervisor of Market Plans. Joining Aquinas as adjunct faculty, Woody later took a full time position. He completed his Ph.D. in Business Administration at Michigan State. Since completing his graduate work, he has kept busy as a teacher, administrator, author, consultant, township planner, church leader and most importantly, husband and father. |
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Kristel J Heinz-Ciullo
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Phone: (616) 632-2934
E-mail: heinzkri@aquinas.edu |
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| Kristel Heinz-Ciullo first joined Aquinas College in 1987, teaching advertising. Professor Heinz-Ciullo now teaches advertising and public relations, as well as the introductory course, Fundamentals of Organizations. In addition, she teaches in the marketing concentration area in the Master of Management program. She holds a bachelor's degree in economics and political science from Kalamazoo College, the Master of Management from Aquinas, and the MBA from Grand Valley State University. Professor Heinz-Ciullo's background includes working in legislative affairs at the Kalamazoo County Chamber of Commerce and at Amway Corp., where she also worked in international public affairs. |
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Dr. Swithina Mboko
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Phone: (616) 632-2119
E-mail: s.mboko@aquinas.edu |
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| Dr. Swithina Mboko joined Aquinas College faculty in 2009 where she teaches courses in the Business Administration Department. Dr. Mboko studied for her PhD in Entrepreneurship and Strategy with Umea University, Sweden and The University of Zimbabwe. She holds an MBA from the University of Zimbabwe and a Bachelors Degree in Commerce from the University of South Africa. Prior joining Aquinas College Swithina had a joint appointment between the Departments of Management and Women’s Studies at St Cloud State University, Minnesota where she taught a variety of classes, including International Business, Principles of Management, Entrepreneurship, Small Business Management, Women and Business, and Gender and Globalization. |
| Dr. Swithina Mboko, who is from Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, has also been a Senior Lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe in the School of Commerce, with teaching responsibilities in graduate and undergraduate programs, and has worked for The Small Business Development Corporation. Her international background includes practical management experience, consultancy, management development training, and small business development. Through PriceWaterhouse Coopers Swithina's consultancy portfolio has included Southern Africa Regional clients such as Government of Namibia Department of Public Service, Botswana Power Corporation, Barclays Bank Int'l, and Coca Cola Central Africa. |
| Swithina’s research interests are in Entrepreneurship and Women in Business, an area in which she has several conference papers and publications. |
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Ron Visscher
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Phone: (616) 632-2426
E-mail: visscron@aquinas.edu |
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| Ron was raised in East Grand Rapids, has worked on five continents and lives with his spouse and four children in Holland, Michigan. His career has involved work with large organizations, such as Daimler-Benz, Bridgestone (Firestone), IBM, Whirlpool and the United Nations. He also has significant experience with small entrepreneurial companies serving diverse clients in multiple sectors. A common approach throughout his career has been to design, develop and apply technology from a marketing and managerial perspective, i.e. in a way that satisfies market needs and creates competitive advantage. This approach has led to opportunities in R&D and new product development, e.g. software and other IT. |
| Ron has a Masters in Management from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and has finished all but the dissertation for the Ph.D. in Evaluation. Evaluation is a specialized area of managerial science that uses applied research methods, such as needs assessment and regression analysis, to determine (potential and actual) value created (or destroyed) as a result of different business decisions from individual, group and societal perspectives. He is thrilled with the opportunity to pass on his practical management experiences and technical skills to Aquinas students interested in becoming agents for positive change within their chosen fields and communities. |
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Paul Weber
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Phone: (616) 632-2932
E-mail: weberpau@aquinas.edu |
| Paul teaches courses in investments, financial management, managerial bizing and research methods at the graduate and undergraduate levels. His current research and consulting interests are in the areas of strategic financial and cost management. Paul's degrees include a B.B.A and a M.B.A. from Western Michigan University and he has completed all but the dissertation requirement (A.B.D.) for a Ph.D. from Michigan State University. All are in Business Administration with a major or concentration in finance. |
| Prior to becoming a full-time academic, Paul was involved in management of operations for a regional department store chain. Since then, he has been on the faculty of Western Michigan University, Saginaw Valley State University and the University of Indiana at South Bend. He has had papers accepted for publication in the Journal of Bank Research and Management bizing. In addition, he has been a consultant to organizations on financial analysis and planning. |
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