Education

MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 2005 - 2009

Ph.D. in Management (specialization Accounting and Corporate Finance)

Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA 2003 - 2005

M.S. in Finance

William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri, USA 1999 - 2003

B.S. in Economics and Accounting

Work Experience

Academic and Teaching Experience

Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China Sep 2017 - present

Visiting Professor

Kazakh-British Technical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Associate Professor / Professor of Finance 2013 - 2017

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA 2009 - 2013 Assistant Professor

MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 2005 - 2009 Teaching Instructor

University Management Experience

Kazakh-British Technical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Vice President for Graduate and International Programs 2014 – 2017

Dean of the Business School 2013 - 2014

Taught courses

To Executive Education, MBA, and M.S. in Finance students:

Executive Education courses: Financial Statement Analysis for Executives, Accounting for Senior Managers, Financial Risk Management for Executives, Valuing Projects and Companies

Master's-level courses: Financial Statement Analysis, Equity Analysis & Valuation, Financial Derivatives, Quantitative Investment Management, Venture Capital

Undergraduate courses: Financial Statement Analysis, Business Valuation, Quantitative Investment Management, Financial Risk Management

Graduate courses: Equity Analysis and Valuation, Fixed Income Instruments, Portfolio Management Conducted research in valuation, commodity company analysis, alternative asset financing, etc.

Commercial Practice

Boston Sloan Capital, Carson City, Nevada, USA 2007 - present

Principal and Founder

Special Economic Zone “Seaport Aktau”, Aktau, Kazakhstan 2012 - 2016

Independent Member of the Board of Directors

MIT Entrepreneurship Competition, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 2006 - 2007 Finance Director

Cochran, Head & Co., Kansas City, Missouri, USA 2000 - 2003

Accountant & Auditor

Achievements in Academic Research

Key speaker at the International Conference on Transformations and Innovations in Management at Shanghai University, Shanghai, China (Sep 2017)

Key speaker at the British Council roundtable “We Are Almaty: Engaging Citizens in Smart City Development”, Almaty, Kazakhstan (May 2017)

Panel discussant at the conference “Developing the Sustainability Mindset: The Central Asian Way” at Narxoz University, Almaty, Kazakhstan (Apr 2017)

Member of the Board of Advisors meetings of the Kazakh-British Competitiveness Center, Henley Business School, University of Reading, U.K. (Nov 2015, July 2016, Feb 2017)

Key speaker / organizer of the “KBTU Business Plan Competition”, Almaty, Kazakhstan (May 2014 – 2016)

Moderator at World Bank Conference “World Development Report: Digital Dividends”, Almaty, Kazakhstan (Feb 2016)

Key speaker / organizer of the “KBTU Business School Conference”, Almaty, Kazakhstan (Feb 2014 – 2016)

UK‐Kazakhstan Inter‐Governmental Commission, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London, U.K. (Nov 2015)

Key speaker at the “SEE into the Future Conference”, Astana, Kazakhsta (Nov 2014 & 2015)

1st International Conference on Business and Social Sciences, King’s College, London, U.K. (Nov 2014)

Speaker at the conference “Internationalization and Integration of Business Education”, Almaty, Kazakhstan (Apr 2014)

Speaker at the forum “Entrepreneurship & Business Education in the Emerging World”, Almaty, Kazakhstan (Nov 2013)

Discussant at the roundtable “Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan” organized by the U.S. Consulate General, Almaty, Kazakhstan (Jul 2013)

Moderator of the panel at the International Forum “ЕХРО-2017: Regional Initiatives”, Aktau, Kazakhstan (Jan 2013)

23rd Annual Financial Economics and Accounting Conference at the University of South California, Los Angeles, USA (Nov 2012)

Judge at the “Technology Commercialization Reactor”, Almaty, Kazakhstan (Oct 2012)

5th European Risk Conference, Tudor Research Center, Luxembourg (Sep 2012)

Moderator of the Investment Forum “Creating New Industries in Western Kazakhstan”, Aktau, Kazakhstan (Sep 2012)

2012 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA (Aug 2012)

Member of the jury panel at the Innovation Congress at the 5th Astana Economic Forum, Astana, Kazakhstan (May 2012)

2011 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA (Aug 2011)

2011 Empirical Conference, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (Apr 2011)

2010 HKUST Accounting Research Symposium, Hong Kong (Dec 2010)

21st Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA (Nov 2010)

Center for Accounting Research and Education (CARE) Conference, Miami, Florida, USA (Apr 2010)

American Accounting Association FARS Mid-Year Meeting, San Diego, California, USA (Jan 2010)

22nd Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (Dec 2009)

3rd European Risk Conference, Nottingham University, London, U.K. (Sep 2009)

Center for Accounting Research and Education Conference, National University of Singapore, Singapore (May 2009)

Journal of Accounting and Economics Conference, University of Rochester, New York, USA (Oct 2008)

American Accounting Association Doctoral Consortium, Lake Tahoe, California, USA (Jun 2008)

Information, Markets & Organization Conference at Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Jun 2007, 2008) • Issues in Financial Reporting Conference, University of Texas – Austin, Texas, USA (Mar 2007)

American Finance Association Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Jan 2006)

Journal of Accounting and Economics Conference at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (Oct 2005)

Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance Conference at NYU, New York, USA (Jan 2005)