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The faculty has extensive experience as entrepreneurs and consultants and takes a very active role in all aspects of the Practicum, developing relationships with clients and ensuring professional products.
TL Hill, Assistant Professor, General and Strategic Management, is the Managing Director of the EMC. Once Managing Director of a publishing company, Mr. Hill has nearly 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and consultant in both for-profit (including family business) and nonprofit settings in the USA, Great Britain, Ireland, Israel and India. His research and teaching interests include entrepreneurial networks, social entrepreneurship and economic development. Mr. Hill has an Executive MBA from Temple University and is currently a PhD candidate at Temple University.
Robert A. Hamilton III , Professor of General and Strategic Management, is the Academic Director for the EMC. Dr. Hamilton has been a member of the faculty in the General and Strategic Management Department at Temple University since 1981, where he has won four awards for outstanding teaching and been Chair of the department. Dr. Hamilton is an active consultant to senior management as well as a respected researcher who has published more than 20 top-tier articles focused on industry competitive analysis and managerial control, particularly the control of multinational enterprises. Dr. Hamilton received his M.B.A. degree from the Darden School of the University of Virginia and his Ph.D. from Northwestern University.
James W. Hutchin, Clinical Professor, directs the Global Entrepreneurship in Technology specialty and is leading the Initiative for Sustainable Strategies. Mr. Hutchin has over 25 years of management experience, including as a CEO, in the financial services industry in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the USA. Mr. Hutchin is a sought-after trainer, lecturer and professor, with numerous industry publications to his credit. Mr. Hutchin has an MIM from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird), has completed the Executive Program at the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, and is a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU).
Sheryl Winston-Smith, Assistant Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship at Temple University. Sheryl's academic training includes a bachelor's degree from Yale University in Biology and History, her MPA degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University and her Ph.D. from Harvard University. Her areas of expertise and interest include: technology-related entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial finance, venture capital and corporate venturing, international entrepreneurship, and the economics of innovation, strategy and competitive advantage. Her current research includes empirical research on entrepreneurship and innovation in the medical device industry. Sheryl has held academic positions at the Sloan School of Management, MIT as well as the Carlson School of Management, University of MInnesota. Sheryl has been the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards and brings with her several years of professional experience in the private and public sectors.
Sidney E. Amster, Adjunct Clinical Professor, manages the Implementation Internship program of the EMC. Mr. Amster is an investor, consultant and CEO with more than 25 years of business experience in technology companies in Canada, the USA and Israel. Mr. Amster has worked in technical, sales, and marketing management positions in leading companies such as Oracle Corporation, as well as founding and leading companies such as ETCI and Phase II International. Mr. Amster has an MS & MBA from the University of Toronto.
Lynda Barness, Adjunct Clincial Professor, is owner and President of I Do Weddings Consulting, a wedding planning company offering personalized and customized services. Prior to the start of this recent venture, she was the President of the Barness Organization, a real estate development and homebuilding company that operated primarily in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Barness has had a range of volunteer activities inlcuding as a member of the Board of Directors/Trustees of Abington Memorial Hospital, Bucks County Community College, the Homebuilders Association of Bucks/Montgomery Counties, PennDesign, the University of Pennsylvania, the Abramson Cancer Center Director's Leadership Council, and others. Lynda received a Masters of Arts degree in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania.
Eustace Kangaju, Adjunct Clinical Professor, is a project manager for the EMC consulting courses. Mr.Kangaju has over fifteen years of experience as a small business consultant and is Director of the Temple University Small Business Development Center (SBDC) which has grown dramatically under his leadership to consult with or train over 2,000 entrepreneurs annually, procure more than $30 million in government contracts per year, and generate a continuous stream of new jobs. Mr. Kangaju has an MBA from LaSalle University.
Lee Marks, Ajunct Clinical Professor, is a corporate securities lawyer with Greenberg Traurig, an international law firm with 31 offices and more than 1900 lawyers. Mr. Marks specializes in counseling early-stage companies, and in mergers and acquisitions for companies of all sizes. Although Mr. Marks lives in Philadelphia, he was a founder of the Firm’s Tysons Corner office and served for several years as the Managing Shareholder of that office. Mr. Marks received his bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Michigan and his law degree from the Harvard Law School. Following his graduation from Harvard, he spent the 1960-61 academic year in India, on a Fulbright Scholarship, at the Indian Institute of Public Administration. Mr. Marks has served twice in the Legal Adviser’s Office of the Department of State, once as a special assistant to the Legal Adviser and once as Deputy Legal Adviser. In addition to his corporate securities practice, Mr. Marks serves as general counsel for, and has served on the boards of, several non-profit entities, including the League of American Orchestras, the White Nights Foundation of America (which supports the Mariinsky Theatre in Russia), the Washington National Opera, the Washington Bach Consort, and The Washington Chorus.
Richard L. Morris, Adjunct Clinical Professor, is a highly seasoned Information Technology executive and management consultant with a distinguished background in information technology-enabled strategic consulting. Over his career, he has specialized in the practice of business / IT alignment around certain core competencies including organizational development, investment strategy, IT governance, strategic planning and technology planning. Mr. Morris had an extensive career as an IT executive with many public corporations in a number of industries. The common thread to all of these responsibilities and accomplishments is a track record of successful alignment and strategy implementations, particularly involving major elements of business transformation and growth.
David C. Nash, Adjunct Clinical Professor, is a principle and co-owner of Windridge Design, Inc., a successful branded women’s apparel manufacturing company. Prior to that, Mr. Nash was Vice President of Strategy & Supply Chain for the Campbell Soup Away From Home businesses. In this position he was responsible for the business strategy, supply chain manufacturing and logistics operations and IT for this business unit which included the Campbell North American Foodservice, Pepperidge Farm Foodservice and Stockpot businesses. Before joining Campbell’s, Mr. Nash held general management and functional leadership roles in finance, marketing, and business development in both the consumer packaged goods and global business to business sectors of the Scott Paper Company. He holds a Master of Science degree from the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from Cornell University Johnson School of Management and an undergraduate degree from Cornell University, College of Engineering.
Stephen Partridge, Adjunct Clincal Professor, now retired (mostly), but has gained a global perspective of the direct-to-consumer marketing industry from experience as a senior executive in European, North American and Australian markets specializing in cosmetics and personal care products. He was born in the UK, but spent much of his childhood in Singapore. In 1978 he joined Yves Rocher SA, a rapidly growing French direct-to-consumer marketer of cosmetics. Working from London he was part of the international management team that built Rocher into the world’s largest cosmetic direct-marketing enterprise. In 1988 he created the original electronic retailing concept for beauty products on the recently launched QVC network, and built a significant business with QVC as the network grew through the 1990s. He also coordinated North American product strategy as Yves Rocher expanded into the Canadian and Mexican markets. On leaving Rocher, Steve built a direct marketing consultancy focused on new direct-to consumer ventures in the fields of health and personal care, fashion and publishing. His experience across both traditional and digital marketing arenas has helped him specialize in integrating new technologies into the overall marketing mix.
