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EDUCATION
University of Missouri
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PhD Finance, May 2011 (anticipated)
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Juris Doctorate, May 2007
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MBA, May 2007
Brigham Young University
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BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering 1990
United States Army Military Intelligence School
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Electronic Warfare and Countermeasures, 1980
FORTHCOMING PAPERS
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European Corporate Governance Codes: An Empirical Analysis of their Content, Variability and Convergence (with Stephen Ferris, Armin Kammel and Gregory Noronha) European Financial Management, forthcoming
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Brockman, Paul and Cicon, James (2009). Impact of Hard and Soft Information on Trading Volume. In Gregoriou, G.N. (ed.), Handbook of Trading. McGraw-Hill, NY
PAPERS UNDER REVIEW
- Managerial Expectations and the Performance of Acquiring
Firms: The Contribution of Soft Data (with Jonathon Clarke, Steve
Ferris, and Narayanan Jayaraman)
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The Information Content of Management Earnings Forecasts: An
Analysis of Hard versus Soft Data (with Paul Brockman)
WORKING PAPERS
- IPO Underpricing and Soft Information (with Grant McQueen and Jim Brau)
- Long Termism vs. Short Termism: A Textual Analysis of Annual Shareholder Letters (with Steve Ferris and Chris Groening)
PRESENTATIONS
- Czech University, Prague, Czech Republic, 2010
- European Financial Management Association Annual Meetings, 2010
- Financial Management Association Annual Meetings, 2010
- South Florida University, 2009
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Financial Management Association Annual Meetings, 2009
- Brigham Young University, 2009
- Contracting and Organizations Research Institute, 2009
- Financial Management Association
Annual Meetings, 2008
SELECTED COMPETITIVE RESEARCH AWARDS
- Travel Award to Prague, Czech Republic, to present one of my papers on European Corporate Governance, 2010
- Trulaske College of Business Top Student Researcher (cash prize), 2010
- Summer Research Fellowship Grant, 2009
- Summer Research Fellowship Grant, 2008
- Integrated Functional Perspective Research Competition (substantial cash prize), 2005
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Financial Management and Policy, University of Missouri, Winter 2008
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Solo Instructor, responsible for all aspects of the class, including
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Textbook selection and syllabus creation, lecture preparation and presentation, assignments, quizzes, exams
Portfolio Management, University of Missouri, Fall 2007
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Solo Instructor, responsible for all aspects of the class, including
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Textbook selection and syllabus creation, lecture preparation
and presentation, assignments, quizzes, exams
Business Law, University of Missouri, 2004 -
2007
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Taught five semesters of Business Law
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Responsible for three lab sections per week, or about 100 students per week
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Hewlett Packard: Inkjet Products Division, Vancouver WA.
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Managed cross-functional & global new product development tasks. Regularly exercised significant independent judgment within broadly defined policies and practices to determine best methods for achieving mission objectives
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Windows NT/XP kernel mode drivers: Wrote software to connect Windows to inkjet printers
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PCI drivers: Wrote software to connect embedded operating systems to PCI hardware
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NDIS drivers: Wrote software to connect embedded operating systems to local area networks
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Provided mentoring and guidance to lower level employees
Prior Employment
Available on request.
MILITARY SERVICE AND CHURCH MISSION
Regular Army, Military Intelligence, Top Secret SCI Clearance 1978- 19833
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Operated live missions on the Iron Curtain and in occupied Berlin
Church Mission: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
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Worked in Vienna, Austria. Speak fluent German.
OTHER NON-FINANCE PUBLICATIONS
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Cable Reflectometer (time domain reflectometry) Electronics Now, December 1996
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Magnetic Levitation, Popular Electronics, May 1996
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A Telephone Company in a Shoe Box, Electronics Now, September 1995
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Poor Man's Radio Transmitter, Popular Electronics, November 1995
REFERENCES
Available on request
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