Gregory W. Haselden, CPA
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Greg Haselden is an accountant and educator who has served both for- profit and not-for-profit business concerns for over 10 years. As an accountant, Greg's areas of responsibility have spanned from general accounting services for small local businesses to auditing national middle-market public companies. In the classroom, Greg brings a "real life" experience that animates the learning experience of students. Greg received a BA degree with honors in accounting from Furman University. He is a licensed certified public accountant in the State of South Carolina, and he is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the South Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants (SCACPA). Greg currently serves as the Vice President for Finance and Operations and Treasurer of the Board of Trustees at Erskine College in Due West, South Carolina, in addition to regularly teaching as an adjunct instructor for Furman University's Undergraduate Evening Studies.
Courses taught Furman:
ACC 311 Intermediate Accounting I
ACC 320 Cost Accounting
ACC 330 Auditing |
Ian Bradley CPA(NC), MBA, CMA, CFM, ACMA
Ian Bradley's Links:
www.imanet.org
www.IFRS.com
www.iasb.org
www.aicpa.org
www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
www.WorldBank.org |
Ian Bradley holds an MBA from the University of South Carolina, with a concentration in International Studies. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of North Carolina, a Certified Management Accountant and a Certified Financial Manager.
Ian has 16 years of "real world" accounting expertise. He has held controller roles at both site and corporate levels in Europe and the USA and has led the implementation of accounting information systems in Europe the US and China. He brings a unique insight into the classroom from his experience of building accounting infrastructure from the ground up, in large and small companies.
Ian has served on the board of the Greenville chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants for the last 4 years, holding the roles of Chapter President and Vice President of Communications.
Ian is currently the controller for T&S Brass and Bronze Works where he manages the day to day controller functions for T&S's Travelers Rest and Shanghai facilities.
Courses taught at Furman:
ACC 360 International Accounting
ACC 350 Accounting Information Systems
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Rusty Copsey
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Rusty Copsey has taught for UES since 1998. He holds a BS in Finance and an MBA from the University of South Carolina. He has worked for Carolina First Bank, Regions Bank and is currently a Risk Manager in the Community Bank Group at Wachovia Bank. Rusty teaches Finance and Money and Banking in the Evening program.
BS Finance - University of South Carolina
MBA - University of South Carolina
Courses taught at Furman:
BUS 340 - Finance
BUS 442 - Financial Institutions
ECN 241- Money and Banking |
Michael Elliott
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Courses taught at Furman:
ACC 340 Federal Income Taxation
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Paul Batson |
Paul Batson is a licensed accountant and financial consultant with Batson Accounting and Tax, P.A., and has served as its president since the inception of the firm in 1987. Batson Accounting and Tax, P.A., provides accounting, tax and financial consulting services to individuals and small companies in the Greenville area.
For 38 years, Batson has also been a college instructor and has served as an adjunct professor at Furman University for over 35 years teaching courses in economics, investment management and personal finance. Additionally, he has taught numerous courses in the fundamentals of the stock market and portfolio management, as well as other courses in business and personal financial matters.
Before going into private practice in 1987, he served as chief financial officer of a regional business in Greenville, and previously worked for an international firm as accounting manager and cost accountant.
Paul has been actively involved in higher education not only as a teacher, but also as a Trustee at Greenville Technical College. Currently, he serves as Chairman of the Greenville Area Commission for Technical Education, the governing board of Greenville Tech, and serves as Vice-Chair of the SC Association of Technical College Commissioners.
For several years, Batson was actively involved in the Greenville Chapter of the National Association of Accountants(now the Institute of Management Accountants), and served as its president in 1984. In that year, the organization earned national honors for its achievements in professional issues and community involvement.
"Teaching for UES at Furman is a joy in my life! The interactions with mature students is always rewarding and I often feel I learn more than they do! The program is a wonderful extension of Furman's excellence."
Courses taught at Furman:
BUS 440 Investments Management |
Bill Stubbs |
Bill Stubbs is the Sr. Director of Human Resources for BI-LO, LLC headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina. He has worked in retail human resources for over 27 years.
In his current capacity Bill is responsible for the HR function for all 16,000 employees in the 207 stores BI-LO Operates in 4 states. In addition he oversees the Training, and Management Development functions for BI-LO. This includes the BI-LO School of Business, the company's Corporate University, which Bill founded in 1996 and holds the designation of Dean Emeritus. The BI-LO School of Business has won awards from the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) in 2002 and 2004 in recognition as a worldwide best practice in the Supermarket industry. Additionally Bill has consulted with retail companies all over the world including Asia, South America, and Europe on Human Resources issues.
Bill received a B.A. from Louisiana College in Mass Communications and his Master's in Organizational Communications from Baylor University. As a graduate student at Baylor, he taught Public Speaking and Fundamentals of Speech. He also designed and conducted management training seminars for the Baylor Banking Institute, a program for banking executives throughout the Southwest.
Bill is an adjunct professor on the faculty of both Furman and Clemson Universities where he teaches Human Resources Management, Organizational Behavior, and Business Management courses each year. He has also conducted over 1000 training seminars and workshops throughout the world.
In addition to his business responsibilities, Bill is active in many professional, civic, and religious organizations and currently serves on the board of the Julie Valentine Center and the Food Marketing Institute's Human Resources Advisory Committee.
Courses taught at Furman:
BUS 315 Human Resource Management |
John Meindl |
John Meindl manages a Partner Private Equity Fund and is a Board Advisor and Member to several Public and Private Companies.
Courses taught at Furman:
BUS 312 The Sustainable Corporation
BUS 330 Operations Management
BUS 450 Strategic Management
BUS 320 Marketing
BUS 411 Entrepreneurship and New Venture Development |
Don Scales |
Don Scales joined iCrossing in 2006 as President & Chief Operating Officer. At that time, iCrossing generated revenues of $15 million, losing approximately $6M in EBITDA, and was known primarily for its offerings in natural and paid search. The company, based in Scottsdale, Arizona, employed approximately 100 people in 2006.
Over the next two years (2006-2008), Mr. Scales broadened the offerings of the company to include a full array of interactive services and significantly expanded the company geographical footprint largely through the acquisition of targeted domestic companies (NewGate Internet, Proxicom, and Sharp Analytics), as well as key interactive providers in Germany (3G Net) and the United Kingdom (Spannerworks). By 2008, the company was a vibrant, profitable performer as a full-service interactive shop, and with revenues that exceeded $100 million, profits that exceeded 20% EBITDA, and headcount approaching 550.
In June of 2010, this growing company, now with revenues of over $160 million, EBITDA margins in excess of $30M, Net Promoter Client Satisfaction Scores above 45%, and some 750 employees was sold to Hearst Corporation for $450 Million. Mr. Scales continues as Chief Executive Officer of iCrossing, where he directs the growth of the company and the excellence of the services that it provides to its growing list of client organizations.
Courses taught at Furman:
BUS 320 Marketing Principles |
Lance Vischer
B.S. Business Administration
B.S. Economics
M.S. Economics
Ph.D. candidate, Economics |
Courses taught at Furman:
ECN 101 Macroeconomics
ECN 102 Microeconomics
ECN 241 Money and Banking
ECN 356 Managerial Economics
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Mary Grant
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Mary Grant is a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures in Furman's day program. She has been teaching the three General Education Requirement Spanish classes for the past 10 years. Previously, Mary worked for Michelin Tire Corporation where she was employed for about 12 years as a Language Teacher.
Mary is a 1980 Furman graduate, who has also studied in Madrid with Vanderbilt as an undergraduate in 1978. She directed Study Abroad in Madrid in 2004 and 2005.
Courses taught at Furman:
SPN 110 Elementary Spanish |
Margaret Oakes Ph.D.
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Margaret J. Oakes is an Associate Professor of English at Furman University. After a five-year stint as a securities regulation attorney in Chicago, Professor Oakes matriculated at Stanford University for the Ph.D. She has taught at Furman for thirteen years, and this is her first year teaching in UES. Her research interests are in British Renaissance literature, Renaissance humanist education, children's fantasy literature, and British detective fiction.
Courses taught at Furman:
FYW 1100 The History of Detective Fiction |
Vance Jenkins
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Courses taught at Furman:
ENG 201 - British and American Literature to 1798
ENG 202 - British and American Literature since 1798
ENG 212 Journalism, Principles and Practices
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