Spotlights

Originally from Austria, Dr. Michael Leube grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area where he received his B.A. in Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1994. He then returned to Vienna to finish his M.A. in Anthropology at the University of Vienna in 1999. While studying at the Institute for Human Biology in Vienna, he had the privilege to work with Prof. Dr. Pavao Rudan, and decided to write his Ph.D. thesis under his guidance at the Institute for Anthropological Research in Zagreb. His thesis concerned anthropological theory and method as practiced in Berkeley, London and Vienna. He graduated in 2003.

In Vienna, Dr. Leube worked as a staff writer and reporter of politics and environmentalism for the Wiener Zeitung (November 1995-November 1997). In the summer of 1999, he participated in a nutritional and anthropometrical research project evaluating the intervention of international NGOs in the Lago Attitlan region, Guatemala for the Universidad Autonóma de Madrid and the Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala (June- August 1999). For the “African Medical Research Facility (AMREF)”, he worked on research and assessment of primary and secondary schools as well as applied nutrition projects in Mombassa, Kenya (July 2001) and for “Creative Handicrafts” he worked with underprivileged women in the slums of Mumbay, India (Summer 2003).

Since January 2001, he has worked as professor of anthropology, sociology, demography, and international relations as well as developmental and cultural studies at various universities in Madrid. He has taught at: CAE Global House, City College of San Francisco, University of London Escuela International de Protocolo, the University of California and the University of Vienna. At the SMC in Vienna he works as a professor of International Relations and other courses concerned with cross cultural understanding and economic development. It is his belief that only with a sound theoretical and methodological base coupled with knowledge of foreign cultures can a manager maneuver successfully in a competitive, globalized world.

The SMC is fortunate to have Professor Leube to bring the anthropological imperatives to the study of business and business research. Professor Leube is a young and dynamic professor who instills his students with enthusiasm and intrigue about international business and the cultures in which they operate. Dr. Leube, who lives in Madrid with his wife and daughter, is the author of several articles on current events and international development. He is interested in Yoga and holds a 2nd degree black belt in Hapkido. He is multi-lingual speaking English, German and Spanish fluently.

Some of his recent publications are:

• “Sinister Science: The National Socialists and Anthropology around 1900,” book project, forthcoming
• “Las Ramblas’ Lamas. An Interview with Palden Gyatso”, Peace Magazine, Washington D.C., April 2002
• “Lamas auf Las Ramblas,” Schweizer Monatshefte, Zürich, March 2002
• “The Applied Nutrition Project of Eastern Kenya- An Initiative for Reducing Hunger and Malnutrition”, Collegium Antropologicum, Zagreb: (co-author: Isabel Fernandez-Abad), December 2001
• “Dinge passieren nicht. Es hängt davon ab wer vorbei kommt.’ Über den ewigen Außenseiter Paul Bowles (Interview with writer Paul Bowles and intellectual history of the Beat generation), Conturen, Frankfurter Allgemeine book, Frankfurt, January 2000
• “An Anthropologist bows on: An Invitation to an Analysis of the Martial Arts as a System of ritualized fighting”, University of California Martial Arts Program Monograph, Berkeley, November 1999
• “Ethnology as a Play: A Comparison of Two Schools of Thought at the Turn of the Century”, Colloquium Anthropologium, Zagreb, April 1999

Academics

• Professor of Business Strategy & Marketing, Swiss Management Center
• Professor, Fondazione ISTUD School of Management
• Professor, ESE: European School of Economics

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Born in Italy and raised in the U.S.A., Ivo Pezzuto holds the position of Professor of Marketing, Strategy and Business Development at the Swiss Management Center as well as other top European Institutions. Professionally, Professor Pezzuto remains active as a Principal Management Consultant within the marketing, financial services and strategic management industries.

Professor Pezzuto has a successful track record across a fifteen year corporate career in Europe in the positions of manager, senior manager, vice president (Chief Risk Officer), and advisor for leading global banks, financial services institutions and multinational consulting for such firms as: ING Advisory, Citigroup, Diners Club, American Express, Accenture and Fidis (Fiat Group’s financial service holding). He is also an Advisor to Gerson Lehrman Group and Standard & Poor’s Vista Research of New York.

Professor Pezzuto holds a BS degree from New York University Stern School of Business as well as an MA in Economics and MBA degree from SDA Bocconi School of Management. He has attended several executive development seminars in Europe and in the U.S.A. on management consulting, marketing, strategy, credit risk management and general management topics, including the Executive Development Program at the Accenture Center for Professional Development. He has also undertaken doctoral research work (DBA) on strategic management at Swiss Management Center.

Professor Pezzuto’s specialty is in Strategy and Marketing courses to MBA and Doctoral students as well as Executive Education. His interest include: e-marketing, strategic marketing, marketing of services, international marketing, business development, consumer behaviour, marketing research, business marketing, product management, brand management, non-conventional marketing, corporate and business strategy, finance, credit risk management, unsecured lending, and financial services management.

Professor Pezzuto is a bilingual professor speaking both Italian and English fluently. He presently makes Milan his home where he lives with his family.

Professors Pezzuto’s latest article focussing on the economic meltdown can be viewed by clicking the title below:

Miraculous Financial Engineering or Toxic Finance?

You are encouraged to contact Professor Pezzuto at: i.pezzuto@swissmc.ch

Academics

• Professor of Strategy and Organization – Swiss Management Center
• Affiliate Professor at ESCP-EAP – European School of Management
• Director of the Master in Business Program – University of Grenoble
• Research Fellow at the United Nations for the Global Compact Project

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As many of you know, Dr. Esposito is the Professor of the Year for 2007 at SMC. He was also tied for second place in 2006 with Professor Rangwala. It is with great pleasure that we reintroduce Professor Esposito within our series entitled: “Professor Spotlights” for all the student who may not know him. It is with great accomplishments such as Professor Esposito’s that all the students are encouraged to grow in academics.

Prof. Mark Esposito, Ph.D., is an advisor to UNESCO and a renowned specialist in Organizational Management and Sustainability. Over recent years he has been focusing on the means with which to implement sustainable change and leadership in all industries. Integral to this effort is his concentration on the creation and development of sustainable thought and action in all facets of organizational and human performance.

Beyond his duties Dr. Esposito also serves as an Associate Professor and Director of the Masters In Business Program at the Grenoble Graduate School of Business at the University of Grenoble. He is also an Affiliate Professor at ESCP-EAP, European School of Management (Torino Campus), in the field of Organizational Development. Both these academic institutions enjoy enviable reputations around the world and are among the top 10 best European Business Universities.

Dr. Esposito is consistently embarked on consulting projects aimed at the creation of collaborative scenarios for the training of executives and working professionals from Europe, North & South America and Asia. The blend of his academic and operational exposures has fed the developmental research within several organizations while contributing to the efforts of two major consulting firms with which he is currently involved. Since 2007 he has been consulting with the Government of Malaysia on roadmaps for International Human Resources. Early in 2008 he was nominated to be the Director of the “Institute of Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsible Practices” at the Boston Business School, in USA and Switzerland.

He is the co-author of a textbook on Sustainability. Among his upcoming projects, is a text on Corporate Social Responsibility as well as chapter contributions – in tandem with several other illustrious academics on the topic of “Laws of Communication”. The latter is anticipated is to be published by Wiley.

Dr. Esposito proudly claims to be a citizen of the world. He speaks 7 languages and lives between Switzerland, France, the USA and Panama.

You may contact Dr. Espoito at: m.esposito@swissmc.ch

Academics

• Dean of the Business School – Swiss Management Center
• Professor of Organizational Leadership – Swiss Management Center

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It is with great pleasure that the SMC Student Council introduces Dr. Sun as the first professor highlighted in a new series entitled, “Professor Spotlights”.

As an executive development expert, Dr. Sun has taught many leaders the principles that have helped to reshape their lives. His work has been featured on ABC, NBC, Entrepreneur Magazine, Harvard Update, LA Times and the Chicago Tribune to name only a few. In addition to being the Faculty of the Year in 2006, Dr. Sun has also presented his work at the 2007 Global Conference on Business and Economics in Rome and the 2008 National Conference on Diversity, Race and Learning. His new book “Survival Tactics” is available at the SMC Bookstore and through Amazon.

Dr. Sun was born in Shanghai, China and moved to the U.S. at the age of ten. He attended Ohio State University where he graduated with honors with a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering. He furthered his academic career with an MBA also from OSU. Professor Sun holds a Doctorate in Management in Organizational Leadership and is presently completing a second doctorate in Organizational Psychology. Professor Sun lives by the motto: “Enabling systemic shifts in thought around the world and leading humanity towards evolution from within”.

We are grateful to have Dr. Sun as the Dean of the Business School and we look forward to tremendous growth, energy and success under his leadership. Please join me in welcoming Dr. Sun to the SMC. All students are encouraged to contact Dr. Sun with their own welcome message at t.sun@swissmc.ch .