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EUGENE M. BLAND, Ph.D., CFM, CTP, CFA

5110 Benchfield Court

Corpus Christi, TX 78413

(361) 985 1342

genebland@

CAREER OBJECTIVE: To obtain a tenure track position with a university where my talents, education and abilities will allow me to become a more effective educator and researcher.

EDUCATION:

1993 – 1998 Ph.D. Finance, University of Mississippi, College of Business Administration, University, Mississippi. Minors in Money and Financial Institutions, Econometrics, and Real Estate.

1986 - 1987 M.A. Economics, University of South Florida, College of Business Administration, Tampa, Florida. Additional Course work: Finance.

1984 - 1986 B.A. Economics and Finance, (Double Major) University of South Florida, College of Business Administration, Tampa, Florida.

1982 - 1984 A.A. Pre-Business Administration, Indian River Community College Ft. Pierce, Florida.

DISSERTATION TOPIC:

“The Usefulness of Missing Information on Personal Loan Applications in Differentiating Approved from Denied Loans and Late Paying from Timely Paying Loans.”

Chaired by William B. Rayburn, D.B.A., CFA, MAI. Defended on August 19, 1998.

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE:

2006 – Present Associate Professor of Finance (Tenured), College of Business Administration, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX. I teach graduate and undergraduate classes in Financial Management, Investments, Portfolio and Security Analysis, Intermediate Finance, Advanced Finance, Cash Management, and Principles of Real Estate (internet based).

2003 – 2006 Assistant Professor of Finance, College of Business Administration, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX. I taught graduate and undergraduate classes in Financial Management, Investments, Portfolio Analysis, Advanced Finance, and Principles of Real Estate (internet based).

1998 – 2003 Assistant Professor of Finance, School of Business, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC. I taught classes in Financial Management, Real Estate Investment and Management, Financial Institutions and Markets, Principles of Real Estate (internet based), Investments I, Investments II, Advanced Finance, and Accounting I.

1993 – 1998 Graduate Instructor, Economics and Finance Dept., University of Mississippi, College of Business Administration, University, MS. I taught classes in Money and Banking, Business Finance I, Economic Statistics I and Economic Statistics II. I was responsible for all phases of class instruction.

1988 - 1993 Lead Business Instructor, National Education Center's Tampa Technical Institute Campus. I taught classes in Microeconomics, Technical Writing, Macroeconomics, Human Relations, Quantitative Methods of Business, Business Law and Personal Finance. I taught on a ‘split shift’ where the morning classes consisted of traditional college students, and the evening classes consisted of primarily non-traditional students. I was responsible for all phases of class instruction.

PUBLICATIONS:

Peer Reviewed

“Do Navy Employees Save Too Much? A Look at the Effect of Offering Both a Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.” Journal of Business, Industry and Economics (With Robert Trimm), Volume 11, Fall 2008, pp 69-78.

“Missing the Match: A Comparison of Demographic Characteristics of Employees Who Contribute More to Those Who Contribute Less Than the Employer 401K Match.” Coastal Business Journal (With Ray Whitmire and Robert Trimm), Volume 7, Number 1, Spring 2008, pp 46-55.

“A Practical Approach to using Taguchi Loss Functions to Rank Investment Choices.” Journal of Investing,(with Manoj Athavale and Bryan Kethley), Volume 17, Number 1, Spring 2008, pp 93-102.

“Risk-Reducing and Risk-Enhancing Factors Impacting Online Auction Outcomes: Empirical Evidence from eBay Auctions,” Journal of Electronic Commerce Research (with Greg Black and Kay Lawrimore), Volume 8, Number 4, November 2007, pp 236-243.

“A Comparison of Perceptions:  Students and Bankruptcy Filers on Causes of Financial Distress," Journal of Business & Economics Research, (with Pam Stokes and Roberto deMagalhaes), Volume 5, Number 7, July 2007, pp 53-64.

“Determinants of Effectiveness and Success for eBay Auctions.” Coastal Business Journal. (with Greg Black and Kay Lawrimore), Volume 4, Number 1, Spring 2005, pp 5 - 15.

“Prioritizing Investment Screens in a Multiple Criteria Framework.” Journal of Investing, (with Manoj Athavale), Volume 13, Number 4, Winter 2004, pp 49 - 52.

“A Measure of the Factors Impacting the Effectiveness and Efficiency of eBay in the Supply Chain of Online Firms,” Coastal Business Journal. (with Bob Barrett) Volume 3, Number 1, Spring 2004, pp 1-15.

"Income Smoothing Behavior of U. S. Banks Under Revised International Capital Requirements".  International Advances in Economic Research, (With Rick Rivard and Gay Hatfield) Volume 9, Number 4, November 2003, pp 288 - 294.

“Are Firms Constrained by Their Bank? A Pilot Study,” Journal of Applied Business Research. (with Manoj Athavale and Robert Trimm) Spring 2002, pp 69-74.

"Turbulence at the Top: Antecedents of Key Executive Dismissal," Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics. (with Gay Hatfield, Wallace Davidson and Dan Worrell) Winter 1999, pp. 3-24.

Editor Reviewed

“Defined Contribution Beta When Combined With a Defined Benefit Plan,” Atlantic Economic Journal. (With Robert Trimm) October, 2008, pp 363-364.

"A Note on the Value of Professional Certifications in Academe: A Survey," Atlantic Economic Journal. (With John Marcis) March, 2001, p 116.

Cases in Textbook

Riverbanks Zoological Park and Botanical Garden - 2008. Case to be published in Strategic Management, 12th Edition, by F.R. David, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall Publishing Company, 2008, (with Carolyn Stokes).

Winnebago Industries, inc. - 2008. Case to be published in Strategic Management, 12th Edition, by F.R. David, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall Publishing Company, 2008, (with John Marcis).

Winnebago Industries, inc. - 2003. Case published in Strategic Management, 10th Edition, by F.R. David, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall Publishing Company, 2004, (with John Marcis).

Riverbanks Zoological Park and Botanical Garden - 2002. Case published in Strategic Management, 9th Edition, by F.R. David, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall Publishing Company, 2002, (with Carolyn Stokes).

US Airways Group inc. - 2002. Case published in Strategic Management, 9th Edition, by F.R. David, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall Publishing Company, 2002, (with John Urbanski).

Winnebago Industries, inc. - 2002. Case published in Strategic Management, 9th Edition, by F.R. David, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall Publishing Company, 2002, (with John Marcis).

Riverbanks Zoological Park and Botanical Garden - 2000. Published in Strategic Management, 8th Edition, by F.R. David, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall Publishing Company, 2000, (with Carolyn Stokes).

Winnebago Industries, inc. - 2000. Published in Strategic Management, 8th Edition, by F.R. David, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall Publishing Company, 2000, (with John Marcis).

Proceeding

“Financial Distress, Personal Bankruptcy, and the Accounting Profession’s Financial Literacy Campaign” Proceedings of the North American Accounting Society 2008 Annual Conference (with Roberto DeMagalhaes) pp 134-135.

“Who Chooses Money Market Funds? Characteristics of Employees Allocating 100% of Defined contribution Plan Assets in the Money Market Fund”   Proceedings of the Academy of Economics and Finance, 2008 meeting (with Robert Trimm and Anamaria Calincan) pp 19-26.

“A Comparison of Perceptions: Students and Bankruptcy Filers on Causes of Financial Distress” Proceedings of the Academy of Economics and Finance, 2007 (with Pam Stokes and Roberto deMagalhaes), pp 45-52.

“A Model of Investment Selection by Navy MWR Employees Offered Several Investment Options?” Proceedings of the Academy of Economics and Finance, 2007 (with Robert Trimm and Ray Whitmire), pp 53-58.

“Risk-Reducing and Risk-Enhancing factors Impacting Online Auction Outcomes: Empirical Evidence from eBay Auctions.” Proceedings of the Academy of Economics and Finance, 2006 (with Greg Black and Kay Lawrimore) pp 52 – 61.

“The Impact of Advisor Risk Experience on Risk Tolerance,” Proceedings of the Academy of Economics and Finance, 2005 (with Neil riley and Winnie Riley).

“Determinants of Effectiveness and Success for eBay Auctions.” Proceedings of the South East INFORMS 2004, (with Greg Black and Kay Lawrimore).

“Do Good Students Have Better Credit Scores?” Proceedings of the South East INFORMS 2004, (with Robert Pugh and John Urbanski).

“Determinants of Pension Plan Choice: Investigation of the Factors Associated with Choosing the Defined Benefit Versus the Defined Contribution Plan,” Proceedings of the Academy of Economics and Finance, 2004 (with Robert Trimm) pp 65 – 73.

“Comparing the Risk Levels of Participants with Only a Defined Contribution Plan with Participants with Both Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plans,” Proceedings of the Academy of Financial Services, 2003 (with Robert Trimm and Neil Riley).

“Perceptions of Client Risk Tolerance: Differences Between CFA’s and CFP’s,” Proceedings of the Academy of Financial Services, 2003 (with Neil Riley and Robert Trimm).

“A Financial Application of Multiple Criteria Decision Making,” Proceedings of the Academy of Financial Services, 2003 (with Manoj Athavale and Neil Riley).

“Can a Lack of Information be Informative in Differentiating Timely Paying from Late Paying Loans: Is a lack of Information No Information?” Academy of Economics and Finance Papers and Proceeding, 2003, p 44 – 52.

“An Evaluation of the Determinants of Price on eBay Auctions,” Proceedings of the 29th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Economics and Finance, 2002 (with John Marcis and Anita Pennathur).

“eBay Watch: An Evaluation of the Determinants of Price on eBay Auctions,” Proceedings of the South East INFORMS 2001, (with Anita Pennathur).

“Supply Chain Management of On-Line Auctions,” Decision Sciences Institute 2001 Proceedings, 2001, (with Robert Barrett).

“The Perceived Value of Professional Certifications, Major Fields of Study, and Applicant Demographic Data in the Academic Job Market: A Survey of Finance Professionals,” Proceedings of the Academy of Economics and Finance 2001, (with John Marcis).

"The Role of Bank Capital on Firm Sales, Inventories, and Current Liabilities in the Southeast and Midwest" Proceedings of the Academy of Economics and Finance, 1997.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:

“Use of an e-Textbook and Web-Based Homework for an Undergraduate Business Course: Students’ Perceptions” presented at the 2009 Association of Business Education/Finance Education Association joint conference, September 24-26, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (with Robert Cutshall and Joseph Mollick).

“Financial Distress, Personal Bankruptcy, and the Accounting Profession’s Financial Literacy Campaign” presented at the North American Accounting Society meeting in April, 2008 (with Roberto DeMagalhaes).

“Who Chooses Money Market Funds? Characteristics of Employees Allocating 100% of Defined contribution Plan Assets in the Money Market Fund”   presented at Academy of Economics and Finance’s February 2008 meeting (with Robert Trimm and Anamaria Calincan).

“A Comparison of Perceptions: Students and Bankruptcy Filers on Causes of Financial Distress” presented at the Academy of Economics and Finance’s February 2007 meeting (with Pamela Stokes and Roberto deMagalhaes).

“A Model of Investment Selection by Navy MWR Employees Offered Several Investment Options?” presented at the Academy of Economics and Finance’s February 2007 meeting (with Robert Trimm and Ray Whitmire).

“Risk-Reducing and Risk-Enhancing factors Impacting Online Auction Outcomes: Empirical Evidence from eBay Auctions,” presented at the Academy of Economics and Finance’s February 2006 meeting (with Greg Black and Kay Lawrimore).

“Attitudes and Assets: An Investigation of Student’s Perception of the Causes of Bankruptcy,” presented at the Financial Education Association’s 2006 meeting (with Pamela Stokes and Roberto deMagalhaes).

“The Role of Gender in Financial Planning,” presented at the Southeast Decision Sciences Institute 2006 meeting (with Neil Riley).

“Do Good Students have Better Credit Scores? An Investigation of the Insurance Industry’s Implicit Assumptions,” presented at the Financial Education Association’s April 2005 meeting (with Robert Pugh and Neil Riley).

“The Impact of Advisor Risk Experience on Risk Tolerance,” presented at the Academy of Economics and Finance’s February 2005 meeting (with Neil riley and Winnie Riley).

“An Investigation of the impact on Retirement Benefits from Changing the Defined Benefit US Social Security System to the Defined Contribution Australian Superannuation System: Data from 1980 through 2004,” presented at the Academy of Economics and Finance’s February 2005 meeting (with Robert Trimm and Judson Ruig).

“Determinants of Pension Plan Choice: Investigation of the factors Associated with Choosing the Defined Benefit versus the Defined Contribution Plan,” presented at the Academy of Financial Services October 2004 meeting (with Robert Trimm).

“Do Good Students Have Better Credit Scores? Possible Continuing Individual Differences” presented South East INFOMS conference in October, 2004 (with Robert Pugh and John Urbanski).

“eBay Picture Options as Determinants of Online Auction Effectiveness” presented South East INFOMS conference in October, 2004 (with Greg Black and Kay Lawrimore).

“Determinants of Pension Plan Choice: Investigation of the factors Associated with Choosing the Defined Benefit versus the Defined Contribution Plan,” presented at the Academy of Economics and Finance’s February 2004 meeting (with Robert Trimm and David Franck).

“Perceptions of Client Risk Tolerance: Differences Between CFP’s and Ph.D.’s” presented at the Southern Finance Association’s December 2003 meeting (with Neil Riley and Robert Trimm).

“A Financial Application of Multiple Decision Making Criteria” presented at the Academy of Financial Services October 2003 meeting (with Manoj Athavale).

“Comparing Risk Levels of Participants with Only a Defined Contribution Plan with Participants with Both a Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plan” presented at the Academy of Financial Services October 2003 meeting (with Robert Trimm and Neil Riley).

“Perceptions of Client Risk Tolerance: Differences Between CFA’s and CFP’s” presented at the Academy of Financial Services October 2003 meeting (with Neil Riley).

“The Usefulness of Missing Information on Personal Loan Applications in Differentiating Approved from Denied,” presented at the Eastern Finance Association’s April, 2003 meeting.

“Do Good Students Have Better Credit Scores?” presented at the Financial Education Association’s April 2003 meeting (with Robert Pugh and John Urbanski).

“Income Smoothing Behavior of US Banks Under Revised International Capital Requirements,” presented at the 55th International Atlantic Economic Conference, Vienna, Austria, March 2003 (with Richard Rivard and Gay Hatfield).

“The Usefulness of Missing Information on Personal Loan Applications in Differentiating Late Paying from Timely Paying Loans,” presented at the Academy of Economics and Finance’s February, 2003 meeting.

“The Perceived Value of Professional Certifications: A Survey of Finance Professionals” presented South East INFOMS conference in October, 2002 (with John Marcis).

“Auctions on the Internet: Some of the Determinants of Price” presented at the Missouri Valley Economic Association meeting in March 2002 (with John Marcis).

“An Evaluation of the Determinants of Price on eBay Auctions” presented at the Southern Finance Association meeting in November, 2001 (with Anita Pennathur).

“The Valuation of Certifications in Academe: A Survey of Finance Professionals,” presented at the Southern Economics Association meeting in November, 2001 (with John Marcis).

“Supply Chain Management of Online Auctions” presented at the Decision Sciences Institute meeting in November, 2001 (with Robert Barrett).

“eBay Watch: An Evaluation of the Determinants of Price on eBay Auctions” presented at the South East INFOMS conference in October, 2001 (with Anita Pennathur).

“Bank Loan Loss Reserves and Income Smoothing: The Impact of the Basil Accord” presented at the South East INFORMS conference in October, 2001 (with Gay Hatfield and Rick Rivard).

“A Comparison of Australian and United States Retirement” presented at the Eastern Finance Association Meeting in April, 2001 (with Judson Ruig).

"Are Firms Constrained By Their Banks?: A Pilot Study" presented at the Academy of Economics and Finance Meeting in February, 2001 (with Manoj Athavale and Robert Trimm).

“The Perceived Value of Professional Certifications, Major Fields of Study, and Applicant Demographic Data in the Academic Job Market: A Survey of Finance Professionals” presented at the Academy of Economics and Finance Meeting in February, 2001 (with John Marcis).

“Are Finance Certifications Valued in Academe: A Survey,” presented at the Southern Finance Association Meeting in November, 2000 (with John Marcis).

"A Web-Based Survey of Finance Professionals: Some Guiding Principles," presented at the Annual Meetings of the Decision Sciences Institute in November, 2000 (with John Marcis and Bennie Waller).

"Loan Loss Reserves, Income Smoothing and Capital Smoothing," presented at the Eastern Finance Association's April, 1997 meeting (with Gay Hatfield).

"The Role of Bank Capital on Firm Sales, Inventories, and Current Liabilities in the Southeast and Midwest" presented at the Academy of Economics and Finance’s February, 1997 meeting.

GRANTS:

“An Investigation of the Impact on Retirement Benefits from Changing the Defined Benefit US Social Security System to the Defined Contribution Australian Superannuation System. Data from 1980 through 2004” ( with Robert Trimm) was funded for $9755 in May, 2004.

“Do Good Students Have Good Credit Scores? Possible Continuing Individual Differences” (with John Urbanski and Robert Pugh) was funded for $1500 in October 2003.

"A Proposal for Developing Two Internet Courses to Support the 2 + 2 Agreement between Francis Marion University and Darlington Technical College" September 30, 1999 (with Bennie Waller).

SERVICE:

Finance Faculty Search Committee 2009.

Coordinator for the Corpus Christi Estate Planning Council Annual Seminar 2008-present.

Teach Money Management class for Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Trustee (3 times a month) 2008-present

Tenure and Promotion Committee 2007-present.

Post Tenure Review Committee 2006- present.

Housing Management Council 2005-2006.

Marketing Task Force 2005–2007.

Undergraduate Advising Committee 2004-2005.

Finance Faculty Search Committee 2004.

Editorial Board of the Coastal Business Journal 2001- present.

Graded professional exams for CFA designation 2002, 2003, 2004.

Discussant at the 2004 Academy of Economics and Finance meeting.

Discussant at the 2003 Academy of Financial Services meeting.

Finance Area Coordinator, 2001-2003.

MBA Committee, 1999-2003.

Chair of the Nomination Committee, 2002-2003.

Faculty Senate, 2001-2003.

Eastern Finance Association Program Committee, 2002.

Created and Presented 18 hour CMA/CFM Test I Review Class. 2001, 2002.

Created and Presented 18 hour CFM Test II Review Class, 2001.

Vice-Chair of the Building Committee, 2000, 2001.

Honor's Thesis advisor for Judson Ruig, 2001.

Session Chair at 2000 Southern Finance Association Meeting.

Discussant at 2000 Eastern Finance Association Meeting.

Faculty Handbook Task Force, 2000.

Marketing Search Committee, 1999-2000.

CISM Search Committee, 1998-1999.

HONORS:

Eagle Scout, 1982.

University of Mississippi Dissertation Fellowship, 1998.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS:

I am a Licensed Real Estate Appraiser, license number LA-888.

I am licensed as a Real Estate Broker, license number 70023.

I was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation on September 17, 1999.

I became Certified in Financial Management (CFM) in January 2001.

I became a Certified Treasury Professional in September 2005.

I became Argus Software Certified in August 2009.

REFERENCES:

Dr. Manoj Athavale Dr. Neil Riley Dr. Robert Trimm CFA

Chair, Department of Finance Professor of Finance Director of Research

And Insurance Francis Marion University Legacy Wealth Management

Ball State University Florence, SC 29504 Memphis, TN

Muncie, IN 47306 nriley@fmarion.edu ectrimm@

athavale@bsu.edu (843) 661-1415 (901) 473-8202

(765) 285-4251

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