• psychology majors who want to look at consumer behavior, consumer insights, or marketing research
• communications majors who want to work on the creative side of marketing
• English majors who want to be on the copy side of marketing
• human resources, public relations, or foreign language majors

Sandy Becker enjoys teaching using a very hands-on practical approach. This includes learning from each other; analyzing current-day strategic marketing situations, and engaging students with real-world applications and decision making. Classes include role play, case study teams, marketing simulations, and interactive lecture – where students examine strategic concepts and apply them to current day, relevant scenarios.

Students learn from historical situations as well as identifying entrepreneurial current-day scenarios from both an academic and more importantly a practical consultative approach. Students learn by challenging each other, while understanding the complexity of strategic decision making.

Becker has been teaching a variety of marketing courses for several years at Columbia University and Rutgers Business School on topics including marketing strategy, marketing management, marketing for nonprofits, marketing arts, culture and education (ACE), business-to-business marketing, and consumer behavior.

In addition, Becker teaches in the Executive M.B.A. program for Rutgers Business School and the Columbia – China Young Development program. He has consulted in the telecom, finance, biotech, and pharmaceutical industries in product management, sales, project management, and instructional design roles.

When not teaching marketing, Becker consults with a variety of organizations, in instructional design; developing a mix of web-based and instructor-led courses in sales, marketing, leadership, product training and compliance – as well as providing consultation in brand strategy.

Becker received an M.B.A. in marketing management from St. John’s Tobin College of Business and his undergraduate degree in mathematics from the City University of New York.

Students for this course represent a range of majors. For example:

• business majors who want to position themselves as leaders in the knowledge services arena
• technology, communications, history, government, or political science majors

Guy St. Clair’s academic speciality is knowledge services, the management methodology that converges information management, knowledge management (KM), and strategic learning for cross-functional business and organizational success. He is President and Consulting Specialist for Knowledge Services for SMR International, a management consulting practice in New York City.

Recognized as a knowledge services “evangelist,” St. Clair brings more than 30 years of global business and academic experience to the Business Certificate Program. He has been affiliated with Columbia University since 2010. He guest lectures for New York University’s Consulting Strategies program and frequently conducts webinars and in-house seminars about knowledge services for client organizations.

St. Clair has written or coauthored sixteen books relating to information management, knowledge management, and strategic learning, as well as numerous articles about knowledge services and knowledge strategy. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia, where he earned his A.B. in Liberal Arts. St. Clair’s graduate degree is from the University of Illinois (M.S. in Library and Information Science).

This upper-level finance course is appropriate for business majors or minors, as well as for some students of economics, statistics, and math.

Brendan Mallee has over 10 years experience in capital planning and finance. He joined Columbia University in 2002 and is currently the Director of Enterprise Resource Planning, responsible for the design, configuration, and conversion of Columbia’s Chart of Accounts into PeopleSoft Financials. At Columbia, he has been responsible for the management of the University’s debt portfolio and has issued over a billion dollars in bonds and notes payable to finance hundreds of construction projects across Columbia’s three main campuses, including its 25-year $6.5 billion dollar campus expansion plan.

In addition to his experience at Columbia, Mallee has consulted for Echoing Green, a nonprofit venture fund, to evaluate efficient start-up capital structures employed by social entrepreneurs. His expertise in capital planning and finance has led him to teaching Corporate Finance for the School of Professional Studies. Mallee brings to his teaching real-life application of key financial concepts through the use of case studies and simulations. Application of valuation tools and techniques to the current business environment is central to his teaching philosophy.

Mallee received dual undergraduate degrees with honors from Washington University in St. Louis and earned a MBA from Columbia.

Introduction to Finance (required) and Corporate Finance (preferred)

This upper-level finance course is appropriate for business majors or minors, as well as for some students of economics, statistics, and math.

As Legal Counsel for Jane Street Group, LLC, a global trading firm, Guy Miller is a practicing attorney focused on corporate finance, securities regulation, and broker-dealer regulation.

From 2000 until 2010, he was Vice President and Associate General Counsel for Goldman, Sachs & Co. Miller obtained his B.A. from Stony Brook University, his J.D. from New York University School of Law, and his MBA from Columbia University.

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Students for this course represent a range of majors, including:

• Business majors or entrepreneurs who want to develop effective communication skills needed in forging business relationships
• Those with an academic/professional background or interest in human resources, public relations, or the non-profit sector

Yxa Bazan is an Executive Director in the Commercial Banking division of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Prior to her current role as a Client Experience Program Manager, Ms. Bazan worked as a Compliance Program Manager in the Bank Secrecy Act / Anti-Money Laundering Corporate Program Office. Ms. Bazan also served as Americas Regional Head for the Bank Network Management group and as the Global Head of Relationship Management and Americas Regional Sales Head within the Depositary Receipts business.

Before joining JPMorgan Chase & Co. in 1999, Ms. Bazan worked as an Equity Research Analyst and as an Investment Banker at Credit Suisse in New York and as a Fixed Income Research Analyst at Crédit Agricole Indosuez in Paris and in London.

Ms. Bazan holds a Master of Science degree in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in International Business, with a specialization in International Politics, from Hofstra University. Ms. Bazan speaks Spanish, French and Portuguese.

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Students for this course represent a range of majors. For example:

• Business majors or entrepreneurs who want to position themselves as leaders
• Individuals interested in managing change in a fast-paced global marketplace

Ric Oslin is an experienced Organizational Development professional who specializes in helping leaders build alignment and agility in their organizations. Through his work and research, Oslin understands that there is no one right way to lead, that leaders are successful because they know why their customers choose their products/services; then intentionally build their organizations’ cultures to support the kind of relationship their customers expect.

Oslin has served both as an organizational development leader and as an internal and external consultant in the nonprofit, public, and private sectors. His clients/employers have ranged in size and mission from Starbucks, Time-Warner, American Express, and JPMorgan Chase to the Alaska Humanities Forum, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, and the United Way.

Oslin holds Bachelors’ degrees in Business and English from the University of Puget Sound, a Master’s degree in Literature from the University of Chicago, and a Master’s degree in Organizational Development from Pepperdine University. He has also received his certification in Organizational Design from USC’s Marshall School of Business/Center for Effective Organizations.