International Innovation Expert Robert Valli Selected as Dean of LIU Post College of Management

BROOKVILLE, N.Y., May 4, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dr. Robert M. Valli has been selected to lead the LIU Post AACSB International-accredited College of Management, comprised of the nationally ranked School of Business, the nation's first School of Professional Accountancy, and the new School of Computer Science, Innovation and Management Engineering. Dr. Valli joins LIU Post from the University of Illinois, where he served as director of Illinois Business Consulting (IBC), the largest student-led consulting organization in the United States. Dr. Valli is an internationally-renowned authority on innovation ecosystems and the convergence of higher education, business, and technology.

"LIU is privileged to welcome Dr. Valli to our university," said Dr. Kimberly R. Cline, president of LIU. "Dr. Valli is an imaginative leader with a history of navigating complex markets and nurturing innovation. He has the vision to inspire an entrepreneurial spirit among students, faculty, and the greater LIU community, as well as the skill to develop national and international partnerships."

"It is an honor to join LIU Post, a university of expanding recognition with an extraordinary infrastructure of business, entrepreneurship, and technological capabilities," said Valli. "At a time of intense competition in higher education, the LIU Post College of Management is uniquely positioned to build upon its existing attributes and embrace complex market-drivers such as technology-based disruption, the changing roles of multinational corporations, and the growth of new enterprise."

Dr. Valli's industry experience is impressive and wide ranging, taking him from banking and capital management to renowned policy centers such as the Mayo Clinic and the Kauffman Foundation, where he created and directed the Kauffman Global Foundation for Advancing Innovation. Dr. Valli's approach for the College of Management will focus on student efficacy, cross-disciplinary collaboration to empower LIU Post's distinguished faculty, and project-based learning programs that take classroom outputs from analysis to meaningful impact on industry and society.

"Dr. Valli is at home in business, technological innovation, and higher education," said Dr. Jeffrey Kane, LIU vice president for Academic Affairs. "His understanding of the intersection of these aspects of the College of Management will generate new opportunities within the College itself and for LIU Post as a campus. To put it simply, Dr. Valli's appointment will be a catalyst for powerful new programs, partnerships, and transformative experiences for students."

LIU Post College of Management Means:

• Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International Accreditation; Less than 5% of the world's 13,000 business programs have earned AACSB Accreditation
• Three cutting-edge schools – The School of Business, ranked among Princeton Review's "Best Business Schools" for 13 consecutive years, the nation's first School of Professional Accountancy, and the School of Computer Science, Innovation, and Management Engineering
• A START-UP NY campus, allowing students and faculty to collaborate with experienced entrepreneurs headquartered on LIU Post's campus
• Partner affiliations with numerous Fortune 500 companies, including the "Big 4" accounting firms, where College of Management students intern and are recruited for full-time positions
• On-campus incubator space, where students collaborate and receive mentorship to develop and launch their own ventures
• An impressive global alumni network, including: 
  • David Kline, Senior Vice President of Technology and Chief Information Officer, Viacom Inc., 
  • Howard Lorber, President and CEO, Vector Group; Chairman, Douglas Elliman Real Estate; Chairman, Nathan's Famous 
  • Rosemarie Roser, Vice President and Controller, National Football League
  • James Flanagan, Partner, US Financial Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Gary Winnick, Founder, Global Crossings
  • Steve J. Bandrowczak, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Hewlett Packard

Dr. Robert Valli is the author of Investors Without Borders (2012) and Clusternomics: Rise of Global Technology Clusters (forthcoming), among others. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, was a member of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Alumni Board of Directors, and received his Ph.D. from the Department of Engineering at Cambridge University, where he was elected Graduate Student Body President at prestigious King's College.

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