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Faculty and Executive Leadership Directory
	Solomon N. Darwin Executive Director Center for Innovative Financial Technology Haas Accounting Group 510-643-4133 Email: click on the envelope icon below for full email address Academic Status: On duty Curriculum Vitae (in PDF format, Acrobat Reader required)

Education

BA, San Francisco State University
MBA, Golden Gate University
MCCP, Management Development Program, Harvard University, Graduate School of Business
Doctoral Studies, Finance, Golden Gate University

Positions Held

At Haas since 2005

2009 - Present, Executive Director, Center for Innovative Financial Technology
2005 - 2009, Executive Director, Center for Financial Reporting & Management
1996 - 2005, Associate Professor of Clinical Accounting, University of Southern California
1995, Senior Manager of Finance/Vice-President, Bank of America, San Francisco
1993 - 1995, Vice President of Finance/Planning & Analysis, First Interstate Bank, Los Angeles
1984 - 1992, Corporate Controller/Vice President, Glenfed Inc., Glendale, CA
1983 - 1984, Senior Financial Analyst, Bank of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK
1980 - 1983, Senior Financial Analyst, Motorola Inc, Chicago, IL

Visiting Positions

2005, Visiting Professor, Wuhan University, China
1999-2004, Visiting Professor, EM LYON School of Management, France
2004, Visiting Professor, Euromed School of Management, Marseille, France

External Service and Assignments

Associate Director, Clausen Center for International Business & Policy
Associate Director, Center for Open Innovation
Spearheaded Masters in Professional Accountancy (MPAC), a new degree program
Developed several new courses and executive accounting programs
Directed and moderated annual Financial Reporting Conferences
Guest Lectured on topics related to Profit Center Accounting and Corporate Reorganization at: Stanford University, Graduate School of Management; Peter Drucker School of Management; University of Southern California; and American Accounting Association
Chair, CFRM Executive Board and Advisory Boards for Financial Reporting Conferences
Chair, Dean’s CFO Round tables (quarterly meetings)
President - Hope For People International, Burbank, CA. Since 2005.
President - Project India. Since 1986.
Board of Directors: Hope-for-People International, Burbank, CA. Since 2004.
Chairman of the board - Project India (a humanitarian organization), India. Since 1986.

Current Research and Interests

Strategic planning & cost reduction strategies
Profit center accounting
International accounting & multinational corporations
Forensic accounting

Teaching

Managerial Accounting, MBA 224
Financial Reporting, EMBA 202
International Accounting; Forensic Accounting, UGBA 127
Executive Education: Financial Statement Analysis, Managerial and Financial Accounting

Honors and Awards

Leadership Award for Exemplary Service, Haas School of Business, 2009
Golden Apple Teaching Awards – 1997 & 2001 from Marshall Business School, USC
Most Innovative Teacher Award - 2000 from Marshall Faculty Award, USC
National Teaching Awards – 2002, 2004, 2005 “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers”
Motor Board Outstanding Professor Award – 2003
Professor of the Year Award – 2003 (National Greek Society – Gamma Sigma Alpha)

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