Michael McDonald

Michael has served as a business consultant for various companies, providing training and content authoring services as a subject matter expert in finance and economics for firms like IBM and Stanley Black & Decker. Previously Michael worked as a data scientist for a tech start-up in the financial industry, as a municipal bond trader for Wachovia Securities holding a Series 7 and Series 63 license, and for a large hedge fund in doing data mining and analysis. Currently, Michael is Assistant Professor of Finance at Fairfield University in Connecticut. He also gives lectures on a variety of corporate finance and investment topics from mergers and acquisitions to corporate governance. Michael has developed and delivered courses in a variety of business areas and for a variety of participants ranging from undergraduate students to career professionals. He has developed a variety of numerous courses including topics such as microeconomics, macroeconomics, business simulation, financial economics, introductory corporate finance, advanced corporate finance, investments, derivatives, and case studies in finance and economics. Michael has worked on projects ranging from research projects to professional consulting assignments. For example, Michael has consulted for a mid-sized asset management fund and worked on projects related to portfolio management and asset allocation. His work in analyzing investment analysis and corporate finance has appeared in several professional journals, and has been presented at major professional meetings like the Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, the American Finance Association Annual Meeting, and the Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting. His work has also been written up by the Wall Street Journal and CFA Institute. Michael holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration with a Concentration in Finance from the University of Tennessee. He also holds a Master of Arts in Economics and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, both from Clemson University.