Dr. Jonatan Jelen
200 Haven Avenue, Apt. 3J
New York, NY 10033
Career Accomplished and growth-oriented high-profile management professional and career
Summary academic with a proven track record and ten years of diversified experience predominantly
in the information technology industry, extensive and multidisciplinary educational background,
demonstrated professional qualifications, and effective leadership skills combined with
extensive teaching experience in a variety of business management courses.
Objective To integrate and leverage the rich professional experience and academic
breadth within a full-time teaching and research position in higher education.
Experience Center for Transformational Leadership (CTL), Inc. 04/04-12/04
Professional New York, New York
Cofounder, Core Team Member, Strategist, Instructor
American Institute of Technology (AIT), Inc. 01/02-pres.
Flushing, New York
Academic Director, Director - Board of Directors
American International Assets, (AIA), Inc. 01/02-pres
A Utah Corporation, Parent Company of AIT
Director – Board of Directors
Tekademic, Inc. d/b/a Morningside Evaluations and Consulting 07/01-pres
New York, New York
Expert Evaluator
Business Services Consultant
Academic Director of Morningside School of Management MBA Program (with
Mercy College, morningsidemba.org)
Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, New York, 06/00-06/05
Division of Business & Accounting
Coordinator of Online Learning (Administrative Appointment)
forthcoming (Spring 2005): Director of MS in MIS
Co-Director for Master of Science in Organizational Leadership Program 01/04-06/05
The Bank of New York, Securities Processing Technology Division, 03/00-09/00
New York, New York
Vice President – Messaging Software Division Quality Assurance Manager
PaineWebber Services, Inc.-Internal Systems Division (Private Client 02/97-03/00
Systems/Quality, Integration & Service), Weehawken, New Jersey
Divisional Vice President (32 reports, incl. 5 associate managers)
Manager of Software Integration & Distribution & Technology Labs
Lancetti Cosmetics Corp. d/b/a/ Prestige Cosmetics 12/93-10/96
Deerfield Beach, Florida
Vice President - International Sales & Marketing; Director of M.I.S.
Abair, S. A. 10/90-07/93
Paris, France
Information Systems Manager
Consulting Systems/Networks, Information Technology Management 02/92-11/96
and Financial Engineering Consulting provided to:
• Kay Collyer & Boose LL.P., New York, New York
• Durland & Company, CPAs, Palm Beach, Florida
• Manhattan York Financial, Inc., West Palm Beach, Florida
• Sun Nutritional Ltd. (Slim•Fast Foods Corporation), Paris, France
• Euro Equities - Financial Database, Paris, France
Academic Yeshiva University, New York 09/05-pres
Sy Syms School of Business
University of Phoenix, New Jersey 07/05-pres
Jersey City Campus
St. John’s University, Jamaica, New York 09/04-pres.
Peter J. Tobin College of Business, Dept. Of Management, Staten Island Campus
Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York 01/04-pres.
Dept. Of Management, Melville/Long Island Campus
Daemen College, Amherst, New York 01/04-pres.
Graduate Programs Divisions
Stony Brook University (State University of New York), New York 06/03-09/04
W. Averell Harriman School for Management and Policy
The New School University, New York 09/02-pres.
Parsons School of Design, Dept. of Design and Management
Queens College (City University of New York), New York 09/01-pres.
Dept. of Economics
University of Shanghai of Science and Technology, Shanghai, PR China Sum 01, F04
International Joint Language Institute (joint program with Queens College, CUNY)
New York University, New York 09/00-pres.
Stern School of Business, Dept. of Information Systems
As of Fall 2001 also with Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Computer Science Dept.
Baruch College (City University of New York), New York 06/97-pres.
Zicklin School of Business, Dept. of Management
As of Fall 2000 also with Computer Information Systems and Statistics Dept.
As of Fall 2001 also with Executive MBA Programs
City College of New York, The City University of New York 01/97-pres.
Dept. of Economics
University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut 09/97-01/03.
School of Business
Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, New York, 06/97-pres.
Division of Business & Accounting
As of Summer 2001 also with Division of Mathematics and Computer Science
As of Fall 2001 also with Joint Program “Internet Business Systems”
Iona College, New Rochelle, New York 01/97-04/97
Hagan School of Business, Dept. of Management
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 12/93-10/96
School of Business, Dept. of Management/International Business
Education
Law JD/LLB equiv., Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany 07/89
LLM/MCL equiv. ("Diplôme d'Études Approfondies (D.E.A.) de Droit Public"), 10/90
Université de Pau, France
Doctorate in Law, (JSD/Ph.D. equiv.), Université de Pau, France 10/92
(Summa Cum Laude)
LLM/MCL equiv. ("D.E.A. de Droit Communautaire"), 07/93
Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas, France
LLM, Fordham University School of Law, New York, 02/02
Banking, Corporate, and Finance Law
Business/MIS MBA equiv., École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (E.S.C.P.), France 07/92
(Honorary 2-year Scholarship and Stipend from the German Office for Academic Exchange)
Doctoral Program in Finance auditing participant, Universidad Politécnica de Fall 92
Madrid (U.P.M.), faculdad Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros
Industriales (E.T.S.I.I.), cátedra de Organisación de Producción
MBA, Edinburgh Business School (EBS), Heriot-Watt University, Scotland 08/00
MBA, Baruch College/CUNY 07/03
Candidate PhD in Business/CIS-MPIS, GSUC/CUNY, Baruch College 07/05
MSIT-SE, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (Software Engineering) 07/04
BSc (Econ/Politics and International Relations), London School of Economics
and Political Science (LSE)/University of London, The External Programme 07/04
LLD, University of South Africa (UNISA), School of Law 07/05
DBA, Edinburgh Business School (EBS), Heriot-Watt University, Scotland 12/05
BS, Computer Science, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, New York 07/06
Languages Croatian, German: mother languages; English, French, Spanish: fluent
Publications/
Research Activities/ "Consumer Protection or Protectionism - Florida's Foreign Legal Consultancy
Grants Rule in International Perspective" published in German-American Lawyers'
Association Quarterly, 2/98
New Electronic Markets and Competition: A Study of the Impact of Fragmentation
on Transaction Costs, research in progress, with Prof. Hugues Levecq, Baruch College
Strategic Definitions of Delivery Models for Distance Education, article in progress,
with Prof. Hugues Levecq, Baruch College
Internet-Mediated Distance-Learning Education in China as an Alternative to Traditional Paradigms of
Market Entry, with Prof. Ilan Alon, Rollins College, Winter Park
“c”: A Measure of Changing Growth, article in progress, with Prof. Robert Todd,
University of Bridgeport
A New Measure for Database Queries, article in progress, with Prof. Robert Todd,
University of Bridgeport
“Finding ‘Natural’ Data Clusters”, with Prof. Robert Todd, University of Bridgeport,
conference paper, NEDSI March 2003, Rhode Island
Strategic Information Systems Management Under Conditions of Turbulent Legal Climate,
article in progress, with Prof. Marius von Wyk, UNISA, SBL, for submission to the Southern African Business Review
Strategic Management of Information Technology Under Legal Turbulence – The Genesis of Regulatory Opportunism, paper in progress, with Prof. Barry Dumas, Baruch College
The Commoditization of Distance and Virtual Learning - Formidable Strategic Imperative or Impractical Academic Challenge? - Strategic Definitions for Exporting Business Education to China, conference paper, CIBER, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2003
Revised: The Commoditization of Distance and Virtual Learning - Formidable Strategic Imperative or Impractical Academic Challenge? - Strategic Definitions for Exporting Business Education to China, conference paper, CIT, Stony Brook, SUNY/Long Island, June 2004
Jelen, Jonatan, and Ilan Alon (2005), “Internet-Mediated Distance-Learning Education in China as an Alternative to Traditional Paradigms of Market Entry”, Knowledge, Technology, and Policy (KT&P), 17, (3/4), 124-139
Jelen, Jonatan, Ilan Alon, "Distance Learning Education in China", in "Business and management education in transitioning and developing countries: a handbook/ [edited by] John R. McIntyre and Ilan Alon", 2005, M.E Sharpe, Inc., Chapter 24, Part VI. China
Jelen, Jonatan, Ilan Alon, "Distance Learning Education in China", in "Business and management education in China/ edited by Ilan Alon & John R. McIntyre, 2005, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., Chapter 5
Grants from the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium (CTDLC):
Spring 2001, Course Grant for development of online courses (Organizational Behavior, Introduction to MIS for University of Bridgeport - $ 2,500);
Fall 2002, Program Grant for development of online Certificate Program, 4 courses, “Managing the Digital Enterprise” ($ 25,000)
Reviewer for Mishkin, “The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets, 7th ed.
Reviewer for Cecchetti, “Money, Financial Markets, and Institutions”
Reviewer for Turban, “Management Information Systems”
Reviewer for Reid/Sanders, “Operations Management”