Maryanne M. Mowen
Dr. Maryanne M. Mowen is associate professor of accounting emerita at Oklahoma State University. She received her Ph.D. from Arizona State University. With degrees in economics and history, she brings a unique interdisciplinary perspective to teaching and writing in both cost accounting and management accounting. Her research interests include management accounting, behavioral decision theory and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. She also teaches an ethics course about the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on the accounting profession. Dr. Mowen has published articles in journals such as Decision Science, Journal of Economic Psychology and Journal of Management Accounting Research. She has also served as a consultant to mid-sized and Fortune 100 companies and works with corporate controllers on management accounting issues. She advises entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations. Outside the classroom, she enjoys hiking, travelling, reading mysteries and solving crossword puzzles.
Don R. Hansen
Dr. Don R. Hansen is professor emeritus at Oklahoma State University. He has an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Brigham Young University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. Dr. Hansen has published articles in both accounting and engineering journals, including The Accounting Review, The Journal of Management Accounting Research, Accounting Organizations and Society, Accounting Horizons and IIE Transactions. He has also served on the editorial board of The Accounting Review. His outside interests include family, church activities, reading, movies and watching sports.
David J. McConomy
David J. McConomy is an Assistant Professor at the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University. He graduated with an MBA from Queen’s University with a major in finance and accounting in 1969 after receiving a BA (Econ) from Loyola College (now part of Concordia University) in Montreal. Since qualifying as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen & Co. in Toronto, he has focused on the finance and accounting requirements of small- to medium-sized companies during his 30-year career in business. Mr. McConomy has gained considerable experience assisting young companies, mainly in the technology field, in strategic planning and corporate finance. As chief financial officer of Systemhouse Ltd. (which was later sold to MCI and subsequently to EDS), he was instrumental in taking that company public. During his tenure with Systemhouse, revenues rose from $16.5 million to in excess of $100 million. With Antares Electronics Inc., Mr. McConomy raised $20 million (through venture capital investments, sale-and-leaseback transactions, and the restructuring of bank lines of credit) to enable the company to become one of Profit magazine’s fastest growing companies, as revenues increased over a three-year period from $36 million to $100 million. Later, he helped ComnetiX Computer Systems Inc. to become a public company and to raise funds from a variety of sources to fund its growth. Since joining the faculty of the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University in 2001, Mr. McConomy has won numerous Faculty Teaching Awards. He prides himself on engaging with students both within the classroom and outside of it. Mr. McConomy has taught accounting, financial management, and business strategy (at the undergraduate and MBA levels) on both a full-time and part-time basis at Queen’s University, the University of Ottawa, and internationally with the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest, Romania, and in Beijing, China.
Bradley D. Witt
Bradley D. Witt is Professor of Accounting at Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. He graduated with an MBA from Central Michigan University with a major in finance in 1998, and is a graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. He holds the CPA (Chartered Professional Accountant) designation. Most of his 20-year business career is in manufacturing, in accounting and finance roles, with a Fortune 500 company. While in Minneapolis, Mr. Witt was the treasurer for a start-up company, NatureWorks (a joint venture between the DOW Chemical Company and Cargill) that was introducing a new biodegradable polymer (poly lactic acid (PLA)) into the plastics industry. Since November 2018, Mr. Witt has been working with Genecis Bioindustries Inc. as its CFO. Located in Scarborough, Ontario, this startup company produces a biodegradable plastic polymer (PHA) using organic waste as the feedstock, demonstrating the possibilities of a circular economy. Mr. Witt has taught accounting and finance on a part-time basis in Michigan (at an undergraduate level) and has been active in the Canadian CMA strategic leadership professional program as a marker and an evaluator for candidate board reports. His scholarly research is in the areas of management accounting and the effectiveness of various pedagogical techniques.
