Faculty Biographies

	John A. Minasian, Ph.D. Vice President and Dean, Rensselaer at Hartford John A. Minasian, Vice President and Dean, Rensselaer at Hartford, serves as both the chief administrative and academic officer for the Hartford campus and assumed the position in February 2005. Prior to his current position at Rensselaer, he was Dean of Extended Education at Worcester Polytechnic Institute where he led education for working professionals programs. He capitalized on new technology to deliver successful extended educational programs in 48 countries on six continents. Dr. Minasian earned all of his degrees from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, including bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering, and a Ph.D. in systems and operations engineering. His research has made him an associate member in the Society of Sigma Xi, the nation’s leading honor society for the pure and applied sciences and he is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and American Society of Industrial Engineers. Dr. Minasian’s corporate experience in the information technology industry has spanned marketing, information services, consulting, and executive management. He has held leadership positions at several IT companies, including Data General Corporation; Interdata Inc., now Perkin-Elmer Data Corporation; Dennison Manufacturing Company; and Wang Laboratories. He founded his own company, Five Star Inc., and served as CEO of Cirrus Computers Inc., a worldwide manufacturer of IBM PC-compatible computer systems.
	John Maleyeff, Ph.D. Professor Dr. John Maleyeff is a professor in the Hartford Department of the Lally School of Management & Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He also serves as the Area Coordinator for the Hartford department of the Lally School. Dr. Maleyeff teaches graduate courses to working professionals in operations management and quantitative methods. His research deals with Lean applications in service operations, performance management, and service innovation. He has held professional positions at RCA's David Sarnoff Research Center in New Jersey, LEGO Group A/S in Denmark, and the U.S. Department of Defense. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research from the University of Massachusetts. His publications have appeared in a diverse set of international journals, including Management Decision, Journal of Service Science and Management, International Journal of Educational Management, The TQM Magazine, Benchmarking: An International Journal, Journal of Management in Engineering, and The Journal of Healthcare Risk Management.
	Houman Younessi, Ph.D. Faculty Coordinator for ISP Information Technology Professor Dr. Younessi combines world-class research-based knowledge with industry experience to bring forth innovations in research as well as in the classroom and to industry. He is the inventor of the State Behavior Modeling (SBM) method and the coinventor of the OPEN methodology and the new paradigm of recombinant programming. A multi-disciplinarian, he has expertise in many fields including electrical engineering, decision science, software and systems engineering, information systems, business and enterprise management, and enterprise modeling and codesign, as well as molecular biology, bioinformatics, genetics, and biochemistry. Dr. Younessi has authored over 50 publications including three books.
	David L. Rainey, Ph.D. Professor Dr. David L. Rainey is an internationally-known author, educator, academic administrator, and consultant. He is a leading authority on product and technological innovations, sustainable development, strategic leadership, strategic management, and energy management. The focus of his current research is on new-to-the-world technologies, sustainability, business model innovation, and managing complexity. Professor Rainey has over thirty-five years of experience and leadership in industry and academia. He is a visiting professor at the Technical University of Munich and an associate of "the Center for the Study of Corporate Sustainability", Instituto De Estudios Para La Excelencia Competitiva in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Professor Rainey has advised companies on how to develop radical technologies in the fields of biotechnology, energy systems, fuel cells, aircraft and submarine design, hydrogen peroxide processing, cryogenic processing, bioremediation, recycling, high temperature plasma-arc furnaces, and materials recovery. He has consulted with more than thirty global corporations, including United Technologies Corporation, Sikorsky Aircraft, Toyota, BMW, Siemens AG, AT&T, Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics, Holnam, International Fuel Cells, Lego Systems, Pennsylvania Power & Light, and Pfizer, Inc. He has participated in the start-up more than forty entrepreneurial companies. Dr. Rainey is the author of Product Innovation: Leading Change through Integrated Product Development (2005, ISBN 0-521-84275-1) and Sustainable Business Development: Inventing the Future through Strategy, Innovation and Leadership (2006, ISBN: 0 521 862787). Both books are published by Cambridge University Press. Dr. Rainey was President and CEO of a U.S. subsidiary of Alfa Laval AB, a Swedish multinational. The company provided process equipment and engineering services for biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries. He was Vice President and General Manager of the U.K.-based Wellman Engineering Corporation, a manufacturer of process equipment for the automobile, steel, aluminum, and pulp and paper industries. He started his business career at Combustion Engineering, Inc. holding successive positions as research and development engineer, project manager, and manager of strategic business planning. Dr. Rainey earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, an M.B.A., and Master of Science degrees in Engineering Science and Business Management. He earned a Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
	James P. Stodder, Ph.D. Associate Professor Dr. Stodder’s areas of expertise include corporate and public finance, monetary economics, and the economics of developing and transitional countries. His research is in the relationship between economic development, inequality, and corruption, and also in the growth of virtual and alternative currencies. He has several book chapters, a dozen articles in refereed journals, and many newspaper and magazine articles. Professor Stodder has made conference presentations in many countries. He has been invited to speak to staff of the Central Bank of Brazil and the People’s Bank of China He is reasonably fluent in Spanish, and has a working knowledge of Russian, Portuguese, and French. He has testified as an expert witness before the Connecticut and New York State courts, the Connecticut State Legislature, and the Federal 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund. Dr. Stodder received his BA from Harvard in 1981, a MS from the University of Essex (UK) in 1983, and a PhD from Yale in 1989, all in the field of Economics.
	Eugene Eberbach, Ph.D. Associate Professor Dr. Eberbach is a Clinical Associate Professor at Department of Engineering and Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Hartford, USA. Previously he was an Associate Professor at Computer and Information Science Department and Intercampus Graduate School of Marine Sciences and Technology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA; a Professor with tenure at School of Computer Science, Acadia University and an Adjunct Professor at Faculty of Graduate Studies, Dalhousie University, Canada; Senior Scientist at Applied Research Lab, The Pennsylvania State University; Visiting Professor at The University of Memphis, USA; Research Scientist at University College London, U.K.; Assistant Professor in Poland, and he also has industrial experience. Professor Eberbach's current work is in the areas of process algebras, resource bounded optimization, autonomous agents and mobile robotics. General topics of interest are new computing paradigms, languages and architectures, distributed computing, concurrency and interaction, evolutionary computing and neural nets. Dr. Eberbach is the author of more than 140 publications in the above areas and he has been a recipient of 17 external research grants.
	Lynn Chipperfield, J.D. Adjunct Professor Lynn Chipperfield is a St. Louis native. He received his B.A. Degree from Drury University in 1973 with a major in Political Science, and he received his J.D. Degree from Washington University School of Law in 1977. After six years in the private practice of law, in 1983 Lynn joined Furniture Brands International (then named Interco Incorporated) as an attorney. During his 25 years with Furniture Brands, he served in capacities of increasing responsibility, serving lastly as Senior Vice-President and Chief Administrative Officer. He was one of the 3-4 person senior management team that set strategic direction for the $2.5 billion, publicly-traded company as it transitioned from domestic manufacturing to offshore sourcing between 2000 and 2008. He retired from Furniture Brands in March 2008. Among other interests, Lynn sits on the Board of Trustees of Drury University, on the Board of Directors of the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity, and on the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of Mississippi Valley, Inc. Along with his wife, he recently Co-Chaired a Capital Campaign for the St. Louis University School of Social Service, and he was the National Chair of a recent Capital Campaign by the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. Lynn is also an instrument rated private pilot. He lives in St. Louis with his wife Kathy, who is a full-time volunteer, currently serving as Vice-President of the Society of St. Vincent DePaul, as a member of the Advisory Board of the Saint Louis University School of Social Service, and on the Board of Directors of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation.