Dr. Felix Kalinski

Competency Based Tutorial Associate Professor of Business Administration and Leadership
Business and Professional Studies
Organizational Leadership, Business, Administration

Dr. Felix Kalinski has vast experience in the business arena and in higher education as well. During the early part of his career, his work included a great deal of general management responsibility and experience working at Compton Advertising Agency and Proctor and Gamble. As an entrepreneur, he successfully founded the Management Consulting firm called, Baeder Kalinski International Group (BKIG) Inc. BKIG was the pioneer of Search Alliance, an executive search methodology used to market large-scale executive search outsourcing engagements. There were no Human Resource outsourcing activities in any industry, anywhere in the world, at that time. His clients were many and varied, and included Computer Sciences Corporation, Chase Manhattan Bank, Citibank, Ernst & Young, KPMG, Jacobs Engineering Group, ICF Kaiser International, ITT Industries, Inc. (Fluid Technology and Sheraton Divisions). Having completed his doctoral degree in Organizational Leadership at UMass Global, Dr. Kalinski now enjoys putting his field experience to work as a university professor. He works specifically with the competency-based programs offered at UMass Global, and the majority of his work is with MyPath BBA and MyPath MAOL students.

Education History

2015 - Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership, University of Massachusetts Global, Irvine, CA 

Dissertation: Transforming Student Retention in Higher Education Online Programs in California Community Colleges: A Delphi Study
 

1990 - MBA, General Management, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH
 

1984 - BS, Business Administration, Fordham University, Bronx, NY

Area of concentration: Marketing


 

Professional Experience

2014-2018, Account Executive, University of Massachusetts Global, Irvine, CA 

  • Established partnerships with local and other businesses. Increased Ontario campus enrollment from 125 students to 350 students.
     

2013-2018, Adjunct Professor, University of Massachusetts Global

  • Taught Principles of Management, Principles of Marketing, Marketing Management and Marketing Research. Professor, Onsite and Online experience: Achieved 95% student approval ratings.
     

2016-2018, Marketing Instructor, University of California, Riverside - Extension, Riverside, CA

  • Taught Consumer Behavior, Marketing Principles and Marketing Research. Marketing Advisory Board member responsible for course curriculum development and design for the Marketing Certificate program.
  • Achieved 93% student approval ratings. Recruit other Adjuncts.

Education History

2015 - Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership, University of Massachusetts Global, Irvine, CA 

Dissertation: Transforming Student Retention in Higher Education Online Programs in California Community Colleges: A Delphi Study
 

1990 - MBA, General Management, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH
 

1984 - BS, Business Administration, Fordham University, Bronx, NY

Area of concentration: Marketing


 

Professional Experience

2014-2018, Account Executive, University of Massachusetts Global, Irvine, CA 

  • Established partnerships with local and other businesses. Increased Ontario campus enrollment from 125 students to 350 students.
     

2013-2018, Adjunct Professor, University of Massachusetts Global

  • Taught Principles of Management, Principles of Marketing, Marketing Management and Marketing Research. Professor, Onsite and Online experience: Achieved 95% student approval ratings.
     

2016-2018, Marketing Instructor, University of California, Riverside - Extension, Riverside, CA

  • Taught Consumer Behavior, Marketing Principles and Marketing Research. Marketing Advisory Board member responsible for course curriculum development and design for the Marketing Certificate program.
  • Achieved 93% student approval ratings. Recruit other Adjuncts.

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