Online MBA: Master of Business Administration

Subash Bijlani's distinguished academic and business career spans more than 40 years. Prior to his current position at UMGC, he was executive-in-residence from 2003 to 2004 and professor of practice from 2005 to 2011. Before joining UMGC, Bijlani served as director of the Institute of Management and Technology in India, executive-in-residence at Bowling Green State University in Ohio and at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh, and visiting faculty at the Administrative Staff College of India. Bijlani received the Shiromani Award for Extraordinary Excellence from Mother Teresa.

Bijlani served as CEO and managing director of Molins of India, a leading British multinational corporation, from 1982 to 1996. He has consulted for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, and the Government of India's Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

He currently serves as an independent director on Max Ventures and Industries, Max Specialty Films, and Vardhman Textile Mills. In the past, he held board positions at the Export-Import Bank of India, Max India, and Inalsa.

Bijlani was coleader of the trade delegation of the Governor of Maryland to India. He was a member of the Advisory Board for the India-U.S. World Affairs Institute. He served as chairman of the northern region for the Confederation of Indian Industry, president of the Chandigarh Management Association, chairman of the research council for the Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, and chairman of the Advisory Board for the Government of India's Patent Information System.

Bijlani earned a Doctor of Management from UMGC; a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, United Kingdom; and postgraduate diplomas from University of Bombay and Panjabi University in India.

Mohamed Ezz has taught international business management, global strategy, and marketing management at UMGC since 2009. He is a medical doctor, graduate professor, general manager, and global marketing executive, with extensive international experience in management, marketing, business development, sales, and training. He has traveled to more than 20 countries for business and lived in six countries.

Prior to joining UMGC, Ezz was the general manager of Alcon Labs and the global marketing manager for Fresenius Kabi, both based in Saudi Arabia. Before that, he was a product manager for Abbott Laboratories in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Germany. He also served as consultant of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology at the United Nations Development Programme in Cairo and Rome.

Ezz holds an MD and a master's degree in clinical biochemistry and microbiology from Cairo University as well as a Doctor of Management, Master of International Management, and Master of Business Administration from UMGC. He also earned a Master of Technology Entrepreneurship from the University of Maryland, College Park.

In his free time, Ezz is an assistant coach for cycling with the Special Olympics of Orange County, North Carolina. He presents in the parent panel of the TEACCH Autism Program of the University of North Carolina. His hobbies include sailing and scuba diving. He is a certified PC repair specialist.

Michael Frank has held executive-level positions in the private and public sectors for many years. As an executive vice president and chair of the Asset-Liability Committee for a large Maryland financial institution, he supervised several hundred people, drafted strategic and business plans, oversaw reorganizations and staffing, and controlled approximately $1 billion in assets. He also founded the institution’s retail service subsidiary and became its president and a member of its Board of Directors. Prior to that, he was human resource director for two of Maryland's largest jurisdictions, where he managed all personnel and collective bargaining activities for several thousand employees.

Frank served as chair of two departments—information and technology systems and management and accounting and finance—and later as the dean and senior vice president of academic programs, all in the Graduate School at UMGC. After his service in the aforementioned administrative roles, he returned to UMGC's teaching faculty.

He is the recipient of numerous official commendations, a leadership award, a teaching excellence award, and several professional awards, including the Professional Writers Award from the International Personnel Management Association and the Sustained Outstanding Quality Award from the National Capitol Area's Management Association.

His teaching, research, and publication interests reside in the field of human resource management and organization theory. He is a coauthor of The Development of Management Theory and Practice in the United States and coeditor of Knowledge Management and E-Learning, published by the Taylor Francis Group in 2011.

He earned a PhD at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he focused on statistics, research methods, and organizational management. He has several years of postdoctoral work in finance and banking, which he completed at the University of Texas, Austin.

Collegiate Professor Alfred Raider has been full-time with UMGC for 26 years and teaching for the university for 28 years. He has background in marketing, law, and international trade policy. Raider is an international trade attorney and has worked for both domestic and foreign companies on issues related to their international operations. He spent two years clerking for a Federal judge, sitting in on trials and helping to write decisions in criminal and civil cases. One of his practice areas was export promotion programs and helping companies take advantage of government programs that support the marketing of U.S. goods abroad. In addition, he worked in the House of Representatives on issues related to international trade and export promotion programs.