Philip Horvath

Dept. Chair & PNC Bank & Robert T. Stevenson Professor

Baker Hall 227
(309) 677-2313
hap@bradley.edu

Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.) 1975; Major: Finance; Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
M.S., 1971, Indiana University at South Bend
B.S., 1970, Indiana University at South Bend

Biography

Bradley University, Foster College of Business Administration, Department of Finance and Quantitative Methods:

  • Professor of Finance (1990-present)
  • Associate professor of Finance (1980-1990)
  • Assistant Professor of Finance (1977-1980)
  • Director, Master of Science in Quantitative Finance Program (Fall 2008 – present)
  • Robert T. Stevenson, Jr./PNC Professor of Finance (Jan 2010 – present)
  • Robert T. Stevenson, Jr./National City Bank Professor of Finance (2002-Dec 2009)
  • Founder and Founding Editor of the Journal of Financial and Economic Practice (Sept 2001-2004);
  • Chair, Department of Finance and Quantitative Methods, (1995-Present)
  • Coordinator, Center for Business and Economic Research Colloquium Series, (1990 – present)

Indiana University at South Bend: Instructor and Assistant Professor (1973 - 1977);
Kent State University: D.B.A. Student and Research Assistant(1971 - 1973);
Kroehler Manufacturing Co., Inc., Naperville, Illinois: Data Processing positions to Operations Manager (1967 - 1969);
United States Air Force: Non Commissioned Officer, (Air Police), (1959 – 1965).

    Professional Experience

    Created, designed and co-founded a proprietary trading system (now classified as ATS) specifically designed for IPOs of Regs A,D and SB1 securities and secondary trading of securities for traders who are accredited investors.  Co-founder of a NASD/SIPC member broker/Dealer firm, and; a SEC registered investment advisory firm.  CFO for a number of  small and start-up firms.  Advisor and/or co-trustee for several trusts.  Extensively involved in small business consulting both independently and  through the Bradley University Small Business Development Center.  Held posts as officer and  board member of a number of for-profit and not-for-profit organizations and foundations.  Consulting Expert and expert witness for various law firms in the areas of  securities, risk assessment, valuation, financial impact, and wrongful death/dismemberment.

    Developed and implemented a five-year (3:2) Master of Science in Quantitative Finance and all necessary graduate finance courses; Codeveloped a joint Electrical Engineering-Master of Science in Quantitative Finance program (initiating joint approval process)

    Teaching

    Undergraduate courses: Liquidity Management, Financial Analysis, Portfolio Theory, Financial Strategy, Forecasting.  Occasionally conduct Quantitative Analysis (Statistics) courses.  At the graduate level: Uncertainty Identification and Measurement, Financial Analysis, Capital Budgeting and Real Options, Investments. 

    Seminars

    Full day seminars in financial management for non-financial managers, financial planning for non-financial managers.  Conducted  intensive, extensive seminars for Caterpillar, Inc., managers.  Also conducted  intensive programs in financial management for managers at local firms.

    Scholarship

    Over 450 scholarly citations. Current research interests: Theory of Choice, Stochastic Filters in Finance, Markov Chain models and Risk Measurement.

    Published in: The Journal of Finance, The Financial Review, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Journal of Retailing, Journal of Applied Business Research, Journal of Business and Economic Research, Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives, Journal of Financial and Economic Practice, International Journal of Production Economics, The Journal of Forensic Economics, The Real Estate Appraiser and Analyst, Management Accounting,; among others. Numerous presentations at professional  meetings and scholarly gatherings; publications in proceedings. Principal Investigator of several grant projects  including Merrill Lynch, and CEFCU.

    Invited to conduct research symposium, Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary (anticipated 2013)

    Invited to conduct lecture series, University of Maastricht, Netherlands, (anticipated 2013)

    Service

    Chair of Police Commission, City of Chillicothe, Illinois (1986 – October 2006).  Has been an officer of, and/or participant in, numerous civic groups.