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 Michael E. Konopaski Office: GCS366 Areas of expertise: Entrepreneurship, Family Business, Accounting, Investments. After studying in the United States for six years, Michael returned to his home town of Peterborough, Ontario, in 1995 to serve as a Chief Financial Officer of an investment dealer firm. Michael began his academic career in 2001 when Trent University offered him a position teaching financial and management accounting. Michael’s current research interests include entrepreneurial learning and family business. In addition to his academic degrees, he is also qualified as a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and a Certified Financial Planner (CFP). Selected publications: The Decision to Join or not Join a Family Business Peer Network. Proceedings of the 2008 Family Firm Institute Conference. London, United Kingdom, 2008. The family business consulting voyage: Blue oceans and rainmakers, shipwrecks and lifejackets. Proceedings of the 2008 International Family Enterprise Research Conference. Breukelen, The Netherlands, 2008. Global positioning (GPS) of the family business consulting industry in Canada and the United States: Tracking the past, present and future direction of the profession. Proceedings of the 2008 Family Enterprise Research Conference. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2008. Courses taught: ADMN 102 – Introduction to Financial Accounting |