Constantine Konstans is a Professor of Accounting & Information Management and Executive Director, The Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance at The University of Texas at Dallas’ School of Management where he also served as Director of Accounting Programs.  Prior to joining The University of Texas at Dallas he served as National Training Director for KPMG Peat Marwick and as Vice-Chair of the Firm’s International Training Directors Group.  He was also a faculty member at the University of Memphis' Fogelman College of Business and Economics (Associate Dean for External Affairs, Director of the School of Accountancy and Professor of Accounting), Southern Methodist University's Cox School of Business (Chair of the Accounting Department, Professor of Accounting and President of the Faculty), Georgia State University (Professor of Decision Sciences) and the University of Cincinnati (Professor of Accounting).  He was the recipient of outstanding teacher awards from Southern Methodist University, Georgia State University and the University of Cincinnati.

 Dr. Konstans was formerly a faculty member of the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking and has served as a Visiting Professor of Accounting at Miami University (Ohio), Dillard University (New Orleans) and The University of North Texas.  Internationally, he was a Visiting Professor at the Russian-American Graduate School of Management of the St. Petersburg State Technical University (where he was elected a Foreign Member of the Engineering Academy of St. Petersburg, Russia), Consulting Professor, University of Nuevo Leon (Monterrey, Mexico) and Visiting Professor, EDHEC (Lille, France).

 Dr. Konstans earned a Bachelor of Music Degree with Honors from Indiana University, a Master of Arts degree in Accounting from The Ohio State University, and a Ph.D. degree in Business Administration from Michigan State University.  He was awarded a full four-year scholarship by Indiana University; designated a Graduate Teaching Assistant by The Ohio State University and appointed a Graduate Instructor by Michigan State University.

 Dr. Konstans has professional audit experience with all Big Five Accounting firms; extensive consulting experience in industry ranging from Fortune 500 companies to closely-held hi-tech professional service organizations; and, numerous corporate directorships to include banks, thrifts and manufacturing companies.  His experience in corporate executive development is extensive.  He also holds professional designations as a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor and Certified Fraud Examiner.  In addition, he had a distinguished career as a regular commissioned officer in the United States Army commanding a nuclear-capable surface-to-air guided missile battery ranked second among over 400 such units nationwide.

 Dr. Konstans is a member of the Financial Executives Institute (currently serving as President and Director of the Dallas Chapter), the AICPA (having served a three-year term on the Continuing Professional Education Executive Committee), the American Accounting Association, the Institute of Management Accountants, the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the Texas Society of CPA's, Beta Gamma Sigma and Beta Alpha Psi.  He was formerly a director of both the Federation of Schools of Accountancy and the American Accounting Association's Accounting Program Leaders.

 Dr. Konstans' primary teaching areas are IT, Cost Management and Management Control/Information Systems.  His research and consulting interests are in Global Executive/Organizational Training and Development, Distance Learning, Strategic Planning and Budgetary Control, Performance Measurement and Compensation, Corporate Restructuring and Process Re-engineering, Activity Based Management, and the inherent behavioral issues in managing global professional services organizations.  Among his publications are a book, a monograph, and numerous articles in academic and professional journals.