Finance
Professor at The University of Texas at Dallas School of Management, Director
of the UTD Center for Finance Strategy Innovation, President of Financial
Executives Institute – Dallas Chapter
Dr. Springate
served as the Associate Dean for Executive Education Programs in the School of
Management at The University of Texas at Dallas until August 2008. In this position he supervised eight program
managers and many of the externally-oriented programs delivered to corporations
and the public by the School of Management. He has delivered
approximately 150 short seminars and custom programs for executive groups and
corporations.
Dr. Springate currently
heads the newly launched Center for Finance Strategy Innovation. His teaching interests focus on private
equity, international finance and the financing of innovation. He has been selected as the Outstanding
Graduate Teacher in the
Dr. Springate
earned his Ph.D. in Corporate Finance from the
He is the
current president of the Dallas Chapter of Financial Executives International. Previously, he has served as chief
executive of the investment subsidiary of a multi-billion dollar financial
institution, as a manager for a listed Swiss investment company, as the
Chairman of a double franchise luxury automobile dealership and as an Air Force
project officer. He has served as a consultant for 3M Corporation, Ford Motor
Company, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Software AG, Goodyear,