Dr. Audhesh Paswan received his Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi, USA, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and a B.Tech. (Aeronautics) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Before coming into academia, he worked in the advertising and consumer product industry as the Account Manager and Planner, and Brand Manager. Dr. Paswan has recently been named Vice Provost and Dean of UNT at Frisco and will continue to serve as Professor of Marketing in the College of Business.

Dr. Majed Yaghi joined the University of North Texas in September 2021 and is currently a Marketing lecturer at the G. Brint Ryan College of Business. Prior to joining UNT, Dr. Yaghi spent 23 years at The Coca-Cola Company retiring as Vice President-Global Accounts based in Dallas, TX and led a group of the company’s chain customers across 85 countries. His track record with CPG blue chips also includes sales and marketing senior roles with Kimberly-Clark and Gillette.

Dr. Yaghi holds a Doctor of Business Administration degree from The University of Bradford, UK and a master’s in marketing from Louisiana State University. His doctoral dissertation (The Influence of Toxic Leadership on Employee Commitment and Mediating Role of Organizational Culture) was awarded the Dean’s Prize for Innovation and Impact in Doctoral Research. His first book (Leadership Lessons from an Illiterate Mom) is due to be published in January 2022 and he is currently writing his second leadership book titled “The Toxic Trigon.”

Dr. Dexter Purnell is a faculty member in the marketing department at G. Brint Ryan College of Business. The 2x Billboard #1 recording engineer/producer is also an entrepreneur with significant experience in the entertainment industry. He has worked with recording artists and record labels such as Sony, Disturbing Tha Peace Records, Def Jam Records, Jaquees, Chrisette Michele, Raheem DeVaughn, David Banner, Rudy Currence, Christina Bell, Slim of 112, Nate Walka, Field Mob, O-Town, Loverboy, Jean Rodriguez, Captain Hollywood, and many others. Dr. Purnell has also managed to add some very impressive corporate clientele such as Footprint Features (When We First Met, Shimmer Lake, Family Weekend), Walt Disney Entertainment, NBA, ESPN, Jansport, Gearhead Pictures/Dan Myrick (Blair Witch Project, The Strand) and Hard Rock Academy to his ever-growing résumé.

Dr. Purnell holds a doctoral degree in business administration from Wilmington University, a master's degree in marketing from the University of Alabama, and has extensive experience teaching both face-to-face and online courses. He has held faculty positions at West Georgia Technical College, MacMurray College, and Elizabeth City State University. Dr. Purnell enjoys conducting academic research on various topics in the areas of entrepreneurship, entertainment, and consumer behavior.

Dr. Arunachalam (Chalam) Narayanan is an Associate Professor of Analytics in the department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences. He earned a Ph.D. in Operations Management and MS in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University. He also earned a BE in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy in India. Prior to his appointment at University of North Texas, he was a faculty member in the Industrial Distribution Program in College of Engineering at Texas A&M University (tenured in 2012) and a faculty member in the Bauer College of Business at University of Houston. He has consulted with several firms including Schlumberger, Gulf States Toyota, Lyondell Basell, Lufkin, Brenntag, Wilson (now NOV), HEB, Baker Hughes and non-profits like Salvation Army and Capital Area Food Bank. His dissertation was recognized by DSI and CSCMP in 2007 and has published in journals including POMS, JOM, DSJ, EJOR, Omega, IJPE, IJPR among others. He has also created of a popular version of online beer game, which will soon be available in the UNT servers.

Dr. Gurpreet Dhillon is the G. Brint Ryan Endowed Chair of Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity. He graduated with a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics (UK). In 2019 he received an Honorary Doctorate from Örebro University (Sweden). Gurpreet has published nearly 100 peer-reviewed journal articles in some of the top-tier outlets, including FT50 journals. Gurpreet is also an author of over a dozen books, all related to information technology and cybersecurity. His research and teaching interests lie in the interface between technology and organizations. In particular, his focus has been on managing information security in organizations and ensuring the integrity of business operations. Gurpreet has advised over two dozen doctoral students. His expert comments have appeared in the New York Times, USA Today, Business Week, CNN, NBC News, NPR, TEDx, among others.