EDUCATION

Ph.D. Hospitality Administration, G.P.A. 4.0

University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), Las Vegas, USA

Expected Graduation: Summer 2006

MBA, International Management, G.P.A. 3.65

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), Wisconsin, USA

August 2001

Ph.D. Coursework, Supply Chain Management, G.P.A. 3.55

Arizona State University (ASU), Arizona, USA

August 2000

Master of Accountancy, G.P.A. 3.70

Arizona State University (ASU), Arizona, USA

August 1997

Bachelor of Science, Honors in Accountancy, G.P.A. 3.55

Arizona State University (ASU), Arizona USA

December 1995

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Nevada USA (2005-present)

School of Business Administration

Instructor for the Undergraduate course in Internet Marketing

G.C.S.E. University Foundation Courses, Nicosia Cyprus (2003-2004)

Instructor for G.C.S.E. Courses in the areas of Business Management and Economics

Frederick Institute of Technology, Nicosia Cyprus (2003)

School of Business Administration

Instructor for MBA courses for Chinese Nationals Executives in Management Strategy
Instructor for the Undergraduate courses in Organizational Behavior

Marquette University, Wisconsin USA (2001-2002)

School of Business Administration

Instructor the MBA GE Medical course in the Global Environment of Business (BUAD 263)
Instructor the MBA GE Medical course Supply Chain Management (BUAD 220)

Instructor for the MBA courses in the Global Environment of Business (BUAD 263)
Instructor for the MBA courses in Operations Management (BUAD 220)
Instructor for the Undergraduate course in Supply Chain Management (MANA 170)

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA (2000-2001)

School of Business Administration

Instructor for eleven Undergraduate Managerial Accounting courses (ACC 202)

Arizona State University, Arizona USA (1997-2000)

Department of Management

Lecturer for the Undergraduate International Management course (MGT 459)
Lecturer for the Operations and Production Management course (OPM 301)
Coordinator of Teaching Assistants for 13 Operations and Production Management courses (OPM 301)

Arizona State University, Arizona USA (1997)

School of Accountancy and Information Management

Instructor for two Accounting Courses, Level I (ACC 230) and Level II (ACC 240)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Salamis Tours, Nicosia, Cyprus (2003-2004)

Advisor/Consultant for the opening of the company’s new hotel property in Athens, Greece
Research and development for the expansion of new markets for outgoing travel
Service-level agreements and building alliances with local companies and government departments for their travel needs

CM Glo, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (2002)

Strategy Division

Contractor for strategic expansion of the company into nation-wide and global markets including negotiations

Wisconsin Energies, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (2001-2002)

Supply Chain Division-Corporate Travel Manager

Corporate Travel Manager for over 6,000 employees
Responsible for planning for corporate off-site meetings, training, and corporate travel room service level agreements with hotels locally, nationally, and internationally. In addition, I incorporated service level agreements with hotels, airlines and other travel industry partners, for the first time in the history of the company.
Oversaw the operations of the in-house travel agency

Salamis Air, Nicosia, Cyprus (Summer 2001)

Executive Division

Member of the three executive member team responsible for the start-up of the company
Duties included yield management, in-flight service agreements, marketing and development

Deloitte & Touche, Phoenix, Arizona USA (1997)

Business Consulting Division

Contractor for reorganizing the internal network filing procedures

Arthur Andersen, Phoenix, Arizona USA (1996)

Audit and Business Advisory Division

Auditing and Consulting for 500 Fortune level companies
Auditing and Consulting for small and medium size companies
Consulting in projects in the HealthCare Industry

SCHOLARSHIPS

Recipient of the Fulbright - Amideast Scholarship (1992)
GPSA graduate student travel grant (2005)
SAP Grant for the SAP National Conference (2001)
Sponsored by National Science Foundation Grant (1999-2000)

Associated Students of Arizona State University (1998)
Department of Management, Arizona State University (1998, 1999, 2000)
Graduate College, Arizona State University (1998, 1999)

HONORS

The Chancellor’s List
Business Honors Program
Golden Key, Beta Gamma Sigma, Beta Alpha Psi

ACTIVITIES

Graduate student representative for Hospitality Administration at GPSA at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas (UNLV)
Graduate student representative for the technology committee at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas (UNLV)
Young Collectors Council Guggenheim Museum Las Vegas

Committee Chair of the Partnership Program for the Wisconsin Business Travel Association (WBTA)
Member of the Fundraising committee at Bay View Community Center
Senator for the Business College at the University Senate at Arizona State University (ASU)
Chair of the Finance Committee at Arizona State University (ASU)
Honors College Council Member at Arizona State University (ASU)
Founding Member of the International Students Council at Arizona State University (ASU)

REFERRED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Natasa Christodoulidou and Pearl Brewer “Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): Issues in adoption and diffusion of technology in the hospitality industry”, Western Decision Sciences (WDSI) Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, March 2005.

Natasa Christodoulidou, “Implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)”, SAP Annual National Conference, San Diego, CA, February 2001.

Natasa Christodoulidou and Kevin Dooley, “Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): Costing issues in adoption and diffusion of technology”, Decision Sciences (DSI) Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 2000.

Kevin Dooley, Susan Amundson, Dirk Johnson, Natasa Christodoulidou “Reengineering or continuous quality improvement: An examination of six case studies”, Decision Sciences (DSI) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, November 1999.

Natasa Christodoulidou, Kevin Dooley, Susan Amundson,

“Technology-Push versus Market-Pull: An integrative Model”, Industrial Engineering Research, Institute Conference, Phoenix, AZ, May 1999.

Natasa Christodoulidou, Susan Amundson, Kevin Dooley, “The Drivers of New Product Development: A Proposed Model and an Examination of the Technology-push and Market-pull Forces”, Decision Sciences (DSI) Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, November 1998.

Natasa Christodoulidou, Susan Amundson, Kevin Dooley, “Demand-Pull or Technology-Push? A New Product Development Debate”, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, October 1998.

Natasa Christodoulidou, Susan Amundson, Kevin Dooley, “Push and Pull: Sequential, Parallel or Integrated?” Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Annual Conference, Santa Fe, NM, March 1998.

NON-REFEREED CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

Norman, S., Morrice, D., Fry, M., Kurz, M., Goodhart, J., Neureuther, B., Christodoulidou, N., Sokol, J., “Issues in OR/MS Education - A few words from the student perspective”, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Conference, Cincinnati, OH, May 1999.

Rothenberger Marcus, Alsua Carlos, Christodoulidou Natasa, “Mentoring Ph.D. Students: A Student Perspective”, Decision Sciences (DSI) Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, November 1998.

NON-REFEREED PUBLICATONS

Marcus A. Rothenberger, Carlos Jesus Alsua, Natasa Christodoulidou, "Mentoring Ph.D. Students – A Student Perspective", Decision Line, November/December 1998.