PERCY S. POON CURRICULUM VITA

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1 Page 1 of 8 PERCY S. POON CURRICULUM VITA Office of the Dean Telephone Number: (702) Lee Business School Fax Number: (702) University of Nevada, Las Vegas percy.poon@unlv.edu Las Vegas, NV Home Page: EDUCATION Ph. D. (Finance), Louisiana State University, M.B.A., Texas State University, Honors Diploma with Distinction (Economics), Hong Kong Baptist University, ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS Interim Dean July present Lee Business School, University of Nevada, Las Vegas The chief academic and administrative officer of the Lee Business School responsible for managing academic, fiscal, physical, and human resources, community relations, community outreach, and fundraising. Both business and accounting programs are accredited by AACSB International. With over 80 full-time faculty members, 30 staff members, and an annual overall budget of over $15 million supporting about 3,500 undergraduate students and 500 graduate students. Five academic departments: Accounting; Economics; Finance; Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology; Marketing and International Business. Five graduate programs, including the EMBA, and ten undergraduate programs. Three business services centers: the Center for Business and Economic Research, the Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies, and the Center for Entrepreneurship. Major Accomplishments/New Initiatives Fund raising secured a private donation of $500,000 to create a student-managed venture fund. Initiated a faculty and staff incentive program to incentivize mission-critical behavior and to boost morale in the midst of budget cuts with discretionary funds. Established faculty and department chair development programs. o Introduced research and teaching workshops for junior faculty. o Initiated professional development programs for department chairs. Initiatives to differentiate the Lee Business School. o To launch the Lee Business School for Life program. To offer business alumni limited number of executive education courses free of charge. o To establish the Corporate Residency Program. To offer recent business school graduates an employment opportunity to gain hands-on experience in one or more functional areas within a partner-corporation. o To create a student career services center. To instill a culture of assessment. o Began school-wide (assistant and associate deans, school assessment committee, and school curriculum committee) efforts to establish a complete and credible assurance of learning process, especially the closing the loop procedure.

2 Page 2 of 8 Associate Dean for Administration and Outreach July June 2012 Lee Business School, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Summary of Major Duties Strategic planning implementation develop and report on internal metrics and external benchmarks used to assess progress toward achieving strategic goals. Maintenance of the School s budget ensure that all spending is consistent with university and school policies. Coordination of outreach activities rationalize the School s community offerings and make effective and efficient use of resources. Student services working with the Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Department Chairs to ensure that the School has comprehensive, effective, and student-centered services and enrichment activities. Accreditation reporting serve as the point person for coordinating all data collection and documentation required by accrediting agencies such as AACSB and NWCCU. Faculty governance assure faculty governance is working effectively in the School. Administrative personnel ensure that the School is in compliance with all university and school policies with respect to administrative staff including annual performance reviews, merit, and disciplinary procedures. Major Accomplishments/Initiatives Undertaken AACSB Maintenance of Accreditation. o Coordinated efforts with the school executive committee and other ad-hoc committees to address faculty sufficiency, faculty qualification, and assurance of learning ( ). o Led the school assessment committee to complete the assessment plan and to collect assessment data ( ). Faculty Development. o Established jointly with the school executive committee three programs to incentivize faculty for teaching and research activities (2010) teaching innovation grants, master teachers, and research fellows. Budget Management. o Implemented accountable and transparent allocation policies on school discretionary funds ( ). o Increased summer school profit (average per class) by 70% in three years ( ) through coordinated efforts with department chairs to optimize summer school offerings. Established the Nevada Global Business Summer Program in o Created a summer study abroad program through a collaboration with College of Business at University of Nevada, Reno. o Students from both institutions will be able to study overseas jointly in the summer program to enhance their international experiences. Student Development. o Initiated jointly with the school executive committee the Prepare to Compete campaign to enhance students soft skills such as leadership, presentation, communication, team work and networking (2009). o Created a student international ambassador program to increase their global and cultural awareness (2011).

3 Page 3 of 8 Department Chair July June 2009 Department of Finance, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department Facts A diverse department consists of 15 faculty members (nine in finance, three in business law, two in real estate, and one in insurance), as well as 6 8 part-time instructors, and the Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies. A student body of more than 600 majors and minors with two organizations, FMA and REBS. Summary of Major Duties Administration of an annual budget of about $2.5 million. Oversaw program assessment activities and reporting for AACSB and NWCCU. Significantly involved in promotion and tenure, and recruiting decisions, and faculty merit allocations. Oversaw curriculum revisions. Enhanced the engagement of the Finance Department Advisory Board and the Lied Institute Executive and Advisory Boards. Major Accomplishments UNLV Outstanding Department Chair Award. o Recognized by the University of having a strong record of outstanding work as a department chair and of demonstrating commitment to UNLV s goal of developing a service-oriented, responsive, and accountable administrative infrastructure. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Associate Professor Department of Finance, University of Nevada, Las Vegas July present Visiting Professor Summer 2010 University Studies Abroad Consortium University of the Basque Country, Bilbao/Getxo, Spain Visiting Scholar Jan June 1998 Department of Finance and Decision Sciences Hong Kong Baptist University Assistant Professor July Dec Department of Finance, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Visiting Assistant Professor Aug July 1992 Department of Finance, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

4 Page 4 of 8 AWARDS, HONORS & RECOGNITION The 1996 Journal of Investing article was cited by investment reading books: o The Successful Investor Today: 14 Simple Truths You Must Know When You Invest (P ), 2006, Larry E. Swedroe. o What Works on Wall Street: A Guide to the Best-Performing Investment Strategies of All Time (P. 46), 3rd ed., 2005, James P. O'Shaughnessy. o Mutual Funds: Risk and Performance Analysis for Decision Making, 2003, John A. Haslem. o Rational Investing in Irrational Times: How to Avoid the Costly Mistakes Even Smart People Make Today (P. 235), 2002, Larry E. Swedroe. o Getting Started in Online Brokers (P. 30), 2001, Kristine DeForge and Loren Fleckenstein. o Wall Street to Main Street: Charles Merrill and Middle-Class Investors (P. 229), 1999, Edwin J. Perkins. o 25 Myths You've Got to Avoid-If You Want to Manage Your Money Right: The New Rules for Financial Success (P. 21), 1999, Jonathan Clements. o How to Retire Rich: Time-Tested Strategies to Beat the Market and Retire in Style (P. 52), 1998, James O'Shaughnessy. Honored in the Who s Who Among America s Teachers, Quoted by Wall Street Journal (January 29, 2001), Investor s Business Daily (September 9, 1998), the Cincinnati Post (January 7, 1997) and Las Vegas Sun (April 7, 2002, July 1, 1996). American Association of Individual Investors Best Paper in Investments at the Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting (paper entitled The Market Reaction to Stock Splits, with Christopher G. Lamoureux), November H.E.B. Scholarship, Southwest Texas State University, Fall Graduated with Distinction, Hong Kong Baptist College, SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES Refereed Publications Daubert and Qualification of the Appraisal Expert Witness, with Richard Hoyt and Robert Aalberts, The Appraisal Journal, Vol. 78, No. 3, Summer 2010, pp A Tale of Two Internet Service Providers: A Risk Management Perspective, with Robert Aalberts and Paul Thistle, Communications of the ACM, Vol. 53, No. 4, April 2010, pp Commercial Mortgage Prepayment: Prepayment Fee, Yield Maintenance, or Defeasance, with Robert Aalberts and Richard Hoyt, Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2009, pp The Common Law and Its Impact on the Internet, with Robert J. Aalberts, David Hames and Paul Thistle, in Advances in Computers, M. Zelkowitz (ed.), Elsevier, Vol. 77, Chapter 8, An Analysis of the Liquidity Benefits Provided by Secondary Markets, with Tomas Mantecon, Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 33, No. 2, February 2009, pp Exit Fees and their Impact upon the Effective Interest Costs of Commercial Real Estate Loans, with Robert Aalberts and Richard Hoyt, Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2008, pp

5 Page 5 of 8 Trespass, Nuisance and Spam: Eleventh Century Common Law Meets the Internet, with Robert Aalberts and Paul Thistle, Communications of the ACM, Vol. 50, Issues 12, December 2007, pp Derivatives and the Modern Prudent Investor Rule: Too Risky or Too Necessary? with Robert J. Aalberts, Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 67, No. 3, 2006, pp (The lead article of the issue.) Market Reactions to Corporate Restructurings, with Gerald D. Newbould and Cindy Durtschi, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Vol. 16, No. 3, May 2001, pp The Effect of Option Listing on Bid-Ask Spreads, Price Volatility, and Trading Activity of the Underlying OTC Stocks, with Peihwang Wei and Susan Zee, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Vol. 9, No. 2, September 1997, pp Unhedged and Hedged Efficient Global Portfolio Diversification, with Gerald D. Newbould, Richard L. Constand, and Stephen F. Witt, Global Business and Finance Review, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 1997, pp The Revised Prudent Investor Rule and the Modern Portfolio Theory: A New Direction for Fiduciaries, with Robert J. Aalberts, American Business Law Journal, Vol. 34, No. 1, Fall 1996, pp Portfolio Performance, Diversification, and the Individual Investor, with Gerald D. Newbould, Journal of Investing, Vol. 5, No. 2, Summer 1996, pp The Effect of Option Trading on Stock Price Reaction to Annual Earnings Announcements, with Richard Lau, Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting, Vol. 4, 1996, pp An Empirical Examination of the Return Volatility-Volume Relation in Related Markets: The Case of Stock and Options, Financial Review, Vol. 29, No. 4, November 1994, pp The Minimum Number of Stocks Needed for Diversification, with Gerald D. Newbould, Financial Practice and Education, Vol. 3, No. 2, Fall 1993, pp The Market Reaction to Stock Splits, with Christopher G. Lamoureux, Journal of Finance, Vol. 42, No. 5, December 1987, pp Other Professional Publications Is It Time to Change Nevada s Prudent Investor Rule? With Robert J. Aalberts, Nevada Lawyer, Vol. 5, No. 7, August 1997, pp The Minimum Number of Stocks Needed for Diversification, with Gerald D. Newbould, reprinted in Advances in Business Financial Management: A Collection of Readings, 2nd ed., Dryden Press, 1995, pp The Impact of Options on Price Volatility and Bid Ask Spreads of the Underlying OTC Stocks, with Peihwang Wei and Susan Zee, Proceedings, Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, Vol. 1, November 1994, pp

6 Page 6 of 8 How the Market Reacts to a Stock Split? with Christopher G. Lamoureux, American Association of Individual Investors Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2, February 1987, pp Presentations Do Mortgage Broker Laws and Regulations Matter? with Robert Aalberts and Richard Hoyt, American Real Estate Society Annual Meeting, April Investor Criteria for Choosing between Yield Maintenance and Defeasance, with Robert Aalberts and Richard Hoyt, American Real Estate Society Annual Meeting, April Exit Fees and their Impact upon the Effective Rate of Interest on Commercial Real Estate Loans, with Robert Aalberts and Richard Hoyt, American Real Estate Society Annual Meeting, April Valuation Effects of REIT Security Offerings, with Chengho Hsieh and Peihwang Wei, AREUEA Meetings, January Unhedged and Hedged Efficient Global Portfolio Diversification, with Gerald D. Newbould, Richard L. Constand, and Stephen F. Witt, Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, October The Financing Decision of REITs: The Case of Convertible Debt, with Chengho Hsieh, American Real Estate Society Annual Meeting, March The Effect of Option Listing on Bid-Ask Spreads, Price Volatility, and Trading Activity of the Underlying OTC Stocks, with Peihwang Wei and Susan Zee, Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, October The Impact of Option Listing on the Underlying OTC Stocks: An Empirical Analysis, with Peihwang Wei and Susan Zee, Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting, April The Effect of Option Trading on the Behavior of Stock Return and Trading Volume, Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, October The Effect of Option Trading on Stock Price Reaction to Annual Earnings Announcements, with Richard Lau, Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, October Portfolio Performance Diversification and the Individual Investor, with Gerald D. Newbould, Academy of Financial Services Annual Meeting, October Correcting Heteroscedasticity in Event Study Methodologies: The Case of Stock Splits, Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, October Correcting Heteroscedasticity in Event Study Methodologies: The Case of Stock Splits, Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting, November An Empirical Examination of the Return Volatility-Volume Relationship in Related Markets: The Case of Stock and Options, Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting, April 1990.

7 Page 7 of 8 Information Arrival and the Stochastic Behavior of Stock Returns Before and After Option Trading, with Christopher G. Lamoureux, Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting, April The Market Reaction to Stock Splits, with Christopher G. Lamoureux, Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting, November Ad-Hoc Reviewer for the Following Academic Journals Financial Management Financial Practice and Education Financial Review Financial Services Review Global Finance Journal International Review of Economics and Finance Journal of Economics and Finance Journal of Financial Research Review of Financial Economics Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance Conference Program Session Chair Annual Academy of Entrepreneurial Finance Conference, September 24-26, Conference Discussant Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, October Southwestern Finance Association Annual Meeting, April Conference Program Committee 1992 FMA Annual Meeting Western Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting. THESIS COMMITTEE Master of Art, Economics, Fang Lin, May Ph. D., Hotel Administration, Hyewon Youn, July Master of Art, Economics, Yongdong Zou, November Master of Science, Hotel Administration, Yu J. Qian, Master of Science, Hotel Administration, Hyewon Youn, Master of Art, Economics, Chittima Bejrananda, November Master of Science, Hotel Administration, Amrik Singh, Fall UNIVERSITY SERVICE University Outstanding Department Chair/School Director Selection Committee, Spring University Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Selection Committee, Spring Lee Business School Undergraduate Academic Advisor Search Committee, Spring Lee Business School Ad-Hoc PQ Committee, Spring Lee Business School Peer Review Committee,

8 Page 8 of 8 Lee Business School Bylaws Committee, Fall Faculty Senate, Fall Spring Faculty Senate Long-Term Proxy for Robert Chatfield, Spring Department of Finance Ad-Hoc Bylaws Committee, Fall Department of Finance Peer Review Committee, Fall 2001, Spring 2002, Spring Department of Finance Curriculum Committee, Fall 2001, Fall Department of Finance Student Assessment Committee, Fall Spring Department of Finance Student Internship Coordinator, Summer Summer Lee Business School Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Fall Fall Lee Business School Undergraduate Admission Committee, Fall Spring Graduate Student Examination Committee, Fall 1993, Spring 1995, Fall 1995, Fall Faculty Mentor Program of University Multicultural Student Affairs, OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE Laboratory Assistant Hong Kong Government Laboratory, Oct Aug Clerk, HongKong and Shanghai Bank, Nov Sep CONSULTING EXPERIENCE Seminar of usage of options and futures by utilities companies, Summer Expert witness of evaluating trust portfolio construction and performance, September COMMUNITY SERVICE Treasurer and Interpreter for Chinese Baptist Church, Las Vegas,