President at Enterprise Management Corporation
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Professor, Sawyer Business School at Suffolk University
- Accounting Faculty at Suffolk Business School
- President at Enterprise Management Corporation
- Past
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- Accounting Professor, College of Management at UMass Lowell
- PhD Student & Graduate Instructor at University of Connecticut
- Management Consulting Partner at BDO Seidman, LLP
- Senior Associate at Deloitte Consulting
- MPPM Student & Graduate Tutor at Yale University
- Education
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- The University of Connecticut School of Business
- Yale University
- City University of New York-Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business
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Michael Kraten’s Summary
Michael Kraten, PhD, CPA is the President and co-founder of Enterprise Management Corporation, a strategic management consulting firm in Milford, Connecticut. He is also an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts.
Dr. Kraten teaches ethics, leadership, and cost accounting in the executive education, graduate, and undergraduate programs of the Sawyer Business School at Suffolk University, and has designed and taught courses in risk management, business planning, and applied business research for that institution.
Dr. Kraten has authored articles in both the academic and practitioner literature, including such publications as the Journal of Digital Business, the Journal of Theoretical Accounting Research, the CPA Journal, Family Foundation Advisor, and PensionGovernance.com. He holds a Certified Public Accountancy license in New York State and Connecticut, and has presented research papers at conferences sponsored by the American Accounting Association, the Institute of Management Accountants, and other organizations.
Prior to joining Suffolk University, Dr. Kraten taught at the University of Massachusetts, the University of Connecticut, and other colleges in the Northeast. He has worked at Enterprise Management Corporation in his current position since 1995; prior to that time, he was a management consulting partner at BDO Seidman (the fifth largest accounting firm worldwide) and spent eight years in the consulting, accounting, and audit divisions of Deloitte & Touche (the second largest accounting firm worldwide).
Dr. Kraten has earned a Ph.D. in behavioral accounting from the University of Connecticut. He has also earned an M.P.P.M. in management from Yale University and a B.B.A. in public accounting from Baruch College of the City University of New York.
Michael Kraten’s Specialties:
Dr. Kraten is a management accounting educator and researcher who specializes in behavioral factors impacting issues of negotiation, entrepreneurship, and social policy. He chairs the Department of Accounting's Business Advisory Board, and serves as the sole representative of Sawyer Business School on Suffolk University's Institutional Review Board (IRB).
Michael Kraten’s Experience
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Professor, Sawyer Business School
Suffolk University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)
Coordinator of graduate and undergraduate capstone courses in enterprise risk management. Beta Alpha Psi award winner for teaching excellence. Conducting virtual reality research projects on four continents. Teaching executive education and continuing professional education programs in North America, Europe, and Asia. Serving as chair of business advisory board for accounting programs. Serving on editorial board of the CPA Journal
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Accounting Faculty
Suffolk Business School
(Accounting industry)
2005 — Present (4 years )
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President
Enterprise Management Corporation
(Management Consulting industry)
September 1995 — Present (14 years 3 months)
An entrepreneurial consulting practice dedicated to: (a) the
education of current and future business leaders in the application of scientific management principles, (b) the research of theories and policies that lead to the identification of optimal management strategies, and (c) the development of organizational capabilities for implementing superior processes and measuring their results. -
Accounting Professor, College of Management
UMass Lowell
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 2004 — May 2005 (9 months)
Teaching Assignments: Cost Management Systems and MBA Management Accounting. Redesigned both classes by implementing an entrepreneurial strategic planning framework
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PhD Student & Graduate Instructor
University of Connecticut
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 2000 — May 2004 (3 years 9 months)
PhD Student, Research Assistant, Accounting Instructor, and Hall of Fame Honoree, 2000 to 2004. Teaching Assignments: Managerial and Financial Accounting, Information Systems (Continuing Education). Presented negotiation seminars to Executive MBA students in Stamford, Hartford, & Waterbury. Also taught Auditing, Economics, Finance, and Management courses at several local colleges on “ABD” basis.
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Management Consulting Partner
BDO Seidman, LLP
(Public Company; Accounting industry)
August 1994 — August 1995 (1 year 1 month)
Merger and acquisition, strategic planning, and new business development activities in the health care, social services, insurance, and technology industries. Directed and/or collaborated on consulting, audit, accounting, and tax engagements.
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Senior Associate
Deloitte Consulting
(Partnership; DC; Management Consulting industry)
April 1984 — April 1994 (10 years 1 month)
“Rose Through The Ranks” from Audit Assistant to Senior Consulting Associate, 1984 to 1988 and 1990 to 1994. Technology, retail, financial, manufacturing, casino, and health care client base. Temporary assignments with Asian, European, and Latin American client practices in Tokyo, London, and Miami.
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MPPM Student & Graduate Tutor
Yale University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 1988 — May 1990 (1 year 9 months)
Graduate Student and Tutor in Production Management and Accounting, 1988 to 1990. Student consultant at IBM Printer Division in Lexington, Kentucky, involving planning activities for the management buy-out, spin-off, and public offering of Lexmark business operations.
Michael Kraten’s Education
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The University of Connecticut School of Business
PhD , Accounting , 2000 — 2004
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- Dissertation on the effects of utilizing internet-based communication technologies to negotiate global transfer prices for offshoring and outsourcing business contracts. Elected to the UConn Hall of Fame as a student fellow.
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Yale University
MPPM , Public & Private Management , 1988 — 1990
- Activities and Societies:
- Graduate Student and Tutor in Production Management and Accounting, 1988 to 1990. Student consultant at IBM Printer Division in Lexington, Kentucky, involving planning activities for the
management buy-out, spin-off, and public offering of Lexmark business operations
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City University of New York-Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business
BBA , Public Accounting , 1980 — 1984
- Activities and Societies:
- Beta Alpha Psi and Beta Gamma Sigma honor societies. GPA 3.98, graduated Summa Cum Laude, # 2 in class ranking.
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Michael Kraten’s Interests:
Conducting global negotiation projects on four continents using Second Life and other virtual reality communication platforms.
Michael Kraten’s Groups:
Global Digital Business Society; Various National, State, and Second Life Associations of CPAs
Michael Kraten’s Honors:
Beta Alpha Psi award for teaching excellence at Suffolk University, Hall of Fame student fellow at University of Connecticut, Awarded $30,500 in grant funding for virtual reality technology research and teaching
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