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= Bethune-Cookman University Innovation Fellows Faculty Leadership =

'''Makola M. Abdullah, Ph.D (B-CU UIF)''' is the Provost and Chief Academic Officer at Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU). As Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Abdullah oversees all Prior to his appointment, Dr. Abdullah enjoyed a distinguished 15-year tenure at Florida A&M University where he served as the Dean and Director of 1890 Land Grant Programs in the College of Engineering Sciences, Technology and Agriculture. Under his leadership, the college increased its overall enrollment by 20%, increased external research dollars to fund research and academic programs by 10% to $9.5 million, and during his tenure as the Associate Vice President for Research, research expenditures at FAMU exceeded $50 million dollars.

'''Ida Wright, MBA (B-CU UIF Sponsor) '''is the Acting Dean of Bethune-Cookman College of Entrepreneurship and Business, Vice Chairman of the Volusia County School Board has served on the PTSA and the School Advisory Committee at Champion Elementary and David C. Hinson Middle, and is the co-owner of AM Wright Construction. Mrs. Wright graduated from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and earned a Master’s Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Management from Stetson University. The College of Entrepreneurship & Business recognizes that leadership is more than a position. It is an action. Mastery of the major tenets of business is accomplished through innovative and cutting edge technologies and systems. Students are trained in Accounting, Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Information Systems Management, Management, Marketing, International Business, and Hospitality Management. Activities are designed to help students become critical and analytical thinkers, and effective communicators who exemplify the highest levels of ethical and moral behavior.

'''Marcus Alexander, Ph.D. (B-CU UIF Advisor)''' is an Associate Professor at Bethune-Cookman University instructing in Business Administration and Information Systems Management. He has a doctorate in Human-Computer Interaction (Human Factors focus) concurrently with an MBA (dual Marketing & MIS foci); Specialties: Human Factors, Usability Testing, Prototyping, User-Interface Evaluation, CRM; RFM, Conjoint, Data and Market Analyses, Market Research.

'''Bivek Adhikari (B-CU UIF Co-Advisor)''' is IT Project Manager at SEED and Fiscal Affairs and Manages University-wide ERP implementation project for the office of Fiscal Affairs. He is leading the ground work and business development activities to kick-start new business ventures as a part of the $750,000 Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) Grant Adhikair has led 2 remodeling projects producing 68% increment in efficiencies and is a part of a select team to remodel Business School and work on $750,000 Grant at Bethune-Cookman University. In 2014 he co-authored “PROMOTING INNOVATION AND HIGH-TECH ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: AN EXPLORATORY RESEARCH”, A study that explores the current state of innovation and high-tech entrepreneurial initiatives in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).  ===