Dr. Mustapha Abiodun Akinkunmi

Associate Professor of Information Technology
School of Information Technology and Communications

Educational Background:

PhD, Economics, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, USA
MSc, Computer Science, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY, USA.

Dr. Akinkunmi is a highly regarded specialist in data and risk management. He was a consultant to major Wall Street corporations such as Salomon Brothers, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, First Boston, Salomon Smith Barney and Prudential Securities. He has business start-up experience in software development with TechnologySolutions, Inc., which in 1991, developed and sold the first software product replication that is fault tolerant, in the UNIX environment. In 2005, he founded Brickfield Road Associates (BRA) diversified Research and Risk Management firm. BRA provides products and services that enable enterprises to make informed decisions and manage risk.

Previous Posts:

Managing Director, Brickfield Road Associates, Ltd., Lagos, Nigeria
Lecturere of Econometrics, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Adjunct Professor of Economics, Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY, USA
Partner, TechnologySolutions, Inc. NYC, NY, USA

Selected Publications:

"Money Demand in Developing Countries: A Dynamic Panel Approach" (2005). Fordham University, Bronx, NY.
"To Pool or Not to Pool: Estimators applied to Money Demand Estimates in Developing Countries." Forth coming (2006) in Social Science Research Network.
"Evaluating Panel Money Demand Estimates: Do dynamic panel estimators generate better forecasts?" Forth coming (2006) in Social Science Research Network.

Research Interests:

Economics of Information Technology
Information Economics
Financial Economics

Selected Affiliations:

National Association of Business Economics
Nigeria Economic Society

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