William Devincenzi

1967 Master of Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley (Major in Accounting and Finance)
1965 Bachelor of Science, St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA (Major in Accounting)

Professional Conference Presentations and Proceedings:

1994 Keating, P.J., DeVincenzi, W.D., and Weigle, C.B., "Remaking the Financial Organization - Strategies for Customer-driven Finance," Finance Education Associates, (Palo Alto, CA, June, 1994)
1995 - 2003 DeVincenzi, W.D., "Your Money or Your Life," Foundation for Global Community, Palo Alto, CA, (7 week seminars on individual's relationship to money)
2001 Business Ethics: Oxymoron or Directive, presented to the American Society of Women Accountants, October, 2001, Santa Clara, CA
2004 Ahead of the Curve: Integrating Values and Business Smarts; Business and Sustainability forum, Palo Alto, CA

Public Service, Consulting Engagements and Grants Received:

Board of Directors, Silicon Valley Federal Credit Union, Palo Alto, CA 1987 - 2002, including three years as Chairman of the Board
Board of Directors, Phase 2 Automation, Inc., Fremont, CA, 1996 - 1999
Coordinating Committee, Volunteer, Foundation for Global Community, Palo Alto, CA., 1994 - 2000
Board of Trustees, Foundation for Global Community, 2000 - present
Professional Accounting Program Advisory Committee, University of California, Berkeley, 1988 - 1998, representing the Financial Executives, International
Integrated Materials, Inc., consultant/chief financial officer, Dec 2000 - June, 2002
Consultant to the Dean, College of Business, SJSU, regarding budget and control issues, 2001 - 2002
Board of Directors, College of Business Alumni Association, Aug, 2005 - Apr, 2006
Board of Directors, Hooked on Nature, a non-profit organization re: education of children and adults, July 2005 - present

Active Service to Professional Organizations

Financial Executives Institute, 1979 - present, including President of the San Francisco Chapter in 1991, current member of the Santa Clara Valley chapter
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
California Society of Certified Public Accountants

Innovations in Teaching, Curriculum Development

1994 Systems V Electronic Brainstorming Session, "The First Course in Accounting"
1998 Participated in the SJSU General Education Criteria meetings
1997 Attended "Ecopsychology for Educators" seminar (4 days), Palo Alto, CA
1999 CSU ITL - Summer Institute, "Active Learning in the Lecture"
2000 CSU Institute for Teaching and Learning Summer Institute 2000, "Teaching with Cases" and "Ethics throughout the Curriculum"
2000 "Environmental Topics in the Business Curriculum", Monterey Institute of International Studies
2002 Developed curriculum for Honors Practicum in Corporate Financial Management (Bus127A)
2003 "Making Teaching Easy" workshop re: writing and communication skills
2006 Developed curriculum for the College of Business Gary J. Sbona Honors Program and got it approved by the University Research and Curriculum Committee
2007 Received Salzburg Fellowship grant, attended Salzburg Global Seminar, Salzburg, Austria, July 2007

Certification, Honors and Recognition:

1961 Valedictorian, Sacred Heart High School, San Francisco, CA
1965 Gold Medal, Outstanding student, School of Economics and Business Administration, St. Mary's College, CA
1971 Certified Public Accountant, State of California (Passed exam in one sitting)
1998 Outstanding Undergraduate Instructor, College of Business, San Jose State University
2003 Inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society
2004 Outstanding Graduate Instructor, College of Business, San Jose State University
2004 - 2007 Superior Faculty Advisor, Financial Management Association International
2007 Dean's Service Award, College of Business, San Jose State University
2007 Faculty Advisor of the Year, San Jose State University
2007 Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) certified

University, College, Department Committees:

Appointed Director of the Gary J. Sbona Honors Program for the College of Business, July, 2006 to present
Faculty Mentor program. 1995 - 2004 (mentored up to five students per semester)
President's Scholar mentor, 1998 - 2005
Director, Accounting and Finance Orientation Program 1999 - present
Industry/Faculty Advisory Committee, 1994 - 1996
SJSU Financial Management Institute Advisory Board, 1999 - present
Faculty Advisor - Financial Management Association, International (SJSU chapter), 2001 to present
Selection committee for student award winners, 2002 to present. (Awards for Outstanding Finance Student, Outstanding Corporate Financial Management Student and Outstanding FMA member.)

Professional full time service in industry, government, non-profits:

Foundation for Global Community, Chief Financial Officer, 1996 - 1999
Hooked on Nature, Chief Financial Officer, 2006 to present
Phase 2 Automation, Inc., Chief Financial Officer, 1995 - 1996
San Jose State University, Lecturer, 1994 - present
Pilkington Barnes Hind, Vice President, Finance, 1992 - 1994 (turnaround)
URS Corporation, Vice President, Corporate Controller, 1990 - 1991 (turnaround)
Power Spectra, Inc., Vice President, Finance and CFO, 1989 - 1990 (turnaround)
Varian Associates, Inc., 1979-1989, Group Controller - Microwave Tube Operations, Semiconductor Equipment Group, and Office of Technology; Corporate Director of Accounting.
Pacific Pumping Company, Inc., Subsidiary of Merck & Co., Controller/CFO, 1972-1979
Price Waterhouse & Co., Senior Auditor, 1969 - 1972
U.S. Army Audit Agency, Senior Auditor, 1966 - 1968

Past Year's Courses Taught at San Jose State University:

Undergraduate

Bus 21 - Managerial Accounting
Bus 122A - Management Accounting and Control Systems
Bus 126 - Advanced Accounting
Bus 127A/B - Honors Practicum
Bus 170 - Introduction to Corporate Finance
Bus 170 HP/NSC - Introduction to Corporate Finance for National Semiconductor and Hewlett Packard employees

Graduate