Bio – English

Carlos A. Colón De Armas

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D. (1984), Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University, Finance Major, Econometrics Minor

B.B.A. (1978), University of Puerto Rico, Accounting Major

EXPERIENCE

Dr. Carlos A. Colón De Armas is a Professor of Finance at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Puerto Rico’s main campus at Río Piedras, where he teaches Corporate Finance, Financial Markets, Investments, and International Finance.  Starting in September 2013 until January 2015, he also served as the Acting Dean of the School of Business Administration.  Prior to that, in 2004, he served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of the School.

Dr. Colón De Armas is actively engaged in academic research and has authored several articles for academic journals.  In addition, he was a member of the Editorial Board of Forum Empresarial, an academic business journal published out of the School of Business of the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras.  Between August 2007 and June 2011, he presided the Board.

Outside of academia, Dr. Colón De Armas serves as a Financial, Economics, and Management Consultant.  He has provided professional services for clients in a variety of fields.

His opinion columns have appeared in El Nuevo Día and El Vocero, two of the newspapers with the largest circulations in Puerto Rico, and in Caribbean Business.  In addition, he is an analyst and commentator on business and economic affairs for several media outlets, including radio stations and television news programs in and outside Puerto Rico.

Prior to occupying his current position, between 1999 and 2000, Dr. Colón De Armas was the Executive Vice President of the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico (GDB).  During the years 1993 to 1999, Dr. Colón De Armas served as the Deputy Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority (PRHTA) and, starting in August 1994, he also served as the Director of the Tren Urbano office.

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