Office of Expert Services

Office of Expert Services

Looking for help that improves your organization’s productivity and accelerates its growth? The College of Business (COB) Office of Expert Services can help. Our experts, business practitioners and researchers will work with you and your management team, side by side, to structure programs that keep you competitive and sustainable in today’s dynamic economic landscape.

Your organization is vital to the economic engine that drives eastern North Carolina. The challenges you are facing, e.g., resiliency, customer and employee retention, sales, etc., are not issues without answers. The COB Office of Expert Services is available to help you customize solutions that will advance not only your company but the employees you rely on daily.


Aligned Expertise

Eastern North Carolina and its tapestry of businesses require more than a one-size-fits-all approach to meeting challenges head-on. By combining our regional expertise with applicable research and business best practices, the COB Office of Expert Services and its areas of expertise are aligned with opportunities to help you grow and succeed. And the good news? Entrepreneurs and decision-makers have access to our expertise when needed.

Questions? The COB Office of Expert Services is ready to work with you. Contact us at COBExperts@ecu.edu


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Office of Expert Services

Amy McMillan
Associate Dean of Research and Regional Transformation and Professor
3106 Bate Building
252-328-5337
mcmillana@ecu.edu

Karen Kus
Executive Director of Engagement and Impact
3208 Bate Building
252-328-6354
kusk@ecu.edu

Samantha Zomok
University Program Associate
3203C Bate Building
252-737-3817
zomoks22@ecu.edu

David Loomis
Teaching Instructor & Director of Professional Services and Executive Education
Bate 3203 B
252-737-1240
loomisd17@ecu.edu

Michael Rodriguez
Assistant Professor & Director of Twilley Academy for Sales Leadership
3208A Bate Building
252-737-2331
rodriguezmich24@ecu.edu

Thanh Ngo
Professor and Interim Director of Bureau of Business Research
3203A Bate Building
252-328-4038
ngot@ecu.edu

Emily Yeager
Director of the Crisp Small Business Resource Center
177 Wright Building
(252) 737-2425
yeagere18@ecu.edu

John R. Drake
Interim Director for the Center for A.I. in Business & Professor
3203D Bate Building
252-737-4566
drakejo@ecu.edu

Lee Brown
Director of the Cunanan Center for Professional Success
3013B Bate Building
252-737-1238
brownjo@ecu.edu

Melissa Parks
Associate Director/Internship Coordinator of the Cunanan Center for Professional Success
3013A Bate Building
252-328-6596
parksr19@ecu.edu

Lauren Pender
Assistant Director of the Cunanan Center for Professional Success
3013C Bate Building
252-737-5500
penderl24@ecu.edu

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