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Faculty profile

David Basterfield

Associate Professor of Finance, 2008

Higher scientific officer, Ministry of Defense (UK), 1978-82; systems analyst, Conoco (UK) Ltd./Du Pont, 1982-86; senior consultant and system architect, CRI (Luxembourg) S.A., 1986-99; consultant, Nonlinear Prediction Systems, 1999-02; assistant professor and director of computational finance program, OGI School of Science and Engineering at Oregon Health and Science University, 1999-03; director, Timedata Inc., 2003-present; associate professor of finance, Hillsdale College, 2004-07; adjunct lecturer in computational finance, University of Washington, 2007; senior financial engineer, Insightful Corporation, 2007-08.

Email Address: gbasterfield@hillsdale.edu

Credentials

  • B.S., 1974, University of Birmingham (Pure Mathematics)
  • Ph.D., 1984, University of Manchester (Decision Theory)
  • M.B.A., 1994, Open University (Business Administration)
  • M.S., 1999, Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology (Computational Finance)

Courses Taught - Current Academic Year

  • Financial Mgmt (BUS-330)
  • Sem: Business (BUS-393)
  • Adv Financial Mgmt (BUS-401)
  • Futures & Options Mkts (BUS-411)
  • Case Studies Finance (BUS-431)
  • Risk Mgmt (BUS-434)
  • Int'l Business (BUS-453)