Teaching

EMORY UNIVERSITY - Goizueta Business School

FIN 630: Foundations of FinTech

• MBA: Master of Business Administration (FTMBA/EvMBA/EMBA), Spring 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

• Newly developed course; approved as permanent course by GBS Educational Committee in Fall 2020

• This is an analytical course on financial technology (FinTech). The course exposes MBA students to the foundations and business applications of FinTech in financial intermediation (e.g., banking, credit, payments). The topics include big data, automation, machine learning, P2P lending, crowdfunding, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and ICOs. Class sessions include interactive discussions, business cases, guest speakers, and group activities. The course is most relevant for consulting, investment banking, private equity, entrepreneurship, and corporate finance roles.

• Previously named FIN 599R: Special Topics: FinTech (2-year pilot)

FIN 430: Foundations of FinTech

• BBA: Bachelor of Business Administration, Spring 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

• Newly developed course; approved as permanent course by GBS Educational Committee in Fall 2020

• This is an introductory course on financial technology (FinTech). The course exposes BBA students to the basics, implementation, and use cases of FinTech in financial intermediation (e.g., banking, credit, payments). The topics include big data, automation, machine learning, P2P lending, crowdfunding, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and ICOs. The course is delivered through interactive lecturettes, in-class activities, and group projects. The course is most relevant for consulting, investment banking, private equity, entrepreneurship, and corporate finance roles.

• Previously - FIN 499R: Special Topics: FinTech (2-year pilot)

FIN 201: Business Economics

• BBA: Bachelor of Business Administration, Fall 2017, Spring 2019, 2025

• This is an introductory course in business economics. The course provides the fundamental tools in understanding the workings of markets and market participants. Throughout the course, we learn economic theory, experience economics, interpret our experience in the context of theory, and translate theory into experience.

BUS 701 - Survey of Business Research Methods (Prof. Özgecan Koçak)

• Guest Speaker, Class on Using Statistics to Rule Out Alternative Explanations in Observational Studies, Dec 2024

• PhD: Doctor of Philosophy, Fall 2024

FIN 669: FinTech Innovation 1: Traditional and Platform-Based Businesses

• MAF: Master of Analytical Finance, Spring 2023, 2024

• Newly developed course; with Python coding and machine learning

• This is an analytical course on financial technology (FinTech). The course exposes students to the methodologies, use cases, and hands-on experiences with FinTech in financial intermediation (e.g., banking, credit, payments). The topics include big data, machine learning, automation, digital payments, peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, and equity crowdfunding. In addition to learning about the foundations of these technologies, students will write scripts for collecting and processing big data, learn how to build classification trees, and use machine-learning techniques for predictive modeling of FinTech loan defaults. The course is delivered through interactive lecturettes, in-class activities, and group projects. The course is most relevant for consulting, investment banking, private equity, entrepreneurship, and corporate finance roles. 

FIN 670: FinTech Innovation 2: Blockchains and Blockchain-Based Businesses

• MAF: Master of Analytical Finance, Spring 2023, 2024

• Newly developed course; with Python coding and machine learning

• This is an analytical course on financial technology (FinTech). The course exposes students to the methodologies, use cases, and hands-on experiences with FinTech in financial intermediation (e.g., banking, credit, payments). The topics include private and public blockchains, cryptocurrencies, tokens, and ICOs. In addition to learning about the foundations of these technologies, students will learn the basics of blockchain coding and develop ICO valuation models. The course is delivered through interactive lecturettes, in-class activities, and group projects. The course is most relevant for consulting, investment banking, private equity, entrepreneurship, and corporate finance roles.

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO - Rotman School of Management

2017 Rotman/CCB Program in Financial Innovation & Digital Banking

• Guest Lecture, Financial Innovation & Peer-to-Peer Lending, Executive Education, Nov 2017

RSM 333: Introduction to Corporate Finance

• 2015 Rotman School of Management Teaching Award

• BA: Bachelor of Arts (Commerce), Summer 2015

• This is an introductory course in corporate finance. The course provides a framework for analyzing the major types of investment and financial decisions made by corporations. Lectures and readings will provide an introduction to capital budgeting principles, capital structure and dividend decisions of firms, mergers and acquisitions, the use of options for risk management, working capital management and corporate governance.

Teaching Assistant (TA)

• RSM 1232: Finance II: Corporate Finance, TA for Prof. Sergei Davydenko, MBA, 2015-2016

• RSM 2300: Corporate Financing, TA for Sergei Davydenko, MBA, 2014-2015

• RSM 433: Advanced Corporate Finance, BA (Commerce), 2014

TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV - Institute of International Relations

International finance and business courses

• Course Instructor, B.Sc. and M.Sc., 2010-2012