Ioannis (Yianni) V. Floros, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Finance Dean’s Research Fellow Head of the Finance Area University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Sheldon B. Lubar College of Business P.O. Box 742 3202 N Maryland Avenue S430A Lubar Hall Milwaukee, WI 53201-00742 Microsoft Teams phone #: (414) 251-5477 Fax #: (414) 229-5999
Biographical sketch
Ioannis (Yianni) V. Floros is an Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), Lubar School of Business. Yianni is the Dean's Research Fellow and Head of the Finance Area at UWM. Prior to this position, Yianni was the Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Finance and Associate Professor at Iowa State University. His academic research appears in the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Review of Accounting Studies, the Journal of Financial Intermediation, the Journal of Corporate Finance, the Journal of Banking and Finance, the Financial Management and the Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. Dr. Floros taught undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of Pittsburgh, at Iowa State University, at DePaul University, at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and at Zurich Elite Business School.
During the time period of 2012-2013, Dr. Floros was a Visiting Academic Fellow at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. While working at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Dr. Floros has served as the leading economist in rules related to the JOBS Act (Regulation A+ exemption) and participated in the formation of the economic baseline and the cost-benefit analysis of Dodd-Frank rules (Asset backed securities-risk retention). Dr. Floros also researched fraudulent activities conducted in OTC markets. Prior to joining academia, Dr. Floros has also worked for Accenture S.A. as a senior financial consultant where he was involved in asset & liability management, implementation of integrated treasury systems and data migration projects. Dr. Floros is one of the founding members of the Dream Exchange, LLC.
Dr. Floros holds a B.Sc. degree in Economics from University of Piraeus, an M.Sc. degree in Economics and Finance from Warwick Business School and a Ph.D. degree in Business Administration from University of Pittsburgh.