Ioannis (Yianni) V. Floros, Ph.D.                                                                                                                                                                                           Associate Professor of Finance                                                                                                                                                                                                 Dean’s Research Fellow                                                                                                                                                                                                                      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 and the Dean's Research Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), Lubar College of Business. Prior to this position, Yianni was the Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Finance and Associate Professor at Iowa State University. His research appears in the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Accounting Research, 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.