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Institute for Virtual Enterprise

City University of NY
1114 Ave of Americas
New York, NY 10036

P: 212.502.2945
F: 212.290.5666
contact@ive.cuny.edu


About Us

:: History of IVE :: Mission Statement :: Framework ::
:: Our Staff :: IVE Fellows :: Partners :: Contact Us ::

Our Staff



Dr. Stuart Schulman

Director
sschulman@ive.cuny.edu

Stuart Schulman, Ed.D. is the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Virtual Enterprise (IVE), a special initiative of the City University of New York (CUNY). IVE provides technology driven simulations that increase awareness engage students across the curriculum and serve the 450,000 students of CUNY. Professor Schulman also chairs the Tourism and Hospitality Department at Kingsborough Community College, CUNY.


Christoph Winkler
Associate and Curriculum Director
cwinkler@ive.cuny.edu

Christoph Winkler is the Associate and Curriculum Director of the CUNY Institute for Virtual Enterprise. His main focus is on Virtual Enterprise, entrepreneurship and leadership education. His graduate degree in Business Pedagogics (Business and Vocational Education and Training) has been awarded from the Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria in 2003. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Educational Psychology (Concentration Area: Learning, Development and Instruction) at the CUNY Graduate Center. His interests are in applied learning strategies, computer-based learning environments and self-regulation.



Christine Zagari

Assistant to the Director
czagari@ive.cuny.edu

Christine Zagari is the Assistant to the Director and is in charge of the development, supervision and implementation of the Institute for Virtual Enterprise. Ms. Zagari is a former alumni of Kingsborough Community College where she participated in the first CUNY based Virtual Enterprise program. She has earned her Bachelor of Professional Studies Degree in Hospitality Management, along with her Masters degree in Communication Arts, from the New York Institute of Technology. She currently owns and operates a sports bar and grill in Brooklyn, NY.


Babette Audant
Grant Coodinator
baudant@ive.cuny.edu

Babette Audant is Lecturer in the Department of Tourism and Hospitality at Kingsborough Community College. She is Program Manager of the CUNY Institute for Virtual Enterprise. She earned her MPA from Baruch College’s School of Public Affairs and is pursuing a doctorate at the CUNY Graduate Center in human geography. She is a classically trained chef and worked in some of New York City’s finest restaurants.


Edgar Troudt
Technology Coordinator
etroudt@ive.cuny.edu

Edgar Troudt, MA, is an Instructor of Virtual Enterprise at CUNY Kingsborough Community College. He concurrently serves as the Technology Director of the CUNY Institute for Virtual Enterprise. Mr. Troudt has previously taught in both the Business and Computer Science programs at Queens College, where he was awarded the 2004 President's Award for Teaching Excellence. He has also taught in the Mathematics and Computer Science Department at Kingsborough.

Troudt's interests focus around educational technology and entrepreneurship pedagogy. Working with the Institute he's helped to create the MarketMaker (a simulated bank, credit, commerce and stock market system). Mr. Troudt is the co-PI of a National Science Foundation Grant to bring entrepreneurial skills to students in high-technology careers. For his doctoral work at the CUNY Graduate Center, he is studying the relationship between algorithmically generated visual representations of text and human literacy


Stephen Leavenworth
Chairman of Friends of Virtual Enterprise stephen_leavenworth@cit.edu

 

 




Richard Levitt

Virtual Enterprise Specialist
rlevitt@ive.cuny.edu

Richard Levitt was the founding Assistant Director of the Virtual Enterprise Program for the Department of Education. He retired last year and is currently working as a consultant for the CUNY Institute for Virtual Enterprise. He has 30 years of experience in teaching Business Subjects in NYC High Schools and was an Adjunct Professor in Business and Computer Science at Monroe College more than 20 years. Mr. Levitt received his B.B.A. from CCNY – Baruch School in Public Accounting and completed graduate work in Management Science at Pace University and Computer Methodology at Baruch College. He has work experience as a Public Accountant and Taxation Specialist.



Amalia Torrentes

Assistant
atorrentes@ive.cuny.edu

Ms. Torrentes assists with the CUNY/IVE Leadership Program in the recruitment of students, development of projects and event organization. She graduated Hunter College with a BA and majored in Sociology and Urban Affairs. At Hunter she was accepted to the Public Service Scholar Program where she then interned at City Council and the Administration for Children Services.


 

Erdal Kose

Web Developer
ekose@ive.cuny.edu

Erdal Kose is the web developer and technical supporter for IVE. Mr. Kose has a B.S in Electric and Electronic Engineering and M.A in Computer and information Science. He has taught Operating System Concepts and Introduction to programming languages in Brooklyn College. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D at the CUNY Graduate Center. His interests are Artificial intelligence and AI Searching algorithms.



Lesley Vincent

Web Developer
lvincent@ive.cuny.edu

Lesley Vincent attends Kingsborough Community College where he pursing his degree in Computer Information Systems. He is the college assistant for the CUNY Institute for Virtual Enterprise. His main roles are to work on the creative idea for a college social network, assist in the maintenance of the CUNY Institute for Virtual Enterprise website and ITunes University software program. He is currently participating in the CUNY Institute for Virtual Enterprise Leadership Program where he is developing an internet startup, NixyFlixy.



 


 

Marisol del Valle
College Assistant
marisol.delvalle@gmail.com

 




Marisol del Valle is a college assistant in the CUNY Institute for Virtual Enterprise and an undergraduate at Hunter College majoring in Psychology. She is currently participating in the CUNY Institute for Virtual Enterprise Leadership Program and founded her current project, StarvingStudentsNY.com in 2006. At Hunter College, she is a Public Service Scholar interning at the NYC Administration for Children's Services and is a tutor at the college's Reading and Writing Center. She will be graduating in June, 2007


Guesnerth Joshua Perea
Special Assistant

Guesnerth Joshua Perea started his career at The City College of New York in 2001 and immediately began to serve his soon to be Alma Mater. During his tenure as a "student servant" he received the CUNY Student Leadership Award, the Robert Buckman Award for Student Leadership in History, while receiving other awards including an awards from the National Dean's List and The City College Department of Foreign Languages. Joshua Graduated in 2005 and worked thereafter at The Metropolitan Museum of Art managing Weekend Education Programs. Today, Joshua is in the process of receiving a Master's degree en route to a doctorate degree in History.


 
   
   





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