Writer Bio

DR. ANGELO MASTRANGELO

Only In America could I have realized my accomplishments. I began work as a stock boy, went on to become a milkman, then beverage salesman. My success as a salesman led to several promotions, first to supervisor, then sales manager and finally general manager of a mid sized beverage company at the age of 32 years old all of which was done without a college education (I attended a year of night courses at a community college).

The company I worked for was sold to ITT in 1976 and I signed a contract to manage the plant and become the marketing manager for upstate New York and New England for their products.

In 1980 I was able to purchase the company from my employer ITT in a 100% leverage buyout. After growing the business 500% I sold it in 1993 to Dillon Reed, a major investment banking firm.

While running my company I completed the OPM (owners’ presidents’ management) Executive MBA program at Harvard. My experience at Harvard was the catalyst for my entering a PhD program at Albany University in the fall of 1994. I earned my PhD in 2000 and have been teaching leadership and entrepreneurship at BinghamtonUniversity since 2001 and in 2007 I was named as one of the top 18 entrepreneurship professors by Fortune Small Business.

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In addition to teaching I am involved in a couple of new and exciting ventures whose stories I will be sharing with you in the future.