Alexander J. Sannella is currently a professor of Accounting and Information Systems at the Rutgers Business School and the Director of the MBA in Professional Accounting Program and the Academic Director of the Master of Accountancy in Accounting and Analytics Program. He earned a BBA in Finance and an MBA in Accounting from the LaPenta School of Business at Iona University. He received his Ph.D. in Accounting and Finance from New York University and is a New York State Certified Public Accountant. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Rutgers University.
During his years at Rutgers Business School he has taught at both the graduate and undergraduate levels and served as Associate Dean of the Business School and Vice Chair of the Department of Accounting and Information Systems. Previously, Dr. Sannella served on the faculty of New York University as an Instructor of Accounting at the Stern School of Business and as an Associate Professor of Accounting at Iona University’s LaPenta School of Business.
He has public accounting experience as an auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP and KPMG, LLP. Dr. Sannella was also an independent consultant working on many projects with other public accounting firms, bankruptcy trustees, and leasing divisions of major insurance companies. He also served as a consultant to the Line of Business Program at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, DC. Dr. Sannella also served as a member of the Financial Reporting Executive Committee (FinREC) at the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).
Dr. Sannella has over 50 years of teaching experience at the university level and over 35 years of experience in developing and teaching commercial and investment bank training programs. His clients included eight major investment banks and four of the world’s largest commercial banks. His training programs include courses designed to train financial analysts and associates and special programs for sales and trading professionals.
He is the author of many scholarly journal articles and three books. His articles have focused on market-based accounting research and, more recently, accounting education and the valuation of digital assets. Dr. Sannella’s books focus on the effects of accounting alternatives on the judgment of analysts and other statement users. Many of the books’ topics are included on training videos and CPE courses.
He has been interviewed by several publications including the Newark Star Ledger and NJ Biz.
