Dr Kareem A Tannous, Broker/Owner || Chief Economist

Dr Kareem A Tannous

Broker/Owner || Chief Economist

Alliance Realty & Financial Services, Inc.

Location
United States - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Education
Master's degree, Applied Economics & Predictive Analytics
Experience
17 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 8 Months

Broker/Owner || Chief Economist at Alliance Realty & Financial Services, Inc.
  • United States - Florida
  • My current job since August 2018

• Acquiring buyers and sellers of residential and commercial real estate and mortgages through business development relationships in multiple states via verbal and oral communications. Increased mortgage volume by 200%. Increased real estate volume by 15%.
• Researching, forecasting, and valuing housing market trends for motivated sellers and buyers for residential and commercial real estate using STATA, R, MegaStat. Improved list to sell price ratio by 31.58% and reduced company absorption rate by 15.62% using analytics.
• Managing day to day operations, finances, marketing, information technology, and human resources as business owner identifying root causes and creating sustainable solutions. Improved company efficiency by 25% consolidating technologies.
• Implementing federal and state statutes, regulations, and laws to ensure compliance minimizing business, operations, and financial risk. Reduced compliance issues by 20% using detailed transaction journals and improving sales and operations manuals.

Chief Financial Officer at A & H Technologies, Inc.
  • United States - Jacksonville Beach
  • My current job since May 2013

• Identifying investment opportunities and managing mergers and acquisitions of commercial real estate for business operations in multiple states.
• Executing the organization’s financial strategy that has increased company revenues over 15%
• Developing plans for growth to raise company margins while reducing cash outflows by 9%
Assisting the Chief Executive Officer to develop financial plans while controlling accounting practices and managing risk of assets and liabilities.
• Analyzing data and using statistical software to create financial models based on industry research.

Assistant Professor at Cabrini University
  • United States - New Philadelphia
  • July 2020 to August 2022

Finance & Business Management Program Coordinator. Program, curriculum, syllabi, and course development (online, in-class, hybrid), counseled students, administered grades, conducted research, mentored student researchers to publication, served faculty committees, chaired student finance and business clubs, Blackboard; Class sizes: 1-35
Courses Taught
• ACC 340 Managerial Accounting
• BUS 120 Principles of Business
• BUS 220 Quantitative Business Analysis I
• BUS 231 Personal Finance
• BUS 451 Business Capstone
• ECO 131 Microeconomics
• ECO 132 Macroeconomics
• FIN 285 Business Finance I

Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia College
  • United States - Florida
  • September 2014 to August 2021

Curriculum, syllabi, and course development (online, in-class, hybrid), counsel students, administer grades, conduct research, Desire2Learn (D2L); Class sizes: 10-20
Courses Taught

• ACCT 278 Business Analytics
• ACCT 280 Financial Accounting
• ACCT 281 Managerial Accounting
• FIN 298 Personal Finance
• FIN 350 Business Finance
• MAN 430 Management Science

Adjunct Associate Professor at Webster University
  • United States - Florida
  • August 2014 to August 2021

Curriculum, syllabi, and course development (online, in-class, hybrid), counsel students, administer grades, conduct research, CANVAS; Class sizes: 10-20
Courses Teaching/Taught
• BUSN 5000 General Business
• BUSN 5200 Basic Finance for Managers
• BUSN 6070 Management Accounting
• FINC 5000 Finance
• FINC 5880 Advanced Corporate Finance
• MNGT 5650 Management & Strategy

Visiting Professor at Hefei Technology College
  • China
  • May 2019 to July 2019

Lived and taught internationally, developed curriculum (in-class), counseled students, administered grades, Class sizes: 30-40
Courses Taught
• ACCT 201 Financial & Managerial Accounting
• ACCT 312 Intermediate Accounting II
• ACCT 314 Cost Accounting
• MGT 321 The Legal & Ethical Environment of Business

Visiting Professor at Shanghai University of Finance & Economics
  • China
  • May 2019 to July 2019

Lived and taught internationally, developed curriculum (in-class), counseled students, administered grades, Class sizes: 40-50
Courses Taught
• FINC 5000 Finance
• MRKT 5980 International Marketing

Realtor at St Johns Realty Group, Inc
  • United States - Florida
  • September 2006 to July 2018

• Facilitated new business development relationships supplying a source of consumer networking referrals and repetitive business through data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Increase sales and revenues by 22.45%.
• Collected, researched, forecasted, and evaluated housing and financial market data to recruit agents and procure clientele. Reduced attrition rate by 12.77% while increasing agent recruitment by 17.64%
• Tracked agent and company performance to develop a systematic production method generating revenue for brokerage seeking maximum commissions, growth, and profits.
• Delivered training materials with targeted and detailed timeline of buying or selling process along with setting appropriate expectations for agents and clients.
• Created and implemented pricing and procurement financial models for buying and selling clientele for quality consumer decision-making advancing agent productivity. Reduced agent turnover by 13.02%

Visiting Professor at University of Electronic Science & Technology China
  • China
  • May 2018 to July 2018

Lived and taught internationally, developed curriculum (in-class), counseled students, administered grades, Class sizes: 30-40
Course Taught

• FINC 5880 Advanced Corporate Finance

Assistant Professor at Edward Waters College
  • United States - Florida
  • January 2016 to May 2018

Developed curriculum, syllabi, and courses (online, in-class, hybrid), counseled and registered students, administered grades, conducted research, MOODLE, CANVAS, co-managed Student Business Association, Faculty Senate Secretary, AAUP Chapter Treasurer, managed and coordinated all Senate sub-committees; Class sizes: 1-30
Courses Taught

• ACG 2021 Financial Accounting I
• ACG 2022 Financial Accounting II
• ACG 2071 Managerial Accounting
• ACG 2210 Computer Augmented Accounting
• ACG 3103 Intermediate Accounting I
• ACG 3113 Intermediate Accounting II
• ACG 3341 Cost Accounting
• ACG 4651 Auditing Procedures
• FIN 4601 Multinational Business Finance
• INR 4409 International Law & Legal Environment
• INR 3600 International Business
• INR 4600 International Management & Leadership
• MAR 1011 Introduction to Marketing
• TAX 4001 Federal Tax Accounting

Education

Master's degree, Applied Economics & Predictive Analytics
  • at University of North Dakota
  • May 2022

Master of Science in Applied Economics & Predictive Analytics Thesis: Federal Subsidies Effect on Price Changes and Supply in the Housing Industry

Doctorate, International Business
  • at Walden University
  • May 2018

DBA in International Business Dissertation: Impact of Mortgage Characteristics on Retail Mortgage Transaction Completion Time

Master's degree, Accounting & Finance
  • at Jacksonville University
  • August 2012

MBA in Accounting & Finance Capstone Strategic Audit: Honeywell International Inc.

Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
  • at Jacksonville University
  • December 2010

Bachelor of Business Administration Magna cum Laude Outstanding Student award in Business Administration

Specialties & Skills

Higher Education Management
Mortgage
Real Estate
Finance
Econometrics
Microsoft Office Suite
MegaStat
Learning Management Systems

Social Profiles

Personal Website
Personal Website
drkareemtannous.com

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
Spanish
Intermediate

Memberships

Nationwide Multistate Licensing System
  • Mortgage Broker
  • June 1998
National Association of Realtors
  • REALTOR
  • September 2006
Florida Association of REALTORS
  • REALTOR
  • September 2006
Northeast Florida Association of REALTORS
  • REALTOR
  • September 2006
Sigma Beta Delta Honors Society
  • Member
  • February 2016
Accreditation Council for Business Schools & Programs
  • Member
  • January 2016

Training and Certifications

Mortgage License (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 1998
Valid Until:
December 2024
Real Estate License (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2006
Valid Until:
March 2026

Hobbies

  • Sciences
  • Family
  • Technology
  • Golfing
  • Biking