Professor Emile Pilafidis teaches Management Consulting Practicum courses at the University of California, Irvine, Paul Merage School of Business.

He is also affiliated with the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University, where he teaches Strategy, and International Management MBA courses.

Dr. Pilafidis has served in a variety of faculty and academic administration positions at The Claremont Graduate University and the University of La Verne.

Professor Pilafidis has also taught MBA courses overseas, in Singapore, Greece, and the U.K.

Emile Pilafidis is an experienced general manager, having served as President of the North America subsidiary of PMW GmbH (the German world leader in specialized pumping equipment), as Division President of FMC Corporation’s Los Angeles based heavy machinery business, and as General Manager of FMC’s petroleum equipment business in the Far East, based in Singapore.

He has held a variety of other operations, business planning, and product management positions with FMC Corporation, and started his career as a research engineer with the Cincinnati Milacron Company.

He earned his BS in Engineering Physics at Miami University,
Oxford, Ohio, his MS in Mechanical Engineering and MBA in General and International Management at the University of Cincinnati, and his PhD in Strategic Management at Claremont Graduate University.

His research areas include: Management Issues in Strategic Alliances, Management Consulting, and International Management.

Dr. Pilafidis is a member of the Academy of International Business, and the Academy of Management.