{"id":674,"date":"2018-05-08T16:12:11","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T16:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/business\/?p=674"},"modified":"2018-05-08T16:12:11","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T16:12:11","slug":"utc-mba-featured-faculty-dr-navid-aghakhani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/business\/2018\/05\/08\/utc-mba-featured-faculty-dr-navid-aghakhani\/","title":{"rendered":"UTC MBA Featured Faculty Dr. Navid Aghakhani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you interested in the Flexible or 100% Online MBA program in the UTC College of Business? We want to give you a chance to meet our faculty through featured faculty articles!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/business\/files\/2018\/05\/DSC_0146.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-675\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/business\/files\/2018\/05\/DSC_0146.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/business\/files\/2018\/05\/DSC_0146.jpg 547w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/business\/files\/2018\/05\/DSC_0146-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/business\/files\/2018\/05\/DSC_0146-172x200.jpg 172w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/business\/files\/2018\/05\/DSC_0146-344x400.jpg 344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/a>Meet Dr. Navid Aghakhani &#8211; Management, Business Analytics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Aghakhani earned his B.S. in Computer Engineering from Shahid Beheshti University; M.Sc. in Computer Science from University Malaya; and Ph.D. in Computer Science and Information Systems at the University of Colorado Denver. 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