Joseph C. Stokes

Lecturer in Corporate Finance

Telephone: 413-545-5597
Email: jcs@som.umass.edu
Office: SOM 334
Web Site: intra.som.umass.edu/stokes

M.S. in Business, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1995
M.B.A., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1975
B.A., University of Massachusetts at Boston, 1969

Selected Publications:

Co-author, Alternatives to Conventional Financing, (AMA; 1983)

Professional Experience:

1989-1999 Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Life Technologies, Inc., Rockville, Maryland (NASDAQ: LTEK). Responsible worldwide for investor relations, treasury, tax, risk management, accounting and control, information technology, legal, corporate governance and SEC reporting for this leading supplier to the biotech, life science and heath care industries.

1981-1989 Treasurer, Dexter Corporation, Windsor Locks, Connecticut (NYSE:DEX), a Fortune 500 manufacturer of specialty materials and chemicals.

1977-1981 Corporate banking officer, Connecticut Bank and Trust, Hartford, Connecticut.

Advisory Activities:

Associated Faculty, Isenberg Program for the Integration of Management, Engineering & Science

Faculty Advisor for the Engineering Management Minor Program

Biotechnology and life science projects in Springfield and Worcester, Massachusetts

Community Service:

Finance Committee, Leverett, Massachusetts, 2001 to present.

Chairman, Financial Advisory Committee, Leverett, Massachusetts, 2003 to present.