Winston Tellis
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Dr. Winston Tellis is the Stephen and Camille Schramm Professor of Information
Systems and Operations Management at The Charles F. Dolan School of Business at Fairfield University
in Fairfield, Connecticut
. He was a recipient of a Fairfield University Distinguished Faculty/Administrator Award in 2000.
Dr. Tellis co-founded the Center for Microfinance Advice and Consulting in 2001. The Center works to help develop self-sustaining business operations in developing countries. He and Dr. Michael Tucker have helped develop self-sustaining businesses in poor rural areas of Haiti and Nicaragua. Dr. Tellis was honored for his work for Haiti's poor by FONKOZE USA, which supports Fonkoze
, Haiti's only alternative bank for the poor. Fonkoze USA is one of only five non-profit organizations approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to solicit U.S. investments for foreign organizations.
Systems and Operations Management at The Charles F. Dolan School of Business at Fairfield University
Fairfield University
Fairfield University is a private, co-educational undergraduate and master's level teaching-oriented university located in Fairfield, Connecticut, in the New England region of the United States. It was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1942, and today is one of 28 member institutions of the...
in Fairfield, Connecticut
Fairfield, Connecticut
Fairfield is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is bordered by the towns of Bridgeport, Trumbull, Easton, Redding and Westport along the Gold Coast of Connecticut. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 59,404...
. He was a recipient of a Fairfield University Distinguished Faculty/Administrator Award in 2000.
Dr. Tellis co-founded the Center for Microfinance Advice and Consulting in 2001. The Center works to help develop self-sustaining business operations in developing countries. He and Dr. Michael Tucker have helped develop self-sustaining businesses in poor rural areas of Haiti and Nicaragua. Dr. Tellis was honored for his work for Haiti's poor by FONKOZE USA, which supports Fonkoze
Fonkoze
Fonkoze is Haiti's largest microfinance institution serving poor and ultra-poor women throughout the rural areas of Haiti. It has microfinance institution more than 50,000 borrowers and 250,000 savers...
, Haiti's only alternative bank for the poor. Fonkoze USA is one of only five non-profit organizations approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to solicit U.S. investments for foreign organizations.