DR. JAMES S. SAGNER has taught MBA-level courses in finance and international business at the School of Business of the University of Bridgeport (Connecticut), and is senior principal of Sagner/Marks. He has managed over 250 large-scale studies for global organizations and is recognized as an expert in financial management and economic analysis. His clients have included financial service and manufacturing companies. Previously, he was with the First National Bank of Chicago (now JPMorgan Chase) and A. T. Kearney, financial and economic consultants; and served as chief economist of the Maryland Department of Transportation.

He is the author of 9 books and over 60 papers and articles that have appeared in various publications. His most recent book is Handbook of Corporate Lending (with Herbert Jacobs), with a revised edition published in 2014. In addition, he has taught in the executive education program at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Sagner received his BS from Washington and Lee University, his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and his PhD in business and economics from The American University. Dr. Sagner, who was honored as a Rockefeller Fellow, is a CCM and a CMC, and was selected for Beta Gamma Sigma.