George DeCourcy

Senior Lecturer
Finance and Managerial Economics
Director, Real Estate Program

Email
(972) 883-5810
Office – JSOM 2.410

Education:

 MBA, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2009
BCom, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 1975
BA, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 1974

Certifications:

 Certified Public Accountant, Texas

Courses:

 BA 4363 Fundamentals of Real Estate
BA 4364 Real Estate Finance
FIN 6321 Introduction to Real Estate
FIN 6322 Real Estate Finance and Capital Markets

Current / Recent Research:

 Real Estate
Corporate Restructuring
Turnaround Management

Awards and Recognition:

 Avnet, Inc. Outstanding Achievement Award for Enterprise Transformation Strategies, 2009
Senate Medal, Outstanding Academic Achievement, Carleton University

Current Professional Organizations:

 Financial Executives Association (Board)
Turnaround Management Association
The Real Estate Council
Real Estate Financial Executives Association
Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) Institute
American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association

Biography:

Mr. DeCourcy is a multi-disciplined financial executive with 30 years of experience at public and private companies leading all facets of finance, legal, IT and administration. Starting his career as a CPA with a major accounting firm, he moved into the CFO role for companies in the real estate and technology industries.

Mr. DeCourcy has worked with entrepreneurial technology start-ups as well as large multinationals and has board experience with an SEC registrant. He founded a technology firm (now part of Intuit) and oversaw its development through profitability and sale. Mr. DeCourcy has spent most of his career in the finance with lead negotiation experience including corporate debt financing, venture funding, joint ventures, IPOs, private equity, public bond issues, public equity issues, and private investment in public enterprise structures. Mr. DeCourcy has also been a speaker at financing conferences and has authored articles on business and banking technology. He is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Texas at Dallas School of Management.

Mr. DeCourcy has a BA in Economics and a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting & Finance from Carleton University in Ottawa Canada. He is also a graduate of the Ontario School of Accountancy and has an Executive MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas. He earned a Chartered Accountant designation in Ontario, Canada and holds a CPA license in Texas.