James Kaney

Lecturer

Email: jkaney@calpoly.edu
Phone: 805-756-2084
Office Location: 003-332

Education

M.B.A. Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (with distinction)
B.S. Business Administration –Accounting/Finance- Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (cum laude)
American Bankers Association — Commercial Lending School, University of Oklahoma
Stanford University – Summer Program Wholesale Management Course
American Management Association — Various courses in strategic planning, personnel management, and management simulation analysis
Executive Education: Graduate School of Bank Investments and Financial Management, University of South Carolina

Employment
- Executive Vice President, Director of Finance, Coast National Bank, San Luis Obispo – Responsible for Accounting, Asset Liability Management, Strategic Planning – Past Board Member, Bank Founder
Teaching Specialization
- Financial Accounting
- Managerial Accounting
- Corporate Finance
- Commercial Bank Management
Undergraduate Courses
- BUS 212 Financial Accounting for Nonbusiness Majors
- BUS 214 Financial Accounting
- BUS 215 Managerial Accounting
- BUS 321 Intermediate Accounting I
- BUS 342 Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
- BUS 440 Commercial Bank Management
Professional Experience
- Certified Public Accountant
- Commercial Bank Management with concentrations in accounting, credit analysis, strategic planning and interest rate risk sensitivity analysis (founding director of two independent banks)
- Owner -Diversified meat processing and food distribution business
- Governmental auditor
Academic and Professional Organizations
- Rotary Club of San Luis Obispo
- Founding Director: Coast National Bank — Chairman Loan Committee -San Luis Obispo
- Past Founding Director: Commerce Bank NA, San Luis Obispo
- Past President of Camp Fire of the Central Coast
- Past Board Member of Achievement House
- First Place MBA Team – 38th Annual International Intercollegiate Business Policy Competition