Michael P. Griffin

Michael P. Griffin was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1958. He was raised in Swansea, Massachusetts, and graduated from Joseph Case High School. He is a graduate of Providence College (B.S. 1980) and Bryant University (M.B.A. 1982). For over 30 years, Griffin, an Associate Teaching Professor, has taught accounting and finance, full-time in the Charlton College of Business at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Prior to working for the university, Michael worked for a number of employers including Sears Roebuck and Company, Rhode Island Hospital Trust, Fleet National Bank, E.F. Hutton and Company, and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston. Michael is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and holds the designations of Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified Financial Manager (CFM); both are awarded by the Institute of Management Accountants. He also holds the Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®) designation from the American College. Michael is the author of many business books and has developed several software packages both for commercial and academic use. He has been an editorial consultant to a number of publishers, including KMT Software, TemplateZone, McGraw-Hill, Irwin, Harvard Business Publications, John Wiley, LearningExpress (EBSCO), Addison Wesley, and Prentice Hall and has been a consultant for software content development for dozens of projects in the area of accounting, business finance, and personal financial planning. Michael is a member of Red Sox Nation, and a fan of the Patriots, Celtics, and Bruins. He is married to Annette Griffin, PhD (Nursing) and has fantastic adult children, Brendan, Kate, Allison, and Trevor, Cutty, a son-in-law (married to Allison) and Margaret, a daughter-in-law (married to Brendan).