Our Instructors

Frank Asciutto

Instructor for Digital Graphic Design and Microsoft Office Certification Programs
Frank Asciutto is an Instructional Designer, Digital Technology Instructor and Educational Technologist specializing in Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite.  He has 12 years of classroom teaching experience supplemented with online course development and delivery using Blackboard.  Before joining William Paterson University, Frank was an accomplished corporate IT systems manager with over 20 years of experience designing and implementing a variety of financial applications.  Frank earned a Master’s Degree in Educational Technology in 2012 from Boise State University and is a Certified Microsoft Office Master.


Yolanda Evgeniou

Instructor for Medical Assistant Program
Yolanda Evgeniou, Owner of Para-Professional Health Careers, provides curriculum, course materials, and the Instructor for non-credit programs for individuals striving to enter Allied Health Fields.  The curriculum awards certificates in Registered Medical Assistant / Multi Skilled Health Care Technician / PCT, Health Information Online.  All certificates are recognized by the appropriate agencies of the State of New Jersey.  Para-Professional Health Careers also provides guidance in Career Track selection and employment services. Over the past ten years there has been an unprecedented increase in the demand for training for Health and Nursing Professionals and Paraprofessionals.


Jerry Flach

Instructor for Project Management
Jerry Flach MBA, PMP is a Project Management Leadership Professional. Her career spans financial services and community development work with for profit and non profit organizations including with the Habitat for Humanity where she led their green building and neighborhood revitalization programs. Her passion for sustainable development shines through in her current role as Community Development Program Manager with Valley National Bank. Jerry is also dedicated to community service; she volunteers with local planning and utility boards and she’s a Soil Conservation District Supervisor for the HEP District in the North Jersey region.


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Instructor for Project Management Online
Bhargav has been a Project Management instructor for the School of Continuing Education for over ten years and PMP certified for fifteen. He has industry experience in driving enterprise technology programs and project for more than fifteen years. 


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Ray currently works as the Director of Human Resources for The Oaks at Denville, a SpringPoint Senior Living Community. Immediately prior to the Oaks, Ray was the Senior HR Generalist for the NorthEast Region for Five Guys Enterprises.  Ray has also worked in the telecommunications industry, including Apple, Flextronics, and SprintNextel in a variety of management roles. Ray has experience in the start up world having worked during the creation of Enhanced Wireless. It was after some great experiences as a Manager and District Manager with employee development, he made the decision to focus his career in Human Resources, obtaining his MBA with a focus in HR Management, Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification and the SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) credential.  Ray has served as a SHRM Learning System Item Writer creating test preparation questions for the SHRM certification exam. He is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Business Administration with an anticipated completion date of late 2019.


Sitaraman Vaneswaran

Sitaraman (Sitar) is a key change agent in propelling corporations, delivering strong, bottom-line impacts through implementation of breakthrough strategies and re-engineering Business Processes to drive best-in-class-level performance. He possesses in-depth experience and familiarity with the use abd application of problem-solving tools, including Design of experiments (DOE), Kaizen, Statistical Process Control, Quality Function Deployment, Six Sigma Quality, Value Stream maps and FMEA.  To the classroom, he brings with him several decades in areas of: Total Quality; Quality Management Systems; Cost of Quality; Information Security (ISO 27001); Kaizen; Value Stream Mapping; Supplier Quality Management; Business Process Design / Re-engineering; Business Excellence Models (MBNQA / EFQM); Corpor

ate Social Responsibility (Sustainability / SA 8000); and Lean Six Sigma Online Training.

Carolyn McCombs

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Carolyn McCombs has served in the Paterson community for over 25 years. She has an earned Masters in Business Administration and a B.A. degree in Spanish and Communications both from Rutgers University. During her early career she served in various marketing and strategic planning capacities at Chubb & Son, AT&T and Sony. Carolyn has also served in various ministerial capacities over the past 18 years including Co-Pastor of Open Door Ministries, volunteer Chaplain Passaic County Jail, President of the Board of Directors of Paterson Alliance, and Chairperson of the Passaic County Workforce Development Board Faith Based Committee.