Dr. Michael Troilo is an Ordinary Professor (ad interim) of Strategy, Management, and Organizations in the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America. Prior to to this appointment, he was the Chapman Professor of International Business and Finance at the University of Tulsa. He teaches a range of courses in economics, finance, and management across the undergraduate, master's, executive, and doctoral levels, receiving the University of Tulsa’s Outstanding Teacher Award in 2023. This honor is the university's highest faculty recognition.

Mike has studied and worked in the Asia-Pacific region since 1998, with a focus on entrepreneurship and economic development, particularly in China. From 2010, he has been a consultant to the United Nations ESCAP, the International Labour Organization, the Asian Development Bank, and the Legatum Institute, a London-based think tank dedicated to poverty eradication. A Fulbright Scholar, he has published nearly sixty academic articles, chapters, and books, and he has visited over fifty countries across six continents.

Mike held a variety of accounting and finance positions before academe. He was a senior auditor for Arthur Andersen LLP and a cost accountant and pricing analyst for IBM Microelectronics Division. He also served as a senior financial analyst for a British company investing in high-tech new ventures and as a controller for an Internet start-up. He now coaches student entrepreneurs as they start businesses.

Professor Troilo holds a Ph.D. in business economics and international business from the University of Michigan, an MBA and an MA in East Asian Studies from the University of Virginia, and a BBA in accounting from the College of William and Mary. He is a licensed CPA in Virginia.