Faculty Friday: Timothy P. Bonomo

SUNY Corning Community College Professor of Business Timothy P. Bonomo, is a native of Corning New York, and a CCC alumni. He has over 40 years of expertise in management, marketing, and human resources, as well as over 20 years of teaching experience at the college level.

Bonomo has degrees in Liberal Arts, Interdisciplinary Communications, and Business Administration and a dual master's degree in Adult Education and General Education. At SUNY CCC, Bonomo teaches marketing, business, and management and has served as the Chairperson of the Business Department.

Throughout his career, he received the Robert J. Uplinger Distinguished Service Award from the Lions International Foundation and the SuperStar Award from Wegmans Food Markets for outstanding customer service. Most recently, Bonomo won the "CCC Faculty Kate Danforth Red Baron Award" in its first year of existence. 

In addition to his many accomplishments, Bonomo is a published author of Customer Service: Aiming for Excellence and an executive producer of a multi-award winning, full-length feature film, Growing Up. 

We recently had the opportunity to interview Professor Bonomo to learn more about him.

Q: What's your favorite part about being a faculty member at SUNY CCC?
A: It's a "teaching college" where most faculty are more interested in sharing their expertise with students than only doing research in their respective fields. CCC is small enough to be personal and large enough to offer incredible opportunities.

 

Q: What's been the best part of your professional career?
A: All of it. I have learned so much from the varied career(s) I have been fortunate enough to have. I am still learning! CCC is the culmination of theory and practice, which I try to bring to each course. My background has allowed me to combine the conceptual and the experiential.

 

Q: What's one thing most people don't know about you? 
A: I've been told I have a big "personality." I'm not entirely sure what that means, but I agree with that assessment.

 

Q: What do you like to do during your free time/time outside of the classroom?
A: Mostly I enjoy fixing problems when people ask for help. On a personal level, I enjoy gaming, movies, and superhero mythology. I loved science fiction (Star Trek) and comic books long before they were cool.