Mr. Kastantin has worked in accounting education and public and industrial accounting since 1979.  Prior to that time he was a soldier in the US Army for approximately ten years, including one-year tours in Vietnam and Korea.  Mr. Kastantin has had two technical books, several business case studies, and several business manuscripts published.  Since 1991 Mr. Kastantin has concentrated his work in the area of international accounting.   His teaching and work assignments have taken him to Scotland, France, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Uzbekistan, Bulgaria, Austria, Croatia, Poland, Slovenia, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, and England.  Mr. Kastantin was on leave February 1997 - August 1998 working for KPMG in Bratislava, Slovakia.  Previously, he was a Fulbright lecturer in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia.
Mr. Kastantin serves as chairman of the board of La Crosse Funds, Inc., an SEC registered, publicly traded mutual fund.  He has served on many university, community, and professional committees.  Mr. Kastantin's avocation is creative writing.  He has several unpublished short stories and poems and one novel.