Professor DeSarno has a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Accounting from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. He also holds two Masters Degrees, a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) as well as a Masters of Science (MS) in Financial Planning from Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an active member of both the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJCPA) as well as the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

Professor DeSarno began his career as an Auditor with the Big4 Public Accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche. During his accomplished 25 year accounting career, he worked in Controllership functions with a number of organizations (both public and private) including with companies such as AT&T and the McDonalds Corporation where he served as the New York Metro Regional Controller. He also has experience serving as a Controller in the non-profit sector with the NJ Sharing Network.

Professor DeSarno’s professional experience includes: managing all aspects of the accounting function, month & year end accounting close as well as performing and coordinating the annual financial audit. He has significant experience in financial reporting, analysis, budgeting and forecasting as well as implementing effective accounting processes, procedures, internal controls and strategy.

Today, Professor DeSarno has followed his passion for teaching and serves as both an Assistant Professor and the Coordinator of Accounting in the Division of Business at Bloomfield College. Prior to coming to Bloomfield College, Professor DeSarno taught as an Adjunct Professor in the evenings at both Fairleigh Dickinson University and the County College of Morris. 

As a highly seasoned business professional, Professor DeSarno provides his students with dynamic lessons and a learning experience that leverages his extensive professional knowledge and wealth of accounting and business expertise. He also shares this valuable insight with his students as both an Advisor as well as in his active leadership of the Bloomfield College Business Students Association (BSA) which he was instrumental in founding.

In addition to teaching all levels (from introductory to the capstone course) in the Accounting curriculum, Professor DeSarno has also developed and taught original course content in the area of Franchising and Entrepreneurship. In this highly relevant and compelling course offering, Professor DeSarno leverages over 10 years of experience in the franchise industry where he worked with and guided countless entrepreneurs. Specifically, he has experience serving in the capacity as both a CFO for a large Dunkin Donut multi-unit franchisee network as well as serving as the New York Metro Regional Controller with the McDonald’s Corporation (a geography of over 600 restaurants and 100 franchisees). 

Professor DeSarno also enjoys and finds it rewarding to serve on a number of boards & committees where he shares his accounting and finance expertise. This includes serving as the faculty representative to the Bloomfield College Financial Affairs & Capital Projects Committee. In addition, as a grateful double cornea transplant recipient, Professor DeSarno is proud to serve on the Advisory Board of Eversight (which is an organization whose mission is to restore sight and prevent blindness through the healing power of donation, transplantation and research). Professor DeSarno also volunteers with a number of organizations and is an active member of the Lions Club in his community. Due to his level of service and volunteerism, he was named a past recipient of the Volunteer Award which is awarded by the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJCPA) for dedicated service to worthy causes and making a significant difference in the community.