EDUCATION
Ph.D. State University of New York at Binghamton, 1988; Major - Marketing; Minor - Systems Science
M.B.A. State University of New York at Binghamton with a concentration in Marketing, 1978.
B.S. State University of New York at Plattsburgh in Business Administration, 1976.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Administrative Positions:
- Executive Director – The Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales, William Paterson University, October 2007 – June 2008.
- Acting Executive Director – The Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales, William Paterson University, March 2006 – October 2007.
- Chairperson – Department of Professional Sales, William Paterson University, January 2005 – October 2006.
- Director/Founder – Savage & Associates Center for Advanced Sales and Marketing, The University of Toledo, April 10, 1998 – March 7, 2003.
- MBA Director, The University of Toledo, April 1, 1994 - June 30, 1996
- Director, Institute for the Study of Business Markets (ISBM) Affiliated Research Center, The University of Toledo, January 1990 - May 1992.
Faculty Positions:
- Associate Professor of Marketing, Bowling Green State University, August 2008 – Present.
- Professor of Sales, William Paterson University, September 2004 – June 2008 (Received early tenure in 2006).
- Professor of Sales and Marketing, The University of Toledo, July 2001 – May 2005 (Promoted in Fall of 2001. On leave 2004-2005).
- Edward H. Schmidt Endowed Professor of Sales and Business Marketing, The University of Toledo, April 1998 – September 2003.
- Associate Professor of Marketing, The University of Toledo, July 1, 1994 – June 2001 (Received tenure and promoted in Spring 1994).
- Assistant Professor Marketing, The University of Toledo, September 1988-March 1994.
- Instructor in Marketing, Clarkson University, September 1984-June 1988.
- Lecturer in Marketing, Binghamton University, August 1981-August 1984.
- Instructor in Marketing, LeMoyne College, August 1978-August 1979.
SELECTED AWARDS
- Outstanding Research Award, Recipient of the College of Business Administration’s Outstanding Research Award, The University of Toledo, 2002.
- Wincott Research Fellowship, Buckingham University, Buckingham, England. April 26, 1998-June 19, 1998.
- Edward Schmidt Endowed Professor of Sales and Business Marketing, The University of
- Toledo, April 10, 1998 to September 2003.
- Outstanding Teacher Award, Recipient of DeJute Memorial Teaching Award, College of Business Administration, 1997.
