Speakers - Past & Present

An important part of the ND MBA Marketing Club events and activities are industry speakers. We invite marketing experts and professionals to share their expertise and opinions with our club members.

The Marketing Club had the honor of hosting presentations from the following firms during the 2006-2007 academic year:

  •  Mike Debiasi, Market Space Manager, BP
  •  Richard Yoo ND MBA 91, Sr. Director, Global Menu Mgmt., McDonald's
  •  Christina Glorioso, Vice President, CBS Viacom Plus
  •  Peter Brennan ND MBA 04; Assoc. Marketing Mgr, E&J Gallo Winery
  •  Maria Diaz ND MBA 05; Brand Manager, DePuy/Johnson & Johnson
  •  Priya Persuad ND MBA 04; Marketing Manager, Whirlpool
  •  Liz Claiborne
  •  Mike O’Driscoll, Pres., Aston Martin, Jaguar, & Land Rover North America
  •  Ron Berger, CEO, EuroRSCG

The Marketing Club had the honor of hosting presentations from the following firms during the 2005-2006 academic year:

  •  Rob Hanson, VP Business Performance Solutions of IRI Inc.  see details
  •  John Hearn, Business Development Director of IRI Inc.
  •  John Sherry, Mendoza COB Marketing Department Chair  see details
  •  Mike O’Driscoll, Pres., Aston Martin, Jaguar, & Land Rover North America
  •  Roxy Young, Senior Marketing Mgr., Netflix (former Brand Mgr. Gap, Inc.)
  •  Michael DeBiasi, PCO Market Space Manager, BP Lubricants
  •  Christina Glorioso, Vice President, ViacomPlus
  •  Don Casey, Chairman, Vistakon: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care
  •  Christopher Cronin, Associate Product Director, Vistakon: J&J Vision Care
  •  E.J.Gallo
  •  Liz Claiborne

The Marketing Club has been priveleged to have been visited by numerous business leaders, particularly those in the field of marketing, including:

  •  John Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer of JG Sullivan Interactive
  •  Brett Knobloch, Executive Vice President of JG Sullivan Interactive
  •  Larry McNaughton, Chief Operating Officer of CoreBrand
  •  Sean Donohue, Vice President of Ted Airlines
  •  Guy Minnix, Marketing & Strategy Contract Channel Director of Whirlpool
  •  Dave Hurwitt, Global Vice President of Brand Management for Whirlpool
  •  Michael Kurowski, Marketing Director of Catalina Marketing Corporation
  •  Aimee Markelz, Founder of Talk Inc.

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Presentation Details:  

IRI
Robert Hanson, Vice President - Business Performance Solutions
John Hearn, Business Development Director - Client Solutions

IRI (Information Resources, Inc.) is one of the world's leading providers of market information solutions.  Ninety-five percent of the FORTUNE Global 500 in CPG and Retail leverage IRI to help power their business.

Presentation available for viewing; Download here.
About IRI - www.infores.com
 

John Sherry
Mendoza College of Business Marketing Department Chair

On February 14, 2006 the MBA Marketing Club hosted Professor John Sherry, chair of the Marketing Department in the Mendoza College of Business. Professor Sherry spoke about his experiences as a Professor of Marketing at Northwestern’s Kellogg school and also about his consulting expertise. Professor John Sherry joined the Mendoza College of Business in summer 2005 as chair of the Marketing Department and was also named the Ray W. and Kenneth G. Herrick Professor of Marketing. Professor Sherry, came from the marketing department at Northwestern University. He pursues research in symbolic communication, customer experiences, cultural analysis, and meaning management. He has four times been a member of the prestigious American Marketing Association Doctoral Consortium Faculty. Professor Sherry has served as a consultant to Procter & Gamble, the Coca-Cola Company, Purina, Sears, Eastman Kodak, and Turner Broadcasting among many other corporations.
 

Marketing, Sales and Advertising Career Night

In February 2006, the Marketing Department of the University of Notre Dame launched the annual “Marketing, Sales and Advertising Career Night”. This event wass a great opportunity for students to learn more about the various career paths and opportunities in marketing, sales, and advertising. Representatives from retail, advertising/media, as well as consumer packaged goods companies made presentations on different aspects of marketing, sales, and advertising in which they have expertise. Presentations were followed by break-out sessions giving students the opportunity to talk in further

 

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