R E S U M E
Robert J. Thomas

The McDonough School of Business

Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057
Telephone: (202)687-3868
Fax: (202)687-4031

Current Position

Professor, The McDonough School of Business Senior Associate Dean, 1997-1998
Associate Dean, Graduate Business Programs, 1987-1990



Education

Ph.D. in Business and Applied Economics, University of Pennsylvania (The Wharton School), 1980.

Dissertation: "Correlates of Interpersonal Purchase Influence in Organizations" A field experiment investigating how organizations buy products and services. First Place Award Winner in national dissertation competition.

M.A. in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1980
M.B.A., University of Miami, 1968, Dean's List Graduate
B.B.A. in Marketing, University of Miami, 1967, Cum Laude



Awards

The McDonough School of Business
Faculty Research Awards, 1985, 1990

The McDonough School of Business
Distinguished Service Award, 1990

Academy of Marketing Science
First Place Award in 1980 Annual Marketing Dissertation Competition



Professional Affiliations

Membership involvement in the following organizations includes reviewing papers, chairing sessions and conferences, and numerous academic presentations:

American Marketing Association
The Institute of Management Sciences
Product Development and Management Association, Board of Directors
Association for Consumer Research

The Journal of Product Innovation Management -- Member of The Editorial Board
The Journal of Marketing Research -- Ad hoc reviewer


Academic Experience Prior to Georgetown

From 9/69 to 8/82, full-time faculty positions were held in the marketing departments at several universities, including the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (1980-1982). Responsibilities involved teaching a wide variety of courses including Marketing Management, New Product Management, Sales Force Management, Personal Selling, Marketing Research, and Advertising Management. Additional activities involved membership on several academic committees, and extensive curriculum and course development work.


Administrative Experience

From 7/97 to 7/98, hold position as Senior Associate Dean in The McDonough School of Business. Responsibilities involve graduate and undergraduate programs, executive programs, faculty affairs, and managing a $13 million operating budget. Responsible for managing 65 full-time faculty, 35 adjunct faculty, and some 100 administrators and staff. In four months have restored Executive Programs to financial viability with new offerings.

From 7/87-8/90, held position as Associate Dean and Director of the Georgetown MBA Program. Responsibilities included curriculum development, admissions, career management, student services, budgeting, and complete supervision of a staff of ten full-time employees and numerous part-time employees. Academic accomplishments included comprehensive revision of the MBA curriculum to integrate a global perspective, ethics, and business-government relations into mainstream general management courses, coordinating faculty to teach in the revised curriculum, and recruiting new faculty. Also achieved were significant increases in the quality of incoming students (while doubling the enrollment), significant increases in the number of on-campus recruiters, and the development of a wide-range of innovative student services and publications to support the marketing of the program. In 1990, for the first time, the Georgetown MBA program (during its eighth year of existence) was ranked in Business Week's Top 40 Business Schools, and subsequently in U.S. News & World Report's Top 25.


Executive Education

Participation in the design and implementation of numerous university and in-house executive education programs. Customized development and delivery of seminars and programs on such topics as new product development, market segmentation, business strategy, marketing management and planning, forecasting, organizational buying behavior, and sales account planning.


Expert Testimony

· Written and oral testimony presented before the Federal Communications Commission on various telecommunication issues, including demand for new technologies.
· Written and oral testimony and rebuttal before the United States Postal Rate Commission on demand issues for Postal Service products and services and for service proposals by the Postal Rate Commission's Office of Consumer Advocate.
· Written and oral testimony and rebuttal before the United States International Trade Commission on foreign patent infringement and related market development issues.