He joined SOU in the fall of 1999. He has a BS in Business Management and an MBA from Indiana State University in Terre Haute Indiana. After a 20-year career in marketing management with Bristol-Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson he decided to pursue a teaching career. His Ph.D. in Management and Marketing is from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond Virginia. His research interests include: corporate culture, sales force management, and international marketing. Mark has published several papers in such journals as International Marketing Review, The Academy of Management Journal, and the Journal of Business and Psychology.