Philip C. Zerrillo
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Ph.D., Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
BBA, University of Texas
Dr Zerrillo is currently a visiting professor at the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He began his academic career at The University of Texas at Austin, and was a faculty member in the marketing department, as well as the Graduate Dean and the Dean of Executive Education. In addition to his administrative roles, Dr Zerrillo has written and taught extensively in areas of distribution channels, brand management, strategy, and counterfeiting and its effects on brands and brand valuation. He has held faculty positions or taught courses at Hebrew University (Jerusalem), Thammasat University (Bangkok), IMADEC University (Vienna), The Smith College of Business (University of Maryland), Owen School of Business (Vanderbilt), Sun Yat Sen University (Guanzhou), and Guido Luiss Carli School of Business (Roma).
Phil’s research focuses on distribution channels, pricing, marketing strategy, branding and brand valuation. His articles have appeared in the leading academic journals, including the Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing, the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Business Horizons and Relationships in Marketing, among others. He has won a number of research and teaching awards, including the Outstanding Paper of the Year (2007) in the Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing. In addition to his academic endeavors, Phil has served as an expert witness in cases involving marketing issues.
In addition to his research and teaching interests Dr. Zerrillo has consulted around the world. His clients have been in areas such as the high tech industry, packaged goods, consumer products, medical services, pharmaceuticals, food and agricultural, Industrial products, oil and gas and office supplies. In addition to his personal clients, Dr Zerrillo has provided intellectual content for consulting firms such as Monitor Group, Deloitte and Touche, Ernst and Young, Asia Works, and Accenture. His individual clients have included Motorola, 3M, Input Output, Essex Group, LG Electronics, Nokia, Scott and White Medical, Heublin (now Grand metropolitan/Diaggio), and Imperial Tobacco.
Dr Zerrillo is currently a member of the board of directors of Sharps Compliance (NASDAQ: SMED). In addition to his past duties as lead director, he has been the director of the audit committee, and the corporate governance committee. Dr Zerrillo has also held board seats with Tholos International (Vienna), Global Knowledge Services (acquired by Applied Materials) and others.
Phil has a B.B.A. in Marketing from the University of Texas at Austin and a Ph.D. in Marketing from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.