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Name: Fredric Marich
Title: Instructor of Marketing
Department: Department of Marketing
Office: CBA 318
Phone: 330-972-5446
Fax: 330-972-5978
Email: fmarich@uakron.edu
Mailing Address:
Department of Marketing
College of Business Administration
The University of Akron
Akron, Ohio 44325-4804
Curriculum Vitae: Download in PDF format |
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| Education: |
- Doctoral Degree:
Ed.D. - 24 credits completed, Nova Southeastern University
Majors: Higher Education Administration
Vocational, Technical & Occupational Education
- Master’s Degree:
Master of Business Administration, Kent State University
- Bachelor’s Degrees:
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management, The University of Akron
Majors: Management and Industrial Psychology
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, The University of Akron
Major: Marketing
Two years pharmacy, Licensed Ohio Intern #973, The Ohio State University
- Associate Degree:
Liberal Arts, The University of Akron
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| Professional & Academic Experience: |
- Teaching Experience:
- Department of Marketing, The University of Akron
Instructor of Marketing 2004-present (2 years)
Undergraduate courses taught include: Global Business Concepts, Strategic Retail Management, Purchasing, Marketing Principles, CareerOrientation and Career Management
- Department of Marketing, The University of Akron
Part-time Faculty 1982-2004 (21 years)
Undergraduate course taught: Purchasing, Marketing Principles, Strategic Retail Management, Career Orientation, and Career Management
- Stark State College - Management, Marketing, Business, Purchasing and Leadership
- ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
- Stark State College of Technology (formerly Stark State College)
Director of Institutional Research and Planning, 1994-2001 (7 years)
Provided leadership for college wide assessment, strategic planning, internal and external surveys, and focused research (retention studies and placement testing) for any activities necessary for reaccreditation, new programs, increased enrollment, and improved retention. Designed strategic Planning process that resulted in new mission and vision statements, core values and beliefs, identification of customers, creation of key performance indicators and goal statements.
Associate Dean, Division of business Administration Technologies, 1987-1994
Led largest division of college of 5400 students serving 50% of the student body managing 4 departments of 100+ employees. Had a major role in a $1.5 million business division renovation, designing the restaurant management lab, rewriting the College’s statement of management philosophy, restructure and rewrite of faculty promotion process, update of business faculty talent bank, improvement of equipment and supplies, and professional improvement of staff while keeping within budget.
Director of Federal Procurement Center, 1985-86 (1 year)
Assisted small businesses sell products and services to the federal government.
Assistant Director, Center for Employee Development and Management, 1985-86. (2 years)
Co-managed continuing education and contract training division of the college.
- BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
- Consultant, 1985-94 - supported O.T.T.O. (Ohio Technology Transfer Organization)
- M.H.M. Somerset, Inc., President, 1983-85
Founded and served as chief executive officer of this holding company with a wide diversity of interests. Its primary business venture being a 180-seat fine dining restaurant in the Portage Lakes.
- Union Metal Mfg. Co.
Manager of Purchasing, 1983-84
Managed purchasing function for Tubular Products Division
- The Babcock & Wilcox Company
Manager of Purchasing and Transportation, 1980-83
Managed $25 million purchasing function supporting $70 million business segment
Manager of Purchasing, Customer Parts & Services, 1979-80
Managed purchasing function for spare parts and services division
Senior Buyer, Capital Equipment, 1979
Purchased high dollar, critical, complex and technical commodities and services
Buyer, Capital Equipment, 1976-79
Same as above and was consultant to production operations and manufacturing
Senior Inventory Control Analyst 1973-76
Controlled inventory for perishable tooling, stock tooling, raw materials, weld wire, and fluxes for nuclear equipment division
Order analyst and Laboratory Technician positions 1966-73
Serving in manufacturing, production control and quality control areas
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| Teaching Interests: |
- Global business
- Marketing
- Purchasing and materials management
- Retail
- Management
- Leadership
- Business communication
- Business strategies
- Business missions
- Visions
- Ethics
- Contingency/crisis planning
- Quality assurance
- Survival mode
- Environmental concerns
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| Research Interests: |
The delivery of instruction – how best to bridge the gap between the most current business information and theory to the teaching of students in the most accurate, believable, understandable, realistic fashion, “salt & peppering” that teaching with real life examples and Fred’s “LIFE 101”.
Currently writing first textbook focusing on first time, first generation college students. |
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| Recent Publications: |
- Information not available
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| Awards: |
- Faculty Appreciation Award - National Residence Hall Honorary, 2004
- Kappa Kappa Gamma’s Faculty Star of the Week Award, 2004
- Outstanding Part-time Teacher Award, 1998
- University Of Akron Evening Student Council – Awarded “A-Key”
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