Thomas IngramThomas N. Ingram (Ph.D., Georgia State University) is professor emeritus of marketing and department chair at Colorado State University. Before commencing his academic career, he worked in sales, product management and sales management with Exxon andMobil. Dr. Ingram is a recipient of the Marketing Educator of the Year award given by Sales and Marketing Executives International (SMEI). He was honored as the first recipient of the Mu Kappa Tau National Marketing Honor Society recognition award for Outstanding Scholarly Contributions to the Sales Discipline. The University Sales Center Alliance has designated Dr. Ingram as a Distinguished Sales Educator for his long-term contributions to sales education. He has served as the editor of the Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, chair of the SMEI Accreditation Institute and member of the Board of Directors of SMEI. He is also the former editor of the Journal of Marketing Theory & Practice. Dr. Ingram's primary research is in personal selling and sales management. His work has appeared in professional journals such as the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management and the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. He is the co-author of one of the "Ten Most Influential Articles of the 20th Century," as designated by the Sales and Sales Management Special Interest Group of the American Marketing Association. Read More Read Less