Mike Krush, PhD (University of Nebraska–Lincoln) serves on the College of Business Administration faculty at Kansas State University and is associated with its National Strategic Selling Institute (NSSI).Dr. Krush has taught sales and a range of marketing classes at the undergraduate and graduate level at multiple universities including North Dakota State University, St. Cloud State University, and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.In terms of sales education, Dr. Krush championed and initiated the Center for Professional Selling Sales Technology at North Dakota State University—the only academic center dedicated to developing the sales skills of college students within the North Dakota University System. The Sales Education Foundation consistently recognized NDSU on its list of top universities for sales education. When serving as its director, Dr. Krush championed the application of The Center for Professional Selling and Sales Technology for full membership within the University Sales Center Alliance, a consortium of sales centers dedicated to advancing the sales profession via teaching, research, and outreach.Prior to his academic career, Dr. Krush served as a brand manager at the Kimberly-Clark Corporation, one of America’s largest publicly held corporations. His responsibilities included areas of strategic marketing for a $600 mil- lion brand. In addition, he has conducted marketing and sales operations in the financial services domain, consulted with start-up and existing firms, and written a book on career preparation.From a research perspective, Dr. Krush was one of three national award winners of the Institute for the Study of Business Market’s Doctoral Support Award for his dissertation in business-to-business marketing. Dr. Agnihotri, Dr. Krush, and their colleagues were also recognized by Industrial Marketing Management in 2016 for the Best Article Award.Dr. Krush’s research has been published in a variety of journals, including the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, the Journal of Business Research, the Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, the European Journal of Marketing, Industrial Marketing Management, The Journal of Business Ethics, and the Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing.
