CRAIG SHOEMAKER, Ph.D.

Dr. Craig Shoemaker is an Associate Professor of Economics and Business Administration at St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa. Dr. Shoemaker holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio, an MBA degree in Finance from the Keller Graduate School of Management, Chicago, Illinois and a PhD from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.

Dr. Shoemaker has 25 years of experience in the sales, marketing and management disciplines. He was responsible for managing the commercial Original Equipment Tire Division at the B.F. Goodrich Company. He was Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Servus Footwear Company, Rock Island, Illinois where he managed the successful turnaround of that firm. He was Director of the OEM Sales at Pirelli-Armstrong Tire Company where he established international operations and successfully turned around a fledgling division tripling the business in three years. Dr. Shoemaker owned and operated his own marketing services business in Phoenix, Arizona, building it into one of the most vertically integrated mailing, printing, graphics and envelope businesses of its kind in the southwest. He joined the faculty of St. Ambrose University in the Fall of 1992 where he teaches marketing at both undergraduate and graduate levels.