Dave Youland
Associate Professor of Business Administration at Southwestern College
- Role
- Senior Consultant at Luminas Strategy
- Location
- Derby, KS, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Dave Youland
Professionally qualified Business Administration faculty. Academic and Corporate instructor experienced with traditional, accelerated and online settings. Recognized for strengths in market research, competitive intelligence, strategic planning, new product and market development, acquisition evaluation and the development of strategic alliances and partnerships. Accomplished at identifying and evaluating new business opportunities and then creating actionable plans and launching profitable product and service operations.Diverse experience ranging from a $9B Global Fortune 500 firm, a $4B Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, corporations listed on NASDAQ to privately held entrepreneurial ventures; industries have included specialty chemicals, specialty plastics processing, semiconductor processing, consumer products, software development, Internet based career management services and energy services. He is the author of Driving Organic Business Growth: Actionable Strategies for Smart Innovation (available on Amazon) and edited Readings in Qualitative Market Research: Insights for Managers (published by Cognella Academic Press).Dave holds BS and MBA degrees from the University of Minnesota and has completed additional coursework at Northwestern University and The University of Michigan. Dave was awarded NPDP certification from the PDMA in 2004. He has also served as an adjunct faculty member at William Penn University, Central College, St. Cloud State University and King University.
Experience
Senior Consultant
Feb 2020 — Present · Durham, NC, US
Luminas supports organizational leaders to develop winning customer and stakeholder value propositions. We enable our clients to understand what they do that delivers differential value and identify new opportunities to create more value in the future. We also assist organizations in building the internal capabilities to maintain and improve winning customer relationships that generate organic growth and profitability for them and their customers.We are headquartered in North Carolina\'s world-renowned Research Triangle Park. Inspired by this culture of innovation and diversity, Luminas is driven to help our global clients think differently about their business and answer with confidence the all-important question: Do your customers make more money doing business with you?
Education
UMN Carlson School of Management
MBA, Marketing
1982 — 1983
UMN Carlson School of Management
BSB, Business Administration
1978 — 1982
Skills
- Competitive Analysis
- Start-Ups
- Market Research
- Sales
- Global Marketing
- Product Launch
- Segmentation
- Strategic Planning
- Integrated Marketing
- Public Relations
- Business Strategy
- Leadership
- Project Management
- Negotiation
- Marketing Management
- Market Analysis
- Product Development
- Analysis
- B2b Marketing
- Business Development
- Marketing Communications
- Management
- Strategy
- Crm
- Market Planning
- Brand Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Marketing Strategy
- Entrepreneurship
- University Teaching
- Team Leadership
- Strategic Partnerships
- Product Management
- Customer Insight
- Sales Management
- Market Development
- Marketing Research
- Innovation Management
- Business Planning
- B2b
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