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Gina Dutro

BUS102 Team Lead & Associate Lecturer

First-Year Integrated Core & Marketing


Gina Dutro

Contact Information

Office Hours

  • Tuesday/Thursday 12:40 - 2:00
  • Wednesday 1:00 - 3:30 (Zoom)

Links

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Profile

Academic Background

  • M.B.A. University of Dallas, Braniff Graduate School of Management, Dallas, TX
  • B.S. Information Systems, Miami University, College of Engineering and Information Systems, Oxford, OH

Academic & Professional Experience

  • PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY: Miami University Associate Lecturer faculty in Business Communication with 11 years of highly ranked and very strong teaching evaluations in the Farmer School of Business. 8 years serving as BUS 102 Team Lead in the First Year Integrated Core (FYIC) program for business majors. Current student enrollment is approximately 750 students per semester. Manages curriculum design and provides team leadership of 6 faculty. 20 years of industry experience in senior management, leadership, marketing, sales, and corporate education for Fortune 500 client organizations.
  • Miami University’s Farmer School of Business 2014 - Present Associate Lecturer (TCPL) BUS 102 Team Lead First Year Integrated Core Oxford, Ohio
  • • Promoted to Associate Lecturer (TCPL) with current home department of Marketing and past department of Economics. Currently serving as BUS 102 Team Lead for 1 of 4 integrated courses in the First Year Integrated Core (FYIC) program for first year business majors. The unique “skills based” design of the program requires faculty to collaborate and integrate across four core business courses (BUS 101 Foundations of Business, BUS 102 Foundations of Business Communication, ESP 103 Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurial Thinking and BUS 104 Critical and Computational Thinking). Values the privilege of having a multi-faceted role that includes teaching 3 – 4 sections of BUS 102 per semester, developing and administering the BUS 102 curriculum for the FYIC program, Team Leadership of large BUS 102 faculty team (currently 7 faculty members) and collaborating with FYIC faculty since the original launch of the program in the fall of 2016. • Classroom Teaching: Delivers 3 – 4 sections of BUS 102 per semester. Consistently receives high student evaluations well above the Miami University and FSB faculty average. • Leadership: Serves as 1 of 4 FYIC Team Leads and 23 faculty to create an outstanding learning experience for all Farmer School of Business students in the program. Has collaborated with client partners during the FYIC "client challenge" end of semester project and final showcase. Experienced tremendous growth in the FYIC program having worked with Kroger, Fifth Third Bank, Cleveland Clinic and currently KeyBank client challenge business partners.
  • Gartner 2011 - 2014 Americas Major Accounts Division Senior Account Manager Cincinnati, OH • Gartner continues as a World’s Most Admired Company by Fortune magazine providing business research and advisory services for companies in the US and abroad. Recognized as the leader in conducting objective rigorous research in domestic and international business. • 3 years managing regional strategy for large multi-million dollar Fortune 500 clients with substantial strategic and revenue generating opportunity within the Gartner research and advisory portfolio. • Focused on multiple strategic accounts (large, multi-national companies) and was responsible for maintaining and driving new business within each organization by meeting with C-suite executives. • Responsible for directing strategy for large, global accounts including executive C-level relationship management activities that resulted in increased sales and revenue. Nims Associates, Inc. STARTUP 1985 - 2004 Regional Director Cincinnati, Ohio and Dallas, Texas • Director of Education [pipe!*$] Regional Director [pipe!*$] Branch Manager [pipe!*$] Technology Consultant and Instructor • Joined a 9 employee startup in Dallas, TX focusing on new business development. • Company sold with 550 employees. • National client base of technology and business consulting portfolio customers. • 16 year Senior Management and Director of Education tenure with a privately owned education and consulting firm. Joined the company startup as the 11th employee and achieved new business development nationally to grow consulting and education business units within the U.S. • Company acquired in 2004 by Keane Consulting with organizational growth including 500 employees, 5 consulting practices, 2 software development centers and a national Education Services practice. • Targeted clients including large Global 500 organizations in North America and Europe.

Recent Publications

  • Foundations of Business Communication: Rhetoric for Business Professionals Contributing Author Publisher Business Laison Foundations of Business Communication: Rhetoric for Business Professionals Editions: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Publisher History: Van Griner 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Hayden McNeil 2015, 2016, 2017

 

    Biography

    Gina Dutro joined Miami University's Farmer School of Business in 2014 and brings 25 years of industry experience in executive management and marketing. Promoted to Associate Lecturer in July of 2022 and currently serving as Curriculum and Faculty Lead for BUS 102 Foundations of Business Communication in the First Year Integrated Core. Delivers excellence in the classroom by leveraging practical business experience and engaging and preparing students for an exciting career in business. Industry education experience includes the design and development of curriculum in management, marketing, sales and organizational behavior.

    25 year business career includes senior level management and marketing leadership roles with a focus on new business development and client engagement with corporate leadership. Prior to joining Miami University, managed Fortune 500 clients in the mid-west sales region for Gartner, Inc., a premier global research and advisory firm in the technology industry. Responsible for all client engagement, communication and interaction to grow territory revenue and expand client relationships.

    15 year tenure in a STARTUP technology consulting and corporate education. Led the development of a North American corporate education services division targeting Fortune 500 clients. Experienced a high rate of growth and focused on delivering custom education services to large clients across the U.S., Canada and Europe. Served as Regional Director for 10 years and continued classroom delivery for large key accounts during senior management tenure. As Branch Manager of Consulting in Dallas, Texas, grew the consulting practice by number of consultants and expanded the client portfolio to include several Fortune 500 organizations.

    Passionate about teaching, coaching and the opportunity to encourage students to pursue excellence in every element of business and academic life.

    Courses

    • BUS 102 FA, TR 11:40-12:35, FSB1036
    • BUS 102 FB, TR 03:10-04:05, FSB0039
    • BUS 102 GB, TR 10:30-11:25, FSB1036
    • BUS 102 IB, TR 02:00-02:55, FSB0039