Andrew R. Thomas is Assistant Professor of Marketing and International Business and Associate Director of The Taylor Institute for Direct Marketing at the University of Akron.

A New York Times best-selling writer, Dr. Thomas is author, co-author, or editor of:

• Global Manifest Destiny: Growing Your Business in a Borderless Economy

• Direct Marketing in Action: Proven Strategies for Finding and Keeping Your Best Customers

• The New World Marketing

• The Distribution Trap!

• Growing Your Business in Emerging Markets: Promise & Peris

• The Rise of Women Entrepreneurs: People, Processes, and Global Trends

• Defining the Really Great Boss

• Managing by Accountability: What Every Leader Needs to Know About Responsibility, Integrity – and Results

• Change or Die! How to Transform Your Organization from the Inside Out

• Aviation Security Management: A Three Volume Set

• Aviation Insecurity: The New Challenges of Air Travel

• Air Rage: Crisis in the Skies

A successful global entrepreneur, Professor Thomas has traveled to and done business in more than 120 countries on all seven continents. Andrew is a regularly featured analyst for BBC, UNIVISION, FOX NEWS, and CNBC.