Dr. Samuel C. Certo is presently the Steinmetz Professor of Management at the Roy E. Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College. Over his career, Dr. Certo has received many prestigious awards, including the Award for Innovative Teaching from the Southern Business Association, the Instructional Innovation Award granted by the Decision Sciences Institute, and the Charles A. Welsh Memorial Award for outstanding teaching. He has also received the Bornstein and Cornell Awards for teaching and global recognition of his scholarship.

Dr. Certo has written several well-regarded textbooks, including Modern Management: Concepts and Skills, Strategic Management: Concepts and Applications, and Supervision: Concepts and Applications. His textbooks have been translated into several languages for distribution throughout the world. His newest book, Chasing Wisdom: Finding Everyday Leadership in Business and Life, recommends combining business and biblical principles to build successful organizations.

A past chairperson of the Management Education and Development Division of the Academy of Management, he has had the honor of being presented with that group’s Excellence of Leadership Award. Dr. Certo has also served as president of the Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning, as associate editor for Simulation & Games, and as a review board member of the Academy of Management Review. His consulting experience has been extensive, including notable participation on boards of directors in both private and public companies.

Dr. S. Trevis Certo is the Jerry and Mary Anne Chapman Professor of Business and Department Chair of the Management Department in the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. Dr. Certo holds a Ph.D. in strategic management from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. His research focuses on corporate governance, top management teams, initial public offerings (IPOs), and research methodology. Dr. Certo’s research has appeared in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, California Management Review, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, Business Horizons, Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, and Across the Board. Dr. Certo’s research has also been featured in publications such as BusinessWeek, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and Money magazine.

Dr. Certo is a member of the Academy of Management and serves on the editorial review boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, and Academy of Management Learning and Education. Prior to joining the faculty at Arizona State, he taught undergraduate, MBA, EMBA, and Ph.D. courses in strategic management, research methodology, and international business at Indiana University, Texas A&M University, Tulane University, and Wuhan University in China.