Mark Gibb

Adjunct Instructor in Finance

Department: Finance

Koury Business Center, Office 121 2075 Campus Box Elon, NC 27244

Brief Biography

Mark spent thirty years in the manufacturing of safety and food & beverage products, in various roles including marketing, operations, finance, P&L management, and entrepreneur (founding a brewery). His academic research uses investigation of business history to illuminate current business problems. He is pleased to be mentoring small business owners through SCORE. In his spare time he enjoys playing music, learning languages, and traveling.

Education

BA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

MBA University of Texas at Austin

MA in Business History University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Employment History

Founder | Gibb’s Hundred Brewing Company, Greensboro, NC

Chief Executive Officer | SMT Food & Beverage Systems, Martinsville, VA

Operations Manager for Integration | United Technologies–Fire & Security, Farmington, CT

Managing Partner | Quaestor Equity Partners, Middletown, CT

President | Capital Safety Group–SINCO, Middletown, CT

President | Federal Signal–Safety Storage, Hollister, CA

Manager, Strategy Consulting | Accenture, Chicago, IL

Materials Director | Federal Signal–Guzzler, Birmingham, AL

International District Manager | Federal Signal, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Director of Marketing | Stewart Warner Instrument, Mount Prospect, IL

Courses Taught

FIN 3430

Research

The rise of light lager 1840-1900: examing the intersection of consumer preference and production imperatives in shaping markets

Brewmasters and the commodification of brewing knowledge: investigating conflicts over status and power in labor markets for knowledge workers

Grants Awarded

Exchange Fellows Award | Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund, Tokyo, Japan

Dr. Karl A. Schleunes Graduate Award | University of North Carolina-Greensboro

Hyatt and Cici Brown Chair’s Award | University of Florida (declined)

Graduate Research Award | Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, Athens, GA

Travel Grant | Amanda and Greg Gregory Graduate Studies Enhancement Fund, Athens, GA

Publications

News & Record, Greensboro, North Carolina (Aug 2017 to Aug 2019). Wrote a monthly 700 word column on political, social, and economic issues of the day for a newspaper with daily circulation of 80,000.

Professional Activities

Beta Gamma Sigma National Business Honor Society

Business History Conference

Service Activities

Small business Mentor for SCORE