Rick has spent the past twenty-six years helping clients take marketing to the bottom line. Since receiving his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University, Dr. Kolsky’s clients have used action-learning to convert many of today's fads--such as strategy innovation, market-focus, value-pricing, e-transformation, core competencies, relationship selling, and "rightsizing"--from simple buzzwords to bottom-line reality in markets as diverse as infant formula, life insurance, hip-hop, and earth moving equipment. Among Rick’s clients are AAA, Aetna, AIG, Allstate, American Express, AOL Time Warner, Aon, Bristol Myers, Caterpillar, Cemex, CIGNA, Ernst & Young, Genentech, The Hartford, IBM, ING, International Paper, J&J, Jefferson Pilot, Jefferson Wells, Marsh, MassMutual, MasterCard, Motorola, National Australia Bank, Prudential, Roche, Smuckers, Unicredito, the USPS, Wolters Kluwer, and The Zurich.
In addition to his consulting engagements, Dr. Kolsky is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, where he teaches in and is academic director for a number of executive education programs. Rick has published numerous articles and been keynote speaker for conferences on a range of subjects, including “Break the Rules to Compete for the Future,” “Managing High-Performing global enterprise,” "Making Mergers Work,” “Distribution: From Landmine to Competitive Advantage," "Tossing Out the Pink Slips," and “Integrating Marketing and the Web.”
Dr. Kolsky holds a Ph.D. from Yale in Economics and a BA-MA in Engineering and Economics from Brown.
