Dr. Philip C. Zerrillo has been a professor of Marketing at Goizueta Business School, Emory University since 2005. He joined the University of Texas at Austin in 1993 and was the Graduate Dean and Director of the MBA Program at the University of Texas at Austin before moving to Emory University. After receiving his BBA from the University of Texas, where he received the University’s "Most Outstanding Scholar Award," he spent seven years in the finance industry, then went on to earn a Ph.D. in Marketing from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, where he was a fellow for the Steel Resource Foundation. Dr. Zerrillo’s dissertation proposal was honored as the outstanding submission by the Institute for the Study of Business Markets (ISBM).

Dr. Zerrillo’s teaching interests include channels of distribution, system innovation, and marketing strategy. He was a consistent member of the Kellogg’s “Faculty Honor Roll” and had been a finalist at the University of Texas at Austin for “The Teaching Excellence Award.” Additionally, he had been nominated for, and/or the recipient of, numerous teaching awards at the University of Texas at Austin, and Emory University’s Goizueta School of Business.

Dr. Zerrillo has recently consulted in the high tech, market research, packaged goods and auto industries. He is a member of the board of directors of several companies operating in these industries. In addition to his academic and business interest, he has a background in stage and radio.

Apart from his present responsibility as Professor at Goizueta Business School, Emory University, Dr. Zerrillo regularly teaches around the world with a particular focus on Asia.