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Dr. Ken Macro is a professor in the Graphic Communication department at the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. He leads courses in management (production, operations, human resources), marketing and sales, and entrepreneurialism. He specializes in innovative product development, Lean manufacturing, knowledge management, and epistemology. He is an avid bibliophile and has an affinity for print history and incunabula. He was chair of the Graphic Communication department from 2013-2019. Prior to academia, he was the director for Reprographics, Mailing and Shipping Services at both Cal Poly and The University of Akron and has held various sales management, marketing, and leadership roles in the graphic communication and healthcare industries. Ken holds degrees from the Pennsylvania State University, the University of Akron, and a PhD in education and knowledge management from Walden University. An international speaker and consultant, he has authored papers and articles in respected industry-related journals and periodicals; has taught courses and presented papers at leading universities and organizations in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, China, Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Greece, and Canada, He is the author of The Future of Print Sales: The Renewal of Print Manufacturing Through New Product Development (2013, PIA/GATF) and co-author of the book Lean Printing: Pathway to Success (2007, PIA/GATF). He also contributed a chapter entitled, “Lean Printing” in The Routledge Companion to Lean Management (2017, Torbjorn and Powell).
Ken Macro, PhD.
"Books have their destiny" - Terenianus Maurus
Ken Macro, PhD.
"Books have their destiny" - Terenianus Maurus