Clocking In Podcast
Voices of NC Manufacturing, your host Phil Mintz, Director of the North Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NCMEP). We will be interviewing some of the manufacturers who have made North Carolina manufacturing the powerhouse it is today.
Episode 28
East Carolina University (ECU)
Production Team
Talent/Host: Phil Mintz
Executive Producer: Phil Mintz
Producer: Shelby Kimes
Sound/Audio Engineer and Editor: Rich Sigfrit
Graphic Designer: Casey Hembrick
East Carolina University Strives to Help North Carolina Businesses Excel
East Carolina University (ECU): Dr. Jason Rowe
North Carolina Manufacturing Extensionship partner, East Carolina University strives to assist businesses across North Carolina
Founded in 1907, East Carolina University (ECU) has made quite the name for itself. According to U.S. News and World Report’s 2021 best-ranked colleges, ECU is one of the top five public universities in North Carolina. East Carolina University isn’t only helping North Carolina businesses by cultivating educated and talented young people for the workforce, they also offer continuous improvement services to everyday manufacturers in all 100 North Carolina counties.
East Carolina University is a member of the North Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NCMEP) network and serves to sustain and support a thriving future for eastern North Carolina and beyond. The university offers a full range of business, engineering, and technology services that can accelerate the growth trajectory of local businesses regionally, nationally and globally. The business and technology professional services, which encompass management employee training and special projects, include accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, hospitality, leadership, management, management information systems, marketing, risk management, and supply chain management. Projects may be integrated into student capstone projects, incumbent employee training or serve as consulting projects.
Listen in as Phil Mintz speaks with Dr. Jason Rowe, the associate professor of marketing in the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management and director of the Bureau of Business Research in the College of Business. Dr. Rowe has worked at ECU for over a decade teaching sales and business-to-business marketing in the College of Business. He graduated from Marshall University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in marketing and a Master of Business Administration and from the University of Kentucky with a doctorate in business administration.
In this special edition MFGCON 22 episode, Mintz and Dr. Rowe discuss how Dr. Rowe became interested in marketing and supply chain management, the Bureau of Business Research at ECU, the current state of inflation and more.
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Phil Mintz
Phil Mintz is the executive director of NC State Industry Expansion Solutions (IES) and director of the North Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NCMEP). At NCMEP, Phil drives outreach to NC manufacturers, builds relationships with federal and state leaders and coordinates efforts to drive profitable manufacturing growth in the state. He also leads the broader IES Extension Operations outreach unit of regional managers, technical specialists and business development leaders providing business engagement, assessment and improvement tools. This includes statewide peer networks, ISO 9000 quality management systems, Six Sigma, Lean manufacturing, environmental services, and health and safety solutions.
Dr. Jason Rowe
Dr. Jason Rowe has worked at ECU for over a decade teaching sales and business-to-business marketing in the College of Business. He also serves as the director of the Bureau of Business Research in the College of Business where they focus on applied research to provide insight to business leaders and policymakers across North Carolina. Dr. Rowe graduated from Marshall University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in marketing and a Master of Business Administration and from the University of Kentucky with a doctorate in business administration.
