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Lynn Upshaw

Lynn B. Upshaw

Lecturer (Continuing)
Haas Marketing Group
Email: click on the envelope icon below for full email address
Academic Status: On duty
Office Hours: By appointment
Personal Homepage: http://www.upshawmarketing.com/
Curriculum Vitae (in PDF format, Acrobat Reader required)
LinkedIn Profile

Education

BSA, Northwestern University
MSA, Northwestern University


Positions Held

At Haas since 2001
2008 - present, Lecturer (Continuing), Haas School of Business

1996 - present:  Principal, Upshaw Marketing
2011 - 2012, Faculty Director, Berkeley-Nanyang Advanced Management Program (Marketing)
2012, Faculty Director, Shanghai University Leadership Development Program
2001 - 2008, Lecturer, Haas School of Business

2007 - 2008, Program Director, Berkeley Executive Leadership Program 
1999 - 2001, Senior Consultant to Bridge Strategy management consultants
1997 - 1999, Senior Consultant, Interbrand Group
1994 - 1996, Executive Vice President/Client Brand Marketing, Ketchum Advertising Worldwide
1988 - 1994, Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer, Ketchum Advertising, San Francisco


External Service and Assignments

  • Principal, Upshaw Marketing
  • Advisory Board, Gliding Eagle Wine
  • Advisory Board, UC Berkeley Extension Program
  • Advisory Board, BrandChannel.com
  • Advisory Board, THUNDER FACTORY Marketing
  • Advisory Board, Presidio School of Management
  • Advisory Board, Benchmark Metrics, Inc.
  • Advisory Board, CMO Council Brand Protection Committee
  • Selected past and present clients: Kaiser Permanente, BlackRock/iShares, TriNet HR Corp., Visa International, SBC Communications, 3Com Corp., R.H. Donnelley, Digital Theater Systems, Blue Cross of California, NEC Corporation, Wind River Systems, Coverity, Inc., Bayer Corporation, Noosh.com, LG&E Energy, Bank of America, Lucas Learning, Thomson Newspapers, and various national industry associations, among others.

Current Research and Interests

  • Brand building in competitive markets
  • Corporate internal marketing
  • Brand/marketing training
  • Marketing credibility and integrity

Selected Papers and Publications

  • "Integrating Integrity into IMC." Journal of Integrated Marketing Communications (Winter 2009).
  • "Winning Back American Consumers." Peking University Business Review (March 2008).
  • "Cleaning Up Media Debris." brandchannel.com (February 2008).
  • Truth: The New Rules for Marketing in a Skeptical World. AMACOM Books, 2007.
  • "Integrity in Marketing is Not Optional: Why Truth and Credibility Must Necessarily Guide Marketing in an Era of Informed Skepticism." Advertising Age, 30 July 2007.
  • "The Trouble with Food: Ethics and Integrity in Food Marketing." Advertising Express (India), November 2005.
  • "Building a Brand.com." The Design Management Journal (Winter 2001).
  • "Building Business by Building A Masterbrand," with Earl L. Taylor. The Journal of Brand Management (UK) (Winter 2001).
  • "Toughening Your Brand for Tough Times." Brandweek, 5 March 2001.
  • Co-founder and editor, The e.Brand Letter online newsletter.
  • The Masterbrand Mandate: The Management Strategy That Unifies Companies and Multiplies Value, with Earl L. Taylor. John Wiley & Sons, 2000.
  • "Branding A Dot-Com. . .Without The Dot-Com." ZD Net (Online), September 2000.
  • "Treat Your Brand Like Your Stock Portfolio." Brandweek, 26 April 1999.
  • "Transferable Truths of Brand Identity." The Design Management Journal (Winter 1997).
  • "The Internet." American Association of Advertising Agencies, May 1996.
  • Building Brand Identity: A Strategy For Success In A Hostile Marketplace. John Wiley & Sons, 1995.

Teaching

  • Strategic Brand Management
  • Core Marketing
  • Integrated Marketing Communications

Honors and Awards

  • Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, Weekend MBA Program, 2005
  • Weekend MBA Program Member of Faculty Club 6 one or more times every year since 2007 
  • Lead author of The Masterbrand Mandate (John Wiley, 2000), recipient of the WPP Worldwide Atticus Grand Prix Award, 2001



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