Dr. Gary Keller, Ph.D.

Professor of Management Studies

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Dr. Keller holds the position of Professor of Management Studies at Monarch Business School Switzerland and is a recent recipient of the “Professor of the Year” award for the academic year 2011. Dr. Gary Keller holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Northcentral University in the US. He also holds a Master in Management Science from Cardinal Stritch University and a second Master in History from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.

Dr. Keller is presently a tenured Associate Professor at Cardinal Stritch University located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He has taught on a full-time basis at the university for the past 12 years and prior to that as an adjunct faculty member for 11 years. Dr. Keller teaches global business policy and strategic management, management and leadership and organizational behavior at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. In 2002, the accreditation agency ACBSP, the Association of Collegiate Business School Programs, selected Dr. Keller as the Midwest Region 4 Teacher of the Year. From 1996 – 2003 Dr. Keller taught adult learners within two American university business programs in Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Dr. Keller has written curricula for several universities and serves as a Master thesis director directing the capstone papers of more than 600 students. Dr. Keller also teaches research methodology courses for doctoral students at Northcentral University.

As part of Dr. Keller’s scholarly and consulting work, he has more than 21 articles published in peer reviewed national and international scholarly and professional publications and has presented at more than 20 juried academic conferences. Dr. Keller is also a member of several Review Boards that jury submissions to academic conferences such as the International Academy of Business and Economics, the Academic Business World and the North American Management Association and has served as a discussant and session chair at numerous academic conferences.

Professionally, Dr. Keller has for the past 14 years accumulated valuable experience as a management, leadership and strategic management consultant with several international assignments. Dr. Keller provides management training on behalf of the Racine Area Manufactures and Commerce which led to strategic planning and team building assignments with Club Car (Augusta, GA), Kenosha Beef International, United Airlines and Bucyrus International (Project Management courses in the U.S., Great Britain, S. Africa, Australia and Chile). He has also led the City of Racine (1998, 2001 and 2004), Racine County, Waukesha County, Careers Industry of Racine, the Racine Family YMCA, the Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology of the Medical College of Wisconsin, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee Police Department in strategic planning initiatives. In 2003 and 2006, Keller created and presented Diversity training for 750 City of Racine employees.

Dr. Keller’s teaching philosophy is best captured by the ancient Japanese philosopher Miyamoto Musashi (1600 – 1640) who stated:

“Learning is the gate, not the house. When you see the gate, don’t think it is the house. You have to go through the gate to get to the house, which is behind it. Since learning is a gate, when you read books don’t think this is the Way. This misconception has made many people remain ignorant of the Way no matter how much they study and how many words they know.”

Academic Positions Held
  • Professor of Management Studies, UGSM-Monarch Business School, Switzerland
  • Professor of Management, U21 Global, Singapore
  • Tenured Associate Professor, Cardinal Stritch University, Wisconsin, USA
  • Adjunct Instructor, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
  • Adjunct Professor, Northcentral University
  • Adjunct Professor, Marquette University
  • Adjunct Professor, Ottawa University (MI, USA)
Academic Credentials
  • Ph.D. Business Administration, Northcentral University
  • M.Sc. Management, College of Business and Management-Cardinal Stritch University
  • M.A. History, University of Wisconsin
Awards And Honors
  • Recognized as “Professor of the Year” for the academic year of 2011 by the Academic Council of Monarch Business School
  • Associate Editor, The Monarch Management Review
  • Nominated by ACBSP for Region 4 Teaching Excellence Award, 2010
  • Nominated by Dean of the College of Cardinal Stritch University for Region 4 ACBSP Teaching Excellence Award, 2009
  • Nominated for the Stritch Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award, 2008
  • Nominated for the Stritch Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award, 2007
  • Admitted into Delta Mu Delta, 2007
  • ACBSP Midwest Region 4 Teacher of the Year Award, 2002
  • Nominated by President of Cardinal Stritch University for Region 4 ACBSP Teaching Excellence Award, 2001
  • Best Paper Award “The impact of management practices on the economic performance of family and privately owned firms entering the recession”, 2010 Academic Business World International Conference, Nashville, TN.
  • Nominated for a best of conference publication: “A Quick Cultural View of Doing Business in Asia: Confucius, Cultural Inertia and Cognitive Dissonance in China” CIBER (Center for International Business, Education and Research) 2004 Conference The International Business Trinity: Language, Culture, and Technology. Stamford, CONN.
  • Member of the Review Board, Academic Business World International Conference 2010, Nashville, TN
  • Session Chair, World Business Conference 2009 – London, England
  • Peer Review Jury Member, International Academy of Business and Economics 2008, Stockholm
  • Discussant, North American Management Society Association Paper Review, 2007 Annual Conference
Main Academic Interests
  • History of Business
  • Business Ethics / Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Leadership
  • Strategic Management
  • Change Management
Professional Positions Held In The Past
  • President and Chief Executive Officer, Milwaukee Ballet Company
  • Executive Director University Advancement and Executive Director UWSP Foundation, Inc., University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point
  • Executive Director Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Foundation, Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
  • Museum Director, Lake County Museum, Wauconda, IL
  • Museum Director, Barrington Historical Society, Barrington, IL
  • President, Keller Management Services an internationalManagement Consulting Practice, February 1994 to Present
  • President and Chief Executive Officer, MilwaukeeBallet Company, September 1991 to January 1994
  • Executive Director University Advancement and Executive Director UWSP Foundation, Inc., University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, November 1986 to September 1991
Associations And Memberships
  • Member, ACBSP-Accreditation Council For Business Schools & Programs, USA
  • Member, ECBE-European Council For Business Education, Switzerland
  • Member, Shorewood Police Commission, Shorewood, WI.
  • Member, Delta Mu Delta (International Honor Society in Business Administration)
  • Member of the Review Board of the Academic Business World International Conference 2010, Las Vegas, NV.
  • Member of the Board of Reviewers for the Academic Business World International COnference 2010, Nashville, TN.
Selected and Recent Publications
  • Keller, G.F. (2009). Do management practices affect the economic performance of firms located in southeast Wisconsin, USA? International Review of Business Research Papers, 5 (6) 79-8. ISSN: 1832-9543. (Article based on dissertation research).
  • Keller, G.F. (Oct. 2008). Assessing the impact of management on the performance of metropolitan Milwaukee, Wisconsin firms: A preliminary investigation. Review of Business Research, 8 (6) 111-118.
  • Keller, G.F. (2008). The Influence of military strategies on business planning. International Journal of Business and Management, 3(5) 129-135, ISSN 1833-3850.
  • Keller, G.F. (2007). The listening skills of court judges: Lessons for managers and leaders. Review of Business Research, Vll (5) 94-100.
  • Keller, G. F. (Vol. 1, Nos.1/2, 2006) Initiating strategic changes in how local governmental units perform from annual reinvention to long-term vision: Two case studies, the International Journal of Strategic Change Management, Inderscience Publishers, 73-88.
  • Keller, G.F. & Kronstedt, Creig (2005). Connecting Confucianism, Communism, and the Chinese culture of commerce. The Journal of Language for International Business, 16 (1) 60-75.
  • Keller, G.F. (December, 2004). Applying “fast track” strategic planning technology to advance local governments and non governmental organizations’ long-term performance. Athens, Greece: Global Information Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Panatiotis Petratos, ed., Athens Institute for Education and Research, 129-142.
  • Keller, G.F. (2003). Project management, scope, schedule, cost, quality. Singapore: Asia Pacific Institute for Management Development.
Referenced Conference Papers
  • Keller, G.F. (2010). The impact of management practices on the economic performance of family and privately owned firms entering the recession. Proceedings, 2010 Academic Business World International Conference, Nashville, TN. Paper selected for “Best Paper Award.”
  • Keller, G.F. (2009). Do management practices affect the economic performance of firms located in southeast Wisconsin? Proceedings, 2009 World Business Conference, London, England, www.wbiconpro.com, ISBN: 978-0-980-4557-0-5. (Paper and presentation based on dissertation research).
  • Keller, G.F. (September, 2007). How to improve local government performance using Fast Track Strategic Planning. Proceedings, 19th Annual AACPM National Professional Development Conference. Madison, WI.
  • Keller, G.F. (March, 2007). If Leadership Skills Can be Taught What Should We Teach? Proceedings, North American Management Society, Chicago, IL, 136.
  • Keller, G.F. (October, 2006). Instructing adult learners on a global basis: Considerations to improve pedagogy. 2006 Annual Meeting Proceedings, International Academy of Business and Economics, Las Vegas, NV, 233.
  • Keller, G. F. (December, 2005) A template for strategic planning and management: How local governmental units around the world can improve their efficiency and effectiveness. Convibra, 2005 Conference Proceedings, Brazil. Proceedings are distributed via CD.
  • Keller, G.F. (September, 2005). Teaching business to adult learners in Asia: One American business professor’s experiences and practices. 2005 College of Business and Leadership Symposium Proceedings, First Annual Business and Leadership Symposium, Fort Hays State University, Kansas, 21.
  • Keller, G.F. (August, 2005). Using a hyper accelerated teaching model in international adult education: Challenges and Benefits to Traditional Teaching Pedagogy. 2005 Annual Meeting Proceedings, Academy of Management, Honolulu, HI, 23
  • Keller, G.F. (May, 2005). Cultural and cognitive challenges of teaching adults in Asia. Proceedings of the Wisconsin Foundation of Independent Colleges Best Practices Conference, Milwaukee, WI. http://mcs.edgewood.edu/bpc2005/ConferencePapersPresentations.htm.
  • Keller, G.F. (March, 2005) The economic consequences and management insights of Wisconsin’s professional sports franchises (http://www.mbaaconference.org/index.htm). Proceedings of the North American Management Society, Chicago, IL
  • Keller, G.F. (October, 2004). Do tax payer funded sports facilities and mammoth public events deliver positive financial returns to local economies? (http://cluteinstitute.org/IBERJMain.htm). Proceedings of International Business & Economics Research Conference, IBER Research Institute, Las Vegas, NV.
  • Keller, G.F. (June, 2004). Applying “fast track” strategic planning technology to advance local governments and non governmental organizations’ long-term performance (http://www.atiner.gr/index.php?section=3&subsection=26.htm). Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Business, Economics, Management and Marketing, Athens, Greece.
  • Keller, G.F. & Kronstedt, Creig (April, 2004). A quick cultural view of doing business in Asia: Confucius, cultural inertia and cognitive dissonance in China. Proceedings, CIBER (Center for International Business, Education and Research) University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT, 214-222.
  • Keller, G.F. (April, 2004). Applying fast track strategic planning technology to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of local government and nonprofit organizations (http://www.mbaaconference.org/index.htm). Proceedings, North American Management Society, Chicago, IL, 71-80.