Speaker

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Kevin has spoken or served as a host/moderator for more than 40 conferences and events. He is a writer, media contributor and has taught supply chain management, marketing and entrepreneurship for more than fourteen years. 

Kevin's areas of expertise are entrepreneurship, innovation, global supply chain management, marketing, business strategy, and government policy. Kevin is available to speak at your conference, meeting or event. Contact him at krk@wayne.edu for more information.  

Entrepreneurship

• Entrepreneurial innovation
• Detroit entrepreneurial ecosystem
• Economic development
• Entrepreneurial education

Supply chain

• Global supply chain challenges 
• Tariff impacts on supply chains
• Medical diagnostic dye shortage  
• Baby formula shortage   
• Disproportionate impact of agriculture supply chain challenges on the world's poor   
• Impact of war in Ukraine on global supply chains   
• Agriculture supply chain challenges  
• Meat supply chain challenges  
• Healthcare supply chain challenges  
• Microchip shortage   
• Origins of global supply chain challenges during COVID   

Marketing

• Community engagement as part of a comprehensive marketing strategy
• Consumer behavior changes during COVID   
• Digital engagement in the era TikTok
• Leadership branding as part of a comprehensive marketing strategy
• Values-based marketing
• Two-way digital networking
• Marketing strategy

• Battery Supply Chain Symposium hosted by International University of Logistics and Transportation in Wroclaw, Poland. Presentation name: Building a Battery Supply Chain for Electric Vehicles in the United States, 2023
• Global Supply Chain Issues in the Age of COVID: Challenges and Outlook, Salt Lake City Rotary, 2022  
• Host: Perspectives in Healthcare Supply Chain Management , featuring Sandeep Dhar, Sourcing for Medical Surgical Products during a Global Crisis, 2022
• Yemini Chamber of Commerce: Supply Chain Management Workshop, 2022  
• Global Supply Chain: Empty Shelves, Long Waits, Association of Financial Professionals of Atlanta, 2022  
• Host: Fall Healthcare Supply Chain Forum featuring Debra George, Healthcare Supply Chain Challenges in Countries with Limited Resources, 2021
• Host: Perspectives in Healthcare Supply Chain Management, featuring David Nowicki, Building Ventilators at Ford During the COVID Crisis, 2021
• Host: Spring Healthcare Supply Chain Forum, featuring Christian Koxholt, Global Design of COVID Vaccine Distribution Systems, 2021
• Host: Perspectives in Healthcare Supply Chain Management, featuring Erich Heneke, Defining Leadership During COVID and Beyond, 2021
• Host: Fall Healthcare Supply Chain Forum featuring Ed Hisscock, Turbulence and Opportunity in the Age of COVID, 2020
• Host Fall Healthcare Supply Chain Forum featuring Tim Essenmacher, Supply Chain and Changing World of Healthcare, 2019
• What do you need to create a business plan? Marketing a Business in the Era of Social Media. Marketing a Business 101, National Microloan Conference, 2019  
• Social Media & Business Development: Make it Personal, Yemini American Chamber of Commerce, 2019  
• Marketing Strategy, Michigan Women Forward Workshop, 2019  
• Marketing Strategy, Michigan Women Forward Workshop, 2018  
• Communicating Your Impact with Data, Youth Development Resource Council, Annual Conference, 2018  
• Consumers Want More: Values-based Marketing, Detroit Startup Week Conference, 2018  
• The Social Media Squeeze: Response by the Clinical Research Industry to Changes at Facebook, Society of Clinical Research Associates, 2018  
• The New Facebook Algorithm and What It Means for Marketers, panel moderator for the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce, Digital Marketing Secrets Revealed Conference, 2018  
• Social Media Marketing Update, National Entrepreneurs Association, 2018  
• Social Media Workshop for Non-Profits: Connecting with Your Audience and Communicating Your Impact, Neighborhood Service Organization, 2018 
• Strategy Planning for Entrepreneurs, Bamboo Detroit, 2018  
• Influencer Marketing: Find the Poets, Artists and Adventurers and Catch their Glow, Digital Summit Detroit, 2017 
• Marketing Strategy Planning for Entrepreneurs, South East Michigan Entrepreneurs Association, 2017  
• Communicating your Impact: Building a Communications Plan with Stories and Data, Skillman Foundation Grantees, 2017  
• Influencer Marketing, Startup Week Conference, Masonic Temple, 2017  
• Marketing Strategies for Emerging Companies, Small Business Week Expo, Detroit SCORE, 2017  
• Influencer Marketing, Sterling Heights Regional Chamber of Commerce, Sales & Marketing Conference, 2017  
• Social Media Usage for Study Subject Recruitment, Allegheny-Singer Research Institute, 2017  
• Business Development for Clinical Research Sites, Allegheny-Singer Research Institute, 2016  
• Developing Effective Social Media Content, SoCRA Harnessing Social Media to Advance Clinical Research Conference, 2015  
• Developing Effective Social Media Content, SoCRA Harnessing Social Media to Advance Clinical Research Conference, 2014  
• Boost Your Happiness at Work through Better Interpersonal Communication, Society of Research Administrators, Michigan Chapter Annual Conference, 2014  
• Social Media Basics for Study Subject Recruitment, Southeast Michigan SoCRA Chapter annual conference, 2013  
• Re-evaluating Digital Recruitment Tactics, MAGI 2013  Clinical Research Conference West, 2013  
• SoCRA Social Media Subject Recruitment Survey & Effectiveness in Clinical Research, SoCRA Harnessing Social Media to Advance Clinical Research Conference, 2013  
• Entertain, Engage & Inspire: Social Media Use for Study Subject Recruitment, Society of Research Administrators Michigan Conference, 2013  
• Marketing & Business Development for Sites, MAGI 2013 Clinical Research Conference East, 2013 
• Site Subject Recruitment Planning and Implementation, SoCRA Annual Meeting, 2012  
• Subject Recruiting by Sites: Planning & implementing effective recruiting campaigns, MAGI 2011 Clinical Research Conference East, 2011  
• Marketing & Business Development for Clinical Research Sites, SRA International Annual Meeting, 2010  
• Social Media Uses for Study Subject Recruitment, Society of Research Administrators Michigan Chapter Meeting, 2010  
• Buying Media for Subject Advertising and Marketing & Business Development for Sites, 2010 Clinical Research Conference East, 2010  
• Subject Recruitment Campaign Utilizing Advertising, Society of Research Administrators Joint Northeast Midwest Section Meeting, 2010  
• Subject Recruiting: Planning & implementing effective recruiting programs, MAGI 2009 Clinical Research Conference East, 2009