Dean S. Tripodes, MBA   —   Business Faculty and Marketing Manager

Business Faculty

From August 2025, Dean is an adjunct faculty at Hope International University in Fullerton, California. Dean teaches undergraduate classes in marketing and consumer behavior. He is proficient with the Canvas learning management system that allows instructors to manage assignments and grades, providing students with real-time feedback and progress tracking.

Prior to that, for over 22 years from July 2002 to October 2024, Dean actively taught as an adjunct faculty at the University of Phoenix southern California campus. Dean taught graduate and undergraduate classes in marketing, management, creativity, organizational leadership, communications, and undergraduate web development classes. He is proficient with the Blackboard learning management system that allows instructors to manage assignments and grades, providing students with real-time feedback and progress tracking. He teaches both in the classroom and online.

Courses taught at University of Phoenix
Publications
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Past collegiate teaching clients include the University of California at Irvine, Marymount College in Palos Verdes, and Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California. Past corporate training clients include the international career consulting firm, Lee Hecht Harrison.

My classroom at the University of Phoenix - Ontario learning center in southern California.

Attending my students' graduation at the University of Phoenix - Ontario Convention Center in southern California.

Marketing Manager

Since May 31, 1998, Dean has provided marketing services, specializing in Internet promotion. He has designed and promoted hundreds of advertisements for small businesses and non-profit organizations. He is a copywriter, editor, and marketing manager. He specializes in social media management, Constant Contact list server management, and targeting the Greek-American audience.

Education

MBA, Drucker School of Management, Claremont Graduate University
BS, Computer Science, University of Southern California

Honors

Member of Beta Gamma Sigma, Honor Society for AACSB Accredited Business Programs.
Paul and Bernice Albrecht Fellow
Henry R. Kravis Entrepreneurship Award winner

Our Work Includes

• Conference or Event Speaker
• Learning Your Strengths and Placing Yourself
• Bringing Creativity into your Organization
• Business Ethics (includes discussion of Williams Ethics Institute)
• Managing the Non-Profit Organization
• Marketing and Networking for the Ideal Job
• and many more topics...
• Guest Lecturer
• Group Teaching
• Marketing
• Introduction to Marketing
• Marketing Mix – the 4 P's (product/service, price, place, promotion)
• Focusing on Your Target Market
• Fictional / character actor endorsements vs. celebrity endorsements
• Social Media management
• Marketing Research
• Focus on Pricing
• Management
• The Effective Executive (based on Peter Drucker's book and lectures)
• Problem Based Learning (9-Step problem solving model)
• Business Ethics (includes case studies)
• Constraints of Management (pressures to attract, retain, and develop talent)
• Project teams and successful examples
• Creativity
• Defining Creativity
• Creative Thinkers
• Organizational Impact of Innovation
• Four Styles of Creative Intelligence
• Mental Models / Mindsets
• The Innovation Process
• Organizational Leadership
• Team Building / Personality Assessment
• Your Perfect Position — finding or making the right job
• Transactional and Transformational Leaders
• Dealing With Change
• Grooming Effective Leaders (supervisors, project leads, etcetera)
• Team Conflict Management
• Communications
• Business Communications
• Managerial Communication and Ethics
• Writing (directed studies)

Expenses, which include travel outside our local southern California area, are in addition to consulting fees.

Dean S. Tripodes, MBA
61 S. Baldwin Avenue, #486
Sierra Madre, CA 91025-0486
(626) 792-9400

www.deantripodes.com
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