Oliver Rutz
Associate Professor of Marketing at Foster School of Business

Biography
Foster School of Business
Education
- PhD University of California, Los Angeles (2007)
- MBA University of California, Los Angeles (2003)
- Diplom (Economics) Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet (1999)
Academic Expertise
- advertising
- big data
- consumer segmentation
- database marketing
direct marketing
e-commerce
marketing research
social media
Positions Held
- At the University of Washington since 2011
- Yale School of Management, Assistant Professor of Marketing, 2007-2011
- McKinsey & Company, Germany, Associate and Senior Associate, 1999-2003
Honors and Awards
- Lex N. Gamble Family Award for Excellence in Case Development and Curriculum Innovation, 2018
- Winner, William F. O''Dell Award, American Marketing Association (AMA), 2016
- Finalist, Sheth Foundation Best Paper Award, Academy of Marketing Science (AMS), 2016
- Top 50 Scholar, Author Productivity in the Premier Marketing Journals (2011-2015), American Marketing Association (AMA), 2015
- Top 50 Scholar, Author Productivity in the Premier Marketing Journals (2010-2014), American Marketing Association (AMA), 2014
- Winner, Donald R. Lehmann Award, American Marketing Association (AMA), 2013
- Finalist, Paul E. Green Award, American Marketing Association (AMA), 2013
- Finalist, Frank M. Bass Award, Marketing Science Institute (MSI), 2013
- MSI Young Scholar, Marketing Science Institute (MSI), 2013
- Top 50 Scholar, Author Productivity in the Premier Marketing Journals (2009-2013), American Marketing Association (AMA), 2013
- Paul E. Green Award, for the best article in the Journal of Marketing Research that demonstrates the greatest potential to contribute significantly to the practice of marketing research, 2012
- Foster School of Business Dean’s Faculty Research Award, 2012
- MSI Clayton Dissertation Proposal Competition, Honorable Mention, 2007
- EMAC Best Paper based on a Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2007
- Felllow, Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium, 2007
- UCLA Anderson Business Honor Society (Top 15%), 2003
- Finalist, Outstanding Marketing Student, UCLA Anderson, 2003
- Fellowship for Outstanding Foreign Students, UCLA Anderson, 2002-2003
- UCLA Anderson Dean''s Scholar, 2001-2002
- McKinsey Fellowship, 2001-2003
Academic Service
- Member of the Editorial Board, International Journal of Research in Marketing (IJRM)
- Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Interactive Marketing (JIM)
- Member of the Editorial Board, Business Research (BuR)
- Member, Handelsblatt-Management-Forum
- Ad hoc reviewer, Marketing Science
- Ad hoc reviewer, Management Science
- Ad hoc reviewer, Marketing Letters
Courses Taught
- MKTG 505 (Marketing Strategy)
- MKTG 565 (Data Driven Marketing)
Videos
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