Andrew R. Bean, Ph.D, CEO of BEAN&BEAN Consulting, Inc.

Before joining BEAN&BEAN Consulting, Dr. Andrew Bean gained 19 years experience with various divisions of Mars, Inc. in Europe, Australia and the USA including 4 years as Sales Development Director for M&M/Mars, where he built a new department focused on development of innovative trade marketing programs. He also held the position of Management Sciences Director for 4 years, managing internal Mars, Inc. consultants internationally across multiple business functions with personal responsibility for Sales and Marketing information systems, Sales organization strategy and trade strategy.

At BEAN&BEAN, Andrew Bean has led consulting projects for The Pillsbury Company, Ocean Spray, M&M/MARS, Kraft Foods, CPC/Bestfoods, Reckitt Benckiser, Topps, Electronic Arts, Mattel, and other companies. Areas of focus include developing price and trade promotion strategies using sophisticated analysis of syndicated and internal marketing data. Andrew is also the developer of BEAN&BEAN's "SIMPLE" category management information software, marketed internationally to sales agencies and manufacturers, and has hosted national conferences for BEAN&BEAN's "SIMPLE" software clients. (Biography and c.v.) Dr. Andrew Bean is an expert in adding value to businesses through focused marketing analysis, applying science to Marketing and Sales decision-making. Andrew also applies his extensive business experience of developing high performance teams in delivering organizational development solutions to progressive companies.

Andrew Bean obtained his B.A. degree at Cambridge University in England, achieving First Class Honors, and earned a Ph.D. before entering the consumer goods industry. He has taught MBA level courses in Principles of Marketing, Internet Marketing, and Managing Innovation at Cardean University, and Managerial Marketing, Global Environment of Business, and International Marketing at Ellis College of NYIT.