Professional Experience
Dr. Burt has been the President of Executive Marketing Information (EMI Research Solutions, LLC) since 1994. His team’s customer satisfaction studies have helped hundreds of companies improve their bottom lines by opening a strategic dialogue with customers.
He literally grew up in the profession of marketing, working in his family’s retail business and starting his own auction business at the age of 17. He became a licensed real estate agent at the age of 19 to fund his college education. Upon graduation he worked as an account representative for Unilever in the Oklahoma and Texas markets before being hired as a training consultant for Dale Carnegie Training Systems International.
Academic Credentials
What
Doctorate with Phi-Kappa Phi honors, AACSB certified in Marketing, Management, and Occupational & Adult Education
Why You Care
Somebody besides Dr. Burt says so! Graduate credentials demonstrate a candidate’s ability to work independently and to solve research problems from a variety of approaches.
Professional Certifications
- Certified Marketing Executive
- Certified Quality Manager
- Professional Certified Marketer
Recognized Business Leader
What
- Past-President, American Marketing Association
- Has represented Oklahoma at the American Marketing Association’s Leadership Summit 5 times
- Past-Chair, North Metro Area Council of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce
- Past-President, Oklahoma State Auctioneers Association
- Past Board Member, Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce
- Certification Chair, Sales & Marketing Executives International
Why You Care
Dr. Burt is one of you! He has a proven track record in being elected by his peers, business professionals like YOU in the business community who entrusted the brands of their organizations with him.
Accomplishments
What
- 2002 Oklahoma State Champion Auctioneer – Only champion in contest history to hold titles of reserve champion, runner-up, and champion.
- National Chapter Excellence Award Winner, American Marketing Association – An honor no chapter president had accomplished before or since his presidency
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Member
- For 5 years was among the highest rated Dale Carnegie Instructors in the nation on customer satisfaction surveys.
- First Oklahoman to earn the American Marketing Association’s Professional Certified Marketer designation.
- Twice selected to the Oklahoma City Business Journal’s “40 Under 40”
Why You Care
Dr. Burt is experienced in success!
He also knows plenty about failure and would be happy to tell you those stories if you want to book him for a month or two!
