Michael Farmer

Michael served as Associate Dean for Policy and Resources at the Harvard School of Public Health. He spent 5 years in the U.S. Navy as a Weapons Officer and as Professor of Naval Science at Iowa State University. He is an honors graduate of Princeton University and of Harvard Business School, where he graduated with an M.B.A degree with highest honors as a Baker Scholar.

He is the author of Madison Avenue Manslaughter: An Inside View of Fee-Cutting Clients, Profit-Hungry Owners and Declining Ad Agencies. He also teaches at BIC as an adjunct professor.

Education

• M.B.A. with highest honors Harvard Business School (1969 — 1971)
• A.B. cum laude Princeton University (1959 — 1963)

Companies

• Strategic Advisor COR (2020)
• Columnist MediaVillage.com (2016)
• Professor City University of New York City College (2016)
• Author Madison Avenue Manslaughter, 3rd Edition (the book) (2015)
• Chairman & CEO Farmer & Company LLC (1990)
• Executive Chairman Trinity P3 USA Marketing Management Consultants (2017 — 2021)
• Director Bain & Company (1979 — 1990)
• Associate Dean for Policy and Resources Harvard School of Public Health (1977 — 1979)
• Strategy Consultant The Boston Consulting Group (1973 — 1977)

Skills

• Marketing
• Advertising
• Strategy