Leon Chickering is currently an Adjunct Faculty in the Online Marketing Program at Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas. He is currently teaching general and digital marketing courses which he helped develop. Leon was Lead Faculty at Colorado State University Global and has taught at three other online universities for the past 15 years.
His 35+ years, at various firms including Xerox, Gartner, and American Optical, has given him a vast array of experiences and insight in the marketing and sales field.
Leon qualified for 20 President's Clubs (the highest recognition in the sales organizations) and received many local awards of recognition for high performance. During those years he shared his expertise by mentoring new hires and others working in the public sector sales group. He was also trained as an instructor at the Xerox Training and Development Center in Leesburg, Virginia.
Leon's passion is to share his extensive background with students to better prepare them for a productive life in the business or non-profit world.
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Jason Geesey, Associate Dean for the School of Business - Master's Programs and Associate Professor of Marketing at the Wayland Baptist University, Plainview, has taught marketing and management courses for over 12 years. Dr. Geesey has also created two separate digital marketing programs for Colorado State University, Global and Wayland Baptist University. In addition to Dr. Geesey's academic career, he held several senior level management and marketing positions and was an independent business consultant for over 15 years before transitioning into academia.