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Rick Blume serves as Marketing Executive in Residence at the Ketner School of Business, Catawba College. With an extensive 42-year career in the steel industry and executive leadership experience at Fortune 150 company Nucor Corporation, he brings significant real-world business expertise to the academic environment.
His research and professional interests focus on marketing, international commerce, and business management, informed by his decades of industry experience. Blume has held prominent leadership roles including Board Chairman for the American Iron and Steel Institute's Steel Market Development Institute and Steel Technologies, a leading North American steel processor.
Blume has represented the US steel industry at the International Trade Commission and testified in congressional and governmental forums, providing valuable policy insights to complement his academic work.
His professional guidance extends to business strategy and corporate leadership, drawing from his extensive commercial and management experience across international markets.
