Jeffrey Stamp Ph.D

Jeffrey Stamp Assistant Professor and Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovation University of North Dakota

Dr. Stamp is Assistant Professor and Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of North Dakota, which was recently ranked 9th in a review of the top 25 undergraduate program in entrepreneurship by Entrepreneur Magazine and the Princeton Review placing it in the top 1% of universities and college programs in the U.S. His research is focused on the creative and cognitive processes that entrepreneurs use in idea creation, technology innovation, and opportunity recognition. Dr. Stamp provides extensive new product development expertise to technology ventures worldwide. He is skilled at marketplace and venture development and is focused on discovering the processes that result in the successful market commercialization of ideas.

You will recognize Dr. Stamp by the products he has created while in corporate life. He was the inventor, creator, and brand manager of "Baked Lays", for PepsiCo's snack division Frito-Lay, which achieved $230 Million in 1st year sales and was named by Ernst and Young as the top brand introduction in the 90's for the food sector.

After his corporate life, Dr. Stamp built his own successful buisness, as a master brand innovator in both consumer goods and technology arenas. After selling his first venture, he served for 6 years as the Chief Trained Brain & Vice President of Technology for Richard Saunders International's Eureka! Ranch, a top new product and service creativity think tank. In recognition of their original R&D efforts, Jeff and his team were awarded the George Land World-Class Innovator Award from the Innovation Network and Fast Company Magazine. Products created by Dr. Stamp appear in markets worldwide.

Dr. Stamp received his PhD from the University of Minnesota and is also highly sought as a speaker, giving on average 45 keynotes nationwide each year. He has co-authored 4 books on creativity and marketing topics and received the 2008 Excellence in Entrepreneurship Education Award given by the Acton Foundation.