Dr. John Tuders

John F. Tuders is an adjunct professor in the Department of Management & Marketing in the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte. He teaches Design Thinking & Innovation, as well as Human Behavior in Organizations and Executive Communication all at the graduate level for 10+ years. He received his DBA from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, focusing his research on employee performance within digital entrepreneurial ventures. John has nearly three decades of experience building products, teams, companies, and leaders, from start-ups and nonprofits to academia and some of the nation’s largest banks. He currently is the Executive Director of Growth and Talent Development at Method, a Charlotte headquartered Digital Consultancy. Prior to Method John joined Bank of America back in 2001, where he spent 17+ years in the Consumer Bank, leading across Products, Innovation and Fraud. He led a variety of teams (from 15-1600 people) and several major initiatives (from emerging payments and mobile technology transformation, to fraud strategy and innovation). Prior to joining Bank of America,, John worked in a variety of industries for such companies as Cellular One, AT&T Wireless, Nextel, Cadmus Direct Marketing Agency, Quaero Consulting, and the New York Yankees focusing on a variety of functions from Product Development and Design, Operations, Data Analytics, Sales and Marketing to Management Information Systems.