Faculty Profile
PETER VILKS
Strategic Market Leadership and Health Services Management
Assistant Professor
Area of Expertise
Peter Vilks has extensive industry experience from entry level technical to Chair of the Board.He has particular functional expertise in business-to-business sales and marketing, new product selection and introduction, technology transfer, acquisition and divestiture valuation and implementation, and utility deregulation and privatization. He has experience in industrial, aerospace and utility segments. He has served on corporate strategic planning task forces and chaired strategic review teams of large corporate divisions as well as on salesforce redeployment. He has held executive positions on aquired companies and sat on Boards of utility service organizations.
Peter Vilks has extensive industry experience from entry level technical to Chair of the Board.He has particular functional expertise in business-to-business sales and marketing, new product selection and introduction, technology transfer, acquisition and divestiture valuation and implementation, and utility deregulation and privatization. He has experience in industrial, aerospace and utility segments. He has served on corporate strategic planning task forces and chaired strategic review teams of large corporate divisions as well as on salesforce redeployment. He has held executive positions on aquired companies and sat on Boards of utility service organizations.
Professional Activities
Peter Vilks is a Professional Engineer, and has held memberships in various marketing associations. He was a member of the Industrial Advisory Council for McMaster’s Engineering and Management Program including the position of Chair.
Peter Vilks is a Professional Engineer, and has held memberships in various marketing associations. He was a member of the Industrial Advisory Council for McMaster’s Engineering and Management Program including the position of Chair.
Education
Master of Business Administration, McMaster University
B.Sc.E.E. in Electrical Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo
Master of Business Administration, McMaster University
B.Sc.E.E. in Electrical Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo

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