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Associate Director, MBA Programs
MBA Office
Tom Speh joined the School of Business as a faculty member in the Marketing department in 1976. He specializes in logistics management and supply chain management. During his 35 years at Miami, Tom has been chair of the Marketing Department, Associate Dean of the School of Business and has directed the Warehouse Research Center at Miami University from 1986 to 2000. He is past president of both the Council of Logistics Management and the Warehousing Education and Research Council. Tom is the co-author of Business Marketing Management: B2B, 10th edition, a text used by hundreds of Business schools in the US and around the globe.
Tom has received the Beta Gamma Sigma Distinguished Faculty Award for excellence in teaching and the Miami University Alumni Association’s Effective Educator Award. In two consecutive years he was awarded the MBA Professor of the Year Award by the MBA classes of 2006 and 2007. Tom received the Benjamin Harrison Medallion in May, 2008, an award presented to members of Miami's faculty or staff who have made outstanding national contributions to education. It is named for the 1852 Miami graduate who was president of the United States from 1889-1893.Tom is a frequent speaker at logistics and supply chain conferences, and he has been invited to speak in over 18 different countries on a variety of supply chain topics. In 2006 Tom was approved by the European Commission to become a member of the BestLog project's Advisory & Communications Board (ACB). The BestLog project is the European Union's largest coordination activity in logistics. Tom holds a Ph.D. in Marketing and Logistics from Michigan State University and an MBA and Bachelor in Business from Miami University.
In the Oxford Community he has served as a volunteer in the emergency room of McCullough-Hyde Hospital for the last eight years and has been a member of the hospital’s Board of Trustees since 2003, and currently serves as Chair of the Board. He has also worked with Habitat for Humanity and as president and member of the board of directors of the Oxford United Way campaign. He is the sponsor of the Thomas Speh Fund with the Oxford Community Foundation, helping to support the speech and hearing needs of the uninsured.
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