Philip S. Krone

Philip Krone has been an active marketing professional since 1972. He is President of Productive Strategies, Inc., a marketing and management consulting firm he founded in 1993 to help companies and associations define and reach their growth objectives. The company is located in Northfield, Illinois.

Krone graduated from Duke University with a BA in Psychology and holds an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Prior to founding Productive Strategies he was president of a manufacturing firm.

He founded and presently is a director of the Die Casting Development Council, a trade association dedicated exclusively to expanding the market for its process. Krone has been a contributor to various trade publications and business magazines over the course of his career. He is the recipient of the Gullo and Trieber Award for marketing excellence and the Austin C. Lilligren Award for service to manufacturers. He now serves on the Advisory Board-Chicago Chapter of The Entrepreneurship Institute.

Krone has spoken before many groups including the Precision Metalforming Association, the North American Die Casting Association, the North American Recycling Institute, the Forging Industry Association, the Polyurethane Manufacturers Association, The Investment Casting Council and the Commercial Development Association. Topics presented include "The Five Levels of Marketing,“ "The Five Levels of International Marketing," "Collective Marketing Programs for Trade Groups," "Marketing on the Internet," and "Using Sales Representatives to Help You Market at Higher Levels."