The Academy of Market Intelligence, otherwise known as AMI, is the World’s oldest organization of learning on market intelligence, founded on December 23, 1997 by Prof.-Dr. Thomas Fletcher Grooms.
Dr. Grooms was the first to discover the term market Intelligence and thus since 1991 developing the words into a first world known concept recognized with markets and praxeology, analytics and futurology, and business science application.
The Academy of Market Intelligenceis a rich think-reservoir Research-Driven Learning® Organization whose purpose is to promote a scholarly forum for the business, government and academic community on the understanding and value of market intelligence.
Our mission, to advance new ideas and promote enduring knowledge, has kept the organization vibrant and young. We strive to create a literate environment in which outstanding thinkers and scholars are encouraged to continuous learning in a worldwide sharing of scholarly analyses, which encompass the animate and inanimate, intrinsic and extrinsic, tangible and intangible principles of market intelligence.
The purpose of this site is to offer a continuation and broadening reference as
#1 To establish understanding of what market intelligence really is
#2 To contribute to the scholarly examination on the value of market intelligence and
#3 To enrich a forum for the business, government, and academic community and help them to become more informed participants who have a desire to learn the meaning and application of market intelligence.
Market Intelligence is what makes intelligence – intelligence.
- Thomas Fletcher Grooms
Prof.-Dr. Thomas Fletcher Grooms
Founder and President
Academy of Market Intelligence
Dr Grooms is an internationally known Educator who offers his students a world class education based upon current entrepreneurial and scholarly thinking. He offers over forty years experience as a Business Owner in retail and wholesale businesses, Corporate Executive in various Senior Sales, Senior Marketing, and Senior International Management positions within corporate structures, manufacturing, and distributorships, Outside Consultant reporting Directly to the President guiding successful turnarounds of an electronic distributorship and retail businesses, Small Business Incubator Consultant representing the United States in Russia to establish the first entrepreneurial business incubator program and help recovery in the Russian economy after collapse in 1998, and currently active as the Specialist on Market Intelligence.
His experience is found at every level of distribution channels in domestic and international markets. Some of his achievements include Published Book Author on business plans and strategy with McGraw Hill with six editions, on international law, and three scholarly works on market intelligence. He has taught as a Visiting Professor in China, Russia, Hungary, and England. He teaches as Adjunct Graduate Professor with nationally ranked colleges and is the highest ranked senior Full Professor in his 24th year at Northwood University.
As the Father of Market Intelligence, he was the first to discover the term market intelligence and identify it as a distinguished concept which lead to his PhD at England’s most prestigious business school. Dr. Grooms was twice recipient of the Distinguished Samuel R. Marotta National Ethics Award in 2003 and again in 2005; and in addition, DABE (Dallas Association Business Economists) Prognosticator Award in 2010 and 2011.
HISTORY
Special Thanks
Professor Emeritus
Bar-Ilan University
Graduate School of Business
Israel
Professor Eugene D. Jaffe, Wharton Ph.D., was most influential in guidance that directed my attention to a word that had appeared only seven times in published literature worldwide. Professor Jaffe authored “Multinational Marketing Intelligence: An Information Requirements Model” in 1979 for Management International Review. This work defined founding principles, which preceded the idea for the birth of Market Intelligence.
Dr. Jaffe was the Conference Chairperson for the 24th Annual European International Business Academy in 1998. He is a distinguished professor emeritus for Bar-Ilan University, Graduate School of Business in Israel. He is recognized worldwide for his work in the field of marketing intelligence. Dr. Jaffe’s support, encouragement, and guidance over the years was instrumental in the accomplishment of this work from the vague to the lucid.
President
HealthLink Initiative
http://www.HealthLinkInitiative.org
Dr. Jacqueline Grooms,Parker University D.C., was instrumental in the initial years contributing research, writing, and editorial support for AMI publications and web design. She has spent years in corporate competitive intelligence (CI) in the United States and Europe for Fortune 500 company providing research, strategic planning, and developing a multinational CI organization based in Paris France.
Dr. Grooms is world traveled with her medical practice and non-profit interests inTexas. She is the President of HealthLink Initiative, a nonprofit corporation dedicated to providing assistance to impoverished families needing health care assistance.
Dr. Grooms is a graduate of The Hockaday School and Valedictorian of her undergraduate class at Northwood University.
Thank you Dr. Grooms for your valuable contributions and support in this endeavor. There are no words enough to say thank you for your all you have done.
President
Canis Learning Systems, Inc.
Todd Wieland, Thunderbird M.B.A., support over the years with web creativity and original design masterpieces has brought AMI to the forefront of leading academic and research institutions and organizations. Todd’s brilliance is only surpassed by his compassion to help others succeed.
As an education entrepreneur dedicated to reshaping lifelong learning around the realities of the Information Age, Todd creates education systems that help organizations and institutions thrive and individuals learn in the Learning Age. His success over the years is credited with the latest learning applications for games, social technology, mobile platforms, and emerging technical and delivery options from highly creative and original learning program design; accelerated learning for science and technology; and, effective nontraditional learning systems.
Todd is a graduate of distinguished Thunderbird Garvin School of International Management and undergraduate studies atNorthwoodUniversity.
Thank you Todd for your valuable support and contributions over the years. You are truly deserving and I am very fortunate for all you have done out of generosity.