Robert Grede

Robert Grede, BA, MBA, is a graduate of DePauw University and The Emory University School of Business.

Grede is the best-selling author of "Naked Marketing - The Bare Essentials" and several other books on marketing and strategic planning. His first novel, "The Spur & The Sash," is a true story of love, passion, and betrayal amid the anarchy of Middle Tennessee in the aftermath of the American Civil War.

Musician, jingle writer, ad exec, university instructor, author, and dad, Grede has two children and a lake home outside Milwaukee he shares with his wife, Karen.