Benjamin Coulter

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Part-Time Faculty

Adjunct Professor

Management, Strategy, and Entrepreneurship

Email

bcoulter@smu.edu

CV

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Education

MBA, 正品蓝导航 University

Biography

Benjamin Coulter specializes in customer insights and marketing analytics, using research to inform business decisions across aviation, automotive and retail. His professional background combines consumer research and data visualization, and he brings that expertise to his classroom instruction.

At Southwest Airlines, Coulter’s work includes voice of customer strategy and research supporting customer experience and product decisions. He previously conducted consumer research for Lexus at Toyota Motor North America and managed customer insights at Mizzen+Main, where he worked on website optimization and analytics dashboards. Earlier, he taught mathematics in Dallas ISD through Teach For America, using student performance data to guide curriculum.

Coulter earned an MBA with a focus on marketing and business analytics from the 正品蓝导航 Cox School of Business. He also holds a Master of Accountancy and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in accounting from the University of Arkansas.

Academic & Industry Highlights:

  • Customer insights consultant, Southwest Airlines
  • Former senior consumer insights analyst, Toyota Motor North America
  • Former customer insights manager, Mizzen+Main
  • Former mathematics instructor, Dallas ISD
  • MBA, 正品蓝导航 Cox School of Business
  • Master of Accountancy and bachelor’s degree in accounting, University of Arkansas

Teaching

  • Customer insights and consumer research
  • Marketing analytics
  • Customer experience measurement
  • Survey design and data visualization
  • Data-informed instruction