Dr. Hemant Rustogi is an award-winning teacher at The University of Tampa, an entrepreneur, and a CEO and founding principal of Advantage Pointe Internationale.
I am a career educator and entrepreneur. Currently, I am the Chairman of the Marketing Department and Dana Professor of Marketing in the Sykes College of Business at The University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida. My passion is being in the classroom and I have been fortunate to teach thousands of students over a 25 year teaching career at the University.
Outside of the University, I am the CEO and founding principal of Advantage Pointe Internationale, a consulting firm that specializes in business strategy, market research, and brand management.
I have been an entrepreneur my entire adult life. I owned and operated a hotel in India before coming to the US and my wife and I own the Brandon, Riverview, and Southshore Montessori Schools — leading early childhood schools in the Tampa Bay area.
A native of India, I have had the privilege of traveling extensively around the world. In my free time, I enjoy playing golf and sipping fine wine. I live in the Tampa Bay area with my wife, two children, and three dogs.
Other experiences, recognition, and accomplishments:
- Over 15 years of experience in executive eduction with Chubb Business School and the Graduate School of Business Education (GSBA), in Zurich, Switzerland.
- Invited to participate in the American Marketing Association Doctoral Consortium at Harvard Business School.
- Trained in international negotiations at Harvard Law School and in Marketing High Technology Products and Services at MIT.
My answers to my own 10 questions:
- What drives you?
Creating extraordinary experiences for the people I love. - If you had to go to the moon and take a single piece of music with you what would you take and why?
Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits. Why? He is a poet who can’t sing! - If you were a cocktail, how would you describe yourself? What kind would you be and why?
A Vodka Martini ‐ I can be a quick fix. - Who in the world would you most like to sit down and have a drink with (living or dead) and why?
My Dad, just one more time… - If you had a single piece of advice to give to young people, what would it be?
If you don’t have passion, you have nothing. - Who’s career do you envy and why?
Nobody. I found my calling. - When you were 16 years old what did you most often get in trouble for?
EVERYTHING! - If there were one word to describe your family life growing up as a child, what would it be?
“Loving” - What is the most important thing you remember about your first love?
Her eyes… - What would you like your legacy to be?
Great father, husband, and educator.
