Mariusz Soltanifar is a lecturer and coach in marketing and entrepreneurship at the International Business School at Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen, Netherlands. He obtained a master’s degree in International Marketing and Business from the University of Łódź (Lodz) in Poland while writing his thesis at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, located in Karlsruhe, Germany, and at the Helsinki University of Technology in Finland. He is currently finalising his Ph.D. research at the Open University of the Netherlands at the Faculty of Data Sciences Department on exploring the behaviour of non managerial employees in the corporate entrepreneurship process. For many years, he has been a guest lecturer among others at universities in South Korea, Lebanon, Malaysia, Indonesia, Switzerland and Germany. He has contributed his marketing and entrepreneurship expertise to several academic textbooks published by McGraw-Hill, Pearson, Springer, and Kotler Impact. His research has also been cited in publications on multinational management. From 2012 to 2018, he served as the CEO of the largest networking platform connecting Polish professionals abroad. In 2016, he received the Golden Owl Award in Vienna for his achievements. In addition to his accomplishments in academic institutions and texts, he has made practical contributions to innovative marketing projects across the globe. Most importantly, he is a husband and a father, and in his free time, he enjoys long-distance running, cooking Persian dishes and serving local church communities.
