Dr. Grubbs was employed in the banking industry early in his career, serving in
several management roles, the last being Director of Corporate Planning with
Bancorpsouth. He remains active in banking as a founder of First Commercial Bank
in Jackson, Mississippi where he serves on the Board, chairs the Risk Management
Committee and serves as a member of the Asset-Liability Management Committee.
He has consulted with numerous private, public, non-profit and entrepreneurial
start up organizations over the past 25 years and has participated in several private
equity investments. He holds two patents in voice signature technology that
provides a method for signing documents with one’s voice. He is a partner in MRT,
llc, (Modern Retirement Theory) an retirement educational company and REAP, llc a
technology company implementing the tenets of MRT.
Dr. Grubbs is Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship in the Else
School of Management where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in
Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Decision Making. He is a
founding member of ELSEWorks, the Entrepreneurial Initiative of the Else School.
He is the author of four banking texts and is published in both academic and
professional journals including the ABA Banking Journal, Business Insights, Bank
Marketing, The Bankers Magazine, Journal of Education for Business, Academy of
Educational Leadership Journal, Mississippi Business Journal, and Journal of
