Tim Derdenger is the Associate Dean of Masters Programs at Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business and is an Associate Professor of Marketing and Strategy. Professor Derdenger also coordinates the Technology Strategy & Product Management Track for Tepper MBA students whose interest lead them to employment in technology firms.

Prior to Carnegie Mellon, Tim earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Southern California and a B.B.A. from The George Washington University. His research interests are divided into two areas: the study of technology and sports markets. Within technology, his research focuses on platform markets with emphasis on bundling, tying and exclusive arrangements in dynamic environments as well as empirical methodologies to estimate dynamic demand models for technology products using aggregate sales data. With sports markets, his research is centered around celebrity endorsements and how to optimize their impact on product sales. He has publications in Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Science, Management Science, Quantitative Marketing and Economics, Marketing Letters, and Customer Needs and Solutions. He has held positions as Associate Editor for Management Science (Marketing), a guest associate editor for the Journal of Marketing Research and a former member of the editorial review board for Marketing Science.

On a personal note, Tim is an avid golfer (+2 handicap) and a former four-year collegiate golf scholarship recipient.