An EMBA team proposes an operating model and new locations to help the fast-casual restaurant concept continue its rapid growth. In the Executive Edge track of the Vanderbilt Executive MBA program, students are assigned to a cross-function C-Team, designed to emulate a C-suite of executives. During their final spring semester, each C-Team completes a capstone strategy project, […]
An EMBA team offers suggestions to help their client company, Advancing Practitioners, expand from peri-operative care into the post-acute space. In the Executive Edge track of the Vanderbilt Executive MBA program, students are assigned to a cross-function C-Team, designed to emulate a C-suite of executives. During their final spring semester, each C-Team completes […]
Name: Judd Peak Graduation Year: 2015 Track: Executive Edge Company: Frost-Arnett Company Title: Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel Judd Peak is a 2015 alumnus of the Vanderbilt Executive MBA program. After spending a large portion of his career as an attorney at a variety of high profile law firms, Judd wanted to broaden […]
Name: Kevin Cowherd Graduation Year: 2010 Track: Executive Edge Company: Ankura Title: Senior Managing Director Kevin Cowherd is a 2010 alumnus of the Vanderbilt Executive MBA program. After spending a large portion of his career in the HR/Talent Management field, Kevin wanted to broaden his perspective while continuing to leverage his experience in […]
Name: Erin Tomlinson Graduation Year: 2011 Track: Executive Edge Company: Eventbrite Title: Nashville Site GM and Global Head of Revenue Enablement Erin Tomlinson is a 2011 alumnus of the Vanderbilt Executive MBA program. After spending a large portion of her career in Sales for the technology industry, Erin wanted to deepen her financial […]
When 2011 graduate Jeff Williams, CFO of Tri Star Energy, started to work with an Executive MBA C-Team, he was looking for help in confirming the organization’s existing plans, financial models and valuation. As he says, “I was a financial guy, I was a Vanderbilt alum, and I understood what they were going through. I […]
EMBA ’17 Alum receives national recognition Kelly Feist was selected as one of the 2017 Best EMBAs by Poets and Quants. As Vice President and Business Leader for Patient Care and Monitoring Solutions, Kelly runs a $1.8 billion dollar business for Philips Healthcare. During the Vanderbilt Executive MBA program this second-degree black belt spent her free […]
Name: Beth Torres Graduation Year: 2011Program: Executive MBACompany: Make-A-Wish Middle TennesseeTitle: President & Chief Executive Officer Beth Torres is a 2011 alumnus of the Executive MBA program and was selected as the 2009 recipient of the Nonprofit Sponsorship. The Nonprofit Sponsorship covers the cost of tuition for the Executive MBA Program and is awarded each year to executive or senior staff […]
Name: Jim Jirjis Graduation Year: 2006 Track: Executive Edge MBA Company: HCA Title: Chief Health Information Officer What convinced you that you could or should do the program? I picked business school at Owen because, as my career was progressing, I realized that I needed to enhance my management and leadership knowledge. Owen was a fantastic choice because […]
Name: Ed StinnettGraduation Year: 2014 Program: Executive MBA Company: Tennessee Valley Authority Title: Principal Engineer What convinced you that you could or should do the Vanderbilt Executive MBA program? As an engineer, you spend most of your career learning how to be…an engineer. As you move your way up the ladder, the only way you learn the […]