Q & A with Joyce Rothenberg
From the Fall 2008 edition of Vanderbilt Business
Director of the Career Management Center
Author Archives: Nancy Wise
A Piece on Peace
From the Fall 2008 edition of Vanderbilt Business
A 2,500-year-old text called The Art of War may strike some as an unlikely source of advice for today’s business leaders, but Thomas Huynh, EMBA’04, believes that there are valuable lessons to be learned from Sun Tzu’s masterpiece. Huynh has recently penned … Continued
An Investment in Experience
From the Fall 2008 edition of Vanderbilt Business
Leverage. The power to get things done. That’s how Dave Marchese, BE’95, MBA’00, views his experience at Owen and his ability to switch careersfrom engineering to finance. Currently a Vice President at Haddington Ventures, a Houston-based private equity fund focused … Continued
SIRIUS Business
From the Fall 2008 edition of Vanderbilt Business
If you are a SIRIUS Satellite Radio subscriber, then you are likely benefiting from savvy strategy developed by award-winning marketing veteran and Owen alumna, Vance LaVelle, EMBA’91. As a Senior Vice President, she is helping SIRIUS grow its subscriber base through … Continued
Banking Is in Her Blood
From the Fall 2008 edition of Vanderbilt Business
When asked what put her on the career path to her current position as CEO of Citizens First Bank in Bowling Green, Ky., Mary Cohron, EMBA’88, points to two pivotal factors: family and the Owen School. Cohron’s predilection for banking comes … Continued
A Town Transformed
From the Fall 2008 edition of Vanderbilt Business
Sharran Srivatsaa, MBA’08, remembers arriving in Tupelo, Miss., well after dark and encountering what most people would expect to see on a small-town Thursday night: very little. “There wasn’t much going on.” In the morning he saw the place, physically and figuratively, in an entirely different light.
Owen Mergers
From the Fall 2008 edition of Vanderbilt Business
If we’re to believe Sigmund Freud, then all that matters is love and work. Certainly everyone endeavors to succeed in both, but far too often one gets in the way of the other. That is, unless you’re like the couples … Continued
Podcast and Videos about the Owen School
From the Fall 2008 edition of Vanderbilt Business
The Financial Crisis of 2008 (video) Professors Jacob Sagi, Hans Stoll and Craig Lewis offer insight into the reasons for the recent financial crisis. var so = new SWFObject(‘http://www.vanderbilt.edu/assets/flash/vucast_player.swf’,’mpl’,’340′,’273′,’9′); so.addParam(‘allowscriptaccess’,’always’); so.addParam(‘allowfullscreen’,’true’); so.addParam(‘flashvars’,’&file=rtmp://flash.its.vanderbilt.edu/owen/FCP0908.flv&autostart=false&image=http://www.owen.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/About/owen-newsroom/owen-podcasts/podcasts/posterFrameFCP0908.jpg&fullscreen=true&stretching=fill’); so.write(‘player1’); Alumni Weekend 2008 Thank You (video) Alumni … Continued
Headlines from Around the World
From the Fall 2008 edition of Vanderbilt Business
Throwing Caution to the Wind, Clinical Trial and Error, On the Margins
In a Tailspin?
From the Fall 2008 edition of Vanderbilt Business
Michael Lapré, an Owen faculty member who studies operations and performance in the airline industry, sees many challenges ahead for the major airlines. Maintaining customer satisfaction will continue to be a problem, he predicts, as fuel costs continue to soar … Continued
Riding Out the Turbulence
From the Fall 2008 edition of Vanderbilt Business
Grounded. In airplane parlance, it’s an ironic way to describe someone who oversees the fifth largest airline in the country, but that’s exactly how friends and colleagues of US Airways Chairman and CEO Doug Parker, MBA’86, view him. While he’s adept at managing the 30,000-foot view, they say he remains one of the most down-to-earth people they know—even as his embattled industry confronts soaring costs and plummeting customer satisfaction.
Honours Courses
From the Fall 2008 edition of Vanderbilt Business
Honours Golf makes playing the links an experience to remember.
25 Years of Perspective
From the Fall 2008 edition of Vanderbilt Business
What Neil Ramsey has learned since graduating from Owen
Untangling the Knot: Logistics in China
From the Fall 2008 edition of Vanderbilt Business
China is undergoing an infrastructure building campaign unrivaled in recent history. When the country first opened its doors to the outside world in fits and starts in the ’80s and ’90s, large transportation providers, like DHL, UPS, FedEx and Exel, … Continued
Headhunter’s Advice: Manage What You Measure
From the Fall 2008 edition of Vanderbilt Business
In his book Topgrading: How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching and Keeping the Best People, author Bradford D. Smart concludes, “With an average base salary of $114,000, the average total cost associated with a ‘typical’ mis-hire is $2,709,000—greater than … Continued