Where the grads are
From the Spring 2016 edition of Vanderbilt Business
Employment trends from the Great Recession until now
Author Archives: Rob Simbeck
Inside the It City
From the Spring 2015 edition of Vanderbilt Business
The Owen School and its alumni are key players in the nation’s new hot city
The Chief Economist Returns
From the Fall 2014 edition of Vanderbilt Business
Craig Lewis’ tenure at the SEC delivered meaningful economic analysis that changed the agency and its rule-making.
Leadership Lessons
From the Summer 2014 edition of Vanderbilt Business
One alumnus is CFO of the major airline he joined right out of Owen. Another’s focus on toys has taken him to Europe and back. Vanderbilt alumni share their personal leadership paths.
Bright and Bold
From the Spring 2012 edition of Vanderbilt Business
For David Owens, innovation on a personal level can be hard-wired.
“I am genetically an engineer,” he says. “My wife remarked one day as we were traveling, ‘Why do you always have a bag full of wires when we go on vacation?’ It’s just always been part of my identity.”
Theory into Practice
From the Spring 2011 edition of Vanderbilt Business
Market impact. It is part of the very fiber of Owen’s finance department. Members of the school’s finance faculty are not only contributing to the industry’s intellectual underpinnings and analytical tools but also training students who, as Vanderbilt alumni, are putting theory into practice worldwide.
Bill of Health
From the Fall 2010 edition of Vanderbilt Business
Christopher Parks found himself facing an all-too-common dilemma. He and his mother, who was in the midst of cancer treatments, were sitting in her living room going through a stack of her medical bills and those of his father, who had died recently.
New Dynamic
From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business
Like information and technology, marketing is undergoing a continuing revolution. The needs and interests of consumers and corporations are evolving, and the means of informing them about products and services are changing dramatically. Owen has met this revolution with one … Continued
Organic Chemistry
They are among the nation’s most compelling potential customers— the nearly 100,000 men, women and children who are in line for the fewer than 30,000 organ transplants that will be performed this year. That staggering gap is caused both by a scarcity of donors and by the fact that only 70 to 80 percent of the organs actually harvested can be utilized because of problems with quality or preservation.