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2016 Graduate Business Career Symposium

Building Career Success by Exploring Diverse Industries & Functions

This is a mandatory event for 1st Year Full-Time MBA students.

This year?s symposium, sponsored by the Graduate Career Management Center, provides a special perspective of eachspeaker?s career journey, including presentations focused on:
- Industry/organizational background
- Traditional and non-traditional career paths/ entry points
- Talent acquisition process and timeline
- Recommended skills, advice and guidance for success

Our guests will discuss how you can leverage your advanced degree to enhance your career opportunities. Students will hear featured speakers and panelists discuss their respective organization and the industry landscape, including how work is accomplished, the position/strategy of the market, how talent is recruited and how an individual's career may progress in the industry.

This year?s speakers and panelists represent a variety of functions, including Brand Management, Supply Chain/Operations, HR/Talent Management, Business Analytics, Finance/Banking, Consulting, Digital Marketing, Consumer Goods and Business Development.

12:30 to 1:15pm       Lunch & Keynote 

Welcome: Ken White, PhD., Associate Dean, MBA and Executive Programs & Philip Heavilin II, Executive Director, GCMC 

Featured Keynote: Hilary A. Fordwich, President, Strelmark Business Development Consultants 

Industry Snapshot Series Kick-off: Michael Ryan, BBA, ?90, Director, Corporate Relations & Employer Development 

1:15 to 1:50pm    

Featured Employer   Dominion Enterprises 

Bill Owens, VP of Finance, Real Estate Group, BS ?96, MBA ?03 

Ken Rogers, Senior Advisory Management Recruiter, BA, ?75

1:50 to 2:25pm        Marketing/Brand Management 

Donna McDermott, MBA ?86, Marketing Principal, FedEx Services 

2:25 to 3:00pm       Entrepreneurship 

Tom Zeni, MBA ?75, Chief Financial Officer, Soluble Systems LLC 

3:00 to 3:30pm      Technology Consulting  

Cameron Nelson, MBA ?15,  Senior Technology Consultant, PwC 

3:30 to 3:45pm   Coffee Break

3:45 to 4:30pm     Technology Panel 

Win the Future by Embracing Data Analytics & Technology 

Moderator: Akram Khan, BA ?96, President, Pantheon & Business Career Council Chair 

    - Brad Ashby, MBA '97, Director, Commercial Operations, Kaleo

    - Karmen Leung, BBA ?12, Worldwide Sales Executive, Cloud Data Services - IBM Analytics 

    - Mike Savage, BBA ?89, MBA ?95, Vice President of Marketing and Targeting Solutions, DirectMail.com

    - Meghan Powers, BBA ?05, Senior Analyst (Web Analytics), CarMax 

    - Il Sun Yoo, BS ?99, Director, Data Engineering, Capital One Labs 

4:30 to 5:15pm     Alumni Panel 

What?s Your Story? Creating Your Own Path to Success 

Moderator: Philip Heavilin II, Executive Director, GCMC 

    - Saul Pe?a, MBA '15, Engineering Manager, Continental

    - Alan Bennett, MBA ?94, Director, Patient Safety, Riverside Health System 

    - Candace Nicolls, BA ?96, Senior Director, Snagger Services, Snagajob 

    - Jonathan Winebrenner, BS ?90, Director of Human Resources, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group 

    - Sean Donnelly, MBA ?09, InfoSec & Digital Lead, Capital One 

5:15-6:30pm Networking Reception - Please Stay for Our Networking Reception & Passport Gift Drawing. Students Must Attend All Sessions and Be Present to Win! 

Contact

Colleen Lynch, Career Services Recruitment Specialist 757-221-7887 or colleen.lynch@mason.wm.edu

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