Congratulations to our DBA/DM/PhD Alumni and current students who have received new jobs or appointments. We are proud of all the work you do!
Read more about our alumni and current students.
Mary Reidy, DM ‘01, was featured in the June 2021 edition of Transformer Technology featuring Women in Power Systems.
Frank Braun, DM ‘07, has been named as the new Dean of the College of Business, Health, and Human Services, at the The University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Read the announcement here.
Zara Larsen, DM ‘07, is the Regional President of the Americas at Oerlikon.
Rachel Talton, DBA ‘10, has recently been awarded the 2021 Akron Woman of Achievement Award. Please see these links for further information on Facebook and YouTube.
Rachel has also been recognized as a Hidden Philanthropist by The Soul of Philanthropy Cleveland. This is meaningful to her because it showcases that Blacks are not only recipients of charitable acts, but that they give their time, talent and treasure to ensure those who need it most can have their needs met, and their aspirations become a reality. See this post for more information
Linda Pittenger, DM ‘12, Associate Professor of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide Campus, has been named a regional recipient of the 2021 Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Program (ACBSP) Teaching Excellence Award.
The ACBSP recognizes individuals each year who exemplify teaching excellence in the classroom. Pittenger was honored, along with the other regional recipients, at the 2021 ACBSP Conference on June 25-28 in Miami, Florida.
Deirdre Dixon, PhD ‘14, won the teaching innovation award this year (May 2021) at the University of Tampa for creating a virtual study abroad program to South Africa. She had previously taken students there in person, so she and her colleagues worked together to allow students to get credit for study abroad when it was not possible due to COVID.
Larry Straub, DBA ‘15, was named the Director of the inaugural Doctoral of Business Administration program at Newman University. Larry was also a recipient of the 2021 Faculty Excellence Award.
Ted Ladd, PhD ‘16, serves as the Dean of Research at Hult, coordinating the activities of 400 faculty members across six campuses in four countries on three continents. Ted is also the Dean of Hult’s campus in San Francisco, hosting about 500 students who are pursuing four different masters programs in business. He has also designed a Doctorate of Business Administration to launch in September, 2021 with residencies in San Francisco, London and Dubai.
Kris Murphy, PhD ‘16, has accepted a position as a full-time faculty member at the University of Miami as a professor of business analytics.
Jim Hemsath, DBA ‘17, was appointed to serve as a member of the 2021-22 Weatherhead School of Management (WSOM) Alumni Advisory Council. Meet the other Advisory Council Members.
Gregg Lunceford, PhD ‘17, was named one of 50 Business Leaders of Color for 2021 by Chicago United. The award recognizes the most influential, diverse, and inclusive leaders in the Chicago business community. Read the article here.
Mike Niederpruem, PhD ‘17, started a new position as Vice President, Certifications at American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).
Arron Fraser, PhD ‘18, is now an Assistant Professor at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia teaching finance and accounting courses.
Chris Lamb, PhD, ‘18, was the winner of the Healthcare 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Award for Peer Reviewed Journals.
Chris also led an investor group to acquire Sanquin Plasma Product & PIBe, two European biotherapeutics companies specializing in immunology and acute care, and moved to Amsterdam to become the CEO.
Shola Ajiboye, PhD ‘19, has been elected to serve as the Management Consulting Division (MCD) Professional Development Workshop (PDW) Chair for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Yolonda Freeman-Hildreth, PhD ‘19, was selected to be a 2021-22 AAPA-PAEA Research Fellow. New AAPA-PAEA Research Fellows Tackle Representation in PA Education and Profession
Varun Nagaraj, PhD ‘19, Kalle Lyytinen, Nick Berente and James Gaskin are finalists for the JPIM Thomas P. Hustad Best Overall Paper Award for this year “Team Design Thinking, Product Innovativeness, and the Moderating Role of Problem Unfamiliarity”. We will be announcing the winner of the Best Paper awards at the JPIM Research Forum, part of the PDMA annual conference (https://www.pdma.org/page/conference-central ). The conference will take place November 13-16, 2021 in Baltimore.
S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) has announced the appointment of Dr. Varun Nagaraj, a US-based practitioner-academic, as the new Dean of the Institute. Dr. Nagaraj is currently based in the State of California, US, and will be joining SPJIMR in September 2021. Read the announcement in the Economic Times.
Carl Greppin, PhD ‘20, was asked to join the board of advisors for Intelleges, a firm that provides automated global compliance documentation for the Aerospace industry.
Krist Schell, PhD ‘20 has started two LLCs; Atalanta, LLC, offering scenario-based leadership training and the another using the statistical work from Case to define better sports training.
Jennifer Bishop, PhD ‘22 shares in a video why she will be attending this year's Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management featured on AoM.org.
Jennifer was elected as a Representative at Large to the GDO Division of the Academy of Management.
Ezekiel Bonillas, DM ‘22 was awarded Outstanding Lecturer at the Jack Brown College of Business & Public Administration at CSU, San Bernardino.
When Andres Pinto, MD, DBA '24 isn't busy sleuthing, he's leading the American Academy of Oral Medicine Solving Painful Mysteries. Andrews is a second year student in the DBA program.
