Episode 26: Jack Liu, MBA’19
Episode 26: Jack Liu, MBA’19 In this episode, host Lisa Shatz and Jack Liu, MBA’19, a senior product manager at Sabre Corporation, discuss how he transitioned from a career as an engineer — Liu earned his MS in Telecommunications Engineering degree from UT Dallas in 2010 — to a full-time MBA student and how that […]
Episode 25: Tasha Okulate, MBA’19
Episode 25: Tasha Okulate, MBA’19 In this episode, host Lisa Shatz and Tasha Okulate, MBA’19, sales strategy senior manager at PepsiCo, discuss how Okulate juggled family life with work and school while she and her husband both pursued MBA degrees at UT Dallas’ Naveen Jindal School of Management. Mar 28, 2023
Episode 24: Daniel Myers, MBA’15
Episode 24: Daniel Myers, MBA’15 In this episode, host Lisa Shatz and Daniel Myers, MBA’15, global lead in developer relations with Snowflake, discuss how obtaining an MBA can benefit the career of an engineer, whether in a role as senior engineer or moving into management. Dec 22, 2022
Episode 23: Mike Zamulinski, MBA’21, MS’21
Episode 23: Mike Zamulinski, MBA’21, MS’21 In the episode, host Lisa Shatz catches up with Mike Zamulinski, MBA’21, MS’21, a strategy consultant at Deloitte in its Fiance Strategy & Transformation division. They discuss his non-traditional background and how it benefitted him in his career change once he earned two graduate degrees at UT Dallas’ Naveen […]
Episode 22: Melike Aslan Coskun, MBA’21, MS’21
Episode 22: Melike Aslan Coskun, MBA’21, MS’21 In this episode, Melike Aslan Coskun, MBA’21, MS’21, joins host Lisa Shatz for a discussion about how she transitioned from careers in the defense and trade industries in her home country of Turkey to a graduate student at The University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of […]
Episode 21: Sreenath (Sree) Janakiraman, MBA’19
Episode 21: Sreenath (Sree) Janakiraman, MBA’19 In this episode, Sreenath (Sree) Janakiraman, MBA’19, and host Lisa Shatz discuss how Janakiraman leveraged an internship he obtained at AT&T while a student in the MBA Cohort Program into a full-time position as a senior strategy consultant. Janakiraman then was promoted to associate director of strategy in less […]
Episode 20: Cameron Prince, MBA’20
Episode 20: Cameron Prince, MBA’20 In this episode, host Lisa Shatz chats with Cameron Prince, MBA’20, a supply chain and operations leadership development program (LDP) Associate at Raytheon Technologies. Price discusses his military background and how that experience informed his decision to pursue a Full-Time MBA at The University of Texas at Dallas’ Naveen Jindal […]
Episode 19: Valerie Ward, MBA’20
Episode 19: Valerie Ward, MBA’20 In this episode, host Lisa Shatz speaks with Valerie Ward, who graduated from the Naveen School of Management’s Full-Time MBA program in 2020 with a concentration in business analytics. They discuss how Ward successfully used the degree as a springboard to make a transition from being a stay-at-home mom to […]
Episode 18: Jordan Pedigo, MBA’16, MS’16
Episode 18: Jordan Pedigo, MBA’16, MS’16 In this edition of the Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. Podcast, host Lisa Shatz, assistant dean of MBA Programs at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, speaks with Jordan Pedigo, MBA’16, MS’16. At the time their conversation was recorded, Pedigo was vice president and senior division controller at BOK Financial. […]
Episode 17: Travis Kemp, MBA’18, MS’18
Episode 17: Travis Kemp, MBA’18, MS’18 Travis Kemp, MBA’18, MS’18, joins host Lisa Shatz, assistant dean and director of MBA Programs ,to discuss the benefits and challenges of undertaking a double MS/MBA degree at the Naveen Jindal School of Management. Kemp attributes his success at AT&T (he was promoted to director, supply chain strategy after […]
Episode 16: Bonnie Hurst, MBA’20
Episode 16: Bonnie Hurst, MBA’20 In this episode, host Lisa Shatz, assistant dean and director of the MBA Programs at the Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas, welcomes Bonnie Hurst, MBA’20, senior project leader at Methodist Health System in Dallas-Fort Worth. Hurst discusses her role at Methodist as a […]
Episode 15: Tarun Tripathy, MBA’18
Episode 15: Tarun Tripathy, MBA’18 In the episode, Tarun Tripathy, MBA’18, a consultant at Deloitte, joins host Lisa Shatz, assistant dean of MBA Programs at the Naveen Jindal School of Management. They discuss what brought him to his decision to enroll in an MBA program, why he chose UT Dallas and the highlights and challenges […]
Episode 14: Tristan Opie, MBA’19
Episode 14: Tristan Opie, MBA’19 In this episode, host Lisa Shatz, assistant dean of MBA programs at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, chats with Tristan Opie, MBA’19, an experienced consultant for the Healthcare and Life Sciences division of West Monroe Partners, a Chicago-based national consulting firm with offices throughout the U.S., including Dallas. Shatz […]
Episode 13: Lisa Shatz, Jindal School’s Assistant Dean of MBA Programs
Episode 13: Lisa Shatz, Jindal School’s Assistant Dean of MBA Programs In this episode, host Dr. Monica Powell and guest Lisa Shatz, an assistant dean at the Naveen Jindal School of Management and director of its MBA programs, chat about their shared history as colleagues and friends. Shatz will take over as host of the […]
Episode 12: Janelle Manuel, MBA’17, MS’17
Episode 12: Janelle Manuel, MBA’17, MS’17 In this episode, host Dr. Monica Powell welcomes Janelle Manuel, MBA’17, MS’17,to the podcast. Manuel, who recently transitioned to a new position, was senior manager of digital experience at Mohawk Industries at the time the episode was recorded. They discuss how Manuel getting both an MBA and a master’s […]
Episode 11: Andrew Cyders, MBA’11
Episode 11: Andrew Cyders, MBA’11 Andrew Cyders, MBA’11, joins host Dr. Monica Powell for the 11th installment of the Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. podcast. Cyders is director of special projects and chief of staff at The Everett Clinic in Everett, Wash. He and Powell discuss how the rigor of the MBA prepared him well for […]
Episode 10: Kevin Winslow, MBA’15
Episode 10: Kevin Winslow, MBA’15 Kevin Winslow, MBA’15, joins Dr. Monica Powell to discuss how obtaining an MBA degree from the Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas gave him a new skill set that allowed him to reimagine his career. The degree allowed Winslow to go from a career […]
Episode 9: Newsha Mirzaie, MBA’16
Episode 9: Newsha Mirzaie, MBA’16 Newsha Mirzaie, MBA’16, a senior strategy and operations management consultant at Deloitte, joins Dr. Monica Powell for a chat about why she chose UT Dallas over other local universities to pursue her MBA degree. They also discuss how her education at the Naveen Jindal School of Management was a great […]
Episode 8: Elijah Metcalf, MBA’11
Episode 8: Elijah Metcalf, MBA’11 Elijah Metcalf, MBA’11, joins host Dr. Monica Powell for a discussion about nontraditional paths to an MBA and a business career. Metcalf, a vice president of internal audit at NexBank, discusses why a theater background such as his did not put pursuit of an MBA out of the realm of […]
Episode 7: Laura Albright, MBA’16
Episode 7: Laura Albright, MBA’16 Laura Albright, MBA’16, is a management consulting lead analyst at RealFoundations, a professional services firm focused on the real estate industry. She joins host Dr. Monica Powell, senior associate dean and dean of graduate programs at the Naveen Jindal School of Management. The mother of two and former party-truck franchisee […]
