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USF Muma College of Business Newsletter November, 2016
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TECH DATA CEO BOB DUTKOWSKY SHARES BUSINESS INSIGHTS
Bob Dutkowsky, the CEO of Tech Data, which nets more than $26 billion a year, took time out to speak to more than 100 business leaders, faculty and alumni at a USF Muma College of Business's third Conversation with a CEO event. See what he had to say about his life, business and career and his insights about his company's $2.6 billion deal to acquire Avnet Technology Solutions.
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CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP RANKED TOPS IN THE SOUTHEAST
The University of South Florida's Center for Entrepreneurship has the best graduate program in the Southeast and is ranked No. 10 in the nation by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review. The rankings were released recently and the center, located in the Muma College of Business on USF's Tampa campus, was the only Florida school on the list. The rankings have placed the center in the top 25 for the past 10 consecutive years.
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FOOTBALL & FÚTBOL
Fans of football, considered by many to be emblematic of this American culture, and fútbol, what the rest of the world is hooligans about, were treated to some fascinating insider insights from a pair of heavy hitters Wednesday, in the latest installment of a popular and increasingly prominent lecture series put on by University of South Florida's Sport & Entertainment Management Program.
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ALUMNA KIMBERLY ROSS, CFO OF BAKER HUGHES, TALKS M&A
If you think a degree in accounting means long days hunkered down in front of a computer gazing over eye-numbing spreadsheets or punching an endless litany of numbers on a calculator, you haven't heard Kimberly Ross' story.
The '92 University of South Florida business college graduate had an exciting finance career that has included jobs in Europe, New York and now Houston, crunching numbers of monster companies in good times and bad and negotiating mergers both friendly and hostile.
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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: FACEBOOK'S AMIT SHARAN
Amit Sharan, a marketing graduate who earned an MBA in 2005, had always wanted his career to go into one of two directions: either creating a "cool" startup or working for an established tech company. He's done both. After starting his own online retail company while still in school and then taking various jobs in marketing for a decade, he's now in a dream job at a little firm you may have heard of: Facebook.
Note: Facebook is accepting internship applications until Nov. 30.
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CITI DONATES $25,000 TO CORPORATE MENTOR PROGRAM
Citi has contributed $25,000 to the USF's Muma College of Business's Corporate Mentor Program, a program aimed at first generation college students who excel in both leadership and business skills.
The mentor prepares these students for the professional world through the help of an active corporate mentor in the Tampa Bay area. Along with the monetary contribution, Citi has also provided 25 mentors to volunteer with the 123 business students who are participating in the program.
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ROB HOOKER: FOURTH FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR IN TWO YEARS
Robert Hooker has spent most of his academic life focusing in supply-chain management and now the assistant marketing professor in the Muma College of Business is taking his expertise to a new level as a Fulbright scholar presenting his research and making connections in Europe. And, he is in good company, becoming the fourth Muma College of Business professor to be awarded a Fulbright scholarships over the past two years.
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USF FOUNDATION COMES BACK TO SCHOOL
Members of the University of the South Florida Foundation's board of directors and alumni visited the Muma College of Business to chat with administrators, faculty and students and to hear firsthand what goes on in one of the top rated business schools in the nation. The foundation's Back to School initiative brings officials and other alumni a fuller understanding of what's new at USF by making regular visits to each college.
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STUDENT MANAGED INVESTMENT FUND
The well-prepared pitches of stocks delivered by students in the Applied Security Analysis class to a roomful of financial advisors and brokers did not go easily. It was a difficult room, as the professionals picked apart the proposals in language that only those in the world of finance can understand. Hanging in the balance was whether the Student Managed Investment Fund would invest in the stocks pitched by the students..
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ADDING ANTHROPOLOGY TO CONSUMER BEHAVIOR CLASS
At first blush, the comingling of anthropology and marketing in a single course would seem to be a head scratcher; kind of like blending classes of partial differential equations and dodge ball. Beneath the surface, the disciplines really have a lot in common and are mutually beneficial. Marketing students can learn nuances of consumer behavior and hidden cultural perspectives and anthropology students can parlay that major into real jobs in corporate America that come with hefty paychecks.
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ALUMNI NOTES
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Todd Bowden
('93, Accounting) has been appointed as the new superintendent of Sarasota County Schools.
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Alexandria Davis
('10, Accounting) is now a tax supervisor at CS&L CPAs, a certified public accounting firm that provides taxation, accounting, auditing and consulting services to individuals, businesses and organizations.
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Brittany Grossfield
('10, Marketing) is now director of operations at Hess and VanLandschoot Orthodontics. She is a former 25 Under 25 honoree.
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Jeff Kubacki
('99, MBA) has been named vice president of information technology and CEO at Winnebago Industries.
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Ryan McCollum
('13, Finance) is now a senior anti-money laundering/risk analyst at BMO Harris Bank.
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Marcus Session
('01, General Business, '06 MIS) has accepted a position as area vice president of information systems with the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority.
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FACULTY/STAFF NOTES
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Balaji Padmanabhan
was named the new director of the Center for Analytics and Creativity. He is the Anderson Professor of Global Management and teaches in the Information Systems Decision Sciences Department.
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William Sutton
, director of the Sport & Entertainment Business MBA/MS program in the Department of Marketing, will travel to Seoul, South Korea, in December to deliver speeches at the winter marketing meetings of the Korean professional baseball league, known as the KBO League.
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Marketing instructor Kerry Walsh was appointed as the new director of the Business Honors Program which has become one of the most prestigious programs to inspire passion and nurture exemplary potential in students.
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Sport MBA Professor Janelle Wells (back row, fourth from right) and Center for Entrepreneurship Director Michael Fountain (second row center, next to President Judy Genshaft) were among the faculty presented with the Global Achievement Award. They were recognized for their work in educating global citizens and extending USF's global footprint.
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DATES TO REMEMBER
These events are open to all students, alumni, and friends of the college.
Nov. 30, Know a young graduate who is an up-and-comer? The USF Alumni Association is accepting applications for the Outstanding Young Alumni awards program, which spotlights graduates under the age of 35 who are innovative and demonstrate creativity and success in their chosen careers. The deadline for nominations is Nov. 30.
View details and the nomination forms.
Dec. 5, 6:30-8 p.m., Rich Martino, a USF business grad, who now is a top executive with one of the largest companies on the planet, will talk to an MBA class in BSN 115 and the public is invited to attend, though seating is limited. Martino is vice president for U.S. Sales-East for Mondelēz International, which owns these products: Oreo, Chips Ahoy, Ritz, Triscuit and Wheat Thins to name a few. And there's Cadbury chocolate, Swedish Fish, SourPatch Kids and Trident gum.
Mar. 8, 6:15 p.m., Celebration of Free Enterprise Honoring Sheila C. Johnson, The Celebration of Free Enterprise brings together 400 business, government and community leaders to honor individuals who have made significant contributions to the free enterprise system - and to raise funds for student success initiatives. A celebration in every sense of the word, this not-to-be missed event is fun and always includes special entertainment.
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