Forty Under 40 Award Winner - Successful partnering makes the difference between career success and failure
Jus Singh
Early on in his management consulting career, Jus Singh understood that leveraging other team members' strengths with his own dramatically increased the odds for success. "I realized that we could provide a holistic solution to clients and exceed expectations by pulling in the expertise of partners and collaborating on deliverables," Singh said. Read full story
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Atkinson student serves up innovative idea
Ashleigh Williams
While enrolled in the New Ventures to Market class, Ashleigh Williams had a simple idea: work with restaurants to develop a hosting system to page patrons via cell phones when their tables were ready. From this plan, EnQue was born - an electronic wait-list system that replaces the expensive pagers restaurants currently use. Read full story
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Investing in people involves relationship building
Roland Zapata
Through his work with Xerox Corporation, Roland Zapata knows the importance of investing in people. As a Reseller Account Manager he provides training and education to his long list of resellers and keeps them updated on the latest industry trends while making sure that Xerox is the first and foremost on their minds. Read full story
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MBA for Professionals student follows father's example
Judy Hutchison
Judy Hutchison attributes her career path and involvement in civic activities to her father, a well-respected Portland CPA. After receiving her undergraduate business degree at the prestigious Wharton School, she embarked on a career in commercial banking that took her to Baltimore and later back to her roots in Oregon. Read full story
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Connecting a global world of managers
Lisbeth Claus
Millions of Baby Boomers are reaching retirement age and will create a talent vacuum. "Yet, in this unstable environment, experts agree that the issues are all about human capital, innovation and flexibility," said Professor Lisbeth Claus. "People may be the last remaining competitive advantage of an organization." Read full story
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Teaching strategy for unpredictable business scenarios
Rob Wiltbank
Strategy traditionally relies on prediction, using historical data as a basis for deciding what to do next. But what do successful entrepreneurs do when there is little or no historical data? Atkinson Professor Rob Wiltbank found a clear preference for avoiding prediction and emphasizing control over how uncertainty is resolved. Read full story
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At the intersection of accounting and non-profit management
Ken Smith
Ken Smith's first love was connecting the concepts of accounting to make non-profit organizations better. He soon realized the difference it makes when management has quality and timely measures of how the organization is operating. He also realized that financial measures were only part of the story. Read full story
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