YouTube CEO and UCLA Anderson Alum Susan Wojcicki Responds to Google Memo
Earlier this month, Google found itself in the midst of controversy after an internal memo from now-former employee James Damore was released to the staff. His out-of-nowhere diatribe claimed, more or less, that women are less biologically capable of being software engineers than their male counterparts. The document, titled “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber,” was later released to the public, instantly causing scrutiny. Continue reading…
Lerner Research: Analysts With Industry Experience Make Better Fraud Watchers
Fei Xie, a researcher from University of Delaware’s Lerner College recently co-authored a study that indicated that analysts with industry experience make better watchdogs for CEO’s.
MBA Alumni Spotlight: Former Time CEO And Wharton Alum Laura Lang
Laura Lang, former CEO of Digitas and Time, Inc., is a top example of how far an MBA can take you. A graduate the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Lang has proven again and again the power of women and business and the strength of an MBA education. Continue reading…
Executive Program Connects UD Business Students With Leaders
Thanks to the work of University of Dallas – Satish and Yasmin Gupta College of Business faculty, students were recently given the chance to connect with Freeman Company CEO Joe Popola and hold a personalized career fair without needing to leave their own classroom.
MBA Alumni Spotlight: General Motors CEO Mary Barra
General Motors CEO and Stanford MBA, Mary Barra, is a testament to passion and commitment. Though many profiles on Barra focus on her role as the world’s first female automaker CEO, it is perhaps more telling that, according to Forbes, Barra is lauded as having “… accomplished more in three years than most CEOs do in 30 years.”
Alumni Spotlight: John Legere, T-Mobile CEO – MIT Sloan
In the early 1970s, Richard Branson was one of the first iconoclasts who crafted the idea of a “CEO as company mascot.” His presence and leadership helped launched the Virgin empire. Like so many entrepreneurs who followed, like T-Mobile CEO John Legere, that influence is hard to miss.
