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Lynda M. Applegate
Ph.D. '87, Management Information Systems
"That type of pioneering, where you marry technology and important areas of business — areas where executives and businesses can use technology to solve important problems and make important decisions — was fundamental to my thinking about the impact of technology on industries, businesses, and markets."
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Tamsin Campbell
MBA '02
As president and CEO of Decagon Devices, Inc. — a company her father launched in 1983 — Campbell helps steer the technology that has won the company the business of 80 of the top 100 food companies when it comes to ensuring that products are safe from bacterial growth.
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Seton Claggett
Associates in Entrepreneurship '98, BS Hydrology '97, MS Hydrology '01
"So, have you made your first million dollars yet?" Seton could look him in the eye, grin, and answer, "Almost!" Revenues had already climbed to $800,000.
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Conway Grayson
BSBA '65, MBA '68
"I draw on a network of friends and associates from the past 30 year. I do things banks can't—find investors, work things out for people."
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Gary Harris
BS Public Administration '82
"I always wanted to transcend any limiting perceptions anyone might have of me... to be seen as a business professional first."
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Mike Hein
MPA '91
“I’ve been offered positions in the private sector for a lot more money, but it’s not money alone that matters. It’s the ability to actually work with communities and hopefully make them better for future generations.”
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Bob Lehner
BSBA '95, General Business, MBA '01
"My job is to understand the broader community needs, make sure that we have the operational resources to handle demand effectively, and provide long-range goals that, over time, improve this organization just like any other. I wouldn't be anywhere near as effective if I didn't have a business background, particularly the MBA."
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Albert Makkay
BSBA '61, Marketing
The secret of the achievement working together as a family? With candor and sincerity, Makkay sums it up simply: "It's a lot of love."
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Vicki Panhuise
MBA '99
"I think it is critical for business leaders to understand both the business and technical aspects of their business. They do not have to be the next Einstein, but they need technical aptitude to lead the integrated, cross-functional teams required for a business to be successful."
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Augusto Sasso
MBA '98
"That's exactly why I left," he says. "If I can affect someone that much, I did the right thing."
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Amy Shlossman
BS Public Administration '04
"I knew from high school that the problem with involvement was not apathy but lack of opportunity."
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Richard Slansky
MBA '82
"It's like a dream to be working in a company where what you do is create things that go into space!"
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Jay Steinmetz
BSBA '90, Entrepreneurship
Despite the success of his company, Jay isn't just about work. He's an active philanthropist, raising money for Johns Hopkins Children's Center and the Children's Miracle Network, and also donating time and money to the B'MORE Fund, which annually awards a grant to an outstanding social entrepreneur....
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Corrina Tang-Saporito
MBA '97
"The culturally, ethnically, and professionally diverse community [at Eller] resembled the conditions of real business that I would encounter later on."
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Samantha Zipp
BSBA '03, Entrepeneurship and Business Management
"When I started this business, it was never to make money. I’m doing this because I want to help the students."
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