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he academic year is drawing to ment of Free-Enterprise Education (CAFÉ), a new program to help T a close as I write to you, and students gain a better understanding of the American free-enterprise once again, I am happy to be looking system. Some CAFÉ students already made indelible memories when they back on it with a great deal of pride traveled to Washington, D.C., in early March for a conference and met in new Jindal School accomplish- Forbes Media chairman and editor-in-chief Steve Forbes. ments. I am particularly pleased Visibility and recognition of our school continue to improve. We that this year saw the launch of the ended the year ranked No. 10 among public university Professional MBA Jindal Young Scholars Program, an Programs by U.S. News & World Report. Also, our online MBA program initiative to promote college success was ranked No. 6 by U.S. New & World Report. Adding to our visibility among promising ninth- through are 2018 UTD Top 100 Business School Research Rankings™ that place 12th-grade students in the Dallas the school at No. 6 in North America and No. 7 worldwide for faculty pro- Independent School District. The ductivity, as measured by the number of papers published in 24 leading program offers students SAT/ACT peer-reviewed journals. Hasan Pirkul prep, leadership activities, mentor- We continue to host regional and national conferences and sympo- Dean and Caruth Chair ing, tutoring and ongoing enrich- siums. The sold-out two-day Emerging Technologies Summit that the Insti- ment programs. It also extends tute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship put on in mid-April presented an financial aid application and scholarship application support and parent- exceptional occasion to look into the future of artificial intelligence, block- engagement activities. Recently, we celebrated “Signing Day,” at which the chain and financial technology. Other superb meetings included the annual first group of Jindal Young Scholars officially declared their intent to start Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance conference that featured at UT Dallas this fall. Great educational opportunities await them. an interview with Deloitte’s Board Chairman Mike Fucci. The Center for Our students continue to make us proud. Two accounting graduate Internal Auditing Excellence’s annual Fraud Summit included a keynote students, under the tutelage of their professor, Liping Ma, earned a Global from J. Michael Peppers, the chief audit executive of the UT System and Association of Risk Professionals research fellowship last fall and expect chairman of the Institute of Internal Auditors’ Global Board of Directors. to publish their findings this summer. Five of our undergraduates had And the keynote at the Frank M. Bass – UT Dallas Frontiers of Research in three research papers published in the Humanities and Social Sciences Marketing Science Conference came from Dr. V. Kumar, editor-in-chief of Review late last year. Other recent student successes include the JSOM the Journal of Marketing. team’s first-place, $6,000 showing in the Texas Shoot-Out Real Estate I would like to express our sincere gratitude for the ongoing support Challenge sponsored by the North Texas chapter of the National Associa- from corporate partners, alumni, faculty, staff and community friends tion of Industrial and Office Parks. An MS in Innovation and Entrepreneur- who have been a source of strength for all of us at the Jindal School. ship student earned a competitive fellowship from the Future Founders A few of these supporters include Goldman Sachs and the Roger Wilco Fellowship program, which was co-founded by the Coleman Foundation, Agency, who sponsored the EmTech Summit, and GEICO and Enterprise the John E. and Jeanne T. Hughes Foundation and Capital One. And the Holdings, who participated in room-naming ceremonies last fall in the Texas Society of Certified Professional Accountants awarded scholarships Career Management Center to honor their longstanding support. This to five of our graduate accounting students this spring. year, we initiated 27 new endowments and opportunity funds. State Farm One of the top opportunities the Jindal School affords is the chance established a new endowment to fund BS in Information Technology to learn from a superb faculty of business scholars. Among them is Dr. and Systems scholarships, while both State Farm and Ericsson renewed Riki Takeuchi, our newest endowed chair appointee, who at recent spring generous student scholarship and fellowship gifts. Capital One set investiture ceremonies officially became the Jindal School of Management up an endowment for Career Management Center programming, and Advisory Council Distinguished Professor. Takeuchi also recently was the Sales Enablement Society gave an endowment gift to the Center named a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychol- for Professional Sales. The Dallas chapter of Financial Executives ogy, a recognition reserved for psychologists who have made “an unusual International endowed a fellowship in honor of our late colleague, and outstanding contribution to the field.” Other notable achievements Dr. Constantine (Connie) Konstans, and the Jindal School became a have come from Dr. Mike Peng, O.P. Jindal Distinguished Chair of Manage- select designee to PwC’s university’s matching gift program. ment, who once again was named to the list of Highly Cited Researchers We feel privileged to have gained this level of support from alumni and from Clarivate Analytics (formerly of Thomson Reuters) — for the fourth friends who champion us on campus and in the community, and we pledge consecutive year. And Dr. Kathryn E. Stecke, Ashbel Smith Professor of our continued commitment to be a national leader in business education. Operations Management, and her co-authors received a Best Paper of 2017 Award from Omega - The International Journal of Management Sci- Best Wishes, ence for research initiated at the request of Sandia National Laboratories. Continuously focused on improving programs and developing new ones, the school this spring introduced the Colloquium for the Advance-

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... ENVISIONING THE FUTURE ... 2 12 2 12 22 Envisioning the Future The Demise of Art in the Jindal School DEPARTMENTS Many middle school and high Intellectual Curiosity 22 The Big Bend Comes to Dallas 24 Advisory Council Update school students have come to cam- Technology’s transformation of T.D.Christensen 28 Faculty News pus recently and focused attention information delivery has affected 23 Davidow Collection Enlivens on what business education should people’s willingness to go in search Walls at Jindal School 32 Program Updates be when they are ready for college. of new knowledge. Rachel Stowe Master 40 Center and Conference News 2 Finding True North on an Monica Powell, PhD, 43 Student News Ethical Compass and Jimmie R. Markham T.D. Christensen 57 48 Alumni News 6 Inaugural Hackathon Lets Donor Appreciation 52 Contributors Teens Explore the Internet 15 Cocktail Reception of Things JSOM Research Ventures Photos from the April 25 event that Eric Butterman 15 Dissertations Showcase brought together major donors and 9 New Program at Jindal School Rachel Stowe Master scholarship recipients Helps Star Students From 20 Supply Chain Expert Relies on Dallas ISD Shine Bright Math to Make Life Easier Jimmie R. Markham T.D. Christensen

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H NORT RUE AL COMPA G T THIC SS IN N E ND A FI ON

By T.D. Christensen

Jindal School of Management part- nered with the Shelton School in Dallas to help ground high school oing the right thing when all students in moral and ethical eyes are on you is easy. Being principles long before they go to Dethical when no one is looking college or enter the work world. Standards, values and is a far greater challenge — one that “It’s important to know your own requires thought and training before North Star and have the fortitude to morals fueled speeches you step into a college classroom. follow it,” said JSOM senior lecturer That was the lesson high school Robert Wright. Wright, a lawyer who students learned Feb. 21 and conversations as during the 18th annual Shelton Ethics Symposium at JSOM partnered with the the Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center. This year, the Naveen Shelton School for its 18th

Shelton School students grouped annual ethics symposium. together before their annual ethics symposium got underway on the UT Dallas campus. ©ARTANT, ARTUR80B, SDECORET/ADOBE STOCK SDECORET/ADOBE ARTUR80B, ©ARTANT,

2 The Naveen Jindal School of Management Left: Shelton ethics instructor Wil Matthews (far left) chatted with students at the lunch break. Matthews spoke about “The Language of Ethics” in a morning session. Below: Shelton School Dean of Students Zac Ladd (second from left) at one of the students’ roundtable discussions

FROM THE HYPOTHETICAL TO REAL LIFE

he symposium began on a comic note, with random students chosen to show off their dance skills — or T lack thereof. But the event soon turned serious, with students engaging in heated debates about complex ethical dilemmas — some with life-and-death consequences. The room reached a fevered pitch as students debated whether teaches social entrepreneurship classes, led the “charge for an animal shelter should spend its last dollars trying to save the day” during the daylong symposium. a sick, beloved old dog or instead use the money to make “We all have an ethical compass,” he said, “but if we get sure younger dogs got adopted. caught up in peer pressure and don’t follow it, that leads to The questions moved from hypothetical to real life serious ethical issues.” during a keynote address by Dallas chef Chad Houser. Dr. Diane McNulty, JSOM’s associate dean for external Houser talked about the ethics behind his decision to close affairs and corporate development, told symposium a successful restaurant and open Café Momentum, a non- attendees that UT Dallas was proud to host the event as profit organization that takes poor young Dallasites out of part of the school’s ongoing efforts to broaden students’ juvenile detention centers and teaches them to be chefs. perspective. Beginning next fall, Jindal School undergraduate He said he fought an uphill battle convincing investors students will be required to do 120 hours of community to do the right thing. service over four years before graduating, she said. “They’d tell me ‘So, you’re going to take kids out of jail, “Students need to be involved in the community, learn- teach them to play with knives and fire, and you think I’m ing about different cultures and recognizing that the person sitting next to you may not have the same thoughts and values you have been raised with,” said McNulty, who teaches ethics at JSOM. “Those kinds of differences can really make or break your career decisions.” Shelton ethics instructor Wil Matthews agreed. “Empathy leads to equality,” he told the students, who came from Shelton and other North Texas high schools. “It’s awesome that we have all these different races, cultures and religions, but sometimes that leads to people not seeing eye to eye. … We have to treat people with empathy and respect.”

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Dallas chef Chad Hauser, who started the nonprofit Café Momentum, gave the keynote speech.

to someone’s face. Jack Collet, an 18-year-old Shelton student, agreed: “I feel like social media creates problems with bullying, especially for my generation,” he said. Compounding the problem is the fact that older genera- tions do not always understand the ethical conundrums faced by young students today, said Maggie Fish, a 17-year- old student from the Hill School in Fort Worth. going to give you money to do this?’ ” “My parents did their work on typewriters,” she said, Eventually, with plenty of nudging, Houser got investors laughing. “Everything is changing. I think a symposium to see the light. like this is important because it helps us form a bigger “After that first dinner, people gave me a hug and said, community and work together.” ‘One of these kids could be my son,’ ” Hauser said. “I knew The symposium touched upon more than 2,000 years’ then that the stereotype had been broken.” worth of ethical lessons, from Aristotle’s “golden mean” to a discussion of Martin Luther King’s quote: “We must TACKLING TOUGH QUESTIONS all learn to live together as brothers, or we will all perish together as fools.” thnic and socioeconomic stereotypes fueled a discus- sion on ethics and race relations featuring panelists Efrom the Dallas spiritual community. Dallas media panelists grappled with how to cover a president who insults his opponents on Twitter. Business panelists asked students tough ethical questions about big data, computer technology and the shrinking amount of consumer privacy. “Left unmonitored, these machines are just going to keep going and going, faster and faster. The ethical issue is: At what point do you monitor the machines?” said Alliance Data CEO, Ed Heffernan. Digital technology’s impact on ethics came up again and again during the symposium. Matthews said “keyboard courage” might cause people to blurt out unethical things on social media or in an email that they would never say

Top: “We have to treat each other with empathy and respect,” Shelton School ethics instructor Wil Matthews told participants. Bottom: Students delved into complex ethical dilemmas with no easy answers.

4 The Naveen Jindal School of Management Top: JSOM Senior Lecturer Robert Wright encouraged participants to follow their ethical compass. Bottom: Ethics and Race Relations panelists (from left) Pastor Richie Butler, the Rev. Paul Rasmussen and Lenny Vitullo

Several students said the symposium’s main takeaway message was that the sooner you learn ethics, the better. “Today, there are so many ethical traps before you even get to college, which makes it all the more important to get an ethical education early on,” said Matthew Pandolfo, a member of Nova, a JSOM student ambassador group. “Now’s the time to understand who you are, and what you want out of life,” said Shelton student Max Besser, 18. “Ethics is a foundational thing, a personal realization thing, and we have to start learning it right now, at the ground level.”

REAL WORLD ETHICS PANELISTS

ETHICS AND BUSINESS/LAW ETHICS AND THE MEDIA ETHICS AND RACE Joe Hickman, general Kevin Cassidy, general RELATIONS manager, Blue Star Land sales manager, KLUV, KVIL, Pastor Richie Butler, Services KJKK St. Paul United Methodist Christine Ashmore, senior Nicole Stockdale, deputy Church, Dallas VP Wealth Management, editorial page editor, the Rev. Paul Rasmussen, Morgan Stanley The Dallas Morning News Highland Park UMC, Dallas Ed Heffernan, CEO, Alliance Diana Nelson, associate Lenny Vitullo, attorney, Data publisher, Dallas Child Fee, Smith, Sharpe and Vitullo

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LETS TEENS ATHON ACK E INTERNE L H RE TH T OF T A PLO HING UR EX S UG A IN

By Eric Butterman

BS in Information Technology and Systems program. An assistant professor of informa- he “internet of things” has been tion systems, Owens also oversees defined a number of ways, but the ITS Academy, a home to JSOM T to Dr. Dawn Owens, it starts outreach initiatives that introduce The ITS Academy held with being able to connect any object middle school and high school or device to the internet. a weekend event that “You should be able to send messages to it, control it, and it introduced teens to the should have connection to the broad scope of what we know "internet of things" as the internet,” explained Owens, director of the Naveen and included a competition Jindal School of Management’s with prize money. Ethan Sayre (left) and Yash Totlani at work on the laser-beam project that led them to a first-place finish.

6 The Naveen Jindal School of Management UT Dallas Spring 2018 7 Second-place team (standing, from left) Joseph Sa’Ra, Dinkara Parcha and Ronit Totlani head to the stage to collect their prize money.

students to the opportunities an ITS degree can provide. Under the academy’s aegis, Owens created the first Hack IT hackathon, which took place in February. The hackathon’s goals were to impress upon the more than 50 junior high and high school student participants what the internet of things is, and then, through a compe- tition, encourage them to make their send a message over the internet School in Frisco whose team’s project own “IoT” inventions. signaling a problem. Teams that were received a first-place designation. As the Feb. 9 and 10 event wound ahead in their projects could choose “A thought with what we are doing down, it was exceeding Owens’ to move ahead to work on apps. here is to detect water when it comes expectations. “Some of the ability of Students had leeway to talk about to areas like landfills. … Around the the students is at an extremely high other uses for their creations when world, many get their water from level,” she said. “But what’s impor- they made presentations to four groundwater, and when waste gets tant was the increased knowledge judges, even stretching to the area of involved it can obviously be a huge and the interaction. I wanted them to environmental issues. problem.” Putting water where the come away seeing how much fun the “In school, there is environmental team’s sensor was, the sensor was internet of things can be.” science, and one of the main topics able to detect the water and send a we’re talking about is waste manage- signal to a phone. IOT HOME PROTECTION: ment,” said Vishnu Vemulapati, an Another first-place entry was FROM A LASER BOUNDARY 11th-grader at Independence High inspired in part by those who suffer TO A WATER SENSOR from Alzheimer’s disease. For caregiv- ers to be able to keep better track of iven an Arduino board — a sufferers, that team’s project centered mircrocontroller built on a “Some of them honestly on a laser-beam boundary. If the G single-circuit board — they presented better than beam was broken by someone cross- were shown how to use it on the some college students, ing through it, an alert would go out. opening night and eventually broke “It was just so much fun to learn and there was up into student teams to design how to work with Arduino, and it something under the heading of unbelievable work.” was challenging to try to come up home protection. with something that could help — Luis Garcia Fuentes, an IT An important task, Owens said, analyst for PepsiCo people,” said Yash Totlani, an eighth- was to create an alarm that could grader from Pearson Middle School

6 The Naveen Jindal School of Management UT Dallas Spring 2018 7 First-place finishers Srikar Josyula (left) Top: Judges (from left) Courtney Liera, and Vishnu Vemalupati created a water Luis Garcia Fuentes and Gaurav Shekhar sensor system. applaud a presentation as Dawn Owens takes notes. Below: Judges (from left) Libni Wheeler, Amber Sodikov, Ron Bose and Kelly Slaughter ics and team presentation. Luis Garcia Fuentes, an IT analyst for PepsiCo and a Jindal School 2017 BS in ITS alumnus, was “simply in Frisco who was a member of the blown away” by the participants. “I laser team. was really surprised,” he said. “Some What came across from many of them honestly presented better teams was their enthusiasm for the than some college students, and there hackathon and its success in encour- was unbelievable work.” aging their interest in technology. Other judges were JSOM profes- sors Kelly Slaughter and Ron Bose, SPARKING INTEREST and MS in ITM program manager and THROUGH HANDS-ON 2016 alumnus Gaurav Shekhar. They served along with Libni Wheeler, a LEARNING JSOM 2016 undergraduate alumna; Courtney Llera; and Amber Sodikov, and Srikav Josyula of Independence t was very informational,” said all software development engineers High School. Mukunda Bodapati, a seventh- “ at USAA. The hackathon was one in a grader at DeWitt Perry Middle I The two first-place teams each series of related ITS Academy School in Carrollton. “I didn’t really received $750, the two second-place offerings that include that weeklong know what the internet of things was teams, $500; and the two third-place ITS summer camp for high school before this event, and it’s interesting teams, $250. Raffles also resulted in students and a spring Science, Tech- to know there’s a whole other side two spots being given for the next ITS nology, Engineering and Math — of technology that people haven’t Academy summer camp, coming in STEM symposium — to introduce experienced. To get to build your own June, and one for the next hackathon. middle-school girls to STEM opportu- thing and experiment with it, it Besides Vemulapati and Totlani, nities such as information technology was exciting. … It makes me want to other first-place winners were Ethan and supply chain management. learn more.” Sayre of Murphy Middle School Owens said the inaugural hack- The judging categories these young athon is slated to be followed with a hopefuls faced included meeting the second one in October. definition of the internet of things, “We want to keep the momentum technical feasibility, design, mechan- going on what we’re doing,” Owens said. “I hope this will encourage a middle school and high school Dawn Owens (center) helps Kyla Chastain (left) student to consider an IT degree and and Grace Peng with their Arduino board. see that their potential is unlimited.”

8 The Naveen Jindal School of Management UT Dallas Spring 2018 9 ENVISIONING the Future

M AT JINDAL SCHOO GRA L H RO S FROM DALLA ELP P ENT S IS S W UD D E T SH S IN N R E A B T RI S GH T

By Jimmie R. Markham he Jindal Young Scholars Pro- Four Dallas ISD students were gram, a new partnership be- to sign their acceptance letters and T tween the Dallas Independent otherwise be fêted at Signing Day, the Dean Hasan Pirkul has School District and the Naveen Jindal first major event following the Jindal School of Management, planned Young Scholars Program’s kickoff last led an initiative to “Signing Day” festivities May 4 to December at UT Dallas. celebrate the first group of boost teens’ chances of DISD students accepted into The University of postsecondary success. Texas at Dallas under the auspices of the program.

UT Dallas mascot Temoc greeted visitors at the Jindal Young Scholars Program kickoff last December.

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(From left) Billy Schewee, While students are encouraged to Jindal Young Scholars apply to UT Dallas, the program program director; JSOM Dean Hasan Pirkul; helps students navigate the financial and DISD Assistant aid and scholarship application Superintendents Usamah process no matter where they apply. Rogers and Vince Reyes The kickoff event was itself an enrichment activity for the 84 students from the five high schools COMPONENTS: who were on campus to celebrate LEADERSHIP the launch of the partnership. Billy Schewee, director of the program, ACTIVITIES AND opened the festivities in the Jindal Spearheaded by Dr. Hasan Pirkul, SCHOLARSHIPS School’s Davidson Auditorium by Jindal School dean and Caruth Chair, introducing Dean Pirkul and Usamah the Jindal Young Scholars initia- he program is comprised of two Rodgers, a DISD assistant superin- tive was created to help “Stars Shine components: year-round lead- tendent, who each gave remarks. Brighter Here” by supporting the Tership activities for students in Schewee taught the students how to academic, social and emotional devel- grades 9 through 12, and scholarship do the Whoosh, the signature gesture opment of DISD high school students assistance. The leadership activities of UT Dallas students and alumni. and increase their chances of post- include academic enrichment programs The DISD students then displayed secondary success. such as tutoring for students enrolled their new talent at a photo shoot Five Dallas ISD schools have in Advanced Placement courses, a with Temoc, the UT Dallas mascot. been selected to participate in the mentoring program, parent engage- After the photo shoot, students program: School of Business and ment activities, UT Dallas campus went on campus tours. They visited Management at Yvonne A. Ewell visits, SAT/ACT preparation courses, a residence hall and the Blackstone Townview Center, Moisés E. Molina and financial aid application and LaunchPad, the campus innovation High School, Franklin D. Roosevelt scholarship application support. incubator. After lunch at Dining Hall High School, H. Grady Spruce High School and W. T. White High School. “What a great opportunity for these schools,” Dallas ISD Assistant Superintendent Vince Reyes said at the Dec. 5 kickoff. “It’s amazing what UTD has put out there for these kids. What a generational impact it could have for students coming from these schools.”

In all, 84 DISD students came to campus to celebrate the Jindal Young Scholars Program launch.

10 The Naveen Jindal School of Management UT Dallas Spring 2018 11 Moisés E. Molina High School students with Temoc and Assistant Principal Ryan Bott

West, they attended a panel discus- sion led by students who represented various student organizations. Idol Mallard, assistant principal at Roosevelt High School, chaperoned that school’s contingent of students. At the photo shoot, he saw the stu- dents’ excitement and commented on it. “They don’t often get the oppor- tunity to leave campus or even get out of their community,” he said. “For them to be able to experience other areas of Dallas and see what the options are — that’s an exciting schools who participate in the pro- and individual partners who see the piece for them.” gram and fulfill all its requirements. value of programs such as this one. These include maintaining a quali- We are extending college preparation CLOSING THE SUPPORT GAP fying grade-point average, actively assistance to everyone accepted into participating in program activities, the Jindal Young Scholars Program.” odgers described the necessity involving their parents whenever For Rodgers, the value of the pro- of having a program like possible and gaining admission to gram includes its long-term benefits Rthe Jindal Young Scholars in UT Dallas and the Jindal School. to the community. “When you have the district. “We have very talented The funds cover any unmet needs students who persist and complete students in our district that have after federal, state and institutional a degree, and you couple that with opportunities to go to college — financial assistance is awarded. the notion of having the spirit of some even get to go to top-tier The scholarship may be used for giving back — to whom much is universities — and there’s always tuition and fees, room and board, given much is required — then some level of financial support,” she books and supplies and a stipend they’re able to go back into their said. “But a gap often exists between to help defray living expenses. neighborhoods and communities the social or emotional support “Based on conversations we’ve and show people that, ‘You know they need to stay and persist, and had with Dallas ISD administrators, what? I made it, and so can you,’ ” what they actually receive. That’s we anticipate robust participation,” she said. “They begin to break cycles what sets this program apart from said Dr. Diane McNulty, JSOM of poverty. When that happens many others.” associate dean for external affairs and then they are elevating the city as The full-scholarship component corporate relations. “We are actively a whole. It creates a better society of the program awards financial grant soliciting gifts and have built great for everyone.” aid to students from the five high relationships with generous corporate

10 The Naveen Jindal School of Management UT Dallas Spring 2018 11 By Monica Powell, PhD, and Jimmie R. Markham

The Demise of Intellectual Curiosity

We Must Restore the Inquisitiveness That Technology Has Overwrit ten

In 1949, when George Orwell published his seminal novel 1984, he created Newspeak, the fictional language of restricted grammar and limited vocabulary intended to control ideas. He could not have imagined that its culmination would come seven decades later in the form of emojis. Yet here we are, trying to decipher meaning from the brief text messages we receive on a daily basis, some of which are comprised exclusively of emojis, those colorful, cryptic hieroglyphs that help us stay within the 160-character limit that SMS technology has imposed upon us. In the language of emojis, the spectrum of happy emotions that Before we can answer those questions, we must first define our can be expressed with an infinite vocabulary of adjectives — glad, terms. Curiosity, broadly defined in 2003 by psychologists Jordan amused, pleased, cheerful, merry, delighted, exuberant, elated, A. Litman and Charles D. Spielberger as “a desire for acquiring new overjoyed, ecstatic, euphoric — is replaced by a single smiley emoji. knowledge and new sensory experience that motivates exploratory The anger spectrum — displeased, sullen, annoyed, grouchy, ruffled, behavior,” can be broken down into two types: perceptual and irritated, rankled, mad, fuming, furious, enraged, apoplectic — is epistemic. Perceptual curiosity is the type that, according to psy- condensed to a single frowny face. The English language contains chologist and philosopher Daniel Berlyne in “A Theory of Human more than 170,000 words. The number of emojis Curiosity,” (British Journal of Psychology, currently stands at 2,666. If my math is right, that Vol. 45, Issue 3, August 1954: 180-191), “leads to means each emoji is supposed to take the place of increased perception of stimuli” and prompts 65 words. This contraction of language is symptom- further investigation. Epistemic curiosity, which to atic of a larger problem — the squelching of intel- Berlyne is the “drive to know,” comes from within — lectual curiosity. it can be described as a hungry mind, the impetus So what are the underlying causes of this trend, for wanting to explore the world. and what can we do to reverse it? Having a sufficient level of curiosity, ©NZPHOTONZ/ISTOCK

Monica Powell

12 The Naveen Jindal School of Management UT Dallas Spring 2018 13 Curiosity Killers

• lack of time and patience. We are too busy. The Demise of • limited or constrained resources (human and financial). combined with high intelligence do not allow for observation. Some • failure to properly curate and emotional quotients, results might even say that if something Intellectual Curiosity enough information. in creative intelligence, which best cannot be found on the internet, it • focusing on a specific set of inputs to aids creative problem-solving — the is not worth investigating. Add to create a certain output. backbone of innovation. Through- all this an educational system that • belief that quantitative data is more out history, curiosity has been the conditions its students in the class- valuable than qualitative data. single most important driving force room to stop asking questions, and • R eluctance to suspend what we know and behind human progress. Curiosity it is no wonder that our curiosity allow new ideas or notions to form. has driven the innovation that has has been squelched. resulted in some amazing techno- • a fixed mindset — we do only what we know What is more, we live in an logical advances — the same ones and fail to embrace what we do not know. increasingly complex, uncertain that, ironically, are now putting global economy. Anything that can curiosity at risk. be automated will be automated. Technology has a tendency to What cannot be automated will hinder creative intelligence because it removes curiosity from the become increasingly valuable in the workplace. Creative intelligence equation. It has become more than just a tool to manage the flood is at the top of that list. of ideas and information that inundates us on a daily basis. It has The world is becoming smaller. Adapting to new and ever-changing created an expectation for immediate information, not necessarily environments is critical. Adaptation, however, is impossible without the right information. Technology has encouraged us to seek observation. Quality observation is dependent upon curiosity. immediate answers without demanding greater understanding. So how do we approach the concept of curiosity in ways that can We have become so fixated on improve our personal and profes- our mobile devices that our atten- sional lives? Several are needed. tion spans have been shortened. First, we must generate more quiet We no longer observe much beyond The Value of Curiosity time. We need time away from the 5- to 10-inch rectangle of glass, technology to let our thoughts and • curiosity and effort = success (curiosity plastic and metal in front of us or ideas take root and bloom. We have engage with the surrounding world is just as important as intelligence). become uncomfortable with silence and its infinite possibilities. • Intelligence gets you your first job while and our own thoughts. Eliminat- Google searches have replaced curiosity shapes your evolution in the job. ing that “hurry up” and “move fast” conversations. Smartphones have • With curiosity, you think beyond the task mentality is essential to cultivating a replaced phone calls. Social media or project. reflective mind that generates new has replaced face-to-face interac- • curiosity helps you bank information and ideas. If we must insist on schedul- tions with friends, family members expand ram memory. ing every minute of every day, then

and colleagues. Internet searches • curiosity is the new KILLER APP that can let us schedule some quiet time, too.

distinguish your life and your career.

12 The Naveen Jindal School of Management UT Dallas Spring 2018 13 Second, let us practice the lost art of intellectual curation. even more important than quantitative data. Consider the massive amounts of information that we consume Fifth, let us practice creativity. Make it a lifestyle choice. How every day in both our personal and professional lives. Curation much time do you give to the maintenance of your mind? Unless you involves not only considering this information, but also discarding make time for it, it simply will not happen. what is not relevant, weaving it all together and transforming what Finally, let us maintain a growth mindset in which we do more of is left into a meaningful narrative. what we do not know. Humans are programmed to do things that Third, let us not have predetermined conclusions when pursuing come easily and avoid difficult things. A curious mind embraces the our intellectual inquiries. When we have a desired outcome, we tend opposite approach. to ask only those questions and seek only the data that will justify Why does all this matter? Curiosity cannot be automated. If you it. Instead, let us widen our nets, explore all of the data that comes fuel your curiosity, you make yourself more valuable, not only for our way and come to an objective conclusion that is based on all the yourself and for your family, but also for your employer. It will help evidence at hand. While we are at it, let us not forget to store seem- you survive this volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous world in ingly random information for later use. It might not fit our current which we live. inquiry, but it might become important later. Inspiration for this article came from a year of research Fourth, let us value the qualitative as much as we do the quanti- conducted by Dr. Powell, the Jindal School's senior associate dean, tative. However much we crave certainty, quantitative data provides into a variety of sources, a bibliography of which can be found at only part of our understanding. Qualitative data can sometimes be jindal.utdallas.edu/files/curiosity_bib.pdf.

Adaptation drives innovation. Observation drives questions. Questions drive Curiosity drives adaptation. curiosity.

A Roadmap to Happiness

Innovation drives change.

Satisfaction drives happiness Improvement drives satisfaction. Change drives improvement. (personal or professional).

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By Rachel Stowe Master DISSERTATIONS SHOWCASE A LOOK AT FOUR RECENT DOCTORAL GRADUATES AND THE RESEARCH THEY DID TO EARN THEIR PHDS. ©REDPIXEL/ADOBESTOCK

his issue is the second that introduces some recent Jindal School PhD graduates and the research they undertook to earn their doctorates and their positions in academia. Their work underscores the successful efforts of the Jindal School’s PhD programs in management science and internationalT management studies to prepare highly trained graduates for careers in academic, research and industry positions.

SHIVAM GUPTA PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE: As assistant Imagine Mars Inc., a major producer of PhD in Management Science with a project manager at JLL India in Gurgaon, India, confectionery that has to periodically source raw concentration in operations management, 2016 Gupta was involved in managing construction materials from its suppliers. To stay competitive, projects from conception to completion. reducing procurement costs while maintaining CURRENT POSITION: Assistant Professor, good long-term relationships with its supply Texas State University (Starting June 2018: DISSERTATION DETAILS: My dissertation base are vital to its sourcing strategy. Having a Assistant Professor, Supply Chain Management focused on and contributed to purchasing small supply base or sourcing large quantities and Analytics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.) operations management and agricultural from individual suppliers exposes Mars to too operations management. much supply risk. On the other hand, having a

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Shivam Gupta

large supply base puts more ad- operations, a growing field in these topics and analyzing these models ministrative burden on Mars. To in OM. My focus here was to rigorously. The result is typically a strategy or balance these two effects, Mars analyze the practice of dis- policy recommendation to a sourcing manager typically uses lower and upper tressed selling, commonly or a policymaker. bounds on the size of the supply observed in many developing base and on the quantity sourced countries, where farmers sell PUBLICATIONS FROM DISSERTATION from each individual supplier. their produce to outside agents RESEARCH: These bounds are referred to as at prices much lower than the gov- Gupta, Shivam, M. Dawande, G. Janakiraman “business rules.” ernment’s guaranteed price. In Gupta et al. and A. Sarkar, “Distressed Selling by Farmers: In our study, we incorporated such rules (2017), we built a tractable model to capture Model, Analysis, and Use in Policy-Making,” and other practical considerations and de- the ground realities — limited and uncertain Production and Operations Management, Vol. signed an auction mechanism that does three procurement capacity on the government’s 26, Issue 10, October 2017: 1803-1818. things: It helps screen low-cost suppliers from side, and high holding costs and lack of af- Gupta, Shivam, “On a Modification of the a supply pool. It finds the best allocation rule, fordable credit on the farmers’ side — that VCG Mechanism and Its Optimality,” that is, the quantity awarded to each selected lead to distressed sales. Using real data, we Operations Research Letters, Vol. 44, Issue 3, supplier. It finds the best payment rule, that validated our model and developed useful May 2016: 415-418. is, the payment made to each supplier for policy suggestions. Gupta, Shivam, W. Chen, M. Dawande and each unit sourced. Overall, we demonstrated G. Janakiraman, 2015, “Optimal Descending that the proposed auction is the most cost- RESEARCH INTERESTS: My research Mechanisms for Constrained Procurement,” effective among all possible mechanisms. interests lie in purchasing and sourcing Production and Operations Management, Furthermore, our auction is extremely easy management, socially responsible operations Vol. 24, Issue 12, December 2015: 1955-1965. to implement in practice. management and supply chain management. While working on my dissertation, I also In particular, I am interested in building sound became increasingly interested in agricultural mathematical models of important problems

DISSERTATION CHAIRS’ COMMENTS: Gupta’s dissertation committee co-chair, Dr. Ganesh Janakiraman, Ashbel Smith Professor of Operations Management, noted that the theme of his dissertation was sourcing: cost-effective sourcing strategies for organizations and the practice of “minimum support prices” often used by governments in developing countries and “distressed selling” by farmers. “Shivam rigorously examined this phenomenon,” Janakiraman said, “and developed some analytical tools that could inform policymakers of the effectiveness of various strategies that could weaken this phenomenon and deliver better prices and incomes to farmers.” That work won the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences — INFORMS — Public Sector Operations Research Section Best Paper Award in 2015. “This work … studied a very real issue, that affects millions of farmers, using rigorous mathematical modeling/analysis,” Janakiraman said. “This paper also served as Shivam’s ‘job market paper,’ that is, the paper he presented at universities while interviewing for faculty positions.” Gupta continues his collaboration with Janakiraman and his other dissertation committee co-chair, Dr. Milind Dawande, Ashbel Smith Professor and coordinator of the Operations Management Area. Most recently they have worked on construction costs — actual and those related to delays — for projects involving a transportation authority and its contractors. “This paper presents easily implementable contracts the authority can sign with the contractors such that the financial cost and the ‘delay cost’ are both factored,” Janakiraman said. “This is another example of Shivam’s practically relevant but rigorously executed research.”

Ganesh Janakiraman Milind Dawande

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Young Kwark

YOUNG KWARK Information Systems Research. … For firms, user-generated content PhD in Management Science In my second study, I ana- has become an important source of informa- with a concentration in lyzed the pricing scheme choices tion about what consumers like. I found that information systems, 2013 of the online retailers. In addition learning from the consumers for the product- to selling products using a whole- design decision may not always be helpful CURRENT POSITION: Assistant sale scheme in which the retailer for competing firms and the user-generated Professor, University of Florida purchases products from manufac- content has very different implications for turers and then resells to consumers, firms’ product design decisions depending PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE: Systems analyst an online retailer (such as Amazon) often lets on the types of product design. This paper is and solution expert at LG CNS Co. Ltd., Seoul, others sell their products on its platform for a forthcoming in Management Science. South Korea commission fee for each sale, which we refer to as a platform scheme. RESEARCH INTERESTS: My research has DISSERTATION DETAILS: Online retailing While the online retailer has full control over broadly focused on online retail platforms and has been continuously growing, and consumers the pricing scheme choices, [that same retailer] the effect of the user-generated content. I am have been increasingly relying on online prod- has little control over the third-party informa- also interested in several other issues in online ucts offered by third-party websites such tion posted by consumers and experts. I found retailing, such as contract and pricing, recom- as CNET.com or online retailer sites such as retailers can use the pricing scheme, wholesale mender system, and information and content Amazon.com. My works contribute to the or platform, as a strategic tool to benefit from security, which have significant effects on the literature by examining the effect of user- the third-party information. And whether a sellers’ profits in online retail platforms. generated content on the supply side — sellers’ retailer can benefit critically depends on its competition and their profits. pricing scheme choice and the precision of PUBLICATIONS FROM DISSERTATION this information. This paper is published in RESEARCH: RESEARCH RESULTS: In my first study, I Management Information Systems Quarterly. Kwark, Young, J. Chen and S. Raghunathan, examined how product information from user- In my third study, I studied the firms’ 2014, “Online Product Reviews: Implications generated content (such as online product product-design decisions when user-generated for Retailer and Competing Manufacturers,” reviews) affects the upstream competition and content provides information about consum- Information Systems Research, Vol. 25, Issue 1, the online retailer by mitigating the consum- ers’ opinions. The rise of Web 2.0 and social March 2014: 93-110. ers’ uncertainty. I showed that the effect of the media has ushered in a new era of content Kwark, Young, J. Chen and S. Raghunathan, reviews on the upstream competition between generation, and a large number of applications 2016, “Platform or Wholesale? A Strategic Tool manufacturers is critical to understanding have emerged to facilitate content genera- for Online Retailers to Benefit from Third-Party which firms gain and which firms lose. The tion. Many firms follow users’ conversations Information,” MIS Quarterly, Vol. 41, Issue 3, upstream competition is affected in different on the internet, listen to their opinions and try September 2017: 763-785. ways by the information about different kinds to incorporate users’ ideas into their business. Kwark, Young, J. Chen and S. Raghunathan, of product attributes, which also leads to For example, many firms (such as Nike) have “User-Generated Content and Product Design different implications for the retailers and a Facebook presence to listen to and interact of Competing Firms,” Management manufacturers. … This work is published in with their fans.… Science, forthcoming.

DISSERTATION CHAIR’S COMMENTS: One of Kwark’s dissertation committee co-chairs, Dr. Jianqing Chen, associate professor of information systems, noted that her research was among the first to examine the effect of user-generated content on the supply side (firms), while existing research focused on the demand side (consumers). “She showed that considering the effect on demand side only provides a partial picture, and the findings can be misleading,” he said. “Interestingly, once she took into account the effect of user-generated content on the supply side, the conventional wisdom does not necessarily hold any more. Therefore, Young’s work has made the picture of the effect of user-generated content complete and generated useful managerial implications for practitioners.” Kwark’s work has been well-cited and resulted in publications in three top journals. “The strong record resulting from her solid work,” Chen said, “has helped her to establish her name in the field and paved the road for her future, even more fruitful, research path.”

Jianqing Chen

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Jyotishka Ray

JYOTISHKA RAY customers into buying the full a free demonstration of the data to the buyer PhD in Management Science product. For example, Oracle before mutually deciding the price. with a concentration in informa- provides a restricted-use license tion systems, 2017 containing many free features RESEARCH RESULTS: We found that the of its software products, with seller will provide a demonstration revealing CURRENT POSITION: the PeopleSoft Interaction Hub full information of the data when she has a Assistant Professor, California State being one example. While the moderately high outside option. The insights University, East Bay restricted-use license allows free access from this paper would help both the seller and to some of its features, customers need to the buyer understand the bargaining process PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE: Six years as buy a full-use license to use it as a full-feature better, when selling or buying proprietary data a customer-care manager in a commercial enterprise portal. We developed a scientific whose actual worth is unknown to both. vehicle business unit in Tata Motors Ltd., method to segregate the features into free Doing a PhD was a major decision of my life located primarily in Mumbai, India and premium versions based on the product’s as I had to shift my focus back to academics utility to the customer. after six years of corporate experience. It DISSERTATION DETAILS: My dissertation The second study was motivated by a travel helped me to realize my academic strength and is on “Essays on Commercialization of Informa- agency using a data demonstration to sell gave me focus and confidence. tion Technology Products.” This dissertation its travel data. Travel data typically consists addresses two important issues in software of booking data such as purchase of airline RESEARCH INTERESTS: Software demonstrations: the design of a feature-limited tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars and search demonstration, bargaining and economics software demonstration and the role of data, which is the browsing activity of the user of information systems data demonstration when firms bargain over before the final purchase. According to The proprietary data. Wall Street Journal, “data isn’t a physical asset PUBLICATIONS FROM The first study was motivated by a like a factory or cash, and there aren’t any DISSERTATION RESEARCH: provisioning software demonstration design official guidelines for assessing its value.” This Ray, Jyotishka, J. Samuel, S. Menon and V. problem drawn from the telecommunications led us to ask the perennial question: What is Mookerjee, “The Design of Feature-Limited industry. Specifically, we studied the feature- the value of proprietary data? Data owners are Demonstration Software: Choosing the limited demo in which the vendors provide often unclear on the price they can charge for Right Features to Include,” Production and free features in the basic version to let the it. Buyers are also uncertain about exactly how Operations Management, Vol. 26, Issue 1, customers try before they buy the premium useful the data will be to them, which limits January 2017: 9-30. version of the software. Companies like Oracle, the price they are willing to pay for it. We build Salesforce.com and SAP use feature-limited a negotiation process to understand under versions of their enterprise software to entice what condition the data seller should provide

DISSERTATION CHAIR’S COMMENTS: All three of Ray’s studies on the concept of demonstrations address problems relevant to industry and have tangible real-world applications, Dr. Syam Menon, professor, Information Systems Area coordinator and one of Ray’s dissertation committee co-chairs, said. “One of these provided an objective approach to the design of a common category of evaluation software — demos. This has not only been published in a top journal, it has also proven useful to industry,” he said, noting that it is the first paper to provide a systematic approach to the design of such demos. “The other two essays develop models that capture the negotiation process in the context of selling proprietary data products. These provide insights into when such demonstrations should be provided and the potential role of a consultant in such negotiations. One of these is already in late rounds of review in a top journal.” While negotiation is well-studied, using demonstrations to reduce uncertainties is somewhat unique to the data/software domain, and Ray’s work is the first to investigate the impact of demonstrations in the negotiation process, Menon added.

Syam Menon

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Steve Sauerwald

STEVE SAUERWALD CEO returns (that is, 160 of institutional ownership. This is because MBA 2008, PhD in International percent minus 50 percent) that institutional investors are not well-informed Management Studies, 2014 would raise eyebrows among about the ins and outs of the business. By shareholders. I argued that providing voting recommendations to these CURRENT POSITION: excess CEO returns are an shareholders, proxy advisors help them to Assistant Professor, University of important concern because of an more effectively exercise their voting rights. Illinois at Chicago interesting tension between CEOs Second, I found that proxy advice varied and shareholders: Firms want CEOs to in its influence and its ability to predict firm PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE: Management own stock, which motivates CEOs and rewards performance across countries. The more a consultant at xact4u strategy consulting AG, them for superior performance. However, if country deviates from the U.S. corporate- Karlsruhe, Germany CEOs benefit far more from their shareholdings governance system, the less influential and than shareholders, it may be a sign of manage- accurate is proxy advice. This study was DISSERTATION DETAILS: My dissertation rial excess and other problems. published in the Journal of Management. research sheds light on how external influences, I argued that the board plays an important such as shareholders and proxy advisory role in constraining unwarranted CEO returns RESEARCH INTEREST: I am primarily inter- firms, affect important corporate-governance because of two competing normative pres- ested in corporate governance research. Corpo- outcomes, including excess CEO returns and sures: corporate elite norms and monitoring rate governance impacts the strategic decisions shareholder dissent. Previous research has norms. If a board enjoys external social capital of companies and ultimately firm performance. primarily examined the internal influences of — such as relationships with directors in other Therefore, external constituents need to better corporate-governance mechanisms. However, boardrooms — CEOs enjoy higher returns, understand how to monitor and advise manage- firms are open systems and interact increas- because it gives directors the discretion to ment and boards of directors. Additionally, ingly with external constituents to acquire deviate from shareholder expectations. On the managers can benefit from this research resources. Thus, shareholders and proxy advi- other hand, if a board enjoys internal social in corporate governance by more effectively sory firms have an important influence on the capital — such as directors who have worked interacting with their boards and shareholders. firm that my research endeavored to reveal. together for a long time — then directors are more comfortable in monitoring the CEO’s PUBLICATIONS FROM DISSERTATION RESEARCH RESULTS: The first essay in compensation and returns from shareholdings RESEARCH: my dissertation examined the effects of board more closely. This study appeared in the Sauerwald, Steve, Z. (J.) Lin and M.W. Peng, social capital on excess CEO returns — finan- Strategic Management Journal. “Board Social Capital and Excess CEO Returns,” cial returns from a CEO’s firm-related wealth Another essay in my dissertation examined Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 37, Issue 3, and compensation that exceed shareholders’ the voting advice that proxy advisors, such as March 2016: 498-520. financial returns. For example, during a CEO’s Institutional Shareholder Services, provide to Sauerwald, Steve, J. (H.) van Oosterhout, tenure, the average shareholders enjoyed shareholders. I found interesting differences M. van Essen and M.W. Peng, “Proxy Advisors returns of 50 percent, which sounded nice at across countries and firms. For instance, proxy and Shareholder Dissent: A Cross-Country first glance. But if the CEO reaped returns of advice has a stronger influence on shareholder Comparative Study,” Journal of Management, 160 percent, there was a 110 percent excess in dissent in firms that have a large percentage published online December 2016.

DISSERTATION CHAIR’S COMMENTS: Dr. Mike Peng, O.P. Jindal Chair of Global Strategy, was one of Sauerwald’s MBA professors. “Steve was a very special student,” Peng said. “His knowledge and intellectual curiosity were so awesome that I approached him and recruited him to join our PhD program. So naturally I became his dissertation advisor.” Peng attributes Sauerwald’s success to his strong work ethic, focus and dedication, as well as his mastery of a body of research that is connected with real-world practice. “Steve has quickly become a promising and influential young scholar in corporate governance,” he said. “SMJ is the No. 1 journal in the field of strategic management. JOM is also a very reputable management journal. Research universities live and die by the papers we publish in competitive, top-tier journals. So scholars who can accomplish early publications in higher-quality journals are valued tremendously by their universities and also by the academic profession. “Needless to say, I’m very proud of Steve.”

Mike Peng

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SUPPLY CHAIN EXPERT RELIES ON MATH TO MAKE LIFE EASIER

By T.D. Christensen

hen your grocery store runs out of your favorite cereal but has 30 boxes of another brand you do not like, Ganesh Janakiraman feels your W frustration. When a never-ending construction project on your local highway makes you late for work, he understands your anger. And then he gets excited. Janakiraman’s mission as a researcher is to come up with creative mathematical solutions to help organizations make smart choices — not just to maximize profit, but to make life easier for everyone. “I really like the idea of thinking about ‘How can we make decisions that are mathematically sound?’ ” says Janakiraman, an Ashbel Smith Professor of Operations Management at the Jindal School. “Sometimes we all make curious decisions instead of thinking about it in scientifically rigorous ways.” Growing up in Chennai, India, Janakiraman struggled at first to find his career path. As an engineering student at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, he realized that he was more interested in mathematics than engineering. Fortunately for him, he found a subject called operations research, which was mathematical, had excellent applications and was taught, he says, “by a phenomenal teacher.” Later, while pursuing advanced degrees at Cornell University, he ran into the opposite problem. “I went in liking math, but there were all these exceptionally talented people Ganesh Janakiraman speaking at the April 7, 2017, investiture ceremony, doing hard-core math stuff, which I found to be somewhat which officially recognized his appointment to an endowed post.

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abstract,” he says. Research. He also teaches classes at the master’s level and Gradually, he found his true calling in a Cornell class that advises PhD students, which he finds particularly invigorating. taught stochastic inventory theory — or to use a broader “I enjoy these interactions tremendously,” he says. “I get definition, supply chain management. the opportunity to discuss exciting ideas with a lot of talented As Janakiraman explains stochastic inventory theory, young people who all have some common characteristics: imagine Walmart’s management team trying to decide exactly They’re independent, they don’t want a traditional career, and how many models of a specific TV to keep in stock at a specific they find research exciting, just like I do.” store. By using algorithms, computer software and tons of Janakiraman says he keeps in touch with former PhD forecasting data, the store might decide that 25 is the perfect students who have gone on to academic careers, including: number of TV sets to keep in stock. + Sandun Perera, PhD 2015, assistant professor of operations It is Janakiraman’s job as a researcher to find new ways to and supply chain management at the University of make sure that 25 is the smartest choice possible. Michigan-Flint; “These decisions can still be quite challenging,” he says. + Wei Chen, PhD 2015, assistant professor of decision sciences “You want the products to float off the shelves, and not sit on and supply chain management at the University of Kansas; the shelves for months, so it’s really important for companies + Shivam Gupta, PhD 2016, assistant professor of computer to have exactly the right quantity of products that customers information systems and quantitative methods at Texas are looking for.” State University (see Dissertations Showcase, page 16). Customers, in turn, have to be able to trust that a store + Yang Bo, PhD 2017, assistant professor of decision sciences will get those calculations right, and managerial economics at The he says. Chinese University of Hong Kong; “If your favorite bread is out + Zhen Sun, PhD 2016, assistant of stock three out of 10 times that “I really like the idea of professor of information you go to your favorite grocery thinking about ‘How can we systems and technology story, that’s a pain. … You’re management at George going to make another store your make decisions that are Washington University; and favorite store.” mathematically sound?’ + Manmohan Aseri, now completing While Janakiraman has spent Sometimes we all make curious his PhD, who will join Carnegie most of his career studying supply Mellon University this fall. chain management, he recently decisions instead of thinking Janakiraman also keeps his has been exploring other topics, about it in scientifically eye on the future of supply chain including procurement auctions management as it evolves in and mechanism design theory. The rigorous ways.” the rapidly changing digital theory has been around since the age. He says delivery-oriented 1960s, but it has taken off in re- — Ganesh Janakiraman companies like Amazon and on- cent years, and in 2007, the Nobel demand driver services like Uber Prize in Economics was awarded present bold new opportunities. to its inventors, Leonid Hurwicz, “There’s going to be a lot Eric S. Maskin and Roger B. Myerson. of innovation to allow companies In a new study that is in the review stage, Janakiraman to provide quick deliveries without burning a lot of cash,” he and several co-authors looked at how mechanism design and says. “How do you combine this on-demand economy with cost-sharing contracts can improve business-to-business trans- companies like Amazon or Walmart and make it profitable actions. They studied highway construction to figure out how for everyone?” governments can hold auctions with contractors to determine The answer, he says, will probably be easier than most the best price for each contract — as well as the best penalty. people imagine. They determined that if a contractor fails to build the highway “When you write out these problems as mathematical on time, the company has to pay a “cost-sharing” fee. models, many of them are indeed very complicated,” “The longer the project takes, the more inconvenience there Janakiraman says. “But one surprising thing I’ve seen in my is for the public,” Janakiraman says. “In this paper, we study research is that the solutions are actually quite simple. That’s how large that ‘public inconvenience cost’ should be, and all the one goal in my research: To think about good, simple solutions factors that cost depends on.” that companies can easily understand and implement.” Janakiraman’s past research has been published in such respected journals as Management Services and Operations

UT Dallas Spring 2018 21 ART IN THE JINDAL SCHOOL

Davidow Collection Enlivens Walls at Jindal School BY RACHEL STOWE MASTER

are walls no more. Hallways in the Jindal School have been transformed into a gallery-like setting with the recent installation of 34 contemporary works of art by emerging and mid-career Texas artists. The art — part of a collection previously gifted to Study of Lies of Sound Memory by Tracy Harris - The University of Texas at Dallas by collector Joan Davidow — complements pencil, charcoal on paper, 1989 Jindal’s growing array of works by Texas artists. “It was my vision when the first JSOM building opened in 2003 to have art installed on the white, bare walls of the fabulous building,” said Dr. Diane S. McNulty, JSOM’s associate dean for external affairs and “Contemporary art addresses the life we’re living right now, and corporate development. it’s very satisfying and exciting to be able to share it with new After an April 2014 fundraiser gala to launch generations of UT Dallas students and faculty, for whom I have the Jindal Art Collection, JSOM began acquiring a great deal of affection and respect. These works deserve to art from prominent Texas artists in anticipation live and be seen, and I hope they will inspire and educate of the opening of its new building addition in December of that year. Alumni and friends also those who have the chance to experience the collection.” gifted pieces. — Joan Davidow The collection also grew with the addition of outdoor pieces such as Wise, a mirror-polished stainless steel sculpture by Dallas artist Brad Old- management, sent McNulty an email. “I was so excited to see the new art ham, and Big Bend, a 23-foot-tall, 5,000-pound popping up on the walls of JSOM this semester and think it makes such a steel sculpture by Dallas artist Mac Whitney (see great contribution to our collective spaces,” Lawson wrote. The Big Bend Comes to Dallas, opposite page). As a faculty advisor for LOTUS, a project to display student artwork in But inside, most walls stood bare. various places all over campus, Lawson explained: “I’m already a bit biased Submersible by Lawrence “This past fall, Joan Davidow found herself wan- to be supportive of art, but its value and need for inclusion in JSOM was Jennings - grip tape, acrylic on acrylic on sheet dering around the JSOM buildings,” McNulty said, brought home to me just now as I walked back to my office from classes, “and wondering why wall art was not in place. … She trailing a group of students. decided that about one-half of the total art gift she “They were complaining about a particular piece (no surprise — not had previously given to the University should hang in the Jindal School.” every piece is liked by every person), but to hear students talking about art The administration agreed, and installation began. and its purpose was very refreshing.” Davidow collected the works over a 20-year period. In all, she has given Davidow, an educator and director emerita of Dallas Contemporary, 140 original paintings and sculptures to UT Dallas, and other pieces from personally selected the pieces for JSOM and oversaw the installation. that collection are on display at the Erik Jonsson Academic Center. The Jindal Art Collection totals about 50 pieces, which include paintings, “Her collection embodies art from prominent young Texas artists and sculp- photographs and sculptures. McNulty said there is no specific goal for grow- tors adhering to the contemporary tastes of many,” McNulty said. ing the collection. “We are just "We feel that, coupled with that left-brained quantitative side of man- grateful for the pieces we have — agement, right-brained art has a a place," McNulty added. "Where better to and the quality of them,” she said, gain and engage with art than where you are being challenged in the aca- “and hope to receive more.” demic sphere of influence? As students evolve, so do their appreciation and understanding of culture as it contributes to art and business.” After works from the Davidow Collection were hung, Kristen Lawson, a Jindal School senior lecturer in organizations, strategy and international Double Circles by Linnea Glatt - stitchery on mulberry paper with thread

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One of the newest additions to the Jindal School art collection is a massive The Big Bend Comes steel sculpture that was made in Dallas by a local artist of national renown. BY T.D. CHRISTENSEN to UT Dallas

or such a massive sculpture, Big Bend has is a death-defying act. If anything let go, it could be traveled a lot in the last 40 years, from destructive,” said Whitney. the shores of the Trinity River to the Dallas The sculpture arrived at UT Dallas in pieces, loaded Museum of Art to the collection of a Texas on a flatbed truck. oil heiress. Installing the 5,000-pound artwork was no small Early last November, the 23-foot-high steel work task. First, a large concrete pad had to be installed, of art was installed in its new home north of the cured and stained. Armed with a telescoping crane and Naveen Jindal School of Management, and its creator hand tools, a team of workers and art specialists then could not be happier. labored for seven hours to position Big Bend perfectly “It’s a great place for it,” said Dallas artist Mac on the pad, according to David Gwie of UT Dallas Facili- Whitney. “It’s a big piece that needs to be in a big public ties Management. space like UT Dallas.” The Dallas Museum of Art originally commissioned Big Bend recently was acquired by the Jindal Art Whitney to create Big Bend for an exhibit he curated Collection, which features both contributed and at the old DMA building in Fair Park. It was then pur- commissioned sculptures, paintings and photographs. chased by Lucille (Lupé) Murchison, the legendary Dallas art collector and daughter-in-law of oil magnate Clint Murchison Sr. After Lupé Murchison died in 2001, Big Bend eventually wound up in the hands of the ”Building a piece like Big Bend by yourself anonymous benefactor who donated it to the Jindal Art Collection. is a death-defying act. If anything let go, it Thanks to funds raised at a 2014 gala event, the could be destructive.” Jindal Art Collection has grown to include works by — Mac Whitney such notable Dallas artists as Brad Oldham, Jon Flam- ing, Janet McGreal and Jim Bowman, whose color- ful glass sculpture hangs in the atrium of the Jindal School addition. Whitney’s sculpture was donated by its owner, who Like all the works in the collection, Big Bend helps wishes to remain anonymous. broaden perspectives and spur creative thinking, The sculpture, “is truly impressive,” Dr. Diane McNulty said. McNulty, JSOM associate dean for external affairs “The Jindal Art Collection enhances the student and corporate development, said soon after it was environment and hopefully instills students with an installed. “It may be the most valuable piece that appreciation for art even after they leave school and has been given to us.” enter their careers,” she said. Whitney is part of a nationally renowned group of Dallas artists sometimes called “The Oak Cliff Five.” Top: The sculpture arrived, in pieces, loaded In 1976, he created the hulking steel artwork at an on a flatbed truck. Oak Cliff studio near the Trinity River using cables and Above and left: Workers and art special- homemade pulleys to bend the top of the sculpture, ists used a telescoping crane to offload the artwork. hence the title Big Bend. “Today, a lot of sculptures are built by 12 guys in a factory. But building a piece like Big Bend by yourself

UT Dallas Spring 2018 23 Departments Advisory Council Update

EXPANDING { by Eric Butterman } COUNCIL WELCOMES SIX MEMBERS

The ranks of the Naveen Jindal School of Management Advisory Council are growing with new members bringing in expertise in such fields as audit, human resources, information technology, innovation and sales. Along with the council, the following six experts who joined this spring, are slated to welcome three more newcomers before spring graduation.

Internally, council members help influence and shape JSOM programs so that they answer business needs. Externally, the members serve as ambassadors who promote the school, its graduates and faculty in the local business community and Dallas-Fort Worth at large.

Robert (Rob) Fitzgerald, audit partner with Deloitte, is the have best interests in how a company performs is accurate,” single point of contact for management and for the audit committee Fitzgerald says. at client firms. “An exciting part of this career path is that you get to see and “My primary responsibility is to make sure information that is do things related to very interesting companies and industries that presented by management to investors, lenders and others who you wouldn’t normally get to experience. It’s not just validating

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their accounting but understanding how administration and a master’s degree in management looks at the company and professional accounting, Gagliardi early how these organizations fit within industry. in her professional life saw the effects of Being in multiple Deloitte offices around corporate and accounting scandals that led the globe and having worked with clients to reform “It was an interesting change in from Fortune 100 companies all the way the early part of my career,” she says. “It down to startup companies, you get an made things more disciplined in the work interesting breadth of experiences.” you did and when it had to be done. It was To Fitzgerald, the biggest changes in a moving target because you didn’t know his area have been utilizing technology what to expect. ... You saw that things can for audits. “And you look at the effect change in a day. And now we’re learning of artificial intelligence tools…” he says. new things with tax reform.” “It’s encouraging to think of where As a partner, she works on auditing and we’re headed.” has worked on multiple initial public of- Fitzgerald is enthusiastic about his ferings. “From the auditing standpoint, the new commitment to UT Dallas with his role Robert Fitzgerald work hits on the new revenue standard, new on the advisory council. Deloitte Managing leasing standard and tax reform,” she says. Partner Skip Moore previously chaired “From being a part of implementing the the council and still serves as one of its Sarbanes-Oxley Act at a very large Fortune senior active members. 100 company to the reward of watching companies successfully go “We see how graduates from UTD perform when they get to public, it’s been fun and challenging.” Deloitte, and they see the global view,” Fitzgerald says. “Now we look She says being involved with UT Dallas, especially when it comes at marrying technology with understanding business processes to the Accounting Area and in recruiting, has been rewarding. She and industries, and we want the kind of student that looks at things sees service on the advisory council as an extension of this. differently at Deloitte. “We want to help promote [the school] more, help people’s “Participation in the council allows us to both understand awareness of it and keep the school on the strong trajectory it’s and try to be a positive influence through sharing our ideas. already on,” she says. Partnering with the University in develop- Gagliardi knows the importance of ment of students to fill the workforce is a mentorship, crediting partners at the firm great situation.” with sponsoring her and giving her Fitzgerald earned a Bachelor of Business opportunities, and hopes to be a part of Administration degree in Accounting from encouraging that spirit with the Notre Dame University. advisory council. ••• •••

Caroline Gagliardi has the not-so-com- Calvin Hilton has served as vice mon distinction of having spent her president, corporate human resources entire career with one company. Joining at Alliance Data since 2012 and as vice Pricewaterhouse Coopers immediately president of benefits and HR Services after graduation, she has seen it all — from prior to that. He has a long track record Enron, to the financial crisis, to the recent of corporate success. changing tax laws. Caroline Gagliardi He also previously worked in the airline A UT Austin alumna who earned industry as managing director at Northwest an undergraduate degree in business Airlines, with a lead task in negotiating

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retirement benefits, and he served as trends, Kausar revolutionizes business manager, budgets and costs international, performance and delivers tangible business for American Airlines, focusing heavily on value through the latest information financial planning and analysis. technology services. “I’ve long had a background in finance “It comes down to using my abilities and an understanding of the fundamentals to hit bottom-line objectives and make of how financials work,” he says. “It enables operational improvements,” he says. He you to do many things in a human resources improves strategic and digital transforma- position, including being able to get together tion initiatives, delivers advisory services better with those in finance. It’s a to clients and often finds himself at forums question of whether you can talk their to represent his company’s offerings. language and not just be stuck in pure Kausar was previously a portfolio lead HR speak.” in transition and transformation for HCL In his present position, Hilton says the Technologies. A highlight during his time biggest challenge when it comes to talent there was aiding in the digital transforma- is different than some people might think. Calvin Hilton tion of Estée Lauder. He also has served “It’s not having trouble finding qualified as senior manager in Technology Strategy talent!” he says. “In the DFW area, workers’ and Architecture for Deloitte, where he abilities and experience are top-notch, so led an IT cost-reduction practice. you have to make sure we have the environment and culture that is Kausar says he looks forward to joining the advisory council. competitive with the landscape.” “I am very impressed with the philosophy of the school, and I Hilton feels joining the advisory council is a natural fit with appreciate the chance to offer my expertise in digital and other his many other service affiliations. He has enjoyed being a part of areas, helping students with their leadership goals,” he says. “I’m multiple boards, including the North Texas Food Bank. happy to have the chance to participate in activities, provide “I want to make a difference in lives, and you can’t achieve that mentorship and hopefully leverage my relationships at the C-level in many better ways than by helping students,” he says. “I want to help in promoting all the talent at UTD.” to assist them in getting ready for working in a corporate Kausar holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg environment and would like to share my School of Management and has gone perspective of being a part of the corporate through an executive education program world for almost 40 years.” at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. He Hilton holds an undergraduate degree earned an MIS in computer science from in accounting from North Carolina Central UNSW Sydney and a Bachelor of Science University and an MBA from Dallas in engineering from the University of the Baptist University. Punjab, Lahore. ••• •••

Rehan Kausar is chief information In a career combining the tactical skills officer for Connexions Data Inc., where he of a Marine and the strategic acumen of has had a lead focus on establishing the commercial banker, Greg Lewis knows that company’s digital practice, encompassing clear-eyed direction helps drives progress analytics, artificial intelligence, big data, and prosperity. Now, Lewis is fostering cloud services, robotic process automation, Rehan Kausar that goal as a member of the Jindal School’s and more. advisory council. Keenly attuned to emerging technology With his council colleagues, Lewis says

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students remain at the core of their efforts. business relationships with a range of “We’ve hired a good number of UTD customers. “A large part of what we students, and we want to build on that with do is design sensors that go into satellites the council,” says Lewis, managing director and aerospace applications, and it’s exciting of strategic sales and marketing for Texas to be a part of,” he says. “I’ve had an Capital Bank in Dallas. interest in technology for a long time, and Lewis, who joined the bank in 2006, my career has had a strong focus on leads a team consisting of business innovation and securing best needs of development, sales, marketing, commu- an organization. My effort is to make nications and relationship and portfolio organizations stand out.” management. He also oversees a specialty This was evident during his time at banking group responsible for a national Infosys, where he set up strategic partner- vertical expansion of lending and depository ships, including the Cambridge University- services for multiple industries. Infosys Technologies strategic research Previously, Lewis spent 12 years with collaboration. With more than 25 years of JPMorgan Chase and Co., and its predecessor Greg Lewis experience in several industries, including firms, where he led the corporate liquidity automotive and telecommunications, and investments sales teams for middle- he has had many career highlights. A market clients. special one was receiving an invitation Lewis also proudly served in the United States Marine Corps from from Queen Elizabeth II to a garden party at Buckingham Palace 1990 to 1994, with the Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic Command during in 2014, partly in recognition of his work with the UK Trade and Operation Desert Storm and at Camp Butler in Okinawa, Japan. Investment, a government agency that later became the Department Today, he is involved in local community groups, including Allies of International Trade. in Service, an assistance organization that provides support to Madhugiri considers joining the advisory council to be another veterans and military spouses for employment, housing, education honor. “I’m thrilled to be a part of the council and hopefully and healthcare. “It’s an opportunity to help those who served be best contribute to the success of students,” he says. “It’s a chance to prepared for getting jobs and thriving in the workforce,” Lewis says. listen as well as offer perspective. That’s a philosophy I’ve tried At the Jindal School, he has served on to have throughout my career, and it isn’t the Center for Professional Sales Advisory any different here.” Board since 2014 — joining as a founding He earned a master’s degree in applied endowment member — and looks forward to physics from Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya further contributing on the advisory council. (the University of Jabalpur) and an MBA from Lewis says Texas Capital Bank has Shivaji University. long recognized the University’s vision and embrace of innovation, business strategy and international affairs. “We feel lucky we’re one of the companies that already sees how special UTD is,” he says, “and we gain from that.” •••

Chief innovation and strategy officer Vishwanath Madhugiri at SAAZ Technologies, Viswanath (Vish) Madhugiri’s main task is to establish

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THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW

rial boards of six major management unintended bullwhip effects, and hurt journals and recently completed rather than help overall performance.” a term as associate editor for the Their findings, they wrote, “leave Academy of Management Journal. no doubt that variability in quantity and timing, whether from normal operations, disruptions or expediting, tends to be amplified in supply chains.” Mike Peng A project leader at Sandia noted Riki Takeuchi Mike Peng, O.P. Jindal Distinguished that one significant practical result Chair of Management, has been A globally recognized organizational of their work was that it “demon- named to the list of Highly Cited Re- psychologist who specializes in inter- strated the importance of careful searchers from Clarivate Analytics national management issues, Organi- design in modeling the realities of Kathryn E. Stecke (formerly of Thomson Reuters) for zations, Strategy and International supply chain behavior.” the fourth consecutive year. Management Professor Riki Takeuchi Kathryn E. Stecke, Ashbel Smith Stecke’s co-authors were Thomas The 2017 list includes more than was named a fellow of the Society Professor of Operations Manage- G. Schmitt of the University of Wash- 3,300 researchers in 21 fields of the for Industrial and Organizational Psy- ment, and her co-authors received a ington, Fred W. Glover of OptTek sciences and social sciences. These chology at the society’s 2018 meet- Best Paper of 2017 Award from Systems Inc., Mark A. Ehlen of Sandia scholars have published a high num- ing in Chicago in April. SIOP Fellows Omega - The International Journal National Laboratories and Sanjay ber of papers that rank in the top are psychologists recognized for hav- of Management Science for research Kumar of Valparaiso University. 1 percent most cited in their respec- ing made “an unusual and outstand- initiated at the request of Sandia An associate professor of infor- tive fields over the last decade, and ing contribution to the field.” Takeu- National Laboratories. mation and decision science, Kumar have been listed in The World’s Most chi’s election is his second honor “Mitigating Disruptions in a Multi- was a PhD student of Stecke’s. He Influential Scientific Minds. from SIOP, a professional organiza- Echelon Supply Chain Using Adaptive earned two degrees from UT Dallas, Peng, a professor of organizations, tion for those who practice and teach Ordering” (https://doi.org/10.1016/j. an MS in management and adminis- strategy and international manage- industrial and organizational psy- omega.2016.07.004), which appeared trative sciences in 2005, and a PhD ment, is among the 93 scholars named chology. In 2010, the society gave in the April 2017 issue of Omega in management science in 2009. in the field of economics and business. him its Distinguished Early Career (Volume 68, pages 185-198), exam- “It is gratifying to see that my Contributions Award. ined response to and recovery from research continues to be of value to Appointed last fall as the first supply chain interruptions. the scholarly community worldwide,” Jindal School of Management Advi- Stecke and her fellow researchers Peng said. “There is vigorous compe- sory Council Distinguished Professor, noted that disruptions may stem from tition in the market for ideas, whose Takeuchi is known for his research in natural disasters — such as earth- winners are cited. Given space con- cross-cultural adjustment processes, quakes, accidents — such as oil spills, straints, the number of references social exchange relationships and stra- and intentional acts — such as terror- Diane McNulty in every paper is limited. Therefore, tegic human resource management, ist attacks. Disruptions in 2011, they overly narrow, nonessential and non- with particular focus on employer- estimated, cost more than $350 bil- The Dallas chapter of the American novel publications will not be widely employee relationships. Prior to the lion, because that year was the costli- Heart Association honored Diane cited. I have always endeavored to Jindal School, he taught at Hong Kong est on record for natural disasters. McNulty, Jindal School associate take on some big questions, which University of Science and Technology, The researchers found through dean for external affairs and corpo- is a risky research strategy. But I am where he was a five-time winner of simulation experiments “that the im- rate development, at its annual Go glad it has paid off.” the Best Ten Lecturers’ Award. pact of a disruption depends on its lo- Red For Women Luncheon Feb. 23. A leading expert on global busi- His work includes 29 refereed cation, with costlier and longer-lasting McNulty, a survivor of a congenital ness strategy, Peng is best known for journal articles and six book chap- impacts occurring from disruptions … heart defect, received the Sandi Had- his development of the institution- ters. He has delivered many presen- close to ultimate consumption.” dock Community Impact Award for based view of strategy and his tations at the Academy of Manage- They learned that “expediting, an her role as a female leader who has insights about the rise of emerging ment and SIOP conferences, among adaptive ordering approach often used significantly improved the health of economies in global business. others. He has served on the edito- to mitigate disruptions, can trigger women in the community.

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Support for her own health chal- deductions he claimed on his person- lenges has fueled McNulty’s passion al income taxes for business use of and work on behalf of the American an airplane owned and operated by a Heart Association for almost 30 years. Hard Rock-affiliated S corporation. With her friend Ann Dyer — a Dallas The IRS challenged the deduc- businesswoman she has known since tions on the basis that his personal college — McNulty co-founded the use of the plane was not a business Victoria McCrady Jennifer Johnson Game of Hearts, a luncheon fund- activity. Morton countered that he raiser, and the AHA’s Women’s Heart Marilyn Kaplan, associate dean of used the plane to facilitate activities Jennifer Johnson, a senior lecturer in Guild, a forerunner of the Go Red for undergraduate programs, shared for his multiple companies. Together, accounting, received a 2017 Out- Women movement, which advocates Best Paper Award honors with JSOM those companies and his plane use standing Accounting Educator Award for more research and swifter action colleagues Kristen Lawson and Vic- constituted a “unified business enter- from the Texas Society of Certified for women’s heart health. toria McCrady, both senior lecturers prise,” he argued. Therefore, both his Public Accountants. McNulty also has served on the in the Organizations, Strategy and In- personal income tax deductions and The statewide award, presented Dallas Division AHA Board of Directors, ternational Management Area, at the the corporate tax deductions should in three categories, to small, medium and she chaired the 2001 Côtes du Academy of Business Research con- be allowed. The court concurred. and large schools, recognizes Texas Coeur Ball, the largest American Heart ference last November in San Anto- Subsequently, IRS administra- accounting educators who have Association fundraiser in the country. nio. Their work, “The Hero Viewpoint tors began to wonder if that ruling exhibited excellence in teaching and According to the AHA, “up to and the Perception of Mentors: Why had the effect of excluding S corpo- who have distinguished themselves 1.3 million Americans alive today Millennials Need Mentors and Why rations from an earlier precedent through active service to the profes- have some form of congenital heart They Have Problems Finding Them,” that held that a “corporation is an sion. Criteria for judging includes defect. In the United States, about is slated to be published in a forth- entity separate from its owner for instructional innovation, student 36,000 children are born with a coming issue of the Academy of federal tax purposes.” The admin- motivation, the pursuit of learning op- heart defect each year. At least nine Business Research Journal. istrators put the question to the portunities for students, involvement of every 1,000 infants born each year agency’s attorneys. in student and professional account- have a heart defect.” In the memorandum, attorneys ing organizations, and research View an AHA Open Your Heart concluded that the court’s decision accomplishments and publications. Survivor video about McNulty that was an “aberration” and that the IRS Johnson, named the large-school was shown at the luncheon at should continue to apply the earlier winner, and the other recipients each https://youtu.be/_L_OCYh01i0. precedent to S corporations. They received a plaque and a $500 cash noted the “only detailed discussion award at the annual TSCPA account- we located” was Gamino’s analysis of ing educators’ conference, held last John Gamino the Morton decision, “A Rock and A October in Dallas. She was nomi- An analysis by Undergraduate Ac- Hard Place: The ‘Unified Business En- nated for the honor by several of her counting Program Director John terprise’ ” (Tax Notes, Aug. 30, 2011). students, former students and Monica Gamino was cited in a recent Internal In it, Gamino criticized the Morton Powell, senior associate dean. Revenue Service administrative rul- decision on several grounds, includ- Johnson is a self-described ac- ing on how S corporations and their ing that the “unified business enter- counting nerd who teaches account- Marilyn Kaplan owners should be treated for federal prise” argument was improper. ing as the language of business. income tax purposes. The IRS memorandum quotes and “I think that students don’t under- The Chief Counsel Advice Memo- relies on Gamino’s work, concluding stand all of the opportunities available randum released Nov. 24, 2017, (see that his analysis was correct and to them in this profession,” she said. “I www.irs.gov/pub/irs-wd/201747006. should be followed by IRS auditors tell my students that, as accountants, pdf) said that such corporations and and attorneys nationwide. we are helping to enact change. their owners should be treated as Accounting isn’t just a function. It’s a separate entities despite a federal way to help companies grow.” court ruling to the contrary. Johnson joined UT Dallas in 2009 Kristen Lawson That ruling involved Hard Rock after an accounting career at Dr Pep- Café co-founder Peter Morton and per Snapple Group, Southwest Secu- his 2011 dispute with the IRS. He rities and PricewaterhouseCoopers. sued because the IRS had disallowed She currently serves on the TSCPA

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Board of Directors and is treasurer- to prepare a synopsis of their papers elect of the Dallas CPA Society. that is accessible to the general public.” The study also was the subject of an Inside Jindal School story (jindal. utdallas.edu/news/providers-and- suppliers-information-sharing-is-key- to-establishing-trust) in March 2017. Özalp Özer Vijay Mookerjee

Professor and Information Systems Area Coordinator Syam Menon and Howard Dover Vijay Mookerjee, Charles and Nancy Howard Dover, director of the Pro- Davidson Chair in Information Sys- fessional Sales Concentration, added tems, and colleague Jyotishka Ray, Internet Movie Database — IMDb a 2017 Jindal School PhD graduate — credits to his credentials recently now teaching at Cal State East Bay Upender Subramanian Atanu Lahiri with the release of The Story of (see JSOM Research Ventures on Sales, a documentary commissioned A study by Özalp Özer, Ashbel Smith Atanu Lahiri, an assistant professor page 18), presented “Bargaining Over by Salesforce, a San Francisco-based Professor in operations manage- of information systems, and his co- Proprietary Data” at a January 2017 company specializing in customer ment; Upender Subramanian, an author Debabrata Dey of the Univer- Conference on the Digital Economy, relations apps. The documentary associate professor of marketing; sity of Washington presented “Ver- which was held at the Indian School explores, the history, evolution and and Yu Wang, an associate professor sioning: A Tool for Information of Business in Hyderabad. future of the sales profession. of marketing at California State Uni- Dissemination” at the Conference on Dover was tapped to appear versity, Long Beach; was chosen to the Digital Economy (CODE) at the by Jim Hopkins, Salesforce senior mark a new effort inaugurated in Indian School of Business in Neemra- product marketing manager, who the January issue of Management na, Rajasthan, in December. Their produced, wrote and directed the Science, to make scientific research presentation was based on their study, documentary. Hopkins and a crew more accessible to the general public. “Versioning and Information Dissemi- came to campus last summer, Management Science is a schol- nation: A New Perspective,” forthcom- and Dover, fellow sales faculty mem- arly journal that publishes scientific ing in Information Systems Research. Joseph Picken ber Jerome Gafford and students research on the practice of manage- The point of their work, they ended up in the documentary’s ment. It not only published the trio’s wrote, “is to show that the presence Joseph Picken, founder and academic Chapter 3, “Educating Salespeople.” study “Information Sharing, Advice of an informed segment of consum- director of the Institute for Innovation The documentary takes viewers Provision, or Delegations: What ers fundamentally changes the and Entrepreneurship, was the guest to one of the Center for Professional Leads to Higher Trust and Trustwor- information structure of the market, Feb. 27 on the From Founder to CEO, Sales’ regularly scheduled speed-sell- thiness” (https://pubsonline.informs. elevating in the process the relative a podcast aimed at helping entrepre- ing events. As Dover discusses what, org/doi/10.1287/mnsc.2016.2617) — value of information dissemination.” neurs take their businesses and why and how he teaches, students about behavior that promotes coop- themselves from startups to well-led are seen promoting themselves and eration and better outcomes among companies and confident leaders. In their abilities to industry profes- suppliers and customers — but also an episode titled “Overcome the 8 sionals in short rounds that emulate named it one of the journal’s first Hurdles of the Founder to CEO Transi- speed-dating events. two “featured articles.” tion,” host Todd Uterstaedt inter- In March and April, Hopkins took In a Feb. 1 blog post, Management viewed Picken about “From Founder the movie on a six-city screening Science editor David Simchi-Levi ex- to CEO: An Entrepreneur’s Roadmap,” tour that included a UT Dallas Alumni plained that “the challenge is to trans- an article he wrote that appeared in Syam Menon Mixer at the Alamo Drafthouse Cin- late scientific research to the general the January 2017 issue of Business ema in Richardson on March 29. View public in a way that is meaningful and Horizons. Although that article trig- the documentary at www.salesforce. insightful for that audience. gered Uterstaedt’s interest, the pod- com/story-of-sales. “For that purpose,” he continued, cast spent more time on “From Start- “the editorial board will identify two- up to Scalable Enterprise: Laying the three ‘Featured Articles’ every issue Foundation,” another Picken article and will collaborate with the authors that appear in the September-Octo-

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ber 2017 issue of Business Horizons. to serve as the director of the MS in Listen to the podcast at https:// Management Science program. fromfoundertoceo.com/221-joseph- picken. FACULTY AUTHORS Every year, UT Dallas hosts a re- ception at the Eugene McDermott Nassim Sohaee Christina Betanzos Library to honor faculty members’ Collaborative research by Nassim Accounting Senior Lecturer Christina published books and chapters. Re- Sohaee, assistant professor of infor- Betanzos co-authored with her hus- cent Jindal School authors include: mation systems, and two graduate band, Todd Betanzos, a trial consul- students was accepted for presenta- tant and mediator, “Do You Solemnly Orlando Richard tion at Big Traffic 2018, an interna- Swear? A CPA’s Primer on Delivering If the rapid ethnic and racial diversifi- tional workshop on traffic data ana- Truthful and Powerful Testimony,” a cation of the past four decades con- lytics, slated to be held May 3-5 in cover story in the November-Decem- tinues, a Feb. 13 article by Richie San Diego. ber 2017 issue of Today’s CPA, a bi- Bernardo on WalletHub.com said, by The study to be presented, monthly publication of the Texas So- 2044, “no single ethnic group will “Short-Term Traffic Volume Predic- ciety of Certified Public Accountants. Mary Beth Goodrich constitute the majority in the U.S. for tion Using Neural Networks,” uses a Betanzos, who joined the faculty full the first time.” relatively new mathematical model, time in fall 2016 after serving as an Mary Beth Goodrich, senior lecturer WalletHub, which used that infor- the neural network, in an algorithm adjunct since 2012, holds a law de- in accounting, who co-authored Busi- mation as the starting point for an ex- the research trio created. gree in addition to her MBA and fre- ness Process Configuration with SAP amination of ethnicity, race, language As Sohaee and her co-authors quently teaches business law courses. ERP (n.p.: Epistemy Press LLD, 2017) and birthplace across more than 500 wrote, “The neural network offers an with Simha R. Magal, Raymond U.S. cities, sought comment from attractive approach to modeling un- Boykin and Bipin Prabhakar. A text- experts. Orlando Richard, associate defined, complex and nonlinear situa- ADMINISTRATIVE NEWS book geared to both undergraduate professor of organizations, strategy tions.” They “trained” their algorithm, and graduate students, the work and international management, was they wrote, “by using both historical covers the essential concepts, princi- among them. data and non-recurring phenomena ples and techniques of configuring an Asked about main benefits of such as weather.” enterprise resource planning system. living in an ethnically diverse city, The algorithm describes the Richard commented that “diversity negative impact of adverse weather on city councils and leadership teams on travel speed, driving safety and Shawn Alborz can contribute to a broader spectrum many other aspects of traffic, and of viewpoints and perspectives, uses that information to arrive at a which could contribute to innovative short-term traffic forecast. solutions to problems and policy for- Sohaee worked with computer mulation/implementation.” science graduate student Hiranya Jeff Weekley He added that “these effects are Garbha Kuma, and MS in informa- also beneficial to the companies that tion technology and management Jeff Weekley, director of the BS in operate within the community, as and MBA student Aswin Sreeram. Human Resource Management pro- Athena Alimirzaei they can also benefit from ethnic Held in conjunction with the Soci- gram, who co-authored Talent Without diversity. For example, a recent study ety for Industrial and Applied Mathe- Shawn Alborz assumed duties as the Borders: Global Talent Acquisition for of mine published in the Journal of matics’ 18th International Conference interim director of the MS in Supply Competitive Advantage (New York: Ox- Management found that retail stores on Data Mining, the workshop aimed Chain Management program in ford University Press, 2018) with Rob- that had racial diversity operating in to bring attention to traffic studies January after former director Athena ert E. Ployhart and Julian Dalzell. The racially diverse communities outper- and promote artificial intelligence. Alimirzaei stepped down to resume book offers hiring managers straight- formed retail stores with or without teaching duties. Alborz, associate forward advice on recruiting employ- diversity operating in homogeneous dean of web and special projects, ees globally. The authors show manag- or all-white communities.” previously served as the MS in SCM ers how to use analytics and data to program director, and he continues make evidence-based decisions.

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Research Productivity on the Rise, UT Dallas Top 100 Rankings Show

Shrinking Gaps Between Scores Reveal Increase in Competition

By Jimmie R. Markham

The Naveen Jindal School of Management has maintained top 10 standing in the latest UT Dallas Top 100 Business School Research Rankings™. It landed at No. 6 in the North American rankings and No. 7 worldwide. The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania has topped the North American and worldwide standings every year since the rankings were first published in 2005. Despite Wharton’s solid hold on the No. 1 spot, data released Feb. 22 show other schools in the rankings are increasingly produc- tive. The gap between them and Wharton has narrowed. Since 2005, the Jindal School annually has updated its compilation of fac- ulty research published in 24 leading peer-reviewed journals. Each year the rankings are determined based on an aggregate of results from the previous five years. Initially, Dr. Hasan Pirkul, dean of the Jindal School and Caruth Chair, began compiling the rankings as a tool for benchmarking the school’s faculty. The rankings since have earned praise from other business schools not only for the strong methodology of the evaluation system but also because they fill a critical information gap. The UT Dallas Top 100 “is a valuable tool because it measures some-

Top 10 Business Schools in North America Top 10 Business Schools Worldwide

1 University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School 1 University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School

2 Harvard University, Harvard Business School 2 Harvard University, Harvard Business School

3 New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business 3 New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business

4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management 4 INSEAD

5 University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business 5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management

6 The University of Texas at Dallas, Naveen Jindal School of Management 6 University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business

7 University of Chicago, Booth School of Business 7 The University of Texas at Dallas, Naveen Jindal School of Management

8 University of Toronto, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management 8 University of Chicago, Booth School of Business

9 University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Stephen M. Ross School of Business 9 University of Toronto, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

10 Columbia University, Graduate School of Business 10 University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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thing that no other ranking has measured,” Pirkul said. “It provides infor- Business at New York University and the Sloan School of Management at the mation about faculty research productivity across all the disciplines found Massachusetts Institute of Technology rounded out the top five in the world- in a business school, not just specific ones. That’s an important consider- wide rankings. ation for potential students and faculty members who value research. They Harvard has maintained a lock on the No. 2 position for seven years and can be assured that they are selecting a school that has a strong research nine of 14 years. component, which plays a role in providing the most advanced education The Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California experience possible.” joined the top five of the North American rankings this year. The latest rankings reveal that the choice is becoming more difficult to INSEAD, based in France, leapfrogged five schools to reach its No. 4 world- make because the gap in research output between the top schools and those wide ranking compared to its No. 9 ranking last year. It had reached No. 6 in further down the list has closed considerably. In 2005, the first year the rank- 2015. It remained the only school outside North America ever to have cracked ings were released, the difference between the scores of the No. 1 and No. 100 the top 10. schools in the worldwide ranking was 2,022 percent. That difference has now Rounding out the top 10 in the worldwide rankings for 2018 were the tightened to 899 percent. The difference between No. 1 and No. 10 is now just Jindal School, the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, the Uni- 180 percent, compared to 226 percent 14 years ago. versity of Toronto’s Joseph L. Rotman School of Management and the Stephen In the top 10 of the worldwide rankings, the competition was extremely M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. tight. A scant 4.62 points separated No. 4 INSEAD from No. 7 JSOM. The top- For a complete listing of the most recent research productivity ranked Wharton School did have a clear advantage in productivity, outpacing rankings, visit jindal.utdallas.edu/the-utd-top-100-business-school- No. 2 Harvard by nearly 20 points, 164.14 to 124.47. research-rankings. Harvard University’s Business School, the Leonard N. Stern School of

New Human Resource Management Program Adds Certification Prep Course

Jeff Weekley

he BS in Human Resource Management program added a new elective in the spring semester, The Human Resource TProfessional (OBHR 4361), to prepare students to take the Society of Human Resource Management Certified Profes- sional exam. The course covers major human resource management concepts, theories, laws and workplace situations. Dr. Jeff Weekley, program director, says the new degree program, which launched last fall, “had its first three grad- uates last December. We are up to 50 students majoring in HRM, and awareness of the program in the local human resource community is growing.”

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By Jimmie R. Markham New Program at the Jindal School Explores Free-Enterprise Education

Graduate CAFÉ student Himanshu Chiwale at the Lincoln Memorial. Several students from undergraduate and graduate CAFÉ classes attended LibertyCon 2018, hosted by Students for Liberty in Washington, D.C. SFL featured a variety of speakers who shared their thoughts and experiences on the importance and value of free markets and individual liberty.

he Jindal School has launched a new program to help economic and public policy research center at Florida State University, to students gain a better understanding of the American free- serve on the faculty. enterprise system. Dr. Stan Liebowitz, director of CAPRI and Ashbel Smith Professor of The Colloquium for the Advancement of Free-Enterprise Education (CAFÉ) Managerial Economics, is co-director of CAFÉ and a senior research fellow in Tteaches Jindal School students the foundations of economic freedom and the the program. function of ownership rights — and how this affects business practice. The program is jointly funded by a grant of up to $840,000 from a local “I’ve been at UTD for 25 years, and this is something I’ve wanted to do for donor — a UT Dallas graduate who wishes to remain anonymous — and the at least 20,” said Dr. Peter Lewin, director of the program and a professor of Charles Koch Foundation, a charitable organization that supports scholarship finance and managerial economics. “I’m passionate about this program in pressing issues such as criminal justice and policing reform, toleration and free speech, foreign policy, economic freedom, technology and innovation, and K-12 education. Undergraduate CAFÉ fellows can receive up to $5,000, and graduate fel- lows can receive up to $10,000. As part of the fellowship, students are eligible to participate in interactive, elective UT Dallas activities, such as student clubs and reading groups. Fellows also can participate in interactive off-campus Peter Lewin Matthew Kelly Seth Giertz Stan Liebowitz elective activities, such as attendance at national or state conferences, that are related to the mission of the program. because I want to educate students who are not only trained in their specific “We will invite guest speakers who will present something very topi- academic areas but who are also educated in economic principles underlying cal,” Lewin said. “It will be open to our fellows, as well as the University the American free-enterprise system so that they can go on to become well- and the public.” informed business leaders.” In addition, fellows will complete two courses (one per semester) over the Operating within the Center for the Analysis of Property Rights and calendar year. These two courses examine the comparative performance of Innovation, CAFÉ will invite undergraduate and graduate students to apply economies with different institutional structures. for a fellowship. The 2018 cohort of CAFÉ fellows includes 11 undergraduate Graduate fellows in the program can pursue research, help undergradu- students and seven master’s students. ates involved in the program and assist faculty with research or articles. The program has recruited two research fellows, Dr. Seth H. Giertz, an “The target audience for research coming out of CAFÉ consists of con- associate professor of economics in the UT Dallas School of Economic, Political nected, aware, curious businesspeople and academics, and the think-tank and Policy Sciences, and Matthew Kelly, formerly a policy analyst at an environment,” Lewin said.

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Professor’s Off-Campus Contributions Win New Academic Support

By Jimmie R. Markham

professor’s enthusi- force in the organization’s astic participation in development by lending A a new organization his expertise from an aca- trying to advance the profes- demic perspective.” sion of sales has resulted in Santucci told the audi- a $60,000 donation to the ence that even though

Center for Professional Sales From the left: Dr. Howard Dover, director of the Jindal School’s Center for other universities had ap- at the Jindal School. Professional Sales; Sales Enablement Society founding member Jennifer proached him with offers Dr. Howard Dover, Jacober; society board member Nicole O’Brien; society president and of academic research, the director of the center and of co-founder Scott Santucci; and Dr. Hasan Pirkul, Jindal School dean; at organization had chosen JSOM’s Professional Sales the SES check presentation in October. UT Dallas as its academic Concentration, says the gift partner in appreciation from Sales Enablement Soci- for the contributions that ety (www.sesociety.org) is the Dover has made. single largest donation that Pirkul announced that the center has received to date. Having someone with Dover’s academic the Jindal School would make a matching “It’s a very generous gift from a society credentials be a contributing member “helps gift and establish a permanent endowment that wants to establish an academic pres- us see ourselves through a different lens,” of $120,000. He said he would like to see ence by having us focus on moving the field Santucci said. the endowment reach a value of $1 million. of sales forward,” Dover says. “It’s going to Established in 2016, the society exists to O’Brien, one of the founding five mem- allow us to conduct research, continue cur- elevate sales enablement as a recognized pro- bers of the society, said that the organization’s riculum development, and send faculty and fession globally. Sales enablement is an evolv- goal is ultimately to see sales enablement as students to events like the SES conference.” ing concept of combining tools, resources and a cohesive practice and not just as individual Leaders from the society including Scott training to streamline the sales process and roles within an organization. Santucci, president and co-founder of the help make individual salespeople and sales “It should be elevated higher as a struc- Washington-based not-for-profit, presented teams more effective. ture,” she said. “The purpose of this gift is a check to Dover and Dr. Hasan Pirkul, dean Society board member Nicole O’Brien to partner with the Center for Professional of the Jindal School, at the organization’s an- explained that Dover had joined the group Sales to help us determine what that struc- nual conference, held in Dallas last October. at an early stage and “has been a guiding ture will look like.”

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EMBA STUDENT TEAM ANALYZE NAFTA WHAT-IFS FOR CANADIAN CONSULATE

our Executive MBA students at the Jindal School recently consul and trade commissioner at the Consulate General of Canada had the opportunity to dive into a topic currently domi- in Dallas. “In 2017, Canada bought more goods and services — nating news reports — the North American Free Trade $341 billion — from the United States than did China, Japan, Agreement, NAFTA — at the behest of the Canadian Mexico or the United Kingdom. Texas sold $27 billion in Consulate in Dallas. goods and services to Canada in 2017. Texas has a $4.5 bil- FDavid Weiner, consul and senior lion trade surplus with Canada.” trade commissioner for Canada, who The JSOM students identified has since transferred out of Dallas, areas where the economic pain approached JSOM to ask if a student would be greatest in Canada, Texas group would be interested in analyzing and Louisiana if NAFTA were to go the economic ramifications for the states away, drilling down to a county level. of Texas and Louisiana, and Canada if They also identified the state legislator NAFTA ceased to exist. representing that area. Students in Dr. Stephen Starting with conducting Kiser’s Global Business business analytics on NAFTA course — Sudipto Bose, provided by the Canadian Vicky Eaglebear, Bob Landi and Consulate’s office, they also Russell Wiant — took on the task. evaluated Canada’s economic “No two structure, current economic situations O T

nations depend and outlook, and major industries oper- O more on each other

ating in Canada. In addition, they looked at ockPH for their mutual pros- the current fiscal status and key global economic st perity and security than the United factors that could affect the country over the next 12 to 18 egro4ka/I States and Canada,” said Delon Chan, months. Data also was used from the U.S. Census Bureau, the nd ©a

Delon Chan

panies must follow when disclosing financial infor- for anyone working with a publicly traded firm.” New Accounting Elective mation to investors and other market participants. Beyond SEC-mandated rules, though, Files says, These realities are why Accounting Associate “companies have a lot of avenues through which Highlights the Importance Professor Rebecca Files has created a new gradu- they can voluntarily provide information about their ate accounting course on corporate disclosures company — conference calls, Twitter, news articles, that starts this fall. Forensic Analysis of Corporate just to name a few.” of Corporate Disclosures Disclosures (ACCT 6368) will examine numerous Disclosure choices have important implica- aspects of the corporate disclosure environments of tions for businesses and their managers. Files firms, including mandatory disclosure requirements says the course will cover academic research ffectively disclosing information to outsid- and voluntary disclosure choices. projects that link disclosures to improved stock ers is a critical component of any business. “The way in which something is disclosed can performance, enhanced fraud detection and EDisclosure practices are so important that have a huge impact on investor response,” Files says. strengthened market reputation. regulators, including the Securities and Exchange “So understanding the rules that the SEC has put “There are numerous benefits to effective dis- Commission, have instituted specific rules that com- into place regarding corporate disclosures is critical closures,” says Files, “but there are also important

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By Glenda Vosburgh

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Stan- “If a company’s costs go up, they could decide Sudipto Bose dard & Poors. Vicky Eaglebear to pass that on to customers, but they could also Each student focused on a different choose to cut costs by laying off workers,” said area of research. Eaglebear researched Bose, general manager, Automotive and Power Canada. Bose researched gross domestic Business, Tektronix; who added that manu- product and employment over the past facturers of the F-16s in Fort Worth could three decades in Canada, Texas and the suffer if NAFTA dies. United States. Landi looked at NAFTA’s For Eaglebear, executive sales special- impact on business and some of the ist, Roofing Business, Owens Corning; her negotiation elements of the trade research into Canada changed the way she agreement; and Wiant used Microsoft thinks about NAFTA. “I really saw how doing Power BI to analyze the possible effect away with it could have devastating effects,” she of tariffs on Texas and Louisiana ex- said. “I feel like we shouldn’t act on impulse ports to Canada. The goal of the analysis with NAFTA.” was to identify the regions in the two states Once the students had presented the where jobs and wages might be lost if NAFTA Bob Landi results of their research in class, they gave a were to be repealed. Russell Wiant presentation to Vasken Khabayan, Canada’s One particularly interesting discovery, consul general (acting) in Dallas. Wiant said, was the impact the demise of NAFTA could have on the “It was fascinating to present it to the consul supply chain, particularly when it comes to auto manufacturers and because it took it from the classroom into real their suppliers. life,” said Landi, director of operations excellence, Lennox Interna- If NAFTA goes away, higher tariffs on trade could make cars more tional. “My part was to look at NAFTA’s impact on business and some expensive and have an impact on companies such as one near San of the negotiations. It was interesting to see how everything kicks off Antonio that makes seat belts. with one element and then how the discussions go back and forth.” “That’s where it goes from not being a good idea to do away The Canadian Consulate has referred to information from the with NAFTA to being really scary,” Wiant said. “You wouldn’t believe students’ research in its advocacy of NAFTA, and in talking with U.S. how many times a car goes back and forth from Mexico to the U.S., and Texas elected officials, and to companies about the importance to Canada and back again during the manufacturing process.” of the U.S.-Canada trade relationship to the Texas economy.

legal implications for firms and managers that fail to Other topics covered in the course include disclose appropriately.” EDGAR — the acronym for the SEC’s Electronic “We will discuss the role of the SEC in combat- Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system — ing fraud and how firm managers and its board of SEC comment letters, restatements, management directors should respond when faced with allega- earnings forecasts, pro forma earnings, and con- tions of fraud.” ference calls. More than just the rules of disclosure, though, “Although this course is an accounting elective, Files says, “I want students to understand the big- “I want students to it is designed for anyone interested in pursuing ger picture of how disclosure affects other people. careers in auditing — external and internal, corpo- Students will gain a lot of practical knowledge from understand the bigger rate accounting or finance, management, consulting, industry professionals who will be speaking to our compliance or public relations,” Files says. “My hope class. The course will also include a group project picture of how disclosure is that this course will better prepare students to that allows them to analyze the disclosure choices deal with the realities of auditing or consulting a of a particular firm throughout the semester.” affects other people.” complex, publicly traded firm.

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a Tuesday evening last fall, students distributors, and six local craft brewery owners. On in a new course, “The Craft Brewing The owners included three UT Dallas graduates: Industry in Texas,” studiously watched a TV ad Michael Peticolas, BA 1995, of Peticolas Brew- that mocked the very subject they were learn- ing Company; Joel Malone, JSOM BS 1995, MBA ing about. 2011 and MS 2011, of Bishop Cider Company; and “Let them sip their Pumpkin Peach Ale,” said David Wedemeier, JSOM BS 2002 and MBA 2005, the Budweiser ad. “Our beer is brewed for drink- of Martin House Brewing Company. ing, not dissecting.” “Listening to all these different local industry Bud might still be the “King of Beers,” but the experts taught me a lot about how you overcome craft brewing revolution is challenging that throne, challenges and become successful,” said Lance Berg- contributing $4.9 billion to the Texas economy alone strom, an investor in the Dallas-based Manhattan last year, according to Dr. Richard Harrison, an Project Beer Company and a self-described “beer neo- associate professor in the Jindal School who created phyte.” “I wish they had a class like this at SMU when I the class. was getting my master’s there.” Harrison’s course took a timely look at one of the Bergstrom was one of several students in the class fastest-emerging areas of local business, said Tiney Ric- who already were involved in local craft brewing or ciardi, craft beer journalist at The Dallas Morning News. hoped to find a job in the industry. Others said they “People see opportunity in local beer,” said Ricciardi, enrolled simply to learn more about the beer business. guest speaker in a class session that focused on how It was “such a great, informative class, even for some- media cover craft brewing. “I think Professor Harrison’s one like me who just likes to drink all different kinds of class is really encouraging … it’s a sign that the North Texas beer,” said Dick Morrison, who works at a local manufactur- beer industry is being taken seriously.” ing company. “I’ve learned the industry is changing and Harrison, a self-described craft beer enthusiast, got the running a brewery is hard. You really need a couple million idea for the course after reading research from colleagues dollars just to get started.” at Stanford University on “resource partitioning theory” Adapting to a quickly evolving landscape was a recur- and craft beer: As big corporate brewers consolidated, it ring topic in the course. Ricciardi talked about how big created space in the 1980s and beyond for small brewers corporate brewers are now jumping on the craft beer to pop up and sell a wide variety of stouts, lagers and bandwagon, which threatens smaller business. She also India pale ales. said the rapid increase of local craft breweries might The craft beer boom was slow to hit North Texas, create “a harsh reality” that could close some busi- but when it did, it hit hard. Five years ago, there were nesses and force brand-new breweries to scale back only five craft breweries in the area. Today, there are their launches. 60, and they employ “probably less than 1,000 work- Students who took the course were confronted ers,” Harrison said. But, he added, if you include beer with tough questions on how to approach such a fast- distributors, workers in craft beer bars — all the employees growing industry. Harrison said one conundrum is how to keep upstream and downstream, the industry accounts for thousands of local jobs. competition from ruining the cooperative nature of craft breweries in Texas. The 20 students in Harrison’s class didn’t drink beer as part of the course. “Right now, it’s a tight-knit network of people who don’t act like competi- ock Est

Instead, they dissected every aspect of the craft brewing business, from tors,” he said. “If someone runs low on hops or grain, someone will loan them B O D financing and production to cutting through the thicket of regulations you some. It’s almost like a social movement. Everyone helps each other.” A er/ t ea

need to pass before you can sell a single pint of lager. The bigger question, he said, is whether the industry can keep grow- t “There are a lot of hurdles breweries have to go through,” Har- ing without losing its integrity and its customers. Last year, after By ck, carro ck,

rison said. “It’s a long, elaborate process.” MillerCoors bought Granbury-based Revolver Brewing, Harrison mi

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Alcoholic Beverage Commission, two representatives of major beer never drink Revolver beer again. ©volff,

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Right now, it’s a tight-knit network of people who don’t act like competitors.

Richard Harrison Tiney Ricciardi Ricciardi discussing craft-brewing publications in Harrison’s class

“Craft breweries are supposed to be small and independent and use Like the industry it covered, Harrison’s craft-brewing course, taught in the hand-crafted methods, as opposed to mass production. Once you get bought fall 2017 semester, was small and independent, offered as a Special Topics in by MillerCoors, what does that do to your identity? What does that do to Organizational Behavior (OB6V99) class. Scheduled to return next fall as a consumer perception of your authenticity?” Harrison said. regular course, it will be assigned a new Organizational Behavior (OB) course “An emerging industry like this has lot of interesting questions,” he said, number and will appear in the UT Dallas online catalog this summer. If you are “and not all the answers are clear.” interested in enrolling, look for it there or contact Harrison.

‘Fearless’ Strategist Honored with Marketing Legends Award

By T.D. Christensen est-selling author David Meerman are fearless in their passion, and David has lost his job in 2002 when the company was Scott, the marketing strategist who been fearless in his embrace of new rules for sold to new owners. Bcoined the term “newsjacking,” was marketing,” Edsel said. “His contributions in “Getting fired jolts you into reality and honored with the Naveen Jindal School of social media marketing have turned a lot of gets you out of your comfort zone,” he said. Management 2017 Marketing Legends Award conventional wisdom on its head.” “It was the best thing that happened to me.” last October. Scott began his career in Wall Street bond Scott launched a blog that became popu- Scott, whose 10 books include the influ- trading — an experience that taught him to lar and became an early advocate of social ential The New Rules of Marketing and PR: react quickly. He became a vice president of media and free internet content. In 2007, he How to Use Social Media, Online Video, Mobile marketing for NewsEdge Corporation but struck a chord with The New Rules of Market- Applications, Blogs, News Releases, and Viral ing and PR, which is now available in 29 Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly, 6th edition languages, from Albanian to Vietnamese. (Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley and Sons, 2017), Scott talked about the right methods of preached the message of marketing in real standing out, including being fearless and time and using social media to create atten- “newsjacking” a story with a video or post tion and build business. that redirects the attention to you. Hours after “It’s about speed. It’s about agility. It’s Donald Trump was elected president, Scott about realizing the time is now,” he said in gained widespread attention for his tweet a lecture before receiving the award. “The “The Best Marketer Was Elected President.” world has changed, but most corporations In accepting the award, Scott praised the have not.” Jindal School for wisely partnering with the Scott’s books and ideas have helped trans- business community “so students can get form the industry, said Alex Edsel, director practical information and quickly apply it to David Meerman Scott (left) receiving his of the MS in Marketing program. “Legends Marketing Legends Award from Alex Edsel their career.”

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by Jimmie R. Markham Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance Boardroom Visit Shows Students a CEO’s Perspective

tudents from the Executive MBA program True to MacDowell’s servant-leader style, Sat the Naveen Jindal School of Management his presentation was followed by a question- recently took a field trip that gave them valuable and-answer period that allowed other institute insights into how boardrooms operate. members in attendance to share their knowledge Dr. Diane McNulty, associate dean for external and experience. affairs and corporate development, invited three “Our membership consists of thought lead- students from her Corporate Governance class to ers in corporate governance, including public/ join an excursion organized by the Jindal School’s private company directors, C-suite officers and Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance. nonprofit organization directors,” said Dennis Institute member Harold MacDowell, CEO and McCuistion, executive director of the institute. board member of TDIndustries, had invited fellow “These are experts sharing information with IECG members to company headquarters for a other experts. The environment tends to be “boardroom chat.” During it, he discussed the ser- more collegial than hierarchical.” vant leadership model that has earned TDIndus- When McNulty invited EMBA students Russell tries the distinction of having been on Fortune Wiant, Tim Reazor and Jori Wiemer to the event, magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” for they were all excited about the opportunity to 20 consecutive years. network with experts in corporate governance.

Top: Harold McDowell and Kelli Freeman Opposite page (from left): Dennis M cCuistion, Harold McDowell, Diane McNulty, Jori Wiemer, Russell Wiant Bottom: Harold McDowell and Tim Reazor

Jindal School Center Launches New Research Partnership in France By T.D. Christensen

he International Center for Decision and Risk Analysis signed the agreement in Le Mans. He said “the partnership will (ICDRiA) in the Jindal School has joined forces in a enhance the Jindal School’s research profile in Europe and prom- research partnership with the new Risk and Insurance ises to establish welcome new ties in energy, finance, insurance, Institute at Le Mans University in France. operations management and other disciplines.” TDr. Alain Bensoussan, director of ICDRiA and a Jindal School The French-born Bensoussan joined the UT Dallas faculty professor of risk and decision analysis who holds a Lars Magnus in 2004 after leading the European Space Agency from 1999 to Ericsson Chair, signed the formal agreement for the partnership 2002. He founded ICDRiA in 2004 to study how large-invest- last November in France. ment industrial projects can better manage risks, uncertainties “This agreement will contribute greatly,“ Bensoussan said, “to and decision-making. UT Dallas’ goal of successfully developing international relations. Le Mans, located 130 miles southwest of Paris, is best known … “Joining forces with a dynamic school like Le Mans University for its annual endurance sports car race. But it is also the home will build strength and create positive results that will benefit of several global insurance headquarters, which collaborate with both universities.” Le Mans University on risk analysis initiatives. The new partner- Dr. Hasan Pirkul, Jindal School dean and Caruth Chair, also ship between UT Dallas and Le Mans University will “create a

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“As part of the Executive MBA program, Dr. McNulty has helped pull us into a couple of things with the IECG,” Wiant said. “We went through its nonprofit certificate program and got an idea about how boards work. “With this event, we got a whole new perspec- tive. We got to listen to a CEO give his thoughts in a closed room on how and why a board is formed and what he wants out of it. Although we got to see the other side of it through the course, today it was nice being able to see the CEO’s side of it.” For Reazor, events such as the TDIndustries visit serve as springboards for brainstorming ses- sions with faculty. “We have zero experience in terms of account- are grateful for educational experiences that more like this are pretty amazing.” ability when forming a company, so it was inter- closely align with how the corporate world works McCuistion, who organized the event along esting to hear MacDowell explain how he chose to and go beyond examples they get in the classroom. with institute advisory board members Stephen recruit diversity of thought for his board,” Reazor “It goes into why we’re getting this degree,” Konstans and Kelli Freeman, saw a variety of ben- said. “How does he hold his people accountable, Wiemer said. “In some cases, our classmates are efits for the students. and how does the board hold them accountable? pretty frank at the beginning of the program. “EMBA students are going to or already serve Now that we’ve participated in this event, we can Some people are in it because they need the piece on boards, so this will reinforce some of the things ask Dr. McNulty these types of questions, and of paper, or because the job requirements have they know and give them some new ideas,” he she can give us the answers. That’s the best part changed to get the promotion they need. said. “But even more than that, to hear a servant about being in this program.” For those of us that have that extra drive and leader like Harold MacDowell talk about what it’s Since all three students expect to serve on desire and really want to be able to put the pieces like in the company and focus on culture and per- boards at some point during their careers, they together outside of the classroom, experiences formance — this is a great experience for that.”

Jindal School Center Launches New Research Partnership in France By T.D. Christensen

critical mass” in researching the insurance, health wants to better use stochastic maintenance, which and energy industries, Bensoussan said. Bensoussan described as “preventative medicine” The partners have already embarked on several for maintaining any type of structure, from air- projects, including a collaboration with Eren, a planes to bridges to industrial plants. French renewable energy company that invests in “Stochastic maintenance is a very important wind farms. issue. Thanks to big data, you can know very pre- “We are interested in renewable energies cisely when it’s time to do maintenance, which because there is a lot of competition and uncer- saves a lot of money,” he said. tainty in that business,” Bensoussan said. He said the partnership between ICDRiA and “If there’s no wind at the wind farm, that’s a big Le Mans University’s Risk and Insurance Institute risk. How do they make sure they succeed and Alain Bensoussan also is interested in exploring the United States’ not lose money? How do they make it scientifi- deteriorating infrastructure. Other potential future cally viable?” projects include working with American financial The second project involves a company that institutions and energy providers, he said.

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he Jindal School will host deans, academic and program directors and other strategic decision-makers focused on part-time MBA and online MBA programs on the UT Dallas Tcampus in two overlapping conferences this fall. The 2018 Part-Time MBA Conference, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, opens first. It will run from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 and have the theme of The PMBA of the Future and The Future of the PMBA. Beginning Oct. 1 and concluding Oct. 3, the Online MBA Conference will be a gathering of the people behind established online MBA programs who are focused on how technology is changing expectations of what it means to be a student. “If you are curious about the future,” JSOM Dean Hasan Pirkul says in conference website (jindal.utdallas.edu/events/mba-conferences/) welcoming remarks, “these conferences, … will include stellar groups of colleagues to engage. Each conference will encourage thought-pro- voking conversations, debates on several issues confronting us and discussions of emerging ideas to promote program success at every level — from the classroom to the dean’s suite.” “It is our hope that conference attendees will take home a bucket of gold nugget ideas that they can implement at their own institutions. The congeniality of those who attend is unique, and the opportunities to benchmark other great programs is another great conference takeaway” said JSOM Senior Associate Dean Monica Powell, chief organizer of both conferences.

Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management Launches Podcast

he Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management at the Other guests have included Dr. Cory Kidd, CEO and founder of Catalia T Jindal School has launched The Business of Healthcare, a podcast that Health; David Toomey, senior vice president of Sharecare’s enterprise division; brings together business leaders and other forward thinkers to discuss how and Dr. Jason Wolf of The Beryl Institute. Jindal School 2014 MS in Healthcare best to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing, increasingly complex health- Leadership and Management for Physicians alumnus Dr. Peter Baek, CEO care industry. The host of the show, Dr. Britt Berrett, is the director of the center and founder of Vigilant Labels (see Alumni Notes on page 51), also has been as well as the director of the Jindal School’s BS in Healthcare Management pro- a guest; as has Dr. Marilyn Moon, an institute fellow at Washington-based gram. Dr. Keith Thurgood, director of the Executive MS in Healthcare Leadership American Institutes for Research; and author Dr. Jim Rickards, a past chief and Management for professionals, also serves as occasional host and guest. medical officer of the Oregon Health Authority. Discussions have focused on thorny challenges in the healthcare industry, including optimizing the patient experience, pricing transparency, community-

Britt Berrett coordinated-care organizations and leading effectively during volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous times. Innovative healthcare technology such anesthesia labeling and Mabu, a healthcare companion robot that helps Keith Thurgood people deal with chronic illness also have been featured. The podcast can be found at www.businessofhealthcarepodcast.com, on Apple Podcasts and in most popular podcasting apps.

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“This year’s case involved a large parcel in Jindal School Team Wins Texas Shoot-Out what is hoped to become downtown Farmers Real Estate Case Competition Branch, but currently is best described as ‘in tran- sition,’ ” said George DeCourcy, associate director of the Real Estate Concentration. The City of Farmers Branch initiated the case used in the competition by issuing a request for proposal. Mayor Robert C. Dye laid out the city’s vision for the project in a letter to the competitors, explaining that the proposal — for “a true live, work, play environment that residents, and non-residents alike, can call home” — would “help change our City’s landscape for generations to come.” The team’s proposal, “The Next Chapter for Farmers Branch,” provided market, site and gap (From left) Betsy Cheung, Haylee Tubbs, Colby Porter, Joseph Barnett, Patrick Kerns and George DeCourcy analyses and offered a highest-and-best-use pro- posal, real-estate parlance for a development that By Jimmie R. Markham opment association, tasked the teams with creat- is physically possible, appropriately supported, ing an idea for redeveloping a five-acre plot of land financially feasible and results in the highest value. Naveen Jindal School of Management northeast of the DART Farmers Branch Station. Students also included a financial analysis and a Ateam of graduate students from the Real The JSOM team members were double MBA- recommended site design. Estate Concentration won a case competition that finance students Joseph Barnett and Colby Porter, “Our team developed a unique mix of retail and offered ideas for a revitalization project adjacent MBA students Betsy Cheung and Haylee Tubbs, office with walkability and environmentally sensi- to the DART rail Farmers Branch Station. and master’s in finance student Patrick Kerns. tive touches that played off all the surrounding The Texas Shoot-Out Real Estate Case Chal- The students took first place and split a $6,000 elements and the site potential,” DeCourcy said. lenge, which was sponsored by the North Texas prize for their winning efforts. They prevailed over “They even projected the outcome of a negotia- chapter of the National Association for Industrial teams from SMU, TCU, UT Arlington and UT Austin tion with city on funding for burying some existing and Office Parks, a commercial real estate devel- at the April 5 finals. power lines.”

JSOM Duo Earns By Jimmie R. Markham Research Fellowship

he Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) awarded research fellowships in the fall 2017 semester to two students from the Jindal School through its GARP Fellowship Research Program. TNam Nguyen, who graduated in December with a master’s degree in finance, and Ndackyssa Oyima-Antseleve, who is pursuing the same degree, were each awarded $1,500 to work on a joint project related to global financial risk management, “Bank credit and working capital management: risk analysis in oil and gas industry.” The proposal was based on a project the pair had done in a course, Numerical and Statistical Methods in Finance (FIN 6382), taught by Dr. Liping Ma, a Ndackyssa Oyima-Antseleve, Liping Ma and Nam Nguyen

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clinical assistant professor of finance. Ma, who is serving as Nguyen and Oyima-Antseleve’s advisor, said that earning the research award was a big accomplishment, one that demonstrates a pattern of success for Jindal School students. “This is the second time that UTD students have won this award,” she said. “One student, 2016 MS in Finance alumnus Kamiar Kordi, won this award as a single author in fall of 2016.” The goal of Nguyen’s and Oyima-Antseleve’s research “is to investigate the effect of availability of bank credit on the critical operation assets, working capital accounts, which supports short-term business routines of a company,” Oyima-Antseleve said. “It focuses mainly on companies in the oil and gas sector and investigates to what extent each sub-industry is affected.” So far, the two researchers have reviewed the available literature and reinforced its approach to constructing a model that will, according to Oyima-Antseleve, “better capture the systematic relationship between the concerned variables.” In April, Nguyen and Oyima-Antseleve had nearly finished constructing a dataset and were moving into the coding phase to build their model. “Once the model is built, our next step will be to report on the analysis and write up the overall research paper,” Oyima- Antseleve said. “We intend to have it ready by June for publication on the GARP website and subsequently to have it submitted

to another journal.”

CAFÉ STUDENTS MEET SMILE, MR. PRIME MINISTER MEDIA MOGUL STEVE FORBES

On March 12, their first full day after arriving in Australia for Students in the new CAFÉ program (see page 33) attended the a spring break short course, who should UT Dallas students Students for Liberty conference — LibertyCon 2018 — in Washington, in Regional Management Area Studies: Asia – Australia (IMS D.C., March 2-4, where they met Steve Forbes, chairman and editor- 3093) run into? Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. in-chief of Forbes Media. From left: Evan McClure, Joshua Evers, Anny The fortuitous meeting took place at BlueScope steelworks Shechtman, Weiwei Qin, Forbes, Kevin Cangelosi, Cynthia Liu, Patrick at Port Kembla, New South Wales, where the students had Fitzsimmons and Meher Vallabhaneni gone to learn about environmental advancements made at the steelworks. Turnbull had picked BlueScope, which has Kansas City-based operations in the United States, to talk about Australia’s exemption from steel tariffs U.S. President Donald Trump had just announced. Taking command of many cameras, Turnbull smiled his way through a barrage of selfies with students from both UT Dallas and Minnesota — and later retweeted JSOM’s tweet about the chance encounter.

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Graduate Student Selected for National Student Entrepreneur Fellowship

JSOM graduate student Omeed Shams student in innovation and entrepreneurship. has been accepted into a national fellowship As part of the program, each of the fel- program that he hopes will accelerate his lows will be sharing skills with their col- entrepreneurship capabilities and help grow leagues. Shams’ presentation is called, “How his company. to Build a Team on a Bootstrap Budget.” Shams is one of 17 college students His work focuses on a platform called awarded a 2018 Future Founders Fellowship, Kwest. In 2016, the app was used as a local which provides mentoring, entrepreneurship scavenger hunt/guided tour platform. Now, retreats, peer skill sharing and volunteer op- Kwest has been updated as an augmented portunities. reality gaming platform. “I’m excited to meet these people and “I think it has a ton of potential — both stay connected with them, but also learn from a consumer standpoint, but also from from them as well. They’re all in a very simi- an acquisition standpoint,” he says. “If it gets lar stage that I’m in,” says Shams, a master’s acquired, I will launch something else.”

BUSINESS ANALYTICS STUDENTS CELEBRATE WINS

MS in Business Analytics Program Director Kashif Saeed (back row, center) and Program Coordinator Mary Christine Sayre (back row, far right) celebrated with the winners of the program’s United Way and Texas Instruments Analytics Challenges. Business Analytics students collaborated with industry and community partners to solve analytic challenges facing their organizations, using a variety of skills and complex analytic applications. Cash prizes ranging from $250 to $1,000 were awarded first-, second- and third-place teams at Jan. 24 ceremony at which JSOM Dean Hasan Pirkul presided.

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Accounting Students Score Scholarships from the Texas Society of CPAs

The Accounting Education Foundation of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants this spring awarded a $2,500 scholarship to each of five graduate students in the Jindal School’s The five Professional Program in Accounting students who earned TSCPA scholarships this spring are (from left) Iqra Ali, Tamra Gibson, Jason Albritton, Triza Nganga and Michael Cheney. Professional Program in Accounting. On the way to earning their master’s degrees, all five students, Jason Albritton, Iqra Ali, Michael Foundation’s mission to promote and reward educational Cheny, Tamra Gibson and Triza Nganga, are taking a CPA Review excellence by awarding scholarships to students and recognizing course together in preparation for the four-part professional outstanding accounting teachers. examination. It covers: Auditing and Attestation, Business Besides being accounting majors at a Texas college or university, Environment and Concepts, Financial Accounting and Reporting, foundation scholarship recipients share the intent of becoming a and Regulation. Spring exam season began Feb. 26 and runs Texas CPA and entering the accounting profession upon graduation. through May 11. They also must have a high cumulative college grade-point average CPAs throughout Texas have funded the Accounting Education and perform well in accounting classes.

PhD Student’s Research Into Online Physician Reviews Earns Best Paper Award

ecturer Danish H. Saifee, who is pursuing a PhD in management science with a concentration in information systems, earned the Best Student Paper award at the Conference on Health IT and Analytics (CHITA) in Washington, D.C., last November for “Are Online Reviews of Physicians Reliable

L Indicators of Clinical Outcomes? A Focus on Chronic Disease Management.” The study focuses on the question of the reliability of online reviews of physicians on websites such as Vitals and Yelp, which are growing in popularity among patients and other healthcare consumers. In particular, the study questioned the reliability of such reviews relative to quantitative clinical outcomes — such as 30-day read- mission and emergency room visit rates — for chronic conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The key finding of this study is that online reviews of physicians may not be dependable when considered for evaluating the quality of care provided by these physicians to patients suffering from chronic conditions. Saifee’s co-authors on the study are JSOM Information Systems Area faculty members Drs. Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng, Indranil R. Bardhan and Atanu Lahiri. A previous version of the paper with the same co-authors won the Best Paper Award at the International

Conference for Smart Health (ICSH) in Hong Kong last June.

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By Jimmie R. Markham

BIG IDEAS ABOUND AT STARTUP PITCH COMPETITION

PhD student who co-founded NeuroRehab undergraduate idea. Their concept involved VR, said the honors brought extra validation a modular drone design with interchange- for her team’s efforts. able sensors. “Virtual reality is new,” she said. “We’re Elaine Wang, a Jindal School master’s trying to bring something that wasn’t in management science student, and Trusit already there. We’ve gotten validation from Shah, a computer science PhD student, our patients and therapists. Now getting presented Cthrough, a mobile app that en-

NeuroRehab VR co-founder Vena Somareddy it from Guy Kawasaki and everybody else hances the user’s experience at attractions means a lot.” such as zoos and museums. Cthrough, won keeping with its driving spirit of Kawasaki, a brand evangelist and best- the $10,000 second-place prize. INinnovation, the Institute for Innova- selling author, shared his tips on “The Art Other winners included Skyven Tech- tion and Entrepreneurship (IIE) renamed of Innovation” in the keynote address and nologies, which earned the $2,500 Biggest it annual campus-wide contest last year, served as a judge, along with Jeff Williams, Social Impact Award, and UT Dallas’ Brain changing it from the Business Idea Competi- BS 1987, a partner at Interlock; Julie Nickols, Performance Institute, which snagged the tion to the Big Idea Competition. an attorney and partner at Haynes and $2,500 award for the Biggest, Most Innova- Entries at the finals held last Nov. 16 Boone LLP; Courtney Caldwell, MBA 2006, tive Idea. ranged from wearable robotics that help co-founder of ShearShare; and Robert Presented by title sponsor Interlock folks with knee injuries become more mobile Metcalfe, Ethernet co-founder and a pro- Partners, the competition featured graduate to web portals that improve the food supply fessor at The University of Texas at Austin’s and undergraduate students who vied for chain. Other competitors: drones that Cockrell School of Engineering. $40,000 in cash and scholarship prizes. Other municipal governments can use to detect air According to Julie Nichols, the quality sponsors and community partners included pollution, and virtual and augmented reality of the ideas — whether from graduate or Tolleson Wealth Management, Capital Factory, tools that improve brain health and enhance undergraduate students — was so high that the Dallas Entrepreneur Center, the Dallas leisure activities. it made for a difficult deliberation by the chapter of TiE and MassChallenge Texas.

Top honors went to NeuroRehab VR, a judging panel. company that develops virtual reality games “We were all very impressed with how to help patients recover from strokes, relatively far along the companies had neurodegenerative diseases or traumatic come in a short period of time,” she said. brain injuries by using the brain’s neuroplas- “I was very impressed with Alta Air — for ticity to develop new neural pathways. undergrads, that was a pretty sophisticated The judges unanimously agreed that operation they’ve come up with.” NeuroRehab VR put forth the best idea of the Alta Air, whose members were Jindal day and awarded the team the first-place, School sophomores Konan Mirza and Jason $15,000 prize. The team also took home the Tran, both finance and economics double $2,500 Diversity and Inclusion Award. majors, and electrical engineering student Veena Somareddy, a School of Arts, Yosias Kassaye, took home the third-place Technology and Emerging Communication $5,000 prize and won $2,500 for the best

Top: Alta Air team members (from left) Tran, Mirza and Kassaye Bottom: BIC judges

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Glenn became an entrepreneur in the early 2000s, real-world information that UT Dallas offered. 1970s and he still believes “entrepreneurs can and will change When she is not working, she enjoys time spent with Charles Michael (Mike) Brodie, BS 1976, was appointed the world.” While at the Jindal School, he was inspired by her husband, visits from their two adult daughters, explor- chairman of the UT Dallas his strategic planning professor, the late Dr. Richard Tozer ing the outdoors and lots of time with her dog, Charlie. Development Board last fall. He (1939-2016), who encouraged him to finish his education. replaced Phil Ritter, the chief oper- Glenn earned an MBA from Harvard (University) Business ating officer at Meadows Mental School in 1987, and Tozer eventually became a director and 1990s Health Policy Institute, who had chairman of the board of Glenn’s first startup. Beth Gerwe, MS 1991, is a managing director of Deloitte served as board chair since 2010. Tax LLP in Dallas as well as the Mike is broker and owner of Keller Cristie Feldman Schlosser, BS 1984, is the principal North Texas Inclusion Leader for Williams Realty and a 2017 Distinguished Alumnus. interior designer with the Schlosser Design Group LLC, Deloitte. She spoke at the UT Dal- “As a graduate and neighbor of UT Dallas, the Univer- which she opened in the 1990s. Cristie is credentialed as las Diversity Lecture Series on sity has influenced my life for a number of years. Now, it is a Registered Interior Designer, by the American Society of Feb. 6 on “Unleashing the Power time for me to give back to the university that did so much Interior Design — ASID, and by of Inclusion: Attracting and for me,” he says. the National Council for Interior Engaging the Evolving Workforce.” Mike and his partners opened the Plano office of Keller Design Qualification — NCIDQ. Specifically, she discussed how businesses can gain trac- Williams Realty in 1997. He become operating principal in Following graduation, she tion by embedding diversity and inclusion in their corpo- 2013. He also has ownership in several other Keller Wil- worked in the apparel industry, rate cultures. liams interests in the United States and internationally. where her experience in manage- In addition, she talked about the findings of a recent Mike is active in the community, volunteering with the ment and touring manufacturing Deloitte survey done in collaboration with the Billie Jean Lone Star Chapter of Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Emily’s plants helped her understand processes that today help King Leadership Initiative as well as a survey conducted by Place and the Plano Chamber of Commerce. her explain value to her clients. Bersin, Deloitte’s digital research library for human resources Last year, she was recognized by her peers with and talent acquisition. The latter showed that 71 percent of HB Paksoy, MA 1976, is a retired professor and was one several ASID accolades, including a first-place Legacy of surveyed companies aspire to create an inclusive culture, of the first graduates of what was then called the School Design and two first-place Design Ovation awards from but only 12 percent believe they have achieved it. of Management at UT Dallas. HB subsequently earned his the Texas chapter. So, Beth asked, “How do you move the needle?” It doctorate at Oxford University in England. He spent his She says UT Dallas was a great fit for her since it comes, she said, in day-to-day interactions that create a career as a history professor at several universities, includ- allowed her to work full time and go to school full time. culture so that people feel they belong, starting from the ing Texas Tech and Ohio State. Cristie says that when she is not working, she enjoys yoga, “tone at the top.” Leaders, she notes, who model inclusivity He says John Rees and Gavin cooking and traveling with family. are “intentional in mentoring and sponsoring employees Hambly were among his favorite who are different from them.” UT Dallas professors. Rees taught Jenny Rush, BS 1985, is the founder of Lymethriving (www. Beth lives with her family in Farmers Branch. She geography and management and lymethriving.com), a 4-year-old organization that offers serves on the Parish Episcopal School of Dallas Board of administrative science. Hambly, support and services to those suffering with chronic ill- Trustees and is a board member of the Dallas Dinner Table. who taught Middle Eastern and ness. She has developed a philosophy of healing that taps Mughal Indian history, allowed HB into one’s own emotional strength. Almaz Woldeab, BS 1993, recently received a 2018 Dal- to ask the hard questions and then gently nudged him to A resident of Biddeford, las Business Journal Minority Business Leader Award, as discover the answers himself. Maine, Jenny experienced chronic did fellow JSOM alumnus Sulman Ahmed, BS 2009 (see HB says some 50 of his research papers have Lyme disease that led her down next page). The award recognizes women and men in the appeared in more than 45 journals and scholarly collec- this career path. “Once I became DFW area for their business and community leadership. tions. He also has written or edited 16 books. Most are physically well,” she says, “it Almaz is chief accounting available on the web, free of charge. became my passion to extend an officer and managing director at Now retired, HB says he does whatever strikes his invitation to others dealing with Civitas Capital Group in Dallas, a fancy. Recently, he has been writing fiction and his working chronic illness to address the emotional aspects of their ill- niche real estate asset manage- on his sixth novel. Find his trilogy under the series name ness experience and have them empower themselves.” ment firm. Previously, she worked Mayor of PØmpington on Amazon. Lymethriving offers two- and three-day retreats, as at Texas Instruments for 12 years. well as free teleconference calls to address the spiritual She earned an MBA from Southern and emotional aspects of chronic disease. Methodist University and is a certified public accountant. 1980s Jenny also has written a book, Chronic Illness as an She came to the United States in 1985 to escape the Glenn D. Lovelace, BS 1981, is the CEO of Peñasco Valley Tele- Access to Quantum Healing: Passing Through the Eye of the upheaval in her country of Ethiopia and to get an educa- phone Cooperative Inc., a company that provides telephone Needle Into Self-Actualization (n.p.: Jenny Rushovich, 2015). tion. While at UT Dallas, she took classes at night so she and data service to a territory that includes 4,929 square Before founding Lymethriving, Jenny had a small could keep her job and finance her education. She says her miles in southeast New Mexico. website development company. Before that, she was the experience at the University was key in preparing her for a Glenn says he enjoys the fact operations manager of a securities firm. business leadership role. that the company, which has 100 She says she came to UT Dallas because she appreciated Almaz shares her experience with others who immi- employees, provides a valuable ser- the flexibility of night classes as she was working full time. grate to the United States. She volunteers with a number vice in a rural environment where She recalls an advertising class where an assignment was to of nonprofits and is on the board of directors of the Human people depend on one another work on a campaign for Cherry Coke, which was about to hit Rights Initiative of North Texas, which assists survivors more so than in urban areas. the market. She enjoyed the solid industry experience and of violence. She also is a fellow with the National African-

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American Women’s Leadership Institute, a resource to help changes in today’s business climate. The Jindal School does acquisitions, raised $60 million in African-American women realize their leadership potential. remarkably well in that area, as evidenced by its promi- financing and had four exits.” She also is the co-chair of EDIR, a committee for the DFW nent rise in national rankings. Giving back to the school Along the way, he also served chapter of the Mutual Assistance Association for the Ethio- is a significant way that I can continue that moment and as director of commercialization pian Community. ensure students’ future success.” at the Texas Biomedical Device Center (see utdallas.edu/txbdc) Mahesh Shetty, EMBA 1999, has been named president Sulman Ahmed, BS 2001, recently received a 2018 Dallas at UT Dallas from 2013 to 2015. of SG Blocks, a designer, innovator and fabricator of Business Journal Minority Business Leader Award, as did “I was the first employee hired to manage and deploy container-based structures. Mahesh, also the company’s fellow JSOM alumnus Almaz Woldeab, BS 1993 (see previ- $16 million in foundation funding,” he says. chief financial officer, manages and implements company ous page). The award recognizes men and women in the Will holds numerous degrees, among them a BA in strategy, supervises other executive team members and DFW area for their business and community leadership. economics from the University of Dallas; a 2008 MS in oversees finances. He was appointed a director of the com- Founder and CEO of DECA applied cognition and neuroscience from the UT Dallas pany in July 2016. Dental Group, Sulman said that School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, a JD from Hofstra Previously, Mahesh served as the chief restructuring “when I learned I’d been nomi- University and an MS in regulatory science from the Uni- officer and CFO of PFO Global Inc., a manufacturer and nated for this award, it struck a versity of Southern California. provider of advanced prescription lenses. Prior to this, deep chord.” Mahesh, who began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers Sulman, who obtained a doc- Brett Philips, BS 2005, MS 2009, is co-founder of the LLP, was the CFO and served in executive finance and tor of dental medicine degree accounting firm Shifflett & Philips, operational roles with several Fortune 500 companies. from the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in which he started with his friend He is a certified public accoun- Boston, launched DECA Dental in 2008 with one office in Nick Shifflett in 2014 in Frisco. tant, a certified information tech- Dallas. The company has grown to nearly 900 employees Brett is a CPA and had worked nology professional, a chartered at 75 locations in Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and Houston. at other firms before going out global management accountant He credits his experience at the Jindal School and UT on his own. His current practice and a chartered accountant. He Dallas, and the diversity he experienced there, for helping focuses on federal and state tax serves on the board and is the to prepare him for success. compliance as well as consulting with individuals, estates, treasurer of Mothers Against He has built partnerships with St. Jude Children’s partnerships and closely held corporations. Drunk Driving, serves on the national and Dallas Chapter Research Hospital, and he is the exclusive provider of free Brett says he especially enjoys working with entre- Board of Financial Executives International and was chair- dental services to thousands of children with the Kidd’s preneurs and finding creative ways to increase their man of the US India Chamber of Commerce DFW. Kids organization and Pat & Emmitt Smith Charities. He bottom line while minimizing their tax liability. He credits He also serves on the board of EZlytix, a private cloud- also serves on the board of DECA Dental and the Young his wife for making his own transition from employee to based business intelligence software company, and on the Presidents Organization. entrepreneur an easy one. board of B.I.G. Logistics, a private logistics company. DECA Dental has been recognized with a number of When he is not working, he enjoys playing golf, run- Mahesh was recognized by both the Dallas Business awards, including Inc. Magazine’s 5000 fastest-growing ning and spending time with his wife and two daughters. Journal and D CEO Magazine as the CFO of the year in 2011. companies in the U.S. several years in a row. Sulman also He was selected as 2018 D CEO Outstanding CFO of a midsize received EY’s Health Entrepreneur of the Year award in William F. (Bill) Rayburn, EMBA 2007, is a distinguished public company. 2017. His success has made him a sought-after speaker at professor and associate dean at the University of New leadership, entrepreneurial and motivational conferences. Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque. In his position, Bill, who earned an MD in maternal fetal medicine from 2000s Will Rosellini, MBA 2003, MS 2003, chairman and CEO of Ohio State University and an MD in obstetrics and gynecol- David Holmberg, EMBA 2000, was profiled in Executive Nexeon MedSystems since January 2016, took the company ogy from the University of Kentucky Hospital, oversees the Connections last fall. The maga- public in 2017. A global medical device company, Nexeon continuing medical education and professional develop- zine is a members-only publica- MedSystems focuses on providing neurostimulation prod- ment of the school’s faculty. tion of the Executive MBA ucts that improve the quality of life of patients suffering He also serves as a clinician, Council, an academic association from debilitating neurological diseases, such as Parkinson’s. educator and researcher in high- for those in and who serve Will was a minor league baseball player with the risk pregnancies in the school’s EMBA programs. Arizona Diamondbacks at 22, but he realized that he was Division of Maternal-Fetal Medi- David is president and chief not going to make it in the big leagues (see Management, cine. He is the author of more than executive officer of Highmark Health, as well as chairman Vol. 7, No. 1, pages 30 and 31). He says, “I determined what 700 peer-reviewed journal articles of the board of Highmark Inc., the company’s health insur- separated me from the best of the best was my own ner- for national scientific meetings ance affiliate. He joined Highmark Inc. in 2007 and has vous system and the way it reacted to situations with high that deal with drug effects on the developing fetus. served in a series of executive positions. adrenaline states. This set me down the road of my life’s Bill is the founder of the Workforce Studies and Plan- He also is a member of the board of directors of the passion to understand the nervous system and transla- ning Initiative at the American Congress of Obstetricians Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, American Health Insur- tional neurotechnology.” and Gynecologists. He was the longtime chair of obstetrics ance Plans (AHIP), the Allegheny Conference on Commu- He began to understand the failure modes associated and gynecology at UNM’s medical school. nity Development and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. with converting clinical ideas and discoveries into innova- Bill says that he enjoyed all his JSOM professors but David was named Jindal School Distinguished Alumnus tive products that can eventually make an impact. By especially Dr. John F. McCracken, director of JSOM’s Alli- in 2003 and a UT Dallas Distinguished Alumnus in 2009. tapping into the nervous system’s electrical network, he ance for Physician Leadership, who showed an active He has established a scholarship/fellowship in his name to says, there are many diseases — chronic pain, Parkinson’s, interest in the students and complete knowledge of the support JSOM students. epilepsy, depression, Alzheimer’s, obsessive compulsive subject, but at a level that was not overwhelming to his David says that the problem-solving skills and core dis- disorder — that could be treated where normal pharma students. Bill says he has included some of McCracken’s ciplines he learned at the Jindal School continue to serve therapy has not succeeded. techniques in his own teaching. him well. “Students need to be prepared to adapt to the Will says, “I have started five companies, done three

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Mike Knox, BS 2008, a former professional baseball player accountant for their financial reporting team. She says, as vice president of finance for a who became a cyber sleuth, cites two life experiences that “The move to Southwest was great. It truly is a fun place $700 million division that devel- gave him the foundation for his current career — a three- to work, while still offering a challenging and rewarding ops software solutions for the year stint as a pitcher in the New York Yankees minor career.” Lauren later moved to airline industry. league system and a finance degree from the Jindal School. corporate accounting, where she Prior to Sabre, Hagan was an He says the reputation and teamwork aspects of each was responsible for the company’s auditor with the public accounting organization were key. “There were so many opportuni- hedging program. She then was firm RCO. ties to do group work in the finance program,” he says. promoted to supervisor of this Hagan says she chose JSOM’s Executive MBA program “I think that is such a powerful way to learn, build your team. Most recently, Lauren because she could continue to work full time and her critical thinking skills and grow your team-building and became manager of corporate CEO at Sabre was Sam Gilliland, a 1994 graduate of the business skills.” accounting. She says along with hedge accounting, her program. One of her favorite memories was a trip to Hong An injury prevented Mike team is responsible for the accounting of fuel, debt, equity, Kong and Shanghai, where corporate visits were arranged from staying in baseball despite a payroll and cash. for the students. 96 mile-per-hour fastball. A native Lauren and J.B. have a daughter, Caroline. Outside work, Sarah enjoys traveling with family. Dallasite, he came home and began his studies at JSOM. Dilon Hanks, MBA 2011, is an aircraft captain, training man- Following graduation, he 2010s ager and safety manager with the worked as an account executive Joseph James, EMBA 2010, is an entrepreneur who man- PayPal Aviation Department in San for DLT Solutions and Oracle. In 2014, he was recruited by ages two companies. At 2020commercial.com, his team Jose, California. He says, “Not only Moreover Technologies to become vice president of sales. provides commercial real estate investment sales and ten- does [this job] allow me to pursue After the company was acquired by LexisNexis, he became ant representation services. At MangoFarms.com, his team my lifelong dreams in aviation, but regional vice president of sales. provides web and mobile application development and it also allows me to utilize the skill- Last year, Mike became senior vice president of sales digital marketing services. Prior to starting his companies, sets I’ve developed in business.” at Nehemiah Security, a cybersecurity software and ser- Joseph had a long corporate career in business transfor- Dilon started flyingwhile in the military and then went vice company. In a Jan. 16 Inside Jindal School (see jindal. mation, data analytics and business intelligence. on to fly for several different airlines. When he found him- utdallas.edu/news) story he said, “The challenges in the He says his Jindal School self furloughed in 2010, he enrolled at the Jindal School. cybersecurity industry keep growing in complexity. Hack- degree, “prepared me well to man- He says it was the best decision he ever made. ers aren’t sitting on their hands. They’re going out there age all aspects of running a busi- After graduation, he landed a job in corporate finance, and trying to exploit some of our most important corpora- ness, including creating strategies, but never lost his love for aviation. He made a connection tions, financial centers and healthcare systems.” execution and constant evaluation with the head of the aviation department at the company of business performance.” where he worked, and when the connection moved on to Jason (J.B.) Yett, BS 2009, MS 2010, is an audit-experi- Joseph was drawn to JSOM become the COO at an aircraft management company on enced manager with Grant Thornton LLP. J.B. interned with by the weekend class schedule of the Executive MBA pro- the East Coast, he contacted Dilon with a unique job offer Grant Thornton while a student gram and says he especially enjoyed the international busi- as a corporate pilot, financial analyst and operations man- in the Professional Program in ness trips he took to Tokyo, Hong Kong and Mexico City. ager. That job allowed Dilon to combine his love of flying Accounting and joined the com- Away from work, he enjoys spending time with his with his financial expertise. pany following graduation. He is wife and four children (two of whom are at UT Dallas) as a member of Grant Thornton’s well as traveling and watching football. Paulina Jesionek, BS in global business 2013, BS in market- Audit Methodology and Standards ing 2013, MS 2015, MBA 2015, is a third-party manager in group, with responsibilities that Matthew Moseley, EMBA 2010, MS 2012, was elected to the Capital One Auto Finance Business Risk Office. include assisting audit teams’ response to complex or the board of directors of Trans- As an undergraduate, Paulina was a member of the UT unique audit issues as well as developing guidance for Trade in November of last year. Dallas women’s varsity golf team as well as vice president the firm to enhance audit quality. J.B. often returns to He joined Trans-Trade in 2013 and of Phi Beta Lambda, a business career-preparation student the Jindal School to interact with and recruit students for has served as controller of the organization, and a member of the advisory council for Grant Thornton positions. His most memorable moment company, which provides logistics, the Davidson Management Honors Program. In addition, from JSOM was meeting his future wife, Lauren Jobe, BS shipping and warehousing solu- she was a member of the Delta Epsilon Iota honor society 2009, MS 2010 (see below). tions for small, medium and large and was secretary of the Jindal School Dean’s Council. His advice to current students? “It may sound simple, businesses worldwide. Matthew has 25 years of accounting She delivered the commencement address for her 2013 but always be honest. No one has all the right answers and finance experience in a wide range of industries includ- graduating class. right away … but finding the right answer is much more ing information technology, insurance, healthcare and law. As a graduate student, her favorite professor was Dr. important than having a quick response.” In his spare time, he is a competitive powerlifter as Jeffrey Hicks, who taught Management and Organizational well as competitive strongman. His wife is Binbin Zhai Consulting. The students mainly learned from experience Lauren Jobe Yett, BS 2009, MS 2010, is manager of corpo- Moseley, a 2013 MS in accounting alumna. by providing consulting services to client companies, and rate accounting at Southwest Airlines. Like her husband, hers was UT Southwestern Medical Center. She went on J.B. Yett, BS 2009, MS 2010 (see above), she was part of Sarah Hagan, EMBA 2011, is chief financial officer of Omni- to work full time for UT Southwestern and earned her the Professional Program in Accounting while at JSOM. tracs, a global company with approximately 1,100 employ- Project Management Professional She says she, “felt privileged to be a part of the Beta Alpha ees that works in fleet management, routing and predic- certification in 2017 during her Psi program at UTD,” a chapter of the national accounting tive analytics solutions for private and for-hire fleets. time there. honor fraternity that she served as president. Before joining Omnitracs in 2016, Sarah had been with In her free time, Paulina says While in the PPA, Lauren interned with Ernst & Young the Sabre Corporation for 11 years. A CPA who earned a BA she enjoys working out, playing and later began her career there as a staff auditor. After in accounting from UT Arlington, she held senior leadership golf, reading and creating hand-let- a few years, she moved to Southwest Airlines as an positions in accounting and finance. In addition, she served tered signs for her custom-signage

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business. She also likes traveling and in the past year visited Peter earned his JSOM degree from the Healthcare development to guide strategic Japan, Mexico, Poland, England, France and Switzerland, Leadership and Management for Physicians program, and capital investment decisions. and is looking forward to planning her next trip. his business interests naturally followed from his career as Allen says the skills he an anesthesiologist. He earned his MD from Duke Univer- learned at the Jindal School “have Julie McCure, MS 2013, is a network specialist for Texas sity in 1998. given me a much better realiza- Health Resources. She is part of The startup competition, run by Australian wine tion of ‘the big picture.’ ” He notes a team managing Southwestern producer Penfolds, had two parts, In the first, a panel of that engineers often get busy Health Resources’ preferred net- experts from technology and business firms selected 10 with minutiae, but it is important to understand account- work of physicians and specialists. finalists from the 100 entrants. In the second phase, the ing, finance and economics, which is where he gained the She also works in a project man- top 10 went through a social media voting campaign that most value from the MBA experience. agement capacity and recently yielded three winners. He is preparing for Level II of the Chartered Financial wrapped up an initiative aimed The first phase, says Peter, Analyst exam series to further advance his career. at improving communication between Texas Health Physi- helped Vigilant Labels develop as He earned a BS in 2007 and an MA in 2009 in mining cian’s Group and Texas Health Behavioral Health Help Line. a company. “We had to become engineering from Southern Illinois University. In addition, Julie serves on the steering committee of the more active in social media, and UT Dallas Healthcare Management Alumni Affinity Chapter, as a startup company, I’ve come Marguerite McClinton Stoglin, MBA 2014, was a panel- which is open to all UT Dallas alums working in healthcare. to recognize the value of social ist last fall at “Leveraging the Power of Your Network for While getting her master’s in healthcare leadership and media in helping small companies Good,” the inaugural session of the 2017-2018 Women’s management, Julie says she was most inspired by the pro- like mine have a platform and a voice.” Leadership Series hosted by the Executive MBA Programs gram’s director, Dr. Forney Fleming. “I am still inspired by As a result of its social media presence, Vigilant Labels at JSOM. Margo said during her talk, “Not being afraid to his work,” she says, “and am lucky to be able to work with was contacted to distribute its product in the Middle fail is essential to networking. If you try to talk with some- him as part of the alumni steering committee.” East. The grand prize winnings will be used, says Peter, to one and it doesn’t seem to be working, it’s OK to move on.” increase the company’s marketing efforts. She also warned the audience to never underestimate Peter Baek, MS 2014, founded Vigilant Labels, and the com- the importance of a thank-you pany recently won the $33,000 grand prize in the Penfolds Allen Mueller, MBA 2015, is a senior analyst in the Fuel note. “I got the job I have now Max’s Maximum Funding Startup Competition. Based out of Strategy group at Vistra Energy. Previously, he worked in because I was the only one they the UT Dallas Venture Development Center, Vigilant Labels engineering and operations roles at Luminant Energy in interviewed who sent a thank-you makes a product that improves patient safety and expe- Dallas and Martin Marietta Materials in San Antonio. note afterward.” dites required anesthesia-syringe label printing that then In his current position, Allen does financial modeling, Margo is the Texas director of integrates with electronic medical record software systems. scenario analysis, project valuation and business-case IGNITE, a nonpartisan organization In Memoriam

Anthony Leon-Thomas Karlinski, MBA 2004, died Jan. Jeremy Westerman, BS 2017, died from the flu virus on 30, 2018, following complications related to a recently Jan. 2. A personal trainer for 24 Hour Fitness in Mur- diagnosed cancer. Born in 1975, he was raised in Phila- phy, Texas, he had just transferred to the company’s delphia and moved to Texas while in high school. He Mesquite location, where he was offered the position earned a degree in civil engineering from The Univer- of fitness manager. sity of Texas at Austin and then earned his professional “He was in such good health. He was a trainer. He engineer license. worked out all the time. And for it to take him like it did, Anthony met his future wife, Jessica Frank, at UT. They married in 2000 it’s absolutely terrifying,” his father, Marty Westerman, told CBS News, noting and moved to Plano, where they raised their children, Amy and Jake. that his son had a flu shot in October. An avid follower of his favorite sports teams, the Philadelphia Eagles and He recalls that Jeremy maximized his time. “It’s amazing what this the Texas Longhorns, Anthony also strongly supported the teams his kids 27-year-old has done in such a short time,” his father said. played on. “He loved his family so much,” said his wife, “and worked really Born Oct. 1, 1990, Jeremy grew up in Murphy. Friends say he was dedi- hard to take care of us. Playing soccer and football with the kids and watch- cated to his work and his clients. His goal in life was to help as many people ing their games was something he always loved.” as possible achieve their goals and enjoy healthier lives. She said that he enjoyed his work in civil engineering, specifically road- His mother, Diana Westerman, says Jeremy will be remembered for his way design. “His friends remember and laugh at how he was very quiet,” she generosity. “He would give you the shirt off his back. When Hurricane Harvey said, “but would often add in just one comment here or there, and it was struck, a friend wanted to take down supplies, and Jeremy gave him his truck.” always really funny.” Jeremy was preceded in death by his grandparents, Harold and Nina Full- Survivors besides his wife and children include his parents Leon and Gail; er and Emil Westerman. Survivors include his special friend, Lauren Ellis; his siblings Howard Karlinski, Emily Ryan, Margie Jared; grandmother Theresa parents; brothers Justin Westerman and Ashton Tinney; two stepsisters Jill Karlinski; aunts Sharon Domino and Maryanne Mooney; and five nieces and Wickham and her husband, Josh ; and Jennifer Meek; as well as seven nieces nephews. A memorial service was held Feb. 3 at St. Barnabas Presbyterian and nephews, grandmother Bennie Joe Westerman; and numerous aunts, Church in Richardson. Memorial donations may be made to the American uncles and cousins. Services were held Jan. 7 at Charles W. Smith Funeral Cancer Society. Family condolences may be left at www.AriaCremation.com. Home with burial at Plano Mutual Cemetery.

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that encourages young women to run for political office, Chanel Ebanks-Texada, BS 2016, is a Watson customer her brother surprised her at graduation. He was in the U.S. and she has been appointed to the board of The Family engagement business develop- Air Force based in Alaska and had told her he could not Place, which supports victims of and advocates for an end ment rep with IBM, prospecting make it. “The entire gym stood up and clapped for me.” to family violence. and generating business in the In Chanel’s spare time, she enjoys beauty vlogging She earned a PhD in higher education from Florida public sector for IBM’s signature [video blogging] and creating makeup looks. She hopes to State University, a master of education degree in adminis- product line, Watson Customer have her own cosmetic business one day. tration planning and social policy from Harvard University Engagement. At IBM, she has and a BA in education and sociology from Emory University. graduated from the Global Sales Margo is married to J.A. Stoglin, and they have a School and Summit program. daughter, Lillian, age 11; and a son, Warren, age 2. One of her fondest memories at UT Dallas was when

Departments Contributors

2017 CONTRIBUTOR REPORT

— Beneficiaries of these contributions include the Jindal School’s centers of excellence. —

JSOM NAMING PARTNERS ENDOWMENTS Gigi Edwards Bryant Champions International Management Studies Charles and Nancy Davidson General Scholarship Graduate Scholarship Naveen Jindal Mike Brodie Family Fund Peter Buffet Scholarship/Fellowship Tom James Company Scholarship Center for Internal Auditing Excellence Business Navigators Scholarship Joseph Scholarship CHAIRS Endowment Chalak Mitra Life Scholarship David Patterson Kieschnick Fellowship Caruth Chair of Management Davidson Management Honors Program Chinese Leadership Scholarship Liberty Mutual Sales Scholarship Andrew R. Cecil Chair in Applied Ethics in the Naveen Jindal School of CITM Academic Excellence Scholarship Steven W. Lyle Scholarship Charles and Nancy Davidson Chairs Management Terry W. Conner Leadership and Service McGregor Scholarship O.P. Jindal Distinguished Chairs Debjyoti and Roshni Goswami Endowment Scholarship MEANT Student Support Fund Fund CoreNet Global-North Texas Chapter Ruben (Ben) Mesa, EMBA ’15 Memorial PROFESSORSHIPS Morris Hite Center for Product Scholarship/Fellowship for Real Estate Fellowship George and Fonsa Brody Professorship in Development and Marketing Science Elise B. Curtin Scholarship Fund Skip Moore Leadership and Service Management Jindal Faculty Research Support Fund Rutul Dattani Scholarship for Excellence in Scholarship Dallas World Salute Distinguished Jindal School of Management Fund for Supply Chain Management B.P.S. Murthi Fellowship in Marketing Professorship in Global Strategy Excellence Davidson Graduate Fellowship Analytics Distinguished Professorship in Innovation Naveen Jindal Institute of Indo American Desai Family Fellowship Meredith Xcelerate Marketing (MXM) and Entrepreneurship Business Studies EMBA Class of 2011 Scholarship Fund Analytics Fellowship Adolf Enthoven Distinguished Naveen Jindal Scholars Program in the Lars Magnus Ericsson Fellowship/ Joe Owens Fellowship for MBA Students Professorship in Accounting and Naveen Jindal School of Management Scholarship in Management Pandian Fellowship Information Management Naveen Jindal Student Support Fund in the FEI Connie Konstans Scholarship R. Carter and Angela Pate Scholarship/ Lars Magnus Ericsson Distinguished Naveen Jindal School of Management freshbenies Scholarship for Fellowship for Accounting Professorships Naveen Jindal Sustaining Excellence Fund Entrepreneurship Steve Penson Leadership Scholarship Jindal School of Management Advisory O.P. Jindal Graduate Fellows GEICO Achievement Scholarship Charles and Christina Quinn Award for Council Distinguished Professorship Ann and Jack Graves Foundation Jindal School Veterans Constantine Konstans Distinguished Fellowships and Scholarships International Travel Award Hazel Elise Rogers Scholarship/Fellowship Professorship in Accounting and Shawn Alborz Fellowship in Management Stephen E. Guisinger Memorial Scholarship for Finance Corporate Governance Karla and Hassan Al-Tabatabaie Ebby Halliday Scholarship for Real Estate Kevin and Cristi Ryan Scholarship/ Ashok and Monica Mago Professorship in Scholarship Patricia A. Hammons Memorial Fellowship Management Ansira Marketing Excellence Fellowship Scholarship/Fellowship Hasnain and Rashida Saboowala John F. McCracken Professorship in Jasper H. Arnold III EMBA Scholarship Hilltop Securities Management International Merit Scholarship Healthcare Management AT&T Global Supply Chain Fellowship Scholarship Fund Mark Salamasick IT Auditor Fellowship Susan C. and H. Ronald Nash Distinguished Angelica Barriga Scholarship David L. Holmberg Scholarship/Fellowship Saadia Sheikh Scholarship/Fellowship for Professorship Annie Laurie Bass Fellowship Jungchan Hsaieh Fellowship Entrepreneurship Mike Redeker Professorship in Frank Bass Endowed Scholarship Infinity DAWN Scholarship Sorath Lion Scholarship Management Bate Family Scholarship/Fellowship Innovation and Entrepreneurship David Springate Scholarship Diane and Hal Brierley Marketing Fellowship/Scholarship State Farm Scholarship FACULTY FELLOWSHIPS Fellowship Intel Security Solutions Scholarship State Farm Scholarship for Information Sydney Smith Hicks Faculty Fellowship Technology & Systems

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Summerfield G. Roberts Scholarship Eddie W. and Nanette D. Rhea Opportunity Mary Kay Ebby Halliday, Inc. Tera Scholarship Fund Fund for Energy Management Merit Energy Haynes and Boone, L.L.P. Texas Capital Bank Scholarship Richardson Living Magazine Opportunity Naveen Jindal School of Management Hewlett Packard Enterprise Gary L. Tillett Scholarship Fund Executive Education at UT Dallas High-Tech High Heels Karen Van Wagner Health Leadership C.H. Robinson Opportunity Fund for Office of Development and Alumni Hillcrest Foundation Fellowship Professional Sales Relations at UT Dallas IBM Beena K. and Jackson A. Varnan Family Kevin and Cristi Ryan Opportunity Fund Retail & Restaurant Growth Capital, LP Institute for Operations Research and the Scholarship Sales Enablement Society Opportunity REVTECH – Retail Technology Ventures Management Sciences Dr. S.K. Virmani and Rupam Virmani Fund for the Center for Professional Texas Capital Bank Institute of Real Estate Management Scholarship/Fellowship Sales Texas Instruments Insurance Council of Texas Jefflyn Williamson Scholarship Fund Henry Schein Dental Opportunity Fund UBS Integrity Integration Resources (i2r) YES Club at UT Dallas Murthy Scholarship Roy C. Snodgrass IV Opportunity Fund US India Chamber of Commerce Interlock Partners Texas Mutual Insurance Opportunity Fund Wells Fargo Internal Audit Foundation Opportunity Funds for Risk Management and Insurance Wright Connatser, PLLC Investors for Director Accountability 5 Opportunity Fund for Professional Sales Texas Risk and Insurance Professional Foundation Ashok Opportunity Fund Society Opportunity Fund for Risk 2017 JSOM CONTRIBUTORS Jaguar Land Rover Dallas Axxess Opportunity Fund for the Institute Management and Insurance Corporate and Foundation Tom James Company for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Travelers Opportunity Fund for Risk Contributors Jindal Petroleum Georgia Limited Beck Technology Opportunity Fund for Management and Insurance 5 Jindal Steel & Power Limited Professional Sales Corey Troxell Opportunity Fund AA-ISP JustGive Capital One Opportunity Fund Valdespino Student Support Fund for ACAP Health/Nautrally Slim Kellogg Network DFW Capital One Opportunity Fund for Audit, Compliance and Ethics ARGO Data Resource Corporation Charles Koch Foundation the Institute for Innovation and Wingate by Wyndham Richardson Dallas ARMOR Wealth Management KW Commercial Entrepreneurship Opportunity Fund Arnold Sykes Consulting and Advisory Legends Express Carwash Debi and George Carter Opportunity Fund Workday Opportunity Fund for the Center Services, LLC Lennox International Inc. for Real Estate for Professional Sales AT&T Corporation Liberty Mutual Center for Information Technology and The Wyly Family Opportunity Fund in Austin Commercial, LP Malin Intergrated Handling Solutions and Management Opportunity Fund Innovation and Entrepreneurship AXA Advisors, LLC Design Joyce Kirk Coleman Opportunity Fund Young Professionals in Energy – Axxess Technology Solutions Mary Kay, Inc. DFW RIMS Opportunity Fund for Risk Dallas Opportunity Fund for Energy Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated NCH Corporation Management and Insurance Management Bank of America North Shore Healthcare, LLC Edgington Family Opportunity Fund Vela Wood Opportunity Fund Beck Technology The North Texas Chapter ISACA EMBA Class of 1995 Opportunity Fund The Beck Group Norton Rose Fulbright Enterprise Holdings Opportunity Fund for LEGACY GIFTS The Benvity Community Impact Fund Onpoint Holdings Ltd. the Center for Professional Sales Randy and Genny Black Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas Onpoint Leadership Lars Magnus Ericsson Opportunity Fund Pamela Foster Brady George and Fonsa Brody Charitable Fund ORIX USA Corporation for the Institute for Innovation and James L. Brasfield of Communities Foundation Pearson Partners International, Inc. Entrepreneurship Gregory G. Dess, PhD CA, Inc. Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company EY Opportunity Fund Joyce Johnson Capital One, N.A. Perkins+Will Gartner Opportunity Fund for Professional Susan Kessel The Catholic Foundation Pioneer Natural Resources Company Sales Stan Liebowitz, PhD Chalak Mitra Group Robert J. Potter Foundation Ann and Jack Graves Foundation John Macaulay CommScope Proactivate Opportunity Fund Lynne Manilla Communities Foundation of Texas Projekt202 GTN Technical Staffing Opportunity Fund Jennie McCament Competitive Excellence Pyxis Care Management Professor Randy Guttery Real Estate E. Michelle Miller Kristine Conway Effective Focus Inc. Rainwater Business Advisor, LLC Opportunity Fund Skip Moore* CoreNet Global, Inc. Recording Industry Association of America, Haynes & Boone Opportunity Fund Katherine Wells Power CPCU Fort Worth Chapter Inc. for the Institute for Innovation and Monica Macy Scott CrowdStrike, Inc. The Red Group, LLC Entrepreneurship Forrest F. Smith CSCAP Investments L.P. Republic National Distributing Company Robert and Gloria Hewlett Opportunity Gregory Smith Dallas Chapter Institute of Internal REVTECH Fund Kathryn Stecke, PhD Auditors Richardson Living LLC Hewlett Packard Enterprise Opportunity Corey Troxell Dallas Jewish Community Foundation Roach, Howard, Smith & Barton, Inc. Fund Jefflyn W. Williamson Deloitte C.H. Robinson Company Higginbotham Opportunity Fund for Risk Melissa Hole Wyder DePuy Synthes Summerfield G. Roberts Foundation Management and Insurance DFW HIMSS Rubams LLC Interlock Partners Opportunity Fund for 2017 SCHOLARSHIP BREAKFAST DFW RIMS The Sales Enablement Society the IIE Gold Sponsors DHL Express Saxon Global Inc. International Management Opportunity The Center for Brain Health at UT Dallas Echo Global Logistics Silicon Valley Bank Fund Lennox International Elevation Sourcing, LLC State Farm Companies Foundation Intuit Opportunity Fund for Marketing Trans Global Technologies Inc. Emersons Property Management State Farm Insurance Mathew and Gracie Jacob Opportunity Enterprise Holdings The Sterling Group, LP Fund Silver Sponsors Ericsson Inc. T-Mobile Laird Plastics Opportunity Fund for ACAP Health ExxonMobil Corporation TEK Systems Professional Sales ARMOR Wealth Management EY Texas Capital Bank Lennox Opportunity Fund for Sales Austin Commercial FEI Texas Instruments Incorporated Diane S. McNulty Opportunity Fund Beck Group Fidelity Brokerage Services Texas Mutual Insurance Company Clint and Lacey Miller Opportunity Fund Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Texas Risk & Insurance Professionals Meade Monger EMBA ’95 Opportunity Deloitte Fidelity Investments Society Fund Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants, Inc. First Select Mortgage Trans Global Technologies, Inc. MultiView Opportunity Fund for Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Frost National Bank USICOC Foundation DFW Professional Sales Computer Science at UT Dallas Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. Vela Wood P.C. Palomino Capital Opportunity Fund EY G4S Secure Solutions Visual Bi Solutions Inc. Ed Pavese Opportunity Fund Fujitsu Network Communications G6 Hospitality LLC Wells Fargo Paycom Opportunity Fund Huselton, Morgan & Maultsby, PC Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Workday PGC Opportunity Fund for Accounting Institute for Innovation and Gartner Wright Connatser PLLC Pioneer Natural Resources Opportunity Entrepreneurship at UT Dallas GEICO YourCause, LLC Fund for Information Technology and Institute of Real Estate Management, GTN Technical Staffing & Consulting Zenith Insurance Company Systems Dallas Chapter Halliburton Investor Relations

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Individual Contributors Vijay Bhagvath Rebecca Cobb Richard Fisher Darren Abbas Arindam Bhattacharya Malcolm Cohen Robert Fitzgerald* Amr Abdelmotelb Alvee Bhuiyan Jonnie Cole Elaine Flesch Albert Acosta Krishna Mohan Bibireddy Joyce Coleman Blair and Kim Flicker Maria Acosta Prabhulaiah Bijja Lorie Conn Jessica Flowers Jennifer Adamcik-Anderson William Birgbauer Terry* and Anne Conner Tyler Foreman Kevin and Lindsey Adamic Donald Blank Kristine Conway Larry Fradkin Barry Adamson Curtis Blankenship Gabriel Cook Steve Fradkin Abhinav Agarwal Jerrilynn Blocker Sherri Cook Yvette Franco Tanu Aggarwal Andrew Blodgett Susanna Cook Robert Franson Lenin Aguilar Steven Blumer Stephanie Copeland Richard Franzen Abrar Ahmad Evan Bogar Katrina Cornish Nelson Frech Fatima Ahmed Darren Boruff Catherine Corral Tyson Frederick Srisai Vikash Akkineni Olia Bosovik John Corrigan Theodore* and Mary Fredericks Omar Alajami Richard Bowen Joy Cortez Tzu-Wen Fu Shawn Alborz, PhD Alan Boyd Thomas Couch Amy Fulbright John Alexander Randall Braden Brad Crumpecker Aaron Galceran Amanda Alexandrowicz Leo Braun Carl and Julie Cuff Sonia Galceran Anas Alhajji Shawnee Broadhead Karen Curtin Randy Gannoe Abiha Ali Jerod Brockelman Tamara Dabney Alberto Garcia Cameron Allen Mike Brodie Khanjan Damania Fredi Garcia Harold and Julianne Allen George Brody* Michael Dang Jennifer Garcia Lisa Alleva Evan Brody Allen Daniel Brandon Gardere Siddharth Anbuselvan Jordan Brooks Laura Dart Laurie Garvie Gloria Anderson Lillian Brownstein Dariel Dato-on Jonathan Gearhart Jason Anderson Anthony Bucag Rutul Dattani April Gehrig Karen Anderson Stephanie Buholz Dillon Davis Emily George Alex Andrews Terry Burgess George DeCourcy Johann Gerdts Elizabeth Andrews Preston Burkhalter Corine Dehghanpisheh Joseph Gerhart Lorraine Andrews Lendon Burnett John Deihl Atiq Ghaffar Anonymous Donors Patricia Burns Michael Deininger Kanchan Ghoshdastidar Brandy Arbuthnot Charles Butler Cindy Deister Michael Gibbons Chris and Susan Arends Collin Butler Miguel de la Rocha David Gibbs Leslie Armstrong Ashley Bynum Davin Deleon Thomas Gikonyo Jasper H. Arnold Matthew Cafrelli Aayush Desai Jean-Francois Gilbert Tony and Jill Arredondo Julia Cagle Sejal Desai Michael (Sam) and Shannon Gilliland Stroud and Lindley Arthur Cheryl Caldwell Gregory G. Dess, PhD, and Margaret Dess Charles Gillis Nicholas Askam William Calkins Sara Dhuka Melissa Glanton Absaar Ateeq Brian Callahan Alan and Sharyn Diamond Alan and Rita Gold Oliver Austin Ravikumar Calyanakoti Rocio Diaz Dennis Gonzaga Mehmet Ayvaci, PhD Joseph Camp Maurine Dickey Araceli Gonzalez Abdul Aziz Michelle Campbell Kim Do Mary Beth Goodrich Christopher Bachus Jimmy Cao Satyajit Doctor Christopher Gordon Nathan Bachus Yingying Cao Austin Doerr Debjyoti Goswami Edward Bacon Lesley Capehart Nisha Domalapalli Apoorva Gottimukkula Peter Baek Thomas Carlson Shoba Donti Nicholas Goudeau Hua Bai Debra Carter Daniel Dossey Manju Goyal Rahul Bajaj Jasmine Carter Howard Dover, PhD Elizabeth Graham Benjamin Baker Laura Caskey Lisa Doyle Christopher Gray Vaidhehi Balaraman Marta Castaneda Mark Duckworth Lee Greer Jaime and Helen Baldovinos Billy Causey Jon Duerden Jessica Grinstead Phillip Balfanz Mary Causey Ronald Dugan Kyle Groves Virginia Banda-Rodriguez Donna Cekal Lucas Dukek Mary Guan Philip Banks Mary Chaffin, PhD Robert (Tony) and Linda Dunkel Xiangjun Guan Robin Banks Vikram Aditya Chakravarthula Brent and Lindsay Duty Chen Guo Claudia Bankston Larry Chambliss Jonathan Dzaramba Sharda Gupta John and Leslie Barden Raymond Chang Dustin Eash Urmila Gupta Kim Barnarr Shuoh-Yahn Chang Courtney Echols Ozan Gursel* Hardeek Barot Jack Chapman Kyle Edgington. PhD Randy Guttery, PhD Garrett Barr Larry Chasteen, PhD, and Jean Baumann Byron Edgmon Michael Haddad Angelica Barriga and Rodger Nutt Tatiana Chau Cecil Edwards* Giovanni Hager Raul Barrios Aiping Chen Kathryn Eggleston, PhD Barrie Hall Joseph Basulto Chen Chen Evander Eison Don Hall Stephen Bauerband Chung-Ko Chen Farah Ellenbogen-Najera Rod Hall Biplav Bc Liche Chen Marlon Ellis Natalie Hambletm Amy Bechner Lisha Chen Naomi Emmett Howard and Barbara Hamilton Kimberly Cahlik Belcher Tiffany Chen Jayme Ermeav William Hampton Robert Behrendt Zhongmei Chen John Evans Bothwell Hanangala Leia Bell Dedeepya Chittoor Jose and Joanna Evans Christopher Hannah Selwin Belofsky Arijit Choudhury Scot and Rachel Farber Ravandhu Hariram Glenda Benitez Rajesh Chowdhry Alma Farley Marcus Harpole Lindsey Benjamin Yu-Fang Chu Benjamin Farnsworth Glen Harris Zachary Benson Amanuel Chuol Songming Feng Milledge and Linda* Hart Susan Berdinis Barbara Clemens Ye Feng Rachel Hartman James Berger Andrew Clendenen Anthony Fenimore Kevin Hartwell Diana Berry Cindy Clendenen Gabrielle Fernandez Maria Hasenhuttl, PhD Karen Beserra Wayne Cloud Jose Fernandez W. Richard Haskett Eric Beshires Joshua Clounch Janice Ferrell

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Geetha Hathikal and Harish Babu Tao Kang Yun Lin Stacey Moore Arunachalam Yu-Ling Kao Joshua Lissauer Susanne Moore Lyndel Hawkins Deepa Karani Jeff Littlejohn Larry Morgan Sam Hawkins Nousheen Karimi Lynn Lodge Todd Morrow Julie Haworth, PhD Sylwia Karpinski Milton Loeb Sanam Mostashari Gary Hayes Abinaya Karunagaran Gary Lombardo David Muir Lauren Hayes Glenn Katz Jenelle Long Stephen Mullen Paula Hayes Edward Keefe William Long Jenny Murphey P. and Mary Hearden William Keffler Shalimar Lopez William Murray William Hefley, PhD Keith Kehlbeck Yesenia Lopez P.B.S. Murthi, PhD, and Padmavathi Andrew Heidt Cynthia Keith Aline Lourenco Murthi Durwood Heinrich Lee Kellogg Mark Lowry Ramkumar Muthukumar Raymond* and Ruth Hemmig Kevin Kemp Patricia Lu Steven Myles Keith Henderson Barbara Kennedy Erik Lueders Tayfun Nalbantoglu Judy Hendrick Anum Khan Stephen Luk Andrew Nall Billy Hendrix Mohammad Khan Louis Lutostanski Sachindra Nalluri Robert Hendrix Richard Khan Sophary Ly H. Ronald* and Susan Nash Gladys Herrera Zarah Khan Alastair Lyon Ramachandran Natarajan, PhD Ronald Herrera Himani Khandare Trevor MacDonald Cameron Nauta Brett Hersley Jiana Khazma Jessica MacIntosh Shirley Neely Christopher Hes Robert Kieschnick, PhD Laura Madden Troy Neely Sydney Smith Hicks*, PhD Eugene Kim Shreekrishna Madhavi Gregory Nelson Joannea Hill Hyondong Kim Ashok Mago Thao Phung Nghe Matthew Hillyer Jackie Kimzey Audra Mah Tiffany Ngo Nick Hinojosa Ross Kirshner Manoranjan Mahadeva Andrew Nguyen Whitney Hinze Rick Klahsen Naseem Majeed Anthony Nguyen Kevin Hoang Thomas Klippvik Steven Malecek Danha Nguyen Elaina Hodges Bryan Knapp Mohit Malhan Liam Nguyen Florence Hogan Becky Knauer Sejal Mali Lilly Nguyen Paul Hollocker Venkat Koduri Paul Malin Nga Nguyen Russell and Martha Hooker Linda Kolb James Mamantov Phuong Nguyen Emily Hooks Ram Prakash Reddy Kolli Richard Mangham Uyen Nguyen Jo Hopper Madhu Kollipara Jason and Colleen Marchetti Vuong Nguyen Joshua Howland Stephen Konstans Jorge Marrero Wei Ming Nieh Jungchan Hsieh Nfally Kora John Martin Harshal Nikambe Fiona Hu Vivek Kotikalapudi Sara Martin Robert Nix Haoyuan Hu Bianca Kovach David and Sara Martineau Dennis Noble Ivan Hu Anand Krishnamoorthy Frank Martinez Janice Noble Hua Huang Jasmine Kronk Ricardo and Carrie Martinez Robert Noblemn Brittany Huber Anchi Ku Burke Mathes Carolyn Northcutt Alexis Hughey Isaac Kuhn Finny Mathew Gary Northcutt Rick Hultz Ankita Kumar Devan Matila Ehsan Nour Bryant Humiston Lakshmi Kumar Peggy Mayer Wylan Nowasky Boriana Ilieva Venkata Vineeth Kunda MeLinda McCall Gabriel Nwaozo Misael Iracheta Daniel Kunsch Eugene McClure Philip Obermeyer Joyeeta Islam John Kyle Kathryn McCord Thomas O’Connor Shams Islam Thomas Lahutsky John (Pat) McCown* Nancy Odom Audrey Izzo Po-Jen Lai Julie McCure Jonathan Oh Carolyn Jackson Kim Laird Jerry McCutchin Olamide Olaniran Timothy Jackson Jay Lajone Shawn Mcelyea Polly Olsson William Jackson Rick Lam Lisa McGee Amir Omar Magnus Jacob David Lamp L. Dean*and Frances McGowan Lisa Ong Albert Jandura Marvin Lane Jacques and Noelle McGregor Jorge Ortega Kevin Janowski Steven Lauff Shaun McLean Anthony Paden Ramah Jaradat Peter Laurea Jason McMurtrey Christopher Padilla Samantha Jarrell Mary Lavender Diane McNulty, PhD, and Michael McNulty Nazanin Pakravan Genaro Jasso Van Le Alvin McQuarters Hasan Paksoy, PhD Jami Jinarajan Anna LeBlanc Sandeep Meesala Cristian Palma Naveen Jindal Apolinar Marcano Leccia Amit Mehra Catherine Palmer Nithin John Thomas Ledbetter Cecilia Mendez Marcelo Palomo Bradley and Jennifer Johnson Austin Lee Kenzie Mendietta Aniket Pande David and Diane Johnson Min Lee Jamison Meredith Paul Pandian* Lacheryl Johnson Seunghyun Lee, PhD Stacey Meredith Anil Pandya Neil Johnson Carole Lein Michael Meyer Haemin Park, PhD Rebeca Johnson Stephen Lein Joan Mileski Chakka Parker Dale Johnston Joan Lemus Arvis Miller Randy Parrott Jo Johnston* Joshua Levine Clinton and Lacey Miller James and Ellaine Parry Heather Jones Lester Levy James Miller R. Carter Pate Janelle Jones Gregory Lewis* John and Sharon Miller Himanshu Patel Melinda Jones Steve Lewis Toyah Miller, PhD Ed Patschull Melvin Joshi Bowen Li Deborah Milligan Mrunal and Nikita Patwa Dorothea Junt George Li Stacy Milligan Scott Paul Alex Jurecki Lei Li Oren Minc Bryan Payne Runyararo Kaiboni Shujun and Susie Li Sean Minter L. Payne Nina Kalidas Yunwen Li Vida Mireshghi Carl Pearce Sunil Kamath Chuyi Liang Dan Mitchell Gregory Pease Raja Kandaswamy Cassidy Lietha Christopher Monacelli Madison Pedigo Gun Kang Miguel Limongi Janelle Monaco Mike Peng, PhD

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Ting Peng Leslie Rubio Ali Subhani Anil Wadhwa Xianghui Peng Monday Rufus Sagar Suchak Jameson Walker C. Larry Pereira Nishaat Rupani Rajeswari Sugavanan Chunmeng Wang Christine Peterson Kevin Ryan* Chao Sun Dandan Wang Marshal Peterson Jon Ryser Li Sun FeiFei Wang Nick Petrocchi Qurat Saleem Joseph and Debbie Sustaita Jiayang Wang Nhat Pham Shuruk Saleh Laurie Sutor Ruolin Wang Kendra Piazza Charles Sampson Stephanie Swaim Akshay Wani Joseph Picken, PhD, and Marcia Messinger Patrick Samra Anjani Swaminathan Joshua Warmann Drew Pipkin Tangelar Sanders Andrew Swart Mabroor Wassey Hasan Pirkul, PhD Saad Sarfaraz Husain Syed Ashley Watson Michael Popovec Renjit Satheendrababu J. Arnold Sykes* Alisha Weatherly Reesa Portnoy Jonathan Schlimme James Szot, PhD Allison Weaver Robert Potter, PhD Cristie Schlosser Srinath Talanki Dennis Weaver Monica Powell, PhD Robert Schwartz Shaunach Talley Xunan Wei Mary Preslar Michael Seeligson Jim Tam Alex Welcing Teresa Preston Martin Seibert Yonghui Tang Kathryn Wetherbee Terry Price* Won-Deok Seo Safa Tariq Michael Wheeler Ritesh Kunisseri Puliyakote Saumya Sethi Lynne Tatum Alan White Jason Pumpelly Barbara Seymour Greg Taylor Meredith White Nancy Pusser Priyanka Shah JL Taylor Philip White Ying Quan Suchit Shah Larry Taylor Sherry White Charlie and Christina Quinn Sadak Shaik-Abdul Joh Tenshang Gerard Widodo Sam Raghavachari Leticia Shanley Madhan Thirukonda Bryan Willett Kevin Raj Jonathan and Susan Shapiro Alayna Thomas Ira Williams Radhika Rajput Linda Shapiro Billy Thomas Kirt Williams Debra Rakowitz Ryan Sharif Kelvin Thomas J. Scott Wilson Michael Rammal Manas Sharma Cassandra Thompson James Witty Anthony Kirk Ramos Marla Shaw K Derek Thomson Scott Wold Meena Ranganathan George Sheen Nancy Thorn Habte Woldu, PhD Srinath Rao Saadia Sheikh Mark Thouin, PhD Jeff Wolfe Heidi Rasmussen Marcy Shepherd Cade Thueson Steven Wolfert Eva Ratonyi Karan Shetty Hal Ticknor Carmel Wood Arsalan Rawjani Mahesh Shetty Allan Tomlinson* Christina Worley Bhaskar Rayavaram Suyash Shetty Max Tonkon Brandon Worsham Kate Reagan Ellie Shollenberger Aurelio Torres Emilie Worthy Jeff Reames Rui SI Alyssa Tran Brennae Wright Oemar Rehmaan Terrell Sibley Cathy Tran Bruce Wright Brent Reiner John Silva Thanh Tran Robert Wright Cynthia Reynolds Antonio Simancas Vy Trang Robert G. Wright Khalid Rezwan Carol Simons Larry Tresnicky Mengting Xia Eddie Rhea Kenneth Simons Diane Trinh Feiran Xie Laurel Ricciardelli Daphane Simmons Duc Trinh Nitin Yadav Emily Rice Jodi Simpson Wang-Chang Tsai Erica Yaeger and David Gantt Gregg Rice Conrad Skidmore Wing Tsang Kathleen Yaeger Lew Richey Kelley Skidmore Fan-Tsong Tseng William Yaeger Susan Rickman Brian and Jennifer Smith Brian Turner Grace Yang Susan Riddle Colin Smith Cindy Turner Qianqian Yang Maxwell Riemenschneider Kimberly Smith Lamont Tyler Rahul Yendamuri Holly Rio Randall Smith Jason Tyra Gene Yeo Leonel Rivera Thomas Smith Jagadeesh Uppalappa Abhidutt Yerramilli Sehrish Rizvi David Smithen James Utley Denise Ying Janice Roberson Roy Snodgrass Aman Vakharia Rabia Yoonas Kevin Robertson Ji Sok Luisa Valls James* and Carole Young Todd Robertson Jai Sondhi Gerald and Jennie Vander Voord William Young Danece Robinson Mauricio Soto-Aguilar Ruben Vargas Lin Yuan David Robinson Christopher Spartz Stephanie Vargas Stephanie Yueng Joel and Linda Robuck Robert Spencer Jackson and Alice Varnan Kevin Yung Kenneth Rock Matthew Spinek Kevin Vela Alexander Zahabizadeh Amanda Rodriguez Jack Spitzberg Karthik Velaga Syed Kamran Zaidi Ana Rodriguez Richard Spurgeon Luz Echanove Velasco Sandra Zelisko Elias Rodriguez Eric Squillaci Marco and Maria Vergara Yifeng Zhang Sergio Rodriguez Nikita Srivastava Seth Vertucci Kurt Zimmerman Andrew Rogers Gabe Stagner Ubol Vicente Matthew Zinkil David Rohlmeier Laurie Stanco Sherry Vidal-Brown* Timothy Zoltowski Donald Rohloff Sheila Stark Gabriel Villani Matthew Zuraw* Lina Rong Marion Starks Madeleine Vinella Larry Ronsko Shey Stegall Zainab Viqar Gary Rosental Toni Stephens Sumit Virmani Karen Ross Sebastian Stinson Ram Viswanathan Ramin Roufeh Vincent Stone Huy Vo Robert Rough Gregg Stopher Van Vo Rajarshi Roy Jim Strand* Karan Vohra Yifan Ruan Stephen Strickland Aslee Vongphakdy Robert Rubel Steven Suba Linh Vu

KEY *Jindal School Advisory Council Member

56 The Naveen Jindal School of Management COCKTAIL RECEPTION

An Event To Bring Together Major Donors and Student Scholarship Recipients

APRIL 25, 2018

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