Tag: Alumni

Get to know Tom Amster 93MBA in Goizueta’s Know Your Network series.

Goizueta welcomed its Evening MBA Class of 2021 earlier this fall. 

It’s been a busy year for Jim Minnick 99EvMBA. In August, the Atlanta Business Chronicle named him one of Atlanta’s most admired CEOs.

Get to know Jonathan Baker 06BBA in Goizueta's Know Your Network series.

Get to know Lauren Dawson 17MBA in Goizueta's Know Your Network series.

The challenges of global business go well beyond language barriers. To create lasting, authentic partnerships, one must embrace culture, history, and societal norms.

Proper exposure to international business requires multiple lenses. Yet one resource sometimes overlooked is the international elements across the university. Goizueta’s Dean Erika James, with an eye toward collaboration, has challenged the school to create more opportunities to prepare for international immersion and partner across campus.

For some, international exchange can sharpen independence; for others, exposure to a country can kickstart a career. Matthew Williams 05BBA is a vice president at Blue Water Energy in London, where he’s lived since 2009.

For the last four years at commencement, I have had the honor of welcoming GBS graduates across all programs to the Goizueta Alumni Network. It is an exciting time of the year, with new beginnings and an opportunity for new challenges and impact.

Jenny Yao Harrison’s boss in Shanghai told her the first day, “You will always have work that was already supposed to be done yesterday.”

Ivo Tafkov 09PhD, as an associate professor of accountancy at Georgia State University, uses economics and psychology to research how management control systems influence employee behavior.

When Jeff Miller 10MBA graduated from Goizueta, Snapchat, his current employer, did not exist.