Fall 2014

Fall 2014 Quarterly Newsletter

UW Bothell MBA

In this Issue

Stay Connected!

MBA Kicks Off A New Year:

A Letter from the Manager

MBA Class of 2016 Stats

UW Bothell MBA Events

Beta Gamma Sigma

Trailblazers

MBAA Quarterly Update

Recognitions

About the MBA Programs

Contact Us

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Important Dates to Save

Nintex Leadership Breakfast-

Nov 14, Dec 12, Jan 16, Feb 20,

Mar 20, Apr 17, May 15

February 27- Alumni/Student

Networking Evening

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The Class of 2016 TMBA and LMBA classes kicked off their first

year at the high ropes course at Cottage Lake. This team building

exercise started their 3-day offsite leadership course that continued

on Bainbridge Island at IslandWood. Students met their cohorts

and began their journeys to achieving their MBA degrees!

Class of 2016 reaches for the heights!

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A letter from the Manager

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21%

29%Science/Engineering

Business/Economics

Humanities/ SocialScience

Avg. Work Experience: 8.6 years

Avg. Age: 34

Male/Female: 60%/40%

MBA Class of 2016 Stats

Undergrad Degree Area

When It’s Time to Dig up the Garden

Last year, I wrote about the daffodil principle and my own daffodil bed. (If you need a reminder, click here.) Basically, the idea is that you star—today—building something, little by little, step by step. Years from now, all of those small actions will add up to something big and meaningful. The daffodil principle applies to what you learn in your MBA program.

Last spring, all 50 of my daffodil bulbs bloomed and I looked forward to seeing them multiply in the coming springs. But something happened to interrupt my plan: a landscaping project dug up most of the daffodil bed, and now I don’t know what to expect from the daffodils next spring.

Life is like that. We make careful plans, expecting one sort of payoff and then Bam! Something happens that disrupts those plans and makes us wonder what the future will be like. What you learn during your MBA program, if you use it right, can help you navigate that uncertain future and even help you envision a new result that may be better than your original plan. But you have to be willing to let go of the old plan and pivot to the new one.

I am still looking forward to the spring and seeing what happens with my daffodils. Even if I don’t get the expected results, I like the direction of the new plan. Just like you, I need to remember that what may seem like a detour or a waste of time is actually a chance to learn valuable lessons that I can apply in other places.

What changes are you facing? How willing are you to change with them?

Jana [email protected]

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Please update your contact information so that we can let you know about news and upcoming events!

Nintex™ Leadership Breakfast

The Nintex™ Leadership Breakfast Series assembles influential business leaders in the Puget Sound region to share their lessons in leadership with MBA students. Students learn from the actual experiences of visionary leaders such as Brett Campbell, Co-founder and Global Vice President of Alliances of the Nintex Group, Mark Mader, CEO of SmartSheet and Phyllis Campbell, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, Pacific Northwest.

Watch your email, the MBA canvas site or the UWB MBA website for speaker information. The Nintex leadership breakfast series will take place on the following Friday dates at 8:00am, November 14, December 12, January 16 , February 20, March 20, April 17, May 15 Eastside Leadership Center (ELC) in Bellevue Directions to ELC

Information Sessions

If you know someone interested in the UW Bothell MBA programs, invite them to a information session on the following nights from 5:15-6:30pm!

Thursday, November 6, Thursday, December 4: Bothell Campus Wednesday, November 12, Wednesday, December 10: Eastside Leadership Center, Bellevue Directions to ELC RSVP HERE

Alumni/Student Networking Event Join fellow alums, current students and faculty to network and give special recognition to the Classes of 2005 and 2010.

Friday, February 27, 6pm– 8pm North Creek Events Center—UW Bothell Campus

Professional Development Opportunities Are you taking advantage of our built-in professional development opportunities? Our one-on-one coaches, Marcy Porus-Gottlieb and Brooks Gekler, look forward to meeting you and working with you to help you achieve your professional goals. Marcy currently has coaching openings, listed in the Announcements on Canvas. Brooks will have openings later this quarter. Be sure to request and complete the CareerLeader assessment prior to your coaching appointment. To gain login access, contact Jana at [email protected].

UW Bothell MBA Events

Stay in Contact!

Save the Date!

Alumni/Student Networking Evening

Please join us for a special

Alumni/Student Networking Evening on

Friday, February 27, 6-8 pm in the

North Creek Events Center, Bothell Campus.

All UWB MBA/MMgt alumni and students are invited to join us

for networking and a special recognition of the MBA/MMgt

Class of 2005 (10 yrs) and MBA Class of 2010 (5 years)!

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A Beta Gamma Sigma at UWB

Author Betsy Case, Nelda Lee, Guest Erika Klimecky, and

Sandra Jeffcoat.

Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) is the honor society serving business programs at

schools accredited by the AACSB International. BGS is the highest honor a

business student anywhere in the world can receive. Membership in the

honor society is by invitation only to the top 20% of graduate students.

The Board of Governors and Officers of BGS named UWB’s chapter a 2014

Exemplary Chapter.

Congratulations to the UW Bothell School of Business for this achievement!

Trailblazers: The Women of the Boeing Company “Trailblazers: The Women of The Boeing Company”

author Betsy Case presented her book at the

October 17th event presented by the UW Bothell

Women in Business and the MBA Association. The

book covers the history of women at Boeing, from

the first seamstress hired to stitch linen wings in

1961 to the Rosie the Riveters of the 1940s, to the

engineers and pilots of today. Betsy, along with

present-day Trailblazers Sandra Jeffcoat and Nelda

Lee inspired the audience of women and men during

an interactive panel discussion. Sandra Jeffcoat was

the first African American woman to become a

member of the Boeing Technical Excellence Program,

and engineer Nelda Lee was the first woman to fly

the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle Fighter Jet. The

author and panelists signed books after the event.

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Michael Wong VP of Community

Relations

Sidrah Rizvi VP of Marketing/Strategy

Sumi Nam VP of Professional

Development

Emilie Szeto VP of Networking

Jeremy McManus Senior VP/Treasurer

Mitch Droz President

To find out more about the MBAA and its members,

visit www.uwb.edu/mba/mbaa

MBAA’s Quarterly Report

Meet the MBA Association’s

2014-2015 MBAA Executive Members

What’s up with the MBA Association?

MBAA’s Goal The MBAA of 2014-2015 welcomes you to another exciting year of events, experiences and opportunities! This year, we plan to focus our efforts into building and maintaining an interactive culture with current students, faculty, and alumni to build a continuous network. We have hopes to build a stronger community, establish a mentoring program, and increase industry exposure to our program.

Earlier this month, the MBAA hosted a welcome event for students to participate in a Scavenger Hunt around the Fremont Area. This was an opportunity to meet and greet students from the other cohorts.

Mentoring sessions were provided by 2nd year students at a local Starbucks where they had a session with the 1st year students on how to manage and begin their overwhelming first year. It was a great opportunity to layout study schedules and tactics and learn from the 2nd year students who have experienced the same situation. The MBAA plans to host more of these mentoring sessions and are working towards expanding and bringing larger industries to give 1st and 2nd year students advice.

The MBAA also held a family-friendly event with our philanthropy partner, AHOPE For Children. Jennifer Olsen, MBA Class of 2005, is the president of the international organization focused on assistance programs for vulnerable children in Ethiopia. Attendees experienced a fun environment to network, meet with alumni, and learn about ways to participate in international philanthropy. The students were challenged to raise money, with the proceeds benefitting the organization. AHOPE For Children may extend an internship opportunity to students to go to Africa and work on the projects in real time.

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Sara Hyer LMBA Class of 2014

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Share with us!

Let us know about a promotion, marriage, or addition to your family and we will post it in next quarter’s newsletter! Please contact Kathryn Chester or Melissa Brockett ([email protected] or [email protected]); we will post the newsletter online quarterly.

Flint is packing up and moving to Colorado to take on a new challenge! He will be joining Ability Composites, a nine person company that builds composite parts (carbon fiber or fiberglass) for aerospace, industrial (robotics, oil and gas, etc.) and biomedical (prosthetics). Flint will be taking on the role of Chief Operating Officer and also playing the roles of Engineering Manager, Production Designer and Shop Foreman. His goal is to help build the business in any way he can!

Good luck, Flint!

Congratulations!

Flint Jamison TMBA Class of 2014

Sara has taken on a position at Amazon as an Employment Brand Specialist. She will be working for the WW Operations and Customer Service, developing their employment brand strategy for their global operations network and executing various marketing channels. She loves what she is doing and loves working for the company. She is grateful for her experience learned as an LMBA at UW Bothell!

Congrats Sara!

Winarto LMBA Class of 2016

Winarto, a current LMBA student has taken on a position with the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) as an Aerospace Engineer (Systems). Winarto will provide government oversight (second set of eyes) within the aerospace industry. His department focuses on new design and modifications. He also works to ensure continuous operational safety within the air. Winarto’s area of responsibility in the office are flight controls and various mechanical systems. Along with this, he also still advises the Air Force and various agencies in political and other issues.

Congrats Winarto!

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The UW Bothell MBA nationally ranked programs emphasize experiential learning through interactions with business leaders and entrepreneurs. Corporate executives share real-life insights, coach and mentor our students to advance in their careers. As a result of the interactions inside and outside class, students are able to view the world through the lens of a businesses leader, learn from the experiences of businesses and create a practical path to success.

The Technology MBA

The UW Bothell Technology MBA is a rigorous program attracting students who are passionate about technology. Many of these students are engineers and scientists. Others are non-technical, but have a great enthusiasm for managing technology-driven corporations.

The Technology MBA is built on these ideas:

Technological innovation is at the heart of the modern economic structure.

Technologies are changing every aspect of the corporation- functions, products, processes, roles, strategies, and structures.

Understanding the intersection of innovation and entrepreneurship/intrapreneurship is crucial.

Simply being a super-engineer is insufficient. What is needed is a holistic technology management perspective.

Engineers and scientists need to learn to work in cross-functional global teams.

Communication is central to a technology manager’s success.

The Leadership MBA The UW Bothell Leadership MBA is a one-of-a-kind dynamic program that attracts a diverse student population eager to develop as leaders. The students are passionate about their goals and like to challenge one another to achieve ever greater heights. The Leadership MBA is built on these ideas:

Leadership is a central challenge in today’s corporation.

Leadership matters in every functional area and every career stage.

Leaders come from diverse backgrounds- young and old, men and women, all ethnicities and cultural heritages.

There is no one formula for leadership. What is important is that you develop and practice a clear, coherent and thoughtful leadership philosophy.

Communicating effectively across different cultures is vital.

Mentoring and being mentored are vital leadership elements.

About the UW Bothell MBA Programs

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Sandeep Krishnamurthy Dean, School of Business 425-352-5229 [email protected]

Vicki Tolbert MBA Recruiting Specialist 425-352-3277 [email protected] Melissa Brockett Student Assistant 425-352-3274 [email protected]

Jana Hyde Manager, MBA Programs 425-352-3646 [email protected] Kathryn Chester Program Support Supervisor 425-352-3275 [email protected]

www.uwb.edu/mba

Stay Connected!

We want to hear from you!

Let us know about upcoming events, learning opportunities, job postings, and more and we will post it in next quarter’s newsletter. Please contact Kathryn Chester or Melissa Brockett ([email protected] or [email protected]); we will post the newsletter online quarterly.

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