by mark | Sep 28, 2016 | - Fall 2016 -, Alumni, Humble Beginnings
Millie Pilié Bradley (A&S ’73, MBA ’75) was a few weeks into maternity leave her second child when she got an unexpected phone call from her boss. It was 1983, and Bradley, a systems manager in Exxon’s chemical division in Houston, had recently decided...
by mark | Aug 25, 2011 | - Summer 2011 -, Alumni, Humble Beginnings
“There are worse things in life than death, Woody Allen once cracked. “Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?” Life insurance salesmen have been a butt of jokes for years, but when Emile Bayle (BBA ’53) was looking for his first job, nobody...
by mark | Mar 29, 2011 | - Winter 2011 -, Alumni, Humble Beginnings
Reflecting back on the start of his career, Al Goldman (BBA ’56) doesn’t hesitate when asked what advice he’d give to current students starting their careers. “Don’t know you’re applying for a job,” he laughs. “You can really be yourself.” After earning a business...
by mark | Apr 10, 2010 | - Winter 2010 -, Alumni, Humble Beginnings
MBA student Carolina Rojas (MBA ’10) interviewed Pedro Padierna, president and CEO of Sabritas Central America and Caribbean Foods, in Mexico City in August 2009. Sabritas, a unit of PepsiCo Americas Foods, is the umbrella brand under which PepsiCo markets Frito-Lay...
