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Career Networking for MBA's

WHARTON-MBACH CONSULTING AND CAREER NETWORK 

The best networking meetings in town for MBA's at any stage of their careers 

Event Date: Monday, December 1st, 2008 at 6:30pm 

Please join us for the next Wharton/MBA Council of Houston Consulting and Career Network meeting. These collaborative, informative and action oriented meetings are offered to MBACH member schools alums and designed to meet the networking needs of MBA's at any stage of their careers. The meetings are organized and facilitated by Wharton alums with great networking insight: Doug Heguy, Fred Wolgel and Pascale Nicolet-Smith. These meetings are for you when

• You are in transition and wish to regain employment in the corporate world
• You are reaching out and "just looking" for ideas or better opportunities.
• You are an independent consultant or a partner in a boutique consulting firm looking for engagement opportunities and client base growth.
• You are an employer in search of great talent.

The meeting will take place Monday, December 1st, 2008, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the University of Houston's Board Room 302 in the Melcher Hall Building, 4800 Calhoun, TX 77004. Our sincerest thanks go to Bauer alums David Flores and Jamie Smith for making this fantastic venue available to our MBA community. For more information please contact Pascale Nicolet-Smith or Doug Heguy.

Please sign-up by purchasing the $5:00 ticket that will cover refreshments provided. 

Click here to buy tickets!!! 

There are two parking options:

1. Drive to the Welcome Information Booth next to Melcher Hall at 4800 Calhoun to get a $3.00 pass for lot 1E, the outdoor lot right next to Melcher Hall. 
2. Enter the new parking building to the left of Melcher Hall. Collect ticket on way in, pay when you leave. The rate for 2 hours is $4.00. 

The Bauer College of Business‘s Boardroom 302 is in the Melcher Hall Building. Melcher Hall is the big, pointy, black, glass building. The main entrance faces Calhoun. Once you go in, you’ll see the elevators to the left of the reception area. Take an elevator to the 3rd floor. When you get off, turn left down the hallway. Take the hallway all the way to the end, Executive board Room 302.

Select Crowd for Excellent Seminar

Thursday night, November 13, 2008, at the South Texas College of Law, we had a select group of alumni and STCL students (less than 15 people in total) who enjoyed a brilliant presentation by Sarah Burd-Sharps of the American Human Development Project (www.MeasureOfAmerica.org). We stayed for an hour afterwards sharing our insights and figuring out new ways to address the issues of our 'unequal America.' Said Brian Swain,

I found it just about the most in-depth and thoughtful discussion of important issues that we’ve had to-date as a club. It almost felt more like a class/seminar to me, which is arguably more valuable as a pure learning experience.

This was an event where the contributions came from a wide group of supporters. We thank

• Sarah Burd-Sharps (SIPA) for donating an evening of her time to show us what the quality of life really is in America and how we can communicate that to others
• George Worthington (SIPA) for bringing Sarah's work to our attention and delivering her to us
• STCL Dean Jim Alfini (CC) for allowing us to use the STCL auditorium at no charge
• The entire STCL staff including Gerardo Ramirez, Justin from the bookstore, Kim Parker, and the A/V department. All of them made sure we had a terrific event, even though it wasn't a large one.
• Tabitha Serrano (CC) made sure we had a good healthy meal and not just crackers!
• Caroline Shanor (CC) plastered flyers around the campus and pestered all of her fellow students at STCL to come.

To all of you who couldn't make it, we encourage you to visit www.MeasureOfAmerica.org to see the fabulous graphics which have been developed to explain what's actually going on in America in terms of health, education, and income, in different places and among different groups. And finally, the STCL will continue to have copies of the book for another week or two. All the great charts and illustrations give you a new frame for our challenges and an easy way to remember where we stand.

Innovation Seminar from MBA Council

The public is welcome to register for this event:

What exactly do we mean when we talk of innovation? How does it come about, and what can realistically be done to generate more of it? If being more innovative is our stated goal, how should we measure our progress to improve our results?

Event Date: Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 at 5:15pm

Please join the MBA Council of Houston and the MIT Enterprise Forum of Texas for a very special panel discussion concerning the management of innovation, moderated by Dr. John Lienhard.  (Yes, this is the same famous Dr. John Lienhard that we have listened to at 7:30am on the NPR radio station hosting the segment entitled The Engines of Our Ingenuity.) 

When:  Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Networking and hors d’oeuvres at 5:15 p.m.
Program will commence at 6:00 p.m.

Where:  The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Branch
1801 Allen Parkway,  Houston, Texas 77019

Program Cost:  $50
Credit Card reservations online
Click here to buy tickets!!!

*Due to security requirements placed by the Federal Reserve Bank, all attendees must register by noon on November 19th

Featured Panelists:

Dr. John Lienhard (Moderator) – Author and voice of NPR's The Engines of Our Ingenuity, is M.D. Anderson Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and History at the University of Houston. He received BS and MS degrees from Oregon State College and the University of Washington, his PhD from UC / Berkeley, and he holds two honorary doctorates. He is known for his research in the thermal sciences as well as in cultural history. He is an Honorary Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Dr. Steven P. Nichols - Serves as professor of Mechanical Engineering at UT-Austin. He directs the Clint W Murchison Sr. Chair of Free Enterprise, a role in which he develops programs focusing on product development, technology innovation, creativity and professional responsibility. He is also Director of the Advanced Manufacturing Center in UT's Cockrell School of Engineering.

Bill Rothwell - was appointed VP, Innovation and Chemicals Technology with Shell Global Solutions Inc. in 2007. Overseeing 500 scientists and engineers in Europe, Asia and the US, Bill has global responsibility for identifying and leveraging innovation and chemical technology across the Royal Dutch Shell Group.

Michele Brekke - is Director of Technology Transfer at NASA's Johnson Space Center. In this role Michele manages programs that encourage the transfer of technology from NASA into the private sector; develops partnerships with industry and businesses; and works with NASA, industry and academia to develop innovation partnerships for break-through technologies. She also works with NASA engineers and scientists at JSC to ensure successful patenting of their inventions.

Gary Reamey - is Senior Principal and Country Leader responsible for Edward Jones' Canadian Operations.  Joining Edward Jones upon graduation from Wabash College in 1977, Reamey led the firm's first significant expansion into a major metropolitan area (Chicago) in the early '80s - a radical departure from the firm's practice of establishing branches almost exclusively in rural areas. This experiment served as prototype for Edward Jones' expansion into many American and U.K. cities.  Reamey received an MBA from the University of Chicago in 1987. He is a trustee of Wabash College, a director for the Investment Industry Assoc. of Canada, and a past governor of the Toronto Stock Exchange.