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All
Interviews conducted by Dave Christy, Dean,
Orfalea College of Business
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April, 2007 |
Linda M. Walker
Business Administration, '77
Vice President of Human Resources, Parker Aerospace, Parker Hannifin Corporation (retired)
Human Resource Management in a large corporation
- Peer leadership
- Effective corporate reward systems
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March 2007 |
Tunny Ortali
Business Administration, '70
Partner, F. McClintock's
It was never about food, it was about business
- The restaurant business
- Using education in the real world
- Entrepreneurship today
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March 2007 |
Mike Erie
Business Administration, '74
Nestle USA Executive (Retired)
A career of selling to large clients
- Challenges for young people entering corporate America
- How to advance in a corporate environment - then and now
- Using data effectively
- Interview excerpts
- Full interview
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October 2006 |
Barry Banducci
College of Engineering, '60
Aerospace Engineer, Retired
Jumping in the deep end
- Taking risks
- Mentors
- Hot future careers
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April
2006 |
Rush
Hill
Business Administration/Architecture '69
Chairman, Hill Partnership, Inc., Architects
From
Cal Poly Student Body President to Ronald Reagan's
top aid
- Early
entrepreneurship
- Right
place - right time and identifying opportunity
- Shaping
the big picture
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March 2006 |
Terry Reay
Accounting, '78
Director of Operations, National Hospitality
A diverse road to management
- Accelerated management track at Pacific Bell
- Things I didn't learn in school
- Presentation skills from Cal Poly
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February
2006 |
Forrest
Fleming
Industrial Technology '77
President, DynaFluidics
Entrepreneurship
101
Forrest
discusses:
- Pros
and cons of taking risks with start-up companies
- His
philosophy of focusing on "adding value"
- Stay
foolish - stay hungry
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November
2005 |
William
L. Chillingworth
Business Administration '78
President, Western USA, CB Richard Ellis
Applying
business knowledge to large transactions
Bill
shares his path from IBM installer to commercial
real estate:
- "Everything
I learned about selling came from IBM."
- Unexpected
payoff from his Cal Poly education
- Value
of a business degree in making large real estate
deals
- Key
decisions that lead to success
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November
2005 |
Lori
DeMatteis
Business
Administration '85
Director
of Professional Services - DST Innovis
Career
diversity and working overseas
Immediately
following graduation from Cal Poly, Lori joined
the management fast-track at Pac Bell and took
off from there:
- Managing
people/teams in a large corporation
- Career
choices to get ahead
- Successfully
working in foreign countries
- How
career diversity can pay off
- Networking
after Cal Poly
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November
2005 |
David
V. Kinney
Accounting
'85
Partner and Co-founder - Madison Street Partners
Sales
for fun and profit
Armed
with an Accounting degree, Kinney went from selling
business forms to owner of one of the most successful
commercial real estate brokerage firms in Orange
County. He discusses:
- The
best things about a career in sales
- Income
potential
- What
it takes and best practices for successful selling
- How
to tell if you are cut out for sales
- Building
your organization into what you want
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September
2005 |
Norman
Angell
Business
Administration '67
Attorney at Law
Success
in a large corporation and its culture
Norm
came to play basketball at Poly and became a lawyer/executive:
- 30
years with Chevron to become a division president
- A
law degree along the way
- Corporate
mergers, corporate cultures
- From
large corporation to private law practice
- Decision-making
at 22 years old
- "Communicate
the old-fashioned way"
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