This year, our Don Condon Speaker Series will become part of a one-credit class titled, Current Topics & Applied Learning in Finance, taught by Director Barb Bolens. Through this graduate level course, our finance MBA students will be exposed to applied learning experiences, industry speakers, career treks and professional development workshops. Students will examine and reflect on finance career pathways, current finance skills, applications and practices to learn how to best prepare for their career. All MBA students specializing in Corporate Finance & Investment Banking are required to enroll in two credits of this course during their first year (both fall and spring).
This semester we have a terrific line-up of industry speakers and the list is still growing. We kicked off our new course this week featuring our Nicholas Center Career Coach, Laura Berkan who gave a presentation on the Foundations of Networking. Next week, we are excited to welcome our Executive-in-Residence Tom Tefft who will be speaking to students about finance careers in multi-national corporations.
We welcome anyone from our finance community to reach out to discuss if your firm might have a seasoned finance executive that would be interested in giving back and helping our students learn about the many career pathways in finance. We have one speaker session available in November and will soon begin booking our Spring sessions. We have several opportunities and timeframes available, both in-person and virtual.
If interested in connecting with our students in the classroom, complete this inquiry form and we’ll contact you to discuss!
Fall 2024 Speaker Schedule
Laura Berkan, Assistant Director of Career Management – Wisconsin School of Business
- Topic: Networking Foundations, September 4th
Tom Tefft, Retired, Senior Vice President & President, Medtronic
- Topic: Finance Careers in Multi-National Corporations, September 12th
Matt Nehls, Senior Manager, Target Corporation
- Topic: FP&A Roles & Careers, September 20th
Rob Kaderavek & team, Managing Director, Baird
- Topic: Investment Banking & M&A Markets, September 26th
Akhil Remesan, Partner, Madison Lake Capital
- Topic: Careers in Private Equity & Entrepreneurship, October 9th
Rick Dillon, Executive Vice President & CFO, Vestis Corporation
- Topic: Corporate Action – A Strategic Spin, October 30th
Patrick Hammes, Principal, Hammes Companies
- Topic: Private Equity & Real Estate Portfolio Management, November 15th
Tim Yarbrough, CFO, ZipRecruiter
- Topic: ZipRecruiter’s Path Going Public, December 15th
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