Between Business & Life Podcast

In this episode, host Lisa Shatz welcomes Jeff Price , an associate professor, game development and virtual reality at the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology at The University of Texas at Dallas . They compare and contrast the various technologies related to enabling digitally immersive, enhanced online environments — metaverses — and their implications for industry, educ...

In this episode, Kris Fitzgerald joins host Lisa Shatz to discuss what Fitzgerald calls Augmented intelligence (AI). They also discuss when and how to unplug from technology to best achieve a work-life balance. Fitzgerald is a retired CTO and chairman of the Executive Council in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas as well as a guest lect...

Thea Junt, MBA'16, environmental sustainability consultant for Southwest Airlines , joins host Lisa Shatz for a discussion about the company's Nonstop to Net Zero initiative. They discuss how the SWA is meeting its strategic goals toward reducing its environmental impact and achieving sustainability, not only in its use of aviation fuel but also in its community outreach. They also go over ways st...

In this episode of Between Business and Life, Samantha (Sam) Dwinell , chief people officer at Stream Realty Partners and member of the Naveen Jindal School of Management 's Advisory Council , joins host Lisa Shatz for a discussion about quiet quitting: what it means and doesn't mean — and how that differs among different generations of workers. They also discuss remote work vs. flexibility within...

In this episode of Between Business and Life, Matthew Rabinowitz , MBA'02, joins host Lisa Shatz for a discussion about cryptocurrency. Rabinowitz is a serial entrepreneur, husband, father of three boys and a self-described "recovering engineer" who splits his time between living in Spain and directing several U.S.-based companies. He has researched digital currency since 2013.

Dr. Peter Lewin joins host Lisa Shatz for a discussion about the state of the economy and how best to seek a work-life balance given its current state. Lewin is a clinical professor in the Naveen Jindal School of Management 's Finance and Managerial Economics Academic Area .

In this episode, Sam Satyanathan , MBA'04, director of information security at Freddie Mac, joins host Lisa Shatz, for a discussion about how he balances a career as a cybersecurity professional with a family life and as an MBA mentor at The University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management .

In the inaugural episode of Between Business and Life, Truckl CEO Hanns-Christian (Chris) Hanebeck joins host Lisa Shatz for a discussion about how his company is advancing blockchain technology in the supply chain. They also discuss how Hanebeck manages to achieve a work-life balance while running a company.

In this episode, host Lisa Shatz and Jack Liu, MBA'19 , a senior product manager at Sabre Corporation, discuss how he transitioned from a career as an engineer — Liu earned his MS in Telecommunications Engineering degree from UT Dallas in 2010 — to a full-time MBA student and how that experience equipped him to change his mindset from the how's of engineering product development to the why's of a...

In this episode, host Lisa Shatz and Tasha Okulate, MBA'19 , sales strategy senior manager at PepsiCo, discuss how Okulate juggled family life with work and school while she and her husband both pursued MBA degrees at UT Dallas' Naveen Jindal School of Management.

In this episode, host Lisa Shatz and Daniel Myers , MBA'15, global lead in developer relations with Snowflake , discuss how obtaining an MBA can benefit the career of an engineer, whether in a role as senior engineer or moving into management.

In the episode, host Lisa Shatz catches up with Mike Zamulinski, MBA'21, MS'21, a strategy consultant at Deloitte in its Finance Strategy & Transformation division. They discuss his non-traditional background and how it benefitted him in his career change once he earned two graduate degrees at UT Dallas' Naveen Jindal School of Management.

In this episode, Melike Aslan Coskun, MBA'21, MS'21 , joins host Lisa Shatz for a discussion about how she transitioned from careers in the defense and trade industries in her home country of Turkey to a graduate student at The University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management, which helped launch her career as a global supply chain manager at Tesla.

In this episode, Sreenath (Sree) Janakiraman, MBA'19, and host Lisa Shatz discuss how Janakiraman leveraged an internship he obtained at AT&T while a student in the MBA Cohort Program into a full-time position as a senior strategy consultant. Janakiraman then was promoted to associate director of strategy in less than two years.

In this episode, host Lisa Shatz chats with Cameron Prince , MBA'20, a supply chain and operations leadership development program (LDP) Associate at Raytheon Technologies . Price discusses his military background and how that experience informed his decision to pursue a Full-Time MBA at The University of Texas at Dallas ' Naveen Jindal School of Management .

In this episode, host Lisa Shatz speaks with Valerie Ward , who graduated from the Naveen School of Management's Full-Time MBA program in 2020 with a concentration in business analytics. They discuss how Ward successfully used the degree as a springboard to make a transition from being a stay-at-home mom to landing her current role as a lead experience manager at a major technology company.

  In this edition of the Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. Podcast, host Lisa Shatz , assistant dean of MBA Programs at the Naveen Jindal School of Management , speaks with Jordan Pedigo , MBA'16, MS'16. At the time their conversation was recorded, Pedigo was vice president and senior division controller at BOK Financial. Soon afterward, he took a position at U Bank as executive vice president and chief fi...

Travis Kemp, MBA'18, MS'18 , joins host Lisa Shatz , assistant dean and director of MBA Programs ,to discuss the benefits and challenges of undertaking a double MS/MBA degree at the Naveen Jindal School of Management . Kemp attributes his success at AT&T (he was promoted to director, supply chain strategy after the episode was recorded) to the organizational and time-management skills he necessari...

In this episode, host Lisa Shatz , assistant dean and director of the MBA Programs at the Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas , welcomes Bonnie Hurst, MBA'20, senior project leader at Methodist Health System in Dallas-Fort Worth. Hurst discusses her role at Methodist as a data analyst and how the UT Dallas MBA degree prepared her for the role. She also discusses...

In the episode, Tarun Tripathy, MBA'18, a consultant at Deloitte , joins host Lisa Shatz , assistant dean of MBA Programs at the Naveen Jindal School of Management . They discuss what brought him to his decision to enroll in an MBA program, why he chose UT Dallas and the highlights and challenges he experienced as an international student and what he learned from them.

In this episode, host Lisa Shatz , assistant dean of MBA programs at the Naveen Jindal School of Management , chats with Tristan Opie , MBA'19, an experienced consultant for the Healthcare and Life Sciences division of West Monroe Partners , a Chicago-based national consulting firm with offices throughout the U.S., including Dallas. Shatz and Opie discuss what life has been like in the year since...

In this episode, host Dr. Monica Powell and guest Lisa Shatz , an assistant dean at the Naveen Jindal School of Management and director of its MBA programs , chat about their shared history as colleagues and friends. Shatz will take over as host of the Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. Podcast beginning with Episode 14.

In this episode, host Dr. Monica Powell welcomes Janelle Manuel, MBA'17, MS'17,to the podcast. Manuel, who recently transitioned to a new position, was senior manager of digital experience at Mohawk Industries at the time the episode was recorded. They discuss how Manuel getting both an MBA and a master's degree in business analytics at the Naveen Jindal School of Management positioned her for suc...

Andrew Cyders, MBA'11, joins host Dr. Monica Powell for the 11th installment of the Yet Another MBA G.O.A.T. podcast. Cyders is director of special projects and chief of staff at The Everett Clinic in Everett, Wash. He and Powell discuss how the rigor of the MBA prepared him well for success in healthcare consulting and positioned him for the job he holds today. Andrew Cyders' contact information:...

Kevin Winslow , MBA'15, joins Dr. Monica Powell to discuss how obtaining an MBA degree from the Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas gave him a new skill set that allowed him to reimagine his career. The degree allowed Winslow to go from a career in clinical research to one as director of operations at Los Angeles-based Radiology Partners.