Smith Profiles
Student Profile
Saying ‘Oui!’ To Amazon in Paris
Blanka Thibaud , Flex MBA
Blanka Thibaud was ready for a change.
She’d been working as an economist, but had an eye on a career in commercial real estate development.
Alumni Profile
Developing a Cultural Consciousness is Not a Choice
Zeynep Kantur Ozenci, MS Finance
Business is now more global than ever, challenging us to expand our understanding of other cultures and develop deeper cultural knowledge.
Alumni Profile
Connecting Across Continents and Finding Solutions
Ed Novak divides much of his time between Boston and the Washington, D.C., area, but his professional reach is global.
As managing director and partner at Vistra, an international business services provider, he’s in constant contact with clients and colleagues worldwide.
Alumni Profile
A Global Journey That Opens Doors
Iris Lan, MBA ’20
Sometimes, it’s a journey halfway around the world that opens doors all the way back home.
Iris Lan, MBA ’20, says that’s what happened for her when she left China to pursue an MBA at Maryland Smith.
Faculty Profile
Meet Neta Moye, Executive Director of Maryland Smith’s Office of Career Services
Maryland Smith’s Neta Moye says her career path hasn’t exactly been linear, but it has had what she calls her “red thread” running through it, connecting her experiences together, like the ancient Chinese legend of an invisible thread intertwining fate.
Alumni Profile
Leading with Self-Awareness and An Open Mind
Chris Steadley, MBA ’12
Chris Steadley, MBA ’12, has consistently used his global mindset in his eight-plus years at advisory and research services firm Gartner. His current role as a senior partner in consulting includes managing business in the Midwest region of the U.S.
Alumni Profile
Reading Minds: Part Magic, Part Business Acumen
Max Major '05 can read your mind. It's a passion he parlayed into the only career he ever really considered. While at Maryland Smith, he honed his entrepreneurial skills to build a business as a renowned mentalist.
Alumni Profile
Utilizing an Appreciation for Diversity to Lead an International Organization
Each of the seven global mindset competencies is integral to Mark Lenhart’s MBA ’00 work as executive director of study abroad organization CET Academic Programs. As a manager and leader, he finds self-awareness and humility to be a particularly important competency.
Alumni Profile
How Cultural Curiosity and Relationship Building Adds Value to Research
Erika Hall ’07, assistant professor of organization and management at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, studied finance at Maryland Smith while maintaining an interest in entrepreneurship.
Faculty Profile
A Passion Discovered Through Timing
Gary Bulmash ’66, MBA ’68, DBA ’74
For Gary Bulmash being in the right place at the right time was the catalyst of his decades-long teaching career. The Maryland Smith professor, who began teaching at the school in the late 1960s while studying in the doctoral program, got his start when a faculty member was hospitalized and sidelined for an entire semester. Bulmash knew he had found his calling.