Smith Profiles

Alumni Profile

Following the Itch to Explore the World

Tekisha Harvey, Full-time MBA

In the past year Tekisha Harvey, MBA ’08, has visited Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Colombia, Argentina, the Netherlands, Bali, the Philippines, Thailand and Japan. “It’s crazy that this is my life,” she says.

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Faculty Profile

Where Data Meets Optimization

Margrét Bjarnadóttir, Professor, Statistics

In the year after graduating with her PhD, in what was financially a lean time, Margrét Bjarnadóttir and her husband decided to buy a new Macbook Pro to replace their aging one.

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Alumni Profile

A Builder of African American History

Lisa Anders, Full-time MBA

Visitors to the National Museum of African American History and Culture can’t miss the restored Pullman railcar that dominates the Segregation Gallery in Concourse 2.

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Faculty Profile

Change Agent Finds Niche at Smith

Henry C. Boyd III, Professor, Marketing

Henry C. Boyd III was just a kindergartner, living on a U.S. military base in Okinawa, Japan, when he began to grasp the importance of education.

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Student Profile

Engineering an MBA Career Shift

Natnapin Tangpipith, Full-time MBA

Natnapin “Nat” Tangpipith emerged quickly as a civil engineer. She worked with several public agencies around New York City, specializing in bridge rehabilitation. But as she moved up the ladder, her career interests evolved.

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Faculty Profile

Fighting for Fairness in Business Law

T. Leigh Anenson, Professor, Business Law

Strict enforcement of the law sometimes rewards dirty-dealing and hypocrisy, which bothered T. Leigh Anenson as a business litigator.

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Student Profile

Entrepreneur Adds Analytics Skills

Peiyan “Pearl” Yu, Master of Science

Peiyan “Pearl” Yu’s startup, NanBoOne New Media Studio, was nearly an overnight success. She and some classmates at Nanjing University in China had an idea to broadcast university events online, such as graduations. They purchased equipment and started streaming.

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Alumni Profile

MBA Pro Called Up to the Big Leagues

Ted Towne, Part-time MBA

Some people claw their way into the sports industry. Ted Towne, PTMBA ’08, received an invitation to work in Major League Baseball while studying at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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Faculty Profile

Students Recognize Master Teacher

Bobby Zhou, Professor, Marketing

Marketing professor Bobby Zhou’s keychain holds more than the keys to unlock his car, house and office at the at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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Student Profile

QUEST Student Shines at PwC

Brandon Lucas, Undergraduate

Brandon Lucas was the kid who tinkered around the house, trying to fix or build something to see how things worked. It was a Java class in high school that sparked his interest in computer science.

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