September 22-24 • Krannert School of Management

Thursday, September 22

6:00- 6:30 p.m. Rawls Hall, 2nd Floor Commons

6:30 -8:30 p.m.

Arrive and Check-In

Ken Burns “The American Experience” (optional) Elliott Hall of Music

*General admission seating. This event is presented by The Purdue Series on CorporateCitizenship and Ethics, Ackerman Center, Krannert School of Management, College of Liberal Arts, Discovery Lecture Series, Hall of Music Productions and Purdue Convocations

Friday, September 23

8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast and check-in Krannert Center (Weiler Lounge)

8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Krannert Center (Weiler Lounge) Welcome to the Krannert Community Michelle Hadley, Greg Beaver Walk over to Rawls Hall following welcome

9:00 - 9:45 a.m. Admissions Presentation Rawls Hall, 2058 Thomas Bates

9:45 - 10:00 a.m. Break

10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Launching Your Career Rawls Hall, 2058 with the Krannert Professional Development Center Randall Lewis

10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Campus Tour Rawls Hall, 2058

11:00- 1:00 p.m. The Foundry Purdue Foundry Visit & LunchTim Peoples

1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Marketing Case Study Rawls Hall, 2058 Professor Cara Putman

2:30 - 2:45 p.m. Break

2:45 - 3:45 p.m. Student Panel

4:00 - 5:00 p.m. 308 reception with current students

Rawls Hall, 2058

308 on State

5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Free Time to Explore Campus

6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Dinner Rawls Hall, 3rd Floor Commons

* Welcome Darren Henry, Managing Director of B.O.P. at PurdueKeynote Speaker: John Abney, Finance Director at Nielsen*

Saturday, September 24

Breakfast with Professor Karthik Kannan 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

9:45 - 10:30 a.m.

Rawls Hall, Third Floor

Rawls Hall, 2070 Attend a Class (Leadership) Professor Brad Alge OBHR 662

10:30-12:00p.m. Tailgate with Current Students

12:00p.m. --TBD Purdue vs. Nevada Football Game

Ross Ade Stadium

Ross Ade Stadium

2016 EXPLORE KRANNERT WEEKEND September 22-24 • Krannert School of Management

David Hummels began serving as Dean of the Krannert School of Management in 2015.

In his faculty life, Professor Hummels teaches courses in International Economics, and has won multiple teaching awards at the graduate and undergraduate level. His research focuses on a broad range of issues in international trade, including: offshoring, product differentiation, barriers to trade and the broader impacts of aviation, infrastructure, and trade facilitation on trade and economic development. He has published 4 books and over 40 research articles in major economic journals including American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of International Economics, and the Journal of Economic Perspectives.

Professor Hummels is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, an Associate Editor of the Journal of International Economics, and an Associate Director of the Forum for Research on Empirical International Trade. He has worked as a consultant for and visiting scholar at a wide variety of central banks, development banks and policy institutes around the world. He previously worked as an assistant professor of economics at the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business.

Tim Peoples holds the title of Managing Director of the Purdue Foundry. In the past, he has been involved with three startup companies as either a founder or a member of the executive team.

During his 18-year career with American Cynamid Co., Peoples worked in product development, traveled internationally and was stationed for five years in Rio de Janeiro. Between the years of 1978-1982 he served as an Assistant Professor of the University of Arizona while simultaneously holding the position of Vice President of Research at GENOCO Industries.

Prior to working in the Purdue Foundry, Tim was the Director for the Purdue Technology Centers of West Lafayette where he directed the business incubation programs. Currently, he is the lead EIR and first contact with all Foundry clients. Peoples holds a Bachelor's Degree in Botany from Defiance College and a Master's Degree and Doctorate in Plant Biochemistry and Plant Physiology from the University of New Hampshire.

Darren Henry is the Managing Director of the Dr. Cornell A. Bell Business Opportunity Program (BOP) at the Krannert School of Management on the West Lafayette campus of Purdue University. Henry is responsible for the recruitment, retention, professional development, and overall success of students within BOP through programming initiatives on campus, along with partnerships and relationships with educational institutions, alumni, corporations, and community representatives across the country.

Henry joined the Krannert School in 2007 after completing his MBA from the School in the same year through the BOP program. Additionally, he is a member of the National Black MBA Association, the 100 Black Men of Indianapolis, and a board member for the Purdue Black Alumni Organization. In his spare time, Darren enjoys travelling, reading, and relaxing with his parents at their home. He is an undergraduate alumnus of Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.

2016 EXPLORE KRANNERT WEEKEND September 22-24 • Krannert School of Management

John Abney is a Finance Director at Nielsen, based in Chicago, IL. In this role, John leads pricing and profitability analysis for retail clients and custom deliverables. Before his current position, John served as a Black Belt in Nielsen’s Business Process Improvement (BPI) organization where he facilitated change and improvement in Nielsen’s Finance processes by leveraging Lean and Six Sigma methodologies. Prior to joining Nielsen, he spent five years at Deloitte Consulting, where he led various Finance Transformation projects at industry-leading companies.

John began his career with Coopers & Lybrand LLP, a legacy of “Big 4” Accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) LLP. He began working at the firm his senior year in high school. John continued his internship during summers while matriculating at Dillard University in New Orleans, LA, where he majored in Accounting and graduated Summa Cum Laude in May 2000. Upon graduation, he joined PwC’s External Audit practice full-time. In May 2002, John joined Pactiv Corporation (parent company of the Hefty brand), where he supported the development of the company’s SEC filings and annual reporting, helped prepare for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and performed other accounting activities. He left Pactiv in August 2004 to earn his MBA at Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management, where his concentrations were Finance and Strategic Management.

While he no longer works directly in Accounting, John maintains his license as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the state of Illinois. Additionally, he is affiliated with the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA), the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated. A native Chicagoan, John enjoys spending time with his family and friends, cooking, international travel, and working in and with his church.

Randall Lewis serves as the Executive Director of the Krannert Professional Development Center (KPDC). He graduated from Krannert with a BS in Accounting and an MSM (now the MBA program) with a finance option. Randall's corporate career includes over 25 years with GE, Wells Fargo, and WellPoint where he held various finance and operations roles, including: Chief Financial Officer of Consumer Finance, Managing Director of Corporate Development (M&A), Executive Vice President and Chief Auditor, and Executive Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer.

Prior to joining the KPDC team, Mr. Lewis was involved as Lead in two entrepreneurial ventures – s2f Worldwide, LLC and Exodus Commercial Capital, LLC.

Greg Beaver holds the title as Director of Masters Programs at Krannert where he is responsible for the management and administration of the full-time MBA, STEM MBA, Weekend MBA, Masters of Science in Accounting, Business Analytics & Information Management, Finance, Global Entrepreneurship, Global Supply Chain and Human Resources Programs at Krannert School of Management. Functional areas include Marketing, Recruiting, Yielding, Admissions, Student Services and Program Management. Having received his MBA from Krannert, he is a proud Boilermaker through and through.

2016 EXPLORE KRANNERT WEEKEND September 22-24 • Krannert School of Management

In the past, Beaver has held positions at Bank of America as Vice President of Enterprise Customer Complaints & Specialty Services, Genworth Financial as Operations Leader, GE as Marketing Manager for GE Security’s real estate producrs and services, iProperty.com as Vice President of Service & Operations, and Geac as Director of Sales Desk and Service, just to name a few. Greg currently holds a position on the Board of Directors for the Boy Scouts of America.

Thomas Bates comes to Purdue with an extensive background in higher education, specifically recruiting and admissions. In his current position as Associate Director of Admissions and Financial Aid for MBA/MS Programs, Tom oversees the admissions team with the objective of enrolling a diverse group of students with a variety of skills, backgrounds and expertise.

In the past, Tom has held positions at Krannert as Assistant Director of Recruiting for MBA and MS Programs, Arizona State University as Assistant Director of Admissions and Recruitment for the W.P. Carey School of Business Graduate Programs, Regis University as an Academic Advisor and Western Illinois University as an Academic and Student Affairs Advisor. Tom currently resides in West Lafayette with his wife and two cats.

Dr. Brad Alge holds the position of Associate Professor of Management in the area of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management at Purdue's Krannert School of Management where he has served since 1999. An award winning scholar and teacher, Dr. Alge teaches courses in organizational behavior and leadership at Purdue. His research focuses on leadership, organizational control, creative performance, social networking, and virtual/distance work. He has served on the editorial boards at the Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.

Prior to academia, Dr. Alge was a consultant for Accenture. Dr. Alge is a proud member of the 1988 NCAA Division I National Champion Football Team at Notre Dame. Dr. Alge received his BBA from the University of Notre Dame, his MBA from Kent State University, and his PhD from The Ohio State University.

Michelle Hadley leads the Marketing, Recruiting and Yielding teams for the Krannert MBA and Masters programs. She has spent more than two decades in the heavy industrial and automotive industries, holding positions in Engineering, Quality, and Operations, as well as senior-level responsibilities in Marketing and Business Development before joining the team at Krannert. Michelle is a “Double-Boilermaker”, completing her B.S. in Industrial Engineering Technology in 1992, and her MBA at Krannert in 2011.

Michelle enjoys traveling and seeing the world with her family, with currently 11 countries in her passport. While traveling, she enjoys always meeting Boilermaker alumni in the most interesting places around the world.

2016 EXPLORE KRANNERT WEEKEND September 22-24 • Krannert School of Management

Cara Putman has taken an unusual path to where she is now. She was homeschooled, and entered college at the young age of 16. She graduated with a degree in political science and history when she was 20, then started her career. She got married and decided to enter law s c h o o l while she was working full-time. Cara was accepted into the Department of Justice Honors Program, and was all set to begin her new career. However, Cara’s husband had other plans.

Her husband accepted a job at Purdue University. Cara would say that it has worked out quite well. “I work in a small town law firm where I do business planning, estate planning and adoptions. I teach graduate students business law, and I teach Master’s of Accounting students as well. And I’m the author of 19 books.” Cara also completed the Weekend MBA program in 2015.

For Cara, the Weekend MBA program was an enjoyable but a challenging experience. “The Weekend MBA is a great way to come back and learn things that are applicable to the business world, but to do it in a way that works when you have a family or an active career.”

An avid reader at a young age, Cara took an interest in writing books. She sent out letters to authors when she was 14 as part of an English project. Cara never had time to write until 2005, when all of the doors opened for her. Just two years later, in 2007, her first book was published. Cara writes historical and romantic suspense novels.

Karthik Kannan is a Professor at Purdue's Krannert School of Management, academic co-director for MS in BAIM (Business Analytics and Information Management), and co-director for IAC (Information and Analytics Center).

He has proposed the concept of "Design for Instincts" as a way to organize businesses in the current age, and his research focuses on the same theme. Specifically, he studies how different aspects of information technology may be used to exploit human instincts and biases in order to nudge/manipulate behavior. You can learn more about his research from here. He works on three primary research streams: pricing using auctions of information goods, pricing of data networks, and economics of information security. His papers have been accepted in several leading conferences and journals in the information systems area, including Management Science, Information Systems Research, Workshop on Information Technology and Systems, Workshop on Information Systems Economics,International Conference on Information Systems, and Conference on Information System and Technology. His papers have won the Best Paper Awards in the 10th and the 15th Annual Workshop on Information Technology and Systems. He currently serves/has served as an Associate Editor for Management Science, Information Systems Research, and MIS Quarterly. He is a member of AIS and INFORMS. He is also a CERIAS Fellow and Krannert's Faculty Fellow.

At Purdue, he teaches the IT course in the MBA programs (in the regular, weekend, and Exec Ed MBA). He has also been a visiting faculty member at GISMA and ISB. Previously, he taught the undergraduate core course as well as a database course.

Prior to joining Purdue, he obtained his PhD in information systems, MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and MPhil in Public Policy and Management all from Carnegie Mellon University. Before joining the graduate school, he worked with Infosys Technologies for a couple of years. His undergraduate degree is in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from NIT Trichy (formerly, REC Trichy).