Jessica Harper, BBA ’14, does not stop her success at academia. She is the defending 3M Half Marathon women’s champion and she earned All-Big 12 honors in the mile when she ran for Texas. Read more about her running career and successes here.
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Michael Laitkep, BBA ’17, is an Energy Research Analyst at Alerian, which equips investors to make informed decisions about energy infrastructure and Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs). Mr. Laitkep seeks to promote understanding of the Alerian Index Series and support broader understanding of the role that midstream assets play in North American energy markets.
In his recently published article, Mr. Laitkep writes how petrochemicals provide midstream opportunities downstream. Read the article here.
Before joining Saline Health System as CEO on Nov. 30, Michael Stewart, MBA ’04, was the CEO of Navarro Regional Hospital in Corsicana, Texas, a position he had held since 2014. Before that job, he spent two years as the COO and administrator of Northwest Health System in Springdale.
Arkansas Business interviewed Mr. Stewart about his recent appointment as CEO of Saline Health System. View Mr. Stewart’s Q&A here.
Kevin Johnson, MBA ’14, has been promoted to Principal for The CapStreet Group.
Mr. Johnson interned for CapStreet during the summer of 2013 and joined CapStreet full time in upon his completion of the MBA program. Prior to obtaining his MBA, Mr. Johnson worked for two years at Morgan Stanley in Chicago and two years with Brentwood Associates in Los Angeles. Read more here.
Fred Han, BBA ’05, has been appointed Principal at Campbell Lutyens. Mr. Han has more than 13 years of experience in secondaries advisory in the US. He joins Campbell Lutyens from Park Hill Group, where he was most recently a Principal. Read more here.
Anup Parikh, BBA ’08, works for smart electric car charging company, ChargePoint, and is launching new entrepreneurial ventures.
Chefwalla, an up and coming business, brings local chefs to your kitchen to prepare your favorite meals. Learn more here.
ChargePoint brings electric vehicle (EV) charging to more people and places than ever before with the world’s largest and most open EV charging network. Mr. Parikh handles sales into the multifamily sector for the eastern half of the US & Canada.
CEO of AlertMedia and MBA ’99 alum, Brian Cruver, secured $25M funding for hiring, overseas expansion on tap. AlertMedia’s customers already include DHL, British Petroleum and Walmart, but with this new funding in the bank, Mr. Cruver wants to reach “tens of thousands of companies around the world.” Read more.
The Board of Directors (the Board) of Jones Energy, Inc. promoted Kirk Goehring, 34, the Companys Vice President of Strategy and an executive officer of the Company, to the role of Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Goehring has served in various operating, corporate development, and finance roles at the Company since September 2012. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Goehring was an Associate at Metalmark Capital and an Investment Banking Analyst at Greenhill & Co. and Bear Stearns & Co. Mr. Goehring received his Bachelor of Business Administration from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. Read more here
SPX FLOW, Inc., a leading global provider of process solutions and flow control technology, today announced the appointments of Jaime Easley as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Ryan Taylor as Chief Strategy Officer, effective immediately.
Easley has served as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer and Taylor has served as Vice President of Communications and Investor Relations since the company’s spin off from SPX Corporation in September 2015. Easley will succeed Jeremy Smeltser who has resigned from the company after serving as Vice President and CFO over the past three years.
“On behalf of our team at SPX FLOW, I want to thank Jeremy for his many contributions. He was instrumental in helping us achieve several key milestones, including the significant strengthening of our financial position,” said Marc Michael, President and Chief Executive Officer. Read more.
Marissa Tarleton, MBA ’02, who’s received national recognition for her work as chief marketing officer, will take over a business that was acquired for more than $600 million in 2017. Read more.
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