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Career Webinar Recap: “The Interconnected Impact of Covid-19 on Real Estate and Energy”

Covid-19 has impacted every aspect of society but energy and real estate are particularly interesting. For example, if businesses shift the location and footprint of their operations to accommodate work-from-home employees, will demand for commercial real estate decline? Will employees prefer to move to the suburbs to access more personal space for their families post-Covid? If employees are not commuting to work, will demand for gasoline decline but demand for diesel fuel to support deliveries remain stable? Together, employer and employee decisions on commuting or a flight to the suburbs may drastically shift economic activity and related property tax and sales tax dollars across (or from) specific municipalities and business districts. What would these demand shocks do to the profitability and business strategies of energy companies?

This panel covers these and other issues associated with the inter-connected impacts on energy and real estate as we transition to a post Covid-19 world. View the webinar recording!

Webinar Presenters:

Peter Ray – Vice President, Natural Gas Partners
Jesse Thompson – Senior Business Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Branch
Brian Muecke – Partner, Intrinsic LP & Mayor, City of Hedwig Village, TX
Scott Krikorian – Senior Managing Director, Trammell Crow Company
Josh Sherman – Partner, Opportune LLP (Moderator)

This webinar was co-sponsored by the McCombs Energy Initiative and the McCombs Alumni Network.

Class Note: Vijay Kalvakuntla, BBA’10

Vijay Kalvakuntla, BBA’10, co-founded Code Galaxy, which provides coding classes and camps to take a child through computer science from ages 7-18. Due to COVID-19 in person classes in Austin is paused. However, online classes and summer camps are currently open for enrollment.

“Coding has become an essential skill that will continue to grow in importance as technology advances — that’s why we’ve developed the highest quality computer science education for kids and teens.”

Learn more about Code Galaxy on their website here.

Class Note: Carolyn Jenkins, MBA ‘91, Kristine Kelly, MBA ‘14, and Heather Ball, MBA ‘04

Carolyn Jenkins, MBA ‘91, Kristine Kelly, MBA ‘14, and Heather Ball, MBA ‘04 have partnered with The HT Group to be part of an initiative called HT Cares. The HT Group has partnered with a handful of Austin’s top executives with a desire to help business leaders overcome the challenges they are facing. This network of experienced subject matter experts is here to help and provide sound advice in these uncertain times. Learn more here.

Class Note: Monica Aldama, BBA ’93

You may have heard of the Netflix docu-series Cheer, which follows the Navarro College cheer team’s journey to the National Cheerleaders Association Championship. But did you know head coach, Monica Aldama, is one of McCombs’ very own?

See People magazine’s recent feature on Monica here!

Class Note: Kevin Pearce, BBA ’04, and Brian White, BBA ’04

Alumni Kevin Pearce and Brian White, both BBA ’04, are co-founders of Urgent Care for Kids, which will provide Austin school district with virtual doctors. Read more.

Class Note: Teresa de Onis, MBA ’91

Apogee, higher education’s largest managed technology services provider, has named Teresa de Onís – former senior marketing executive at University of Texas at Austin and Dell Technologies – as Apogee’s new Vice President of Marketing. Known as a marketing change leader who forges strong connections with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders, de Onis brings 25 years of expertise in integrated marketing, change management, communications, and sales enablement to her new position. 

 

Press Release:

Apogee Appoints Industry Veteran, Teresa de Onís, as New Vice President of Marketing

Former marketing executive at University of Texas at Austin, Dell Technologies, joins to advance Apogee’s branding and sales to meet company goals

Austin, TX – December 9, 2019 – With the goal of advancing company branding and sales, Apogee, higher education’s largest managed technology services provider, has named Teresa de Onís – former senior marketing executive at University of Texas at Austin and Dell Technologies – as Apogee’s new Vice President of Marketing. Known as a marketing change leader who forges strong connections with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders, de Onis brings 25 years of expertise in integrated marketing, change management, communications, and sales enablement to her new position.


“At Apogee, we have always celebrated proven leaders and innovative thinkers. Teresa embodies both in the highest order,” said Charles Brady, CEO and Founder of Apogee. “Her impressive track record building and implementing successful marketing programs is a key asset as Apogee scales and expands in response to the growing number of universities and colleges seeking our expertise to leverage various technologies to help meet their strategic missions.”


As Vice President of Marketing, de Onís will lead the company’s marketing strategy, and work closely with sales and business development teams in support of Apogee’s clients. She will drive the delivery of strong brand and product positioning and messaging, research and market segmentation, digital properties, events, classic and digital marketing, and sales enablement programs.


Most recently, de Onís consulted for a data management software company based in Austin, playing an integral role in returning the organization to profitability by repositioning the company and establishing a new brand identity, value proposition, and storyline. During her time there, she achieved a 9% share of voice in a crowded industry, 99% neutral-to-positive sentiment, and over 1B impressions per press release due to extensive media and analyst outreach.


Prior to her work as a consultant, de Onís was the Senior Director of Marketing at her alma mater, University of Texas at Austin, where she led the central marketing and creative services team in crafting a unified brand position and messages by audience. She crafted UT’s first brand book and launched the university’s first digital content marketing program. She also led marketing for Dell’s big data, analytics, and storage portfolio, and was brand manager at AMD for its flagship Athlon products.


De Onís dedicated the first decade of her career to growing the Latin America market for AMD and a few companies in the video conferencing industry, where she led sales and marketing for higher education distance learning. She holds a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in French and Political Science from the University of Texas at Austin.


“I’m excited to be part of such a well-respected company possessing a storied hist
ory as the bellwether of managed technology services for higher education,” said Teresa de Onís. “As the higher ed landscape undergoes unprecedented changes due in part to technological advancements, Apogee has also grown significantly over the last several years to become a trusted higher ed partner. I look forward to further building the company’s visibility with colleges and universities to help them transition and excel in today’s digital age.”

 

About Apogee  

As higher education’s largest provider of managed technology services, Apogee helps colleges and universities transition to and excel in today’s digital era. Its comprehensive Managed Campus Suite includes ResNet services that connect the campus to enhance learning outcomes, video that transforms the way students learn, and new digital engagement technologies that captivate students. Partnering with Apogee enables schools to derive greater return on their IT investments and increases student satisfaction while achieving budget stability and predictability. Find out why nine out of 10 schools that choose to outsource ResNet and video choose to partner with Apogee at apogee.us. 

Class Note: Eric Danziger, BBA ’06 MBA ’12

Eric Danziger, BBA ’06 and MBA ’12, was named Chief Revenue Officer of Innowatts, an advanced analytics and software company focused on the electricity industry.  Innowatts is backed by Shell Ventures, Energy Impact Partners, Iberdrola and others. In his role, Eric oversees the company’s global commercialization strategy, including sales, business development, partnerships and marketing.  Prior to joining Innowatts, Eric served as co-founder and Chief Financial Officer at Genability.

Class Note: Rachel Truair, MBA’16

Rachel Truair, MBA ‘16, promoted to Director of Global Campaigns at Adobe after its $1.68 BN acquisition of Magento, where she led Americas Marketing.

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Class Note: Ana Ward, MBA ’06

Ana Ward, MBA ’06, recently founded her own company, InLawCorp, where she is the CEO.

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