The Unshakeable Organization: Strategy fuels it. Employees live it. Customers love it.

The Jones Graduate School of Business has hosted the RCBS Symposium since 2010. A premiere forum for sharing cutting-edge ideas about succeeding with customer-based strategies, the symposium features a mix of cutting-edge academic research, industry trends, insights from CEOs, and discussions with senior executives. Its 250+ attendees include Rice MBAs and undergraduates along with executives, senior leaders and professionals from the greater Houston area. Participants learn in an intellectually challenging environment, strengthen their network and develop long-lasting friendships.

Farid Virani

Founder & Executive Chairman, Prime Communications 

Fireside Chat with Fireside Chat with Farid Virani — "Entrepreneurial Success Through Employee and Customer Focus""

Robert Dittmar

Associate Dean of the Virani Undergraduate School of Business and Houston Endowment Professor of Finance

Fireside Chat Moderator

Laura Lopez

Senior Vice President, Marketing, Communications & Public Relations, Houston Methodist 

Session: "Multi-Tiered Customer Connectivity for Multi-Dimensional Effectiveness: A Research-Driven Strategy"

Ed Gonzalez

Sheriff, Harris County 

Session: "Courts, Cellblocks and Communities: Succeeding Through Focus & Fidelity"

Paul Chapman '13

Managing Partner & Co-CEO, HC Group 

Session: "Ambition Meets Success: Young CEOs Rewrite the Strategy Playbook"

Kyle Howard '20

President & CEO, EnSite USA, Inc. 

Session: "Ambition Meets Success: Young CEOs Rewrite the Strategy Playbook"

Joshua Robinson '21

CEO, ITI Manufacturing, Inc. 

Session: "Ambition Meets Success: Young CEOs Rewrite the Strategy Playbook"

Charlie Roseland '12

President, Advantage Asset Management and Precision Surfaces International 

Session: "Ambition Meets Success: Young CEOs Rewrite the Strategy Playbook"