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Season 3, Episode 17
Radu talks about his boots-on-the-ground efforts in Ukraine, the culture shock and challenges of being an international student, pivoting his career from IT to corporate finance and his goals for the year ahead.

Season 3, Episode 16
Jillian shares her story of pivoting from elementary education to co-founding and leading a medical device startup company. She talks about her unconventional path, her advice to those considering a pivot in entrepreneurship, and how she invests her time in giving back to the community.

Season 3, Episode 15
Listen as host Scott Gale sits down with Ruth and Brent to discuss their cutting-edge insights on the science of leader development, managing zillennials, and what we’ve learned post COVID-19.

Season 3, Episode 14
Dan shares the risks he took early in his career to get him to his current level of success, the importance of “work/life fit” and the incredible story of how Velentium became a major player in ventilator production in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Season 3, Episode 13
Amanda chats about the benefits of getting an MBA at a smaller school, what has kept her working with passion at Constellation for 15 years, and how her Japanese-American background and the internment camps of WWII are a central part of her family’s history and her commitment to DEI work.

Season 3, Episode 12
Joanna shares her career journey, passion for healthcare, deep connection to Rice, and how the heartbreaking loss of her young son serves as inspiration to continue her work in finding groundbreaking medical technologies to help others.

Season 3, Episode 11
Takeya shares her incredible journey from the chemical engineering lecture halls of a top-ranked program to the control rooms of world-scale chemical manufacturing facilities, from NRG Stadium cheering for the Houston Texans to an investment banking career focused on clean energy.

Learn just how radically social media has changed the landscape of reputation management.

Season 3, Episode 9
Danielle is the director of corporate social responsibility and ESG (environmental, social and governance) for Silicon Valley Bank. She chats with host Scott Gale ‘19 about her start in the world of finance and banking, getting acclimated to Houston and its weather as an out-of-towner, the future of ESG, and her travels with her family.

Season 3, Episode 8
This Houston native sits down with host Maya Pomroy ’22 to talk about how his son pushed him to get his MBA, maintaining connections with his cohort even though he did the online MBA program, and being a lifelong learner.