Saunders Business Beat!
Check out your monthly recaps covering all the exciting news from you, our Saunders community, and upcoming events. Learn about event promotions, our newly launched Saunders Ambassador Program, and more at Saunders announcements.
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Accomplishments from Saunders Students
- Cassidy Wall ‘25 (accounting) has been announced as the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Scholar and will receive a scholarship for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Learn more about these accomplishments and see previous months online.
Saunders Faculty and Staff Go Above and Beyond
- Rajendran Murthy, Ph.D., associate professor of management information systems, marketing, and analytics, was interviewed by USA Today for an article, “Robocalls are out, robotexts are in. What to know about the growing phone scam.” The article additionally appeared in Rochester's Democrat and Chronicle and Yahoo Sports.
- Rick Lagiewski, Ph.D., principal lecturer of management, received the Best Reviewer Award at the 2023 Annual ICHRIE (International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education) Summer Global Conference in Phoenix, AZ, in July. Lagiewski also presented a paper, "Shared empathy: Customer service experiences during periods of crisis and disasters," with Muhammet Kesgin, Ph.D., associate professor of hospitality and tourism management, and Victor Perotti, Ph.D., professor of management information systems, marketing, and analytics.
- dt ogilvie, Ph.D., professor of management, spoke at a professional development workshop (PDW), "The Genie’s out of the Bottle: Preventing Cheating, and Exploring the Creative Potential of ChatGPT," at the 83rd annual meeting of the Academy of Management,
August 4-8, in Boston, MA. The workshop was nominated for the PDW MED (Management Education and Development) 2023 award.
- Ali Tosyali, Ph.D., assistant professor of management information systems, was mentioned in the article "5 sneaky ways to spot a fake Amazon review" in The Penny Hoarder, a personal finance website. The piece cites Tosyali's co-authored article, "Detecting fake review buyers using network structure: Direct evidence from Amazon."
- Rajendran Murthy, Ph.D., associate professor of management information systems, marketing, and analytics, published the article, "Fear trumps anger when it comes to data breaches—angry customers vent, but fearful customers don't come back,
" in The Conversation, June 22, 2023.
- dt ogilvie, Ph.D., professor of management, joined the team of experts for Syracuse University’s Lender Center for Social Justice Thought Leader Advisory Group on Addressing the Racial Wealth Gap.
- Ali Tosyali, Ph.D., assistant professor of management information systems, received first place at the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE) Cup Competition for research on explainable AI in mental health. The research “MDscan: An Explainable AI Artifact for Screening and Monitoring Mental Disorders” collaborated with Salih Tutun, Kazim Topuz, Kehao (Gorden) Li, and Anol Bhattacherjee!
Learn more about these accomplishments and see previous months online.
Alumni News and Recognitions
- Ebony Miller-Wesley ’21 (EMBA), director of the Center for Urban Entrepreneurship (CUE) at RIT, hosted the second “ROC the Pitch” Business Pitch competition on August 24 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Rochester. Contestants competed for several prizes, including the top prize of $25,000 to grow their businesses.
- Peter Bilzerian ’20 (management information systems) was featured in a segment on Good Morning America
about young people wearing hearing aids. Bilzerian, a two-time cancer survivor, advocates for people with hearing loss. He is a data engineer II/business intelligence lead with Bank of America.
- Chrysa Charno ’03 (physician assistant), ’09 (MBA) has opened a second AcuteKids Pediatric Urgent Care
location in Gates, NY. The first opened in Webster in 2019. Charno’s creation, AcuteKids, provides urgent care to children from birth to 21 years of age. Charno credits her Saunders MBA for helping her understand business concepts “in depth, and allowed me to develop relationships that have provided a great benefit over the years.”
- John De Leon, '05 (MBA), vice president of technology, Full Swing Simulators, was interviewed for a story in Club+Resort Business on his patented, leading-edge golf launch monitor. Recently adopted by Tiger Woods, the device is gaining popularity among PGA professionals.
- Joseph Spilman '16 (EMBA) is president of Optimax Systems, Inc., which has been ranked #23 among America's Best Small Employers 2023 by Forbes. Other RIT MBA alumni at Optimax include Mike Mandina '03, former president, Alec Jarvie '17, continuous improvement engineer, Eric Bruening '03, director special projects, and Brandon Szklany '20, group leader.
- Ken Greenwood '10 (EMBA) held the grand opening of Watershed Brewing Company, a microbrewery in Geneva, NY, in July. His business partner is his wife, Lisa Greenwood, Ph.D., RIT assistant professor of civil engineering technology, environmental management and safety.
- Peter Bilzerian ‘20 (management information systems), a business intelligence expert and data engineer at Bank of America, spoke at the Yerevan Tech Forum, a premier international event focused on technology and innovation in Yerevan, Armenia. The speech "From Cash to Digital: Navigating the Future of Finance" discussed generative AI (ChatGPT) and breaking down barriers in international payments to create a more global workforce.
- Kam (Kamalakar) Shenai ‘89 (MBA) was part of Central Florida’s distinguished Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) leaders that received congressional honor from Congressman Darren Soto, U.S. representative for Florida’s 9th congressional district.
Learn more about these accomplishments and see previous months online.
Students, alums, faculty, and staff can share their news with your Saunders community by emailing us at communications@saunders.rit.edu.
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Upcoming Events
- 4 p.m. on Wednesday, September 6
Saunders College Fall Picnic
- 9 a.m. on Wednesday, September 13
MBA & Graduate Chat: Ask Me Anything
- 11:59 p.m. on Friday, September 15
Application Deadline - Leading High Performing Teams Leadership Certificate
- 9 a.m. on Monday, September 18
Hospitality Business Management Information Session
- 5 p.m. on Tuesday, September 26
Leading High Performing Teams Leadership Certificate Program
- 6 p.m. on Monday, September 25
Ph.D. in Business Hybrid Open House
- 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 28
MBA Information Session
- 12 p.m. on Friday, September 29
Finance and Accounting Webinar: Current Status, Trends, and Prospects of Blockchain Technology in Finance
See these and upcoming events online.
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