Alumni - ITOM

Walker College APPlause: Alumni active with new entrepreneurship initiative
Posted on October 13, 2011
By robertsonrw in Alumni - ITOM

Stroupe and ReidRichard Stroupe '98 CIS, a Washington, D.C.-based entrepreneur, has joined the new Entrepreneurs-in-Residence Program at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. The programs is overseen by another alumnus, Jeff Reid '93 MGT. 

“By providing our students access to these experienced professionals, the Entrepreneurship Initiative continues to grow meaningful connections between the vibrant entrepreneurship community in the Washington region and a new generation of budding self-starters,” said Jeff Reid, director of the Entrepreneurship Initiative at Georgetown McDonough.

T. Richard Stroupe Jr. is a Washington, D.C.-based entrepreneur, investor, and advisor with experience in supporting mission-critical application development for the U.S. Federal Government. He currently is the founder and managing principal of Crimson Holdings LLC and an investing member of Blu Venture Investors LLC. Previously, Stroupe was the founder and CEO of TRS Consulting Inc, which was acquired by NCI Information Systems Inc. in 2009. Prior to TRS/NCI, Richard delivered software development and database administration support at Oracle Corporation, BAE Systems, and SAIC. Stroupe holds a B.S. in computer information systems from Appalachian State University and an M.S. in engineering management from The George Washington University. He also is a graduate of the Owner/President Management program from Harvard Business School.

 

 

Walker College APPlause
Posted on June 6, 2011
By robertsonrw in Alumni - ITOM

Heather Freeman '93 MGT has joined ATCOM Business Technology Solutions as a project manager.  She will manage the implementation of various communication systems in coordination with the sales team, the customer and the technicians.

Chris Cuddy '95 FIN has been named vice president and general manager, Sweeteners and Starches. He joined ADM in 1998 and has served in a range of merchandising and sales management roles.

Beth A. Essey '89 MKT was recently promoted to manage the employee benefits division at Henderson Brothers, Inc., a Pennyslvania insurance company. 

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Morgan Blaisdell '04 ACC has joined the accounting staff at Breslow Starling in Greensboro. Blaisdell brings more than seven years of experience in public accounting to Breslow Starling, and has several years of experience as a small-business owner.

Ty Racette '04 FIN has joined the staff at Watson Insurance Agency as a commercial accounts executive at the Lake Wylie office.

Joshua Smith '03 ITOM recently accepted a position at C5 Insight located in Charlotte, NC as Office Manager. Joshua recently was employed at Renaissance Imports as Account Representative.

Gregory Tolston Davis '04 FIN married Hannah Elizabeth Brown April 30 at First Presbyterian Church in Wilson. He is employed with DMS Systems Corporation.

Emily VanDusen Piacentino '99 ACC '00 MS and Joe Piacentino '00 ACC are proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Ivey Elizabeth Piacentino. She was born on January 26, 2011 in Charlotte, NC, and weighed 7 lb., 3 oz..

Clay Whiteheart '03 ACC, 04 MS and Katy Whiteheart are proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Tinsley Marian. She was born on December 7, 2010 in Gereensboro, NC, Women's Hospital, and weighed 6 lb., 8 oz..

You can read more Class Notes - and submit your own with photos - in the Gold Book.

 

Walker College APPlause
Posted on November 11, 2010
By robertsonrw in Alumni - ITOM

Nathaniel Robb ’90 DS recently opened a diveshop, Indepth Watersports Ltd, located in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. “After 8 years of working for another shop as Training Director I have gone out on my own and opened my own Dive shop in Grand Cayman offering daily boat trips and all levels of training.”

Rick Stephenson ’87 MKT was recently named to the board of directors of The Carying Place, Cary-based nonprofit agency serving working homeless families. An attorney with Stephenson, Stephenson & Gray, LLP, he has also served on the boards of the Southwest YMCA, Life Experiences and Cary Visual Art.
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Richard Stroupe ’98 ITOM completed the Owner/President Management (OPM) program from Harvard Business School in October 2010.

Lee Ann Tilley Walsh ’85 MKT received a Master of Health Administration from Pfeiffer University on August 7, 2010.

Shawn McDonald ’05 CIS recently accepted a position at Geico located in Chevy Chase, MD as Application Systems Analyst II.

Katie Love Alspaugh ’00 MGT and Matt Alspaugh ’00 MGT ’01 MBA are proud to announce the birth of a baby boy, Luke Nathaniel. He was born on September 29, 2010 in Winston Salem, Forsyth Medical Center, and weighed 7 lb., 13.9 oz.

You can read more Class Notes – and submit your own with photos – in the Gold Book.

 

Walker College APPlause
Posted on April 29, 2010
By robertsonrw in Alumni - ITOM

james_applauseDr. Craig Bowen James '80 MGT has been named president and CEO of The Highlands-Cashiers Hospital and Fidelia Eckerd Living Center. James will begin at the hospital on June 1. He is currently the CEO in charge of two hospitals within the Mountain States Health Alliance Hospital system in Wise, Va. James has previously been employed as the CEO at Person Memorial Hospital of the Duke University Health System in Roxboro and the president and CEO of Tazewell Community Hospital in Tazewell, Va.

Rebecca Shuttlesworth Lewis '98 MKT recently accepted a position at NC Literacy Resources located in Charlotte as President. NC Literacy Resources represents National Geographic School Publishing, Benchmark Education Company, Evan-Moor, and ALEKS in NC.holmes_applause

Brandon Holmes '08 MGT is currently using his business degree in Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo) where he's a missionary and teaching at the 'Christian Bilingual University of the Congo.' He is teaching Business Management and Micro-Finance.

Jay Carl I. Nichols '74 MGT was recently elected president of the 2010 UtiliSite Council at the Utilities Wireless Collocation Summit 2010. He works at the Duke Energy corporate headquarters in downtown Charlotte.

Michael Reece '78 MKT recently accepted a position at Citizens South Bank located in Salisbury N.C. as the Rowan County Executive.

Andrew Puntch '99 FIN was recently promoted to Assistant Vice President at Peoples Bank.

Christopher Hawn '93 MGT recently accepted a position at Machinex Industries located in Plessisville, Quebec, Canada as Sales Manager for the US market. greene_applause

Robin Strickland Greene '89 DS (Decision Sciences) recently received the 2009 Governor's Award for Excellence in the category of Innovations for the statewide electronic high school transcript system that resides on the college access web portal, CFNC.org.

Peter Kapetanakis '99 MGT recently accepted a position at BB&T located in Winston-Salem as a Real Estate Evaluator.He recently was employed at NC Dept. of Transportation as a Real Estate Appraiser.

Kyle Keelan '01 ITOM married Sommer Stewart February 27, 2010 in Clearwater, Fla.

Lauren Plemons '04 ITOM and Robert Plemons are proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Madison Noel. She was born on April 5, 2010 and weighed 5 lb., 8 oz.

Jennifer Dry Walton '99 FIN and Brian Walton are proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Zoey Alexis. She was born on March 29, 2010 and weighed 6 lb., 2 oz.

You can read more Class Notes - and submit your own with photos - in the Gold Book.

 

Walker College APPlause
Posted on September 11, 2009
By robertsonrw in Alumni - ITOM

Walker College professor Drs. Dawn Medlin and Carol Pollard recently received $15,000 from IBM in sponsored research funds to design and develop Flash modules to study the different types of body language that are generally seen in a business/customer transactions. The modules will be used to train IBM employees of how to best "read" their customers.

The N.C. Commerce Department's Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development has won a 2009 Mercury Award for its campaign to promote in-state leisure travel. Lynn Minges, Commerce assistant secretary for tourism, marketing, and global branding, is a member of the Walker College Business Advisory Council.

Gold Book Rachel Guenther Clifton '03 MGT recently accepted a position at Salix Pharmaceuticals located in Morrisville, NC as Regional Sales Representative. Rachel was employed at xpedx in Outside Sales.

Jeff Reid '93 MGT recently accepted a position at Georgetown University located in Washington, DC as Director of Entrepreneurship and Real Estate Initiatives.

David Baxter '06 MGT recently passed the North Carolina Bar Exam and received a Juris Doctor in Law from North Carolina Central University on May 16, 2009.

James Jones '86 MGT received a MBA from Winston-Salem State University in July 2009.

Steve Tomlinson '01 ITOM and Ashley Blackmon '04/'06 were married July 18, 2008 in Charlotte. They reside in Cornelius, NC.

Beth Hodges Owenby '99 MGT received a MBA from Montreat College on May 23, 2009.

You can read more Class Notes - and submit your own with photos - in the Gold Book.

 

Walker College APPlause
Posted on June 18, 2009
By robertsonrw in Alumni - ITOM

Michael Wilfong '05 MGT, who works as a real estate agent with Keller Williams Realty, recently received Charlotte's Best 5 Star award for Client Satisfaction, The 2009 ALC Board of Directions position, and sixth in Union County Top Sales Associates.

Mike Wright '90 FIN, currently serving as Yosef Club President for 2009, recently purchased a franchise from Ameriprise Financial and serves as an independent financial advisor in Salisbury. Gold Book

Meredith McBurney '03 MGT has been promoted to trust officer with BB&T. She joined the bank in 2007 as a communication specialist in BB&T's Institutional Services department.

Diana Vuksic-Harris '01 FIN has obtained the Associate in Insurance (AIS) designation from the Insurance Institute of America.

Jeb McRary '09 ECON received a Masters in Business Administration from The College of William & Mary on May 17, 2009.

Kern Campbell '02 MKT is proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Lindsay Quinn Campbell. She was born on May 6, 2009 in Raleigh, and weighed 8 lb., 9 oz.. Ashley (Mom) and Lindsay are both doing well. Big sister Avery is very excited to have a little sister.

Richard Stroupe '98 ITOM and Tina Stroupe are proud to announce the birth of their third child, a baby girl, Olivia Jean Stroupe. She was born on May 1, 2009 in Reston Va., and weighed 7 lb., 6 oz.

You can read more Class Notes - and submit your own with photos - in the Gold Book.

 

CBS Evening News highlights alumni business
Posted on March 24, 2009
By robertsonrw in Alumni - ITOM

cbsgraphicBrian Easter '98 ITOM and Adam Harrell '03 are two of the driving forces behind Socks4Life.com, a successful online socks outlet which has seen its sales skyrocket in the past few months. Sales have been so good, the company got a brief mention on the March 16 edition of the CBS Evening News.

 

 


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The specific segment, which begins at 5:27, highlights various small business niches that have prospered during the current economic downturn. Socks4Life was sourced as having seen its profits increase 80% during 2007-08. A company press release has more details.

After issuing a press release about Socks4Life's remarkable growth in 2008, which was marked by an 80% increase in revenue during the calendar year, the Atlanta-based sock outlet was contacted by CBS to be interviewed for a segment on businesses that are continuing to grow in the tough economic environment.
Overall, the substantial improvement in sales over the last year was attained by meeting marketing and operational goals that drove brand, awareness, and demand. The shift to a new, more sophisticated ecommerce platform was also a significant milestone achieved during 2008.
Other factors driving sales and revenue included a robust search engine marketing program, implementing Google Checkout as a new payment option, coming up with fun and creative marketing campaigns such as awarding the "Made in America Man of the Year" award to Steven Colbert, and expanding several product lines, including the popular diabetic socks and boot socks offerings. NeboWeb, an award-winning web design company, powers Socks4Life's advertising and marketing programs and continues to help to push their growth in 2009.

The campus paper this week has more details on the company's response from the TV time.

Even though Socks4Life was only featured for a few seconds, Easter said the site shut down for 14 hours due to increased traffic.
As for starting a business, Easter said, "Do your homework. It's like that old expression, ‘measure twice, cut once.' You have to minimize your opportunity for failure."

 

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