We continued with our last year’s initiative of RTP career trek in the fall break to leverage the strategic proximity of some of the most innovative high-tech companies in the area. A tech-enthusiast team of 20 students visited Lenovo and IBM — two of the largest technology companies. Lenovo On...

As the newly elected president of the Business Technology Club, it is with great pleasure that I announce our club’s win at Boston University’s International Tech Strategy Business Case Competition! This awesome team (Team Cairo) consisted of: Christophe Renaud (class of 2013) Jae Lee (class of 2013) Rohan Vaidyanathan (class...

The first ever UNC-Duke Trivia Night jointly organized by our very own Business Technology Club and the Duke Fuqua High Tech Club at Mez in Durham on the 27th of March was a resounding success. We saw a large turnout from both schools at the event and we’re grateful for...

Julien Hervet is a UNC MBA 2005 graduate. Before business school he worked as a lawyer in France. Currently, he is the Director of Business Development, Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. Can you start off by giving me a quick rundown of your background? Before business school I was a lawyer in France. I started my career in an entrepreneurial setting. I first co-founded a startup incubator, then joined a VC firm. After the MBA I joined Ubisoft, a top videogame publisher, in a business development role. Business development is where a lot of former lawyers tend to be. To clarify, business development to me is strategic partnerships and deals not sales. Why did you decide to do b-school? I wanted to expand international horizon and reinforce my business knowledge with an MBA. The US was a natural destination for me. Were you interested in a particular function/role/industry before starting...

Liz Coddington is a UNC MBA 2003 graduate. Before business school she worked at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). At the time of this interview, Ms. Coddington was transitioning from a VP Finance position at Netflix to a VP Finance position at Walmart.com. What is your background? I received my undergraduate degree at MIT in Chemical Engineering. After I graduated, I went to work for Andersen Consulting for 3 years then wanted to get my MBA. I was very fortunate to receive a fellowship from UNC and that worked out really well for my husband and I because we didn’t have to be apart while I was in school. After graduation I worked for BCG for a couple of years and really liked that because I got exposure to many different clients across a broad range of industries including retail, financial services, industrial goods and travel. I left BCG for better...

After many months of careful planning, networking, and arm-twisting, the BTC West Coast Career Trek went off without a hitch. Sixteen BTC club members made their way to the Silicon Valley to meet with Intel, IBM, EA, and Google, and we also took part in an evening happy hour between...

If you’re anything like me, you’re spending a fortune on business school tuition and you were shocked the first day classes started and you were told that you would have to buy up to $200 in HBS cases for your classes (and this happens every new mod/quarter/semester depending on which...

Congrats on your new tablet purchase, alternatively, congrats on taking the bold step in using it to take notes during class. I’ve spent the last Mod taking notes exclusively on my iPad 2 and I want to share with you, dear reader, some tips and tricks, along with my most...

This past week, the Business Technology Club represented at the 2011 Internet Summit in Raleigh, NC. The Internet Summit is a major digital conference that brings together internet executives, senior marketers, digital professionals, entrepreneurs and investors. I attended last year’s summit, which was the inaugural summit for the BTC, as...

What is your background? I graduated from the University of Virginia in 2004 with a degree in Commerce, concentrating in Marketing and International Business. During my time there I had the chance to study abroad in Denmark and travel around Europe to understand how business is done outside of the...

Last Thursday, BTC hosted its fall networking social at W XYZ Lounge at the ALoft Hotel in Chapel Hill from 5 to 7PM.  This was our first social of the year and a great way to follow-up on last year’s social at Back Bar at Top of the Hill.  This...

On Tuesday, October 11th members of the Business Technology and Entrepreneur and Venture Capital Clubs were privileged to visit three of the most exciting startups in the local RTP community. Each brought a unique story to tell and each was fascinating for its own reason. Our first visit started at...

Last week BTC hosted its first-ever interview prep session and we were honored to welcome former Microsoftie, Appleite, and Googler Gayle Laakmann McDowell to UNC’s campus. Gayle is founder of CareerCup, a site devoted to tech interview prep and career development. Gayle had many insightful tips for Kenan-Flagler MBAs, including...

Sheldon Bernard is a UNC MBA 2011 graduate. Before business school he worked in corporate finance at a number of big corporations. He did his summer internship at Proctor & Gamble. For his full-time position after grad school, Sheldon accepted a position as Strategic Finance Analyst at Intel Corporation. Below...

Prithviraj (Prithvi) Nag is in the MBA class of 2012. Before business school he held software development, product management and architecture related positions at Oracle. This past summer, Prithvi did strategy & analytics for a rapidly growing startup in NYC called HookLogic. Below is our interview with Prithvi. What is...

After competing in the IBM case competition against Duke, I landed a role as a Product Marketing manager and for 12 weeks became an “IBMer.”  The company definitely has a strong culture, and a few notable things caught my eye this summer: Virtual teams – this is huge at IBM. ...

Below is a sampling of 20 student placements, both for summer internships and full-time hires. We hope to publish a complete list as the data becomes available. Full-time Placements Tim Baldwin: Intel Corporation (CA) Sheldon Bernard: Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) Antonio Caridad: IBM Corporation (Austin, TX) Mike DiPierro: iContact...

Fall orientation started yesterday for the MBA class of 2013. Summer internships have either ended or are nearly over for those in the class of 2012. What does this all mean? The 2011-2012 school year is upon us! As president of the Business Technology Club, I am extremely excited about...