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Gerald Chertavian

with their first two (of three) children, and Gerald began to use his network to put the building blocks of Year Up in place. Since founding Year Up in 2000, Gerald Chertavian has steadily grown the endeavor from its initial class of 22 students. The nonprofit now... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Entrepreneurship; Services

27 Jun 2019
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Dance to the Music: How Noa Torok Found Her Dream Job at SoundCloud

“when you’re a foreigner and English is your second language.” But she got an offer. And in June, Noa began her new role as Director of Music, Artist Relations and Label Services Operations at SoundCloud where she is responsible for... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

08 May 2019
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In the Business of Flexibility

said Davis. “I developed this passion for high-level talent over the course of my own career. I saw an intersection with Prokanga, considering my operating background leading business development for socially and environmentally... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit / Government

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Marie Kyle

three months, I knew there was no way I could leave so soon." She took an eighteen-month operations role establishing pediatric HIV testing and treatment programs, then worked for another eighteen months in New York as a strategic... View Details

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Jenny Tison

top-down. Companies that truly manage to their creeds can withstand crises.” In the summer, Jenny will try something entirely new, “an operations position with McMaster-Carr, an industrial parts supplier.” Jenny is still weighing her... View Details

09 Aug 2024
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Addressing Inequities in Education: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Amal Tariq (MBA 2025)

political systems, public institutions, private organizations and philanthropy within public education. Despite the challenges of operating in this landscape, this experience has solidified my commitment to advancing equity in education... View Details

21 Nov 2019
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Finding My North Star at the Crossroads of Profit and Purpose

me of why my father had no female colleagues. This realization only increased my determination to do well. Next, I moved to lead operations in Mozambique, and the pirate-infested waters of the Kenya-Somalia borders. As engineers and... View Details

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Social Entrepreneurship & Systems Change

environmental sustainability, agriculture, health and education sector. It prefers to make equity investments for-profit companies operating in the affordable education services across the world with a focus on Africa, Asia and Latin... View Details

01 Apr 1997
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HBS Duo Offers Personalized Career Assessment

can access an HBS database compiled by the authors through the alumni Web page at http://www.alumni.hbs.edu, where they may also compare their scores to HBS norms. The BCII diskette provided with the book performs all scoring operations... View Details

Keywords: Bob Binstock

01 Dec 2015
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Estonia, Incorporated

and can gain access to the European Union market along the way. “On the level of administrative and operational simplicity alone, this is a winner,” says Kumar, an American who had never been to Estonia before this project but is now an... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

01 Jan 2005
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Judith R. Haberkorn, 111th AMP, 1992

distinguished career of more than thirty years. That first position gave her a variety of experiences, from line operations to staff management, and soon she was one of the first college-educated women to enter the company's fast track to... View Details

Leon Hess

Starting with his father’s little, struggling fuel firm, Hess created a $10 billion oil refinery company, the worlds 13th largest, Amerada Hess. During the Arab oil embargo in 1973, with 68 million barrels of mainland storage capacity, Hess was among the few View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

Harvey Golub

Golub was instrumental in helping to transform American Express in the nineties after a period of unsuccessful and unfocused diversification. He streamlined a number of operations and divested of many non-core business lines including... View Details

Keywords: Finance

Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.

Firestone inaugurated the company’s Liberian manufacturing operations and developed and expanded the company’s auto supply and service stores. Firestone manufactured over 50% of all mobile anti-aircraft gun units during World War II and... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

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Stephanie Atiase

organizations that "foster an environment for the company to grow." For her summer internship, Stephanie joined a management consultancy focused on operating model design. After graduation, she hopes to work at the intersection... View Details

03 Nov 2021
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Alumni Viewpoints: Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

‘Resource Revolution’ +Elizabeth Lewis (MBA 2006) Managing Director of ESG, BlackstoneWe Have Never Had More Power to Fight Climate Change than We Do Right Now+Barbara Littlefield (MBA 1988) Chairwoman and Lead Operating Officer,... View Details

01 Mar 2019
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Ask the Expert: Auto Pilot

millions if not billions of miles. And those scenarios vary from city to city. Plus, autonomous cars are very expensive today. Those costs will have to come down before it can scale. How will autonomous vehicle fleet operations... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

01 Oct 1999
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A Constructive Summer at HBS

was completed on July 1. HBS chief of operations David Moffatt describes the site as an easy one to work with. "We are operating in a limited space, but because it's an on-campus site, we don't have the kind... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

Walter C. Teagle

Teagle rose threw the ranks of Standard Oil after joining in 1901, making a name for himself through his managing of the company’s international operations after the anti-trust breakup in the early 1910s. Throughout his term as president... View Details