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Career Advice from Delta’s CFO: “Keep Your Head Down and Focus on Your Goals”
Oct. 8, 2013—The first job out of business school is undeniably important — it matters for rankings, it matters for recruiters, and most importantly it matters for those graduates who are going on to fill those roles. But I often caution students not to lose sight of the bigger picture. After getting my Ph.D. in the early...
How Far Does Prevention Go When Securing Health Care Data?
Sep. 3, 2013—In most areas of health care the adage that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” holds true. But for information security professionals in the field, the answer has not been so clear. Debate continues between two camps of researchers: one group maintains that it’s far more efficient to learn from the...
A Summer of Discovery
Aug. 5, 2013—Fall is an exciting time on campus. As a new group of students arrive for orientation this week and others return to Vanderbilt, they bring a fresh burst of energy to usher in the new academic year. One question faculty members often hear from returning students is “what have you been up to all summer?”...
To Make the Most of Technology, Bake It Into the MBA Teaching Experience
Jul. 8, 2013—Technology is disrupting higher education — for the good. In the past year, we have seen universities from Stanford to MIT offering free on-line courses to thousands of global students. At Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management, Professor David Owens offered his popular innovation class earlier this year on Coursera to over 45,000 participants. Many...
Heathcare and the Internet of Things
Jun. 26, 2013—As part of our NSF-funded project on trustworthy healthcare IT, we recently hosted a workshop focused on mHealth. Certainly the internet of things is creating new opportunities for delivering care. For example, I recently finished a case study on a San Diego-based start-up, Sotera, that has developed a wireless harness that enables continuous, non-invasive monitoring...
Norwegian Cruise Line
Jun. 18, 2013—Preview Copy in PDF Format Professors: Preview Copies and Orders After five years of profitable growth, Kevin Sheehan, CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line, rang the NASDAQ bell on Norwegian’s first day of trading. Under Sheehan’s leadership, Norwegian had experienced a dramatic turnaround, largely due to his efforts to help the organization deliver on the promise of...
Advice from Google CFO Patrick Pichette
Jun. 17, 2013—We recently hosted Google CFO Patrick Pichette. In his talk, he argued that we often shoot too low – looking for 10-15% improvement when we should be shooting for 10X. At Google, he focuses on game changing breakthroughs that could achieve a billion users. That thinking changes the discussion from merely worrying about the competition...
Healthcare IT: Better Living Through Transparency
Mar. 7, 2013—Technology is controversial today in U.S. healthcare. Of course, it has given us many amazing life-saving treatments. Last week at a Silicon Valley alumni panel on healthcare technology, Dow Wilson (T’85 and CEO of Varian Medical Systems) described how technology had transformed radiation oncology, allowing high doses of radiation to be delivered to very small...
Getting Personal with Big Data
Feb. 15, 2013—The last two weeks have been a Big Data fest for the Center. Last week our Tech@Tuck conference brought executives to Tuck to discuss how big data was changing big brands. This week our CIO Roundtable on Digital Strategies gathered in Phoenix to explore how big data should be fostered in managed. We heard many...
XOJET
Feb. 1, 2013—Preview Copy in PDF Format Professors: Preview Copies and Orders Blair LaCorte T90 glanced out the window as his Virgin American flight approached San Francisco International Airport, and thought about the challenges facing XOJET and the private aviation industry as a whole. With demand up 50% YOY they needed every jet they owned. It was October, 2011, and...