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Hello class,
My name is Wenchao Song. After receiving my Ph.D. from ECE of NCSU, I started my engineer journey to work with Renesas Electronics America (former Intersil), a semiconductor company design center located in RTP.  Currently I am still with the same company and has been promoted to be an application engineer manager last year.
I have been through and seen some promotions within team and company for different reasons and/or

coincidences. There was one colleague who got promoted every 18 months really impressed me a lot. I admired his capability of gasping chances to exert influence and increase visibility, which are also some key factors I want to learn and take away from this class.

Look forward to learn and grow with you all. .

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Hi Everyone,

My name is Narendra Kalyankar, rather NK is what usually I go by, I work with Sandvik Coromant as a Production Manager for Turning Tool products at their facility in Mebane, NC. Sandvik is a high technology Engineering group in Cutting tools, tooling systems & services for advanced industrial metal cutting including Automotive, Aerospace, etc. I completed 10yrs with the company in Feb 2018 and currently pursuing Executive MBA for upward advancement. My background is in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering.

During my 10 years with Sandvik, I have grown from a Manufacturing Engineer to Team lead and to lead the Engineering department, I made a lateral move to Production side 2-1/2 years ago.

Throughout this journey I have learned a lot from peers & Managers, specially admired one colleague, who was an operator, promoted to an Engineer and currently he is VP in our organization through his hard work, doing things outside the job description, disciplined and a great Problem solver, bold and fast!

One thing I would like to learn or explore and gain insight on how to impact/influence the senior management beyond the immediate local manager in a global setting, to display the talent and expand my horizon moving up in a global leadership role.

I am excited to be part of this class and looking forward to it.

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Hello Everyone,
My name is Kapila Kaushik and I work as Group Product  Manager  at TD Bank  in Toronto Canada.I  have over 14 years of full-time, professional post-baccalaureate work experience, all of it with TD Bank (a top 10 bank in the US & Canada). Of these 14 years, I have held managerial and leadership responsibilities for over 9 years.  I have grown from an entry-level position in the bank to my current role as Group Product Manager, Unsecured Lending. In this leadership role, I lead 8 direct reports and 35 Team Members overall geographically spread across US & Canada to deliver superior strategic and operational management of products.

Before this role I worked in  the retail side of the bank. After a few attempts of getting promoted to product management, I was promoted a few years ago. I believe I was given this role because I showed immense problem solving skills, product expertise and perseverance.

I am looking forward to reflecting on my skills and perceptions to gain the most out of this course.

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Hello class! My name is Lindsey Jones and I am a Drug Product Development Project Manager at Alcami Corporation in Wilmington, NC. I've spent my entire career in the Pharma Industry and relocated to the Carolinas almost 3 years ago with my family for my current position. I feel like I am back home because I received my Bachelor's degrees from NC State in 2006. I am in my second year of the MBA program. I am very excited about this class because career advancement is a very strategic issue. I was promoted every 2.5 -3 years at my last company into positions of increasing responsibility and technical knowledge. When I became PMP certified, I sought a Project Manager role and was given the promotion over other internal candidates because of my experience in other roles. I received a significant promotion when I accepted my most recent role which required that I change companies. I hope to learn about how to navigate the strategic dynamics of career advancement in a corporate setting.
When I am not managing drug development projects and working on MBA classes, I love to spend time on the water with my two young boys (one of which was born during my first semester in the Jenkins program) and my husband.

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Hi everyone! My name is Dan and I am am a Vice President of Business Development at CipherHealth. Cipher is a medical software company that provides patient engagement, outreach, and satisfaction technology throughout the continuum of care using various modes of outreach. We are bringing a product to a new market, where I am currently focused in the ambulatory space.

A time where I was promoted  was at my last medical software company, Nextech Systems. I moved from an Account Manager (customer service/inside sales) to a Regional Sales Manager (strategy/outside sales). I believe I received that honor because when I started I made sure my boss and others knew my career goals and that I wanted to move to outside sales. I was able to put that idea in their head from the start and I excelled at my current role so they had no reason not to give me a shot when there was an opening.

In this class I would like to learn more about moving through red tape and and experience restrictions that some organizations have in place for advancement. Furthermore, how to overcome that, if possible, and get promoted despite the lack of experience required, even though the person looking for the promotion is the top performer, just the youngest.

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Hello to all, I am Andrea Hauser, I currently work at Novant Health as a Human Resources Business Partner and have been with the organization over 21 years all in HR, but in various roles. I am really enjoying my current role working on various projects such as starting up new Ambulatory Surgical Centers across the state as well as working on strategic workforce plans with one of the service lines I support.  Winston Salem is home for me, along with my husband Jon and our two kids Carston (12) and Caroline (9).  I started my on-line MBA journey in the fall of 2015 and have loved every minute of it (yes, even those difficult days!).  Graduation is coming in May and I’ll finish up one course over the summer to be officially complete. As an internal advancement issue, I'd like to have discussion around what to consider as a promotion, particularly as organizations are looking to go more flat. I’m looking forward to learning how to be more successful in being a candidate of choice for a promotion in the near future, as well as successful in utilizing my new skills learned!

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Hi MBA Friends!

My name is Rachel Hoppe. I currently work at AvidXchange, a financial technology (fintech) company headquartered in Charlotte, NC. I've been with the company since 2009. My official title is Senior Product Manager of Supplier Solutions. My favorite part of the job is interacting with our supplier customers to understand their needs, so I can design and deliver products that will create value for them.

AvidXchange is a high-growth organization with 1100+ employees. When I joined, there were about 40 employees, so I've had plenty of opportunity for career advancement. I started as a entry-level marketing coordinator and was quickly promoted to lead the company's marketing efforts. After 5 years and building the department to a team of 5, I moved into product management to begin our supplier product offerings. My most notable promotion was when I was asked to lead the marketing department. My manager, at the time, and I were flying to California for a user conference and she asked me in the aisle of plane, if I would run to the department when we got back from our trip. So there, in front of the airplane bathrooms, somewhere over Oklahoma, I got promoted.

As our company continues it's rapid growth and investing in top-level talent, I am particularly interested in what I can do to remain top of mind for our leadership as an attractive candidate for promotion.

Outside of school and the office, I'm a wife to my husband James, mom to my 8 month-old daughter Ruby, and doggie mom to my two golden retrievers Charlie (10) and Tucker (7).

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My name is Aarathi Sree Srinivasan. Unlike most of the here, I am a full-time MBA student at NC State. This means I am currently not working at any corporate firm. But, I am to graduate in May 2018, after which I am joining Deloitte as a Consultant.

Before joining my MBA, I was working with a consulting firm. It was my first job after my undergraduation. During my tenure, I admired and respected a Senior Consultant who got promoted to a manager. The jump from Senior Consultant to Manager in that firm is one of the toughest ones. It is not easy to achieve it in a span of 3 years. But he did it with such ease. His undying commitment to work, his drive to take any task to completion, and a desire to learn everyday made it possible for him.

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My name is Aarathi Sree Srinivasan. Unlike most of the here, I am a full-time MBA student at NC State. This means I am currently not working at any corporate firm. But, I am to graduate in May 2018, after which I am joining Deloitte as a Consultant.

Before joining my MBA, I was working with a consulting firm. It was my first job after my undergraduation. During my tenure, I admired and respected a Senior Consultant who got promoted to a manager. The jump from Senior Consultant to Manager in that firm is one of the toughest ones. It is not easy to achieve it in a span of 3 years. But he did it with such ease. His undying commitment to work, his drive to take any task to completion, and a desire to learn everyday made it possible for him.

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Hello Friends! My name is Megan Talley. I live in Charlotte and am a marketing project manager with Novant Health. I've been with the company for 12 years and underwent a role change when our team restructured about five years ago (unfortunately I liked my old role better than the new one that was created!).

I believe I have a reputation for being a creative, hard-working leader, but our organization historically has not offered merit-based raises. As such, I feel like I haven't advanced in my career as quickly as my peers because I've been loyal to a company and a job I (more or less) loved. Recently, however, many folks on our department's leadership team have received merit-based raises without any additional responsibility. It's left many of us wondering what opportunities exist for the rest of us.

All that to say, I have accepted a new job with a new company and will start after I graduate in May! This company is MUCH smaller than my current employer - a handful of oral surgery clinics - so I will be a one-woman show for this newly created role. As such, I'm especially interested in having career advancement conversations in companies where no such precedent has been set. I look forward to learning with you all!

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Hello MBA Colleagues!

My name is Shawn Hylton.  I work for LORD Corporation as Manager, Global HR Programs.  I have been with my company 10.5 years and pursing my MBA for upward advancement.

I was promoted into my current role about 2 years ago (formerly Manager, US Benefits).  My promotion was due to my HR background, skill set and attainment of core competencies.  Since joining LORD, I pursued projects that would further enhance my skills in global programs and was ready when the opportunity presented itself.  To move forward, I will need to showcase senior level competencies, build the right relationships and demonstrate strategic leadership abilities.

I hope to gain strategies from this course that I can immediately apply to move forward.

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Hello fellow MBA classmates.  My name is Jerrod Rose and I am an Applications Specialist for Polynt Composites USA.  Polynt is a chemical company headquartered in Carpentersville, IL in the US and globally near Milan, Italy.  As an Application Specialist I assist customer with both technical and applications issues in the markets I serve which are water/sewer and corrosion-resistant and flame-retardant applications.  I have worked for the company and a predecessor company for a combined 18 years.  I began my career here as a lab technician.  I can still remember when I was promoted into technical support.  It was a huge milestone for me as I did not yet have my undergraduate degree and had gotten the promotion based on spending several years learning the products, methods of manufacture, and methods of failure.  Since that time, the opportunities for formal advancement have been few and unfortunately do not look to be improving.  I am excited to be in this class and hope to learn some tools and techniques that will assist me in getting out of the stall that my career is currently in.

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Howdy. I prefer to go by JB. I am an active duty officer in the Navy stationed in Charlotte. My rank is Lieutenant and my title is Recruiter / Division Officer. I have been in the Navy, approaching 7 years. My first 4 1/2 years were spent in Norfolk about 2 ships; USS San Antonio (LPD 17) and USS Gravely (DDG 107).

In regards to promotions, I have been promoted twice. At my 2 year service date I was promoted from Ensign to Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG) and at 4 years of service I was promoted to Lieutenant. As long as you avoid career altering trouble, the first two promotions are automatic. My next promotion is tentatively in 3 years. This time it is warrant based where a board of officers will make their decision based on my peers, work evaluations, and qualifications. Obtaining my MBA is one of the many steps along the way.

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Hi Everyone!

My name is Mallory and I'm currently an Associate Marketing Communications Manager for Red Hat in Raleigh, North Carolina.

I've been with Red Hat for about five years and two years ago, I was promoted to a management position during a restructuring within my organization. I think I was offered the position due to a combination of my leadership role on past projects and my ability to problem solve. I've learned a lot over the past two years in going from a peer to a manager role and many other challenges along the way. In this class, I'd like to learn tactics for how to continue to drive my career forward and advance within my organization.

I live in North Raleigh with my husband Scott and in my free time, enjoy playing soccer, hiking, and pretty much anything that involves being outdoors and hanging with my pup, Charlie.

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Hey class... this is Eddie Campbell. I currently work for BD, which is a Medical Device company. BD bought my old company Bard just a few months ago and as a result may open up some opportunities in the coming months.  Currently I work as a Regional Manager and supports sales reps throughout the Southeast region. A good friend of mine was recently promoted to a VP position and feel he was able to leverage his proven track record of success and his past relationships to land the position. It has the feeling of senior year and we just got a new coach and need to prove myself again for the starting position. In this class, I would like to make sure we cover how to set yourself apart in an environment where the people you spent a good part of your career working with are not the ones now making the future hiring decisions to that new level.

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Hi everybody. I am an Account Manager with Dude Solutions in Cary, NC. This is my 3rd year at the company. I am excited to be in my last semester of the MBA program.

Recently, my company has launched an internal leadership program designed to help individual contributors with high potential to begin learning and practicing leadership skills. Most of the people selected for the program seemed to have a few things in common, the most important being that they made it known that they wanted to be promoted or made a manager.

I hope in this course that I learn to become more comfortable with internal promotion by learning more about it and having a good planned approach to advancing my career.

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Hello class, my name is Kris McVey.  I work for Siemens Medical as the Director of Service for Advanced Therapies.  Advanced Therapies includes interventional imaging equipment used for the diagnosis and intervention for vascular diseases.  It is quite amazing to watch lives saved and be involved with some of the greatest physicians in the world.

I have watched many folks get promoted over the years.  In my experience, a lot of promotions involve one’s abilities coupled with their skills in being recognized.  Recently one of my colleagues had a Sr. Manager position to fill.  I recommended a person that I had worked with several years ago.  It was because of our past relationship and his abilities that allowed this person to get the job.

In terms of an internal advancement issue, I would like to address the importance and skills needed to develop relationships within the organization.  In my 15 years at my company, I am slowly seeing this skill set become depleted.

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Hello classmates! I am Derek Brandon and currently working as the IT Outsourcing Manager for Genworth US Mortgage Insurance in Raleigh, NC. This is my fourth year as a part-time, online MBA candidate and I will graduate after the Summer2018 semester.

While an undergraduate student at NC State, I had an internship at GlaxoSmithKline. Throughout my internship, I made it a point to schedule one-on-one meetings with directors and vice presidents across IT so that I could learn more about the different areas in the R&D IT organization in which I worked. Building those relationships with senior leadership resulted in one of them advocating for me to be offered a position in the IT Development Program, a new-graduate rotational program for future leaders. I know that investing time in establishing those relationships with leadership was a huge part of me getting accepted into the program.

One internal advancement issue that I'd like to ensure we address in the course is to talk about continued advancement past the first/lower levels of management. and onto more senior level positions.

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Hello All- I'm Vicki Jeffries, an OEM account manager for Volvo/MACK Trucks with Eaton Corporation in Raleigh NC. I've been with Eaton for 7 years now, and this is my 3rd role  with the company. I will finally be done with my MBA coursework this summer, so I will walk in December! :)

Most recently I changed divisions with Eaton, from the Electrical side of the firm to Hydraulics. It was a huge leap, but one of the key factors in being selected among the pool of applicants was my understanding of the sales process, and Eaton's focus on relationships. Eaton is a huge firm, with multiple divisions in nearly every country. This role is challenging in that I work from a home office, and rely on counterparts all over the globe to deliver materials, managing the supply chain, work with fulfillment teams, etc.  Knowing how to be successful working with a large group of teammates (none of whom I manage directly or see regularly), and how to achieve results for our customers and my firm at the same time were the key factors in why I was selected for the role.

That being said, I am always interested in things to consider when trying to move up the corporate ladder. I am a sales and marketing person, so reaching out to others and sharing comes pretty easily to me. What I often find difficult is finding ways to add value beyond relationship building with professional contacts that I rarely encounter. I'd love some ideas on how to reconnect with professional contacts that I may have met long ago or worked with previously. Overall, I'd really like to get better at maintaining business relationships. I definitely see the value in them, but could use some tips or prompts to ensure that I don't let relationships get too cold over time.

Thanks and I look forward to working with you

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I go by Brandon and I am currently the Chief Information Security Officer for Syneos Health (formed by a merger of INC Research and inVentiv Health), which is headquartered in Raleigh. I am also a Warrant Officer in the NC Army National Guard as part of the Defensive Cyber Operations Element.  Almost all of my upward mobility has been through moving on to different organizations.
The one time I was promoted internally was the result of someone's retirement and I was able to assume a new role.

I would love to learn more about the best approaches to marketing oneself outside of the organization to generate interest in Board membership and professional speaking opportunities.

Away school and work, I enjoy playing basketball, video games, karaoke, and eating BBQ.  I live in Cary with my wife and have three children (although one is 21 and at college).  Below is a picture taken at the Great Wall during a business trip to China.

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Hello ladies and gentlemen, my name is Dan Murdough and I am currently serving in the U.S Army on Active Duty as I have for the past 10 years since graduating from undergrad. I currently live in Redding, CA and work as a Recruiting Company Commander for Army Recruiting across Northern California and Southern Oregon. Although I oversee recruiting now, my primary occupation in the Army is a Signal Officer and generally oversee IT services, networking, radios, etc in support of Army units/organizations. In 2013, I was selected over six other signal officers to command a signal company while assigned to an Infantry Brigade at Fort Knox, KY. I believe I was selected over other officers because I was a graduate of Ranger School, had a greater breadth of leadership experience and was seen as more assertive. In this course I am naturally interested in dynamics that exist across several civilian sector jobs that I may not be aware of; in particular the value of knowing people to move up as opposed to other factor such as merit based.

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Hello Classmates,
I am currently working as Data Architect for Fidelity Investments. During my 15 years of IT experience i got exposure and opportunity to develop solutions for retail, healthcare and financial domains. I am also multiple certifications in technologies like Informatica, Oracle, C etc. I live in Cary NC and have been in this area from last 8 years. I lived in many states and would say this is the best place to live and raise kids. I recently got privilege to present my database skills on company's information series which will help other employees get better insight on how databases work, new big data technologies in market and how they can make transition to this space.
Below is the pic my wife clicked recently when i was ready to leave for presentation at an offsite meeting ( ya..she got new phone - iphone X )

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Hello Fellow MBA students! This is my last semester in the program and I am excited to be taking this course to help accelerate my career. I recently transitioned into a new industry and profession so I feel as though I am in a learning curve and somewhat starting from scratch. I am a Project Accountant for Brasfield & Gorrie, a large general contractor with divisions all over the southeast. Currently, I live in Black Mountain NC and work in Asheville on the Mission Hospital expansion. This is a great area to live and I feel fortunate my family was relocated here for this project. I have three boys in the house, a husband and two kids (5yrs and 3). We play a lot of baseball and enjoy boating on the coast of NC where I grew up.

It seems that the importance of business relationships and managing perceptions are key to successful advancement in the workplace. I have witnessed on several accounts advancements that stem from an employee’s ability to create strong visibility for her/himself to the right people with the right power; not necessarily the strength of skill set. Being able to influence others is also a necessary skill it seems for advancement. Any teachings to address these key skills in branding would be of interest to me in this course.

Looking forward to a great semester!

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Hello Everyone,
You probably have my name from the title and I am currently enrolled in my last semester of my professional online MBA! I am very excited for graduation and to see what the future holds for me. I currently serve as a DOD contractor with TATE Inc. specializing in survival instruction. Every day I get to teach our armed forces techniques and tactics on how to survive in the conditions they are likely to encounter. If it sounds fun then believe it, it is very fun. Prior to this job I received a highly coveted award, "The Commanders Award for Public Service." Apparently its one of the highest awards a DOD contractor can receive. I received it for activities conducted overseas in a combat environment so I am rather proud of it. As far as internal advancement, I really want to know how you make the leap from doing to managing without any or little management experience. In my free time I really enjoy anything to do with the outdoors including fishing, hunting and all sports.  Below is a picture of a nice catfish I caught here in North Carolina last year.

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Hi everyone!  My name is Jennifer Huffman and I am currently a cardiology nurse at UNC Hospitals.
In my role, promotions can sometimes be a change in title, pay, and additional responsibilities, but not a change in actual career. One of my friends and colleagues recently got promoted by passing a certification exam (these exist for different areas of nursing) and taking on more responsibility by joining committees and spearheading initiatives for unit improvement. She was able to get promoted by going above and beyond what was required and meeting the objectives to move up to the next level. In this class I'm hoping to learn more about how to shift roles or careers while getting promoted.
Outside of the MBA program, I enjoy running, hiking, traveling, and watching college sports (Go Hoos!). Below is a picture of me hiking in Iceland while on vacation last summer.

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Hello classmates! My name is Kevin Fitzpatrick and I am a Product Manager at the Apex Tool Group overseeing the measuring tools portfolio. Prior to my current company I spent five years with International Paper as an account manager living in Richmond, VA. I've seen a few people move into sr. product positions in my company in the past couple of years and I believe it's because they are 1. liked by those around them and 2. get exposure to senior executives. I'd like to learn about making exposure to executives more beneficial to my career and how to get remembered by the executives when new opportunities come up. I look forward to this class!

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Good evening, classmates! This is Heather O'Connor, creative content marketer, optimist and de facto head cheerleader for a team of 5. Currently, I'm Sr. Manager of Communications for the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants.
I've been watching--and even helping--a colleague as he continues his advancement through my company over the last several years. I know that before he even started working with us, he knew exactly where he wanted to be within a certain number of years and made a point of telling our Sr. VP during his interviews. He's never been shy about stating his intentions and taking whatever necessary steps to meet his goals.

I'd like to start identifying my intentions and communicating them to my manager and VP as well. For many years, I have been focused on the work, but I am ready to bring my team along through their own professional development and advance my career in the process.
Like Melissa mentioned: I do hope this course can help me find a better fit within the company where I work, or help me expand my horizons elsewhere. I'm ready.
When I'm not working or studying, I'm mom to two awesome kids: Erin and Davis. I'm the luckiest gal to have the support of my husband Larry while I tackle the Jenkins MBA. He keeps me sane Here's a picture of me at the top of Camelback Mountain in Scottsdale. I had no business climbing it, but I did it anyway.

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Good day all Charles Blankenship here Manager, System EMS Transport of Mission Health System regional SCT service covering 18 counties.
We had a PI person who was very skilled and presented many innovative projects along with solving several high level capacity management issues. He got promoted to Executive Director over Adult Medicine because of the impact of his work .
Internal advancement is hard when working in a hospital environment when you are not a nurse. You have a very narrow and short career ladder it seems.
25+ years in EMS, also Exercise designer/planner and Facilitator. Prior military and married to a PE teacher with two young men.  I have been out of school for about 2 years this time, was 25 years between HS and first college course, then 10 year break before getting my BS and now I am finishing first year of MBA on accelerated track, while managing a busy EMS service. I was born in Texas on a cattle ranch raised in South Ga. on a cattle plantation and have traveled all over the world courtesy of Uncle Sam and teaching Wilderness medicine for several years, now settled in the mountains of NC. Been involved in Hospital Emergency Management for about 10 years and intertwined with it my entire EMS career. I have also served as a branch of EM in a volunteer role for 10+ yrs. in SAR with a K9 partner.
Hobby working with K9s. I am a firm believer in networking with those I have worked with and keeping in touch.    http://www.linkedin.com/in/sarparamedic/

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Hello Everyone,

My name is Aarathi Sree Srinivasan. Unlike most of the here, I am a full-time MBA student at NC State. This means I am currently not working at any corporate firm. But, I am to graduate in May 2018, after which I am joining Deloitte as a Consultant.

Before joining my MBA, I was working with a consulting firm. It was my first job after my undergraduation. During my tenure, I admired and respected a Senior Consultant who got promoted to a manager. The jump from Senior Consultant to Manager in that firm is one of the toughest ones. It is not easy to achieve it in a span of 3 years. But he did it with such ease. His undying commitment to work, his drive to take any task to completion, and a desire to learn everyday made it possible for him.

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Hey everyone! My name is Melissa Warren, and I am a Senior Reporting Analyst at Nuveen (a subsidiary of TIAA, which my department recently re-orged to so I feel like I work for both in a way?). In the past my career has advanced fairly quickly, and with that came a strong reputation. I think I am a determined and assertive employee (except for public speaking), but a lot of my success has come from having amazing managers who were truly advocates. After my daughter was born in 2016, I took a different position which allowed me to work remotely quite a bit, and a very flexible manager. This helps with having a toddler, and a baby due in April, but not so much with my perception to other teams in my department who have a less flexible work environment. Somehow, because I'm not in my cube every day, some employees/peers view that as disengaged and less visible. I continually seek more opportunities to display talent to the department, but have had very little luck in the last year and a half, and I believe this is a combination of working remotely and having a manager that is perhaps not my advocate like others have been. Very interested in if this course can help to address that issue, or if it is time to move on.

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Hello, everybody.  I am your instructor, John Hutchings.  A little housekeeping.  Click the pink button in the lower left hand corner to open a text box for you, and then click the three little dots in the lower right corner of the text box to open the photo, film, voice apps.  I am the associate director of career for working professional MBAs.  At my first job post-MBA, there was a coworker at American Express that seemed to get promoted every six months.  I just admired her drive.  She had a daily to do list which was 24 items, and she got everything done every day.  She had overflowing energy as well.

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Hello, everybody.  I am your instructor, John Hutchings.  A little housekeeping.  Click the pink button in the lower left hand corner to open a text box for you, and then click the three little dots in the lower right corner of the text box to open the photo, film, voice apps.  I am the associate director of career for working professional MBAs.  At my first job post-MBA, there was a coworker at American Express that seemed to get promoted every six months.  I just admired her drive.  She had a daily to do list which was 24 items, and she got everything done every day.  She had overflowing energy as well.

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Hello, my name is Ryan Klingensmith.  I am living in Pittsburgh, PA where I am employed as a Systems Engineer for Compunetix, Inc.  At Compunetix, Inc., we manufacture and produce telecommunication equipment for both government and commercial use.  What is interesting about us, is that we develop everything in-house, including both hardware and software.

I was recently promoted in 2015 to a Systems Engineer from a Systems Analyst.  I believe the reason why I was promoted was due to my constant initiative to seek out additional responsibilities.  For instance, I was trained to be an internal ISO auditor even though this is outside the scope of my normal job functionality.  I also went and got training to become a Certified Scrum Master and Product Owner.  My goal behind this was to serve as an agile transformation coach and to help transform our development process from a waterfall approach to agile.

Regarding an internal advancement issue, it is difficult for me to justify asking for a promotion.  Over the last year or two, our organization has had a lack of sales.  This makes it difficult for me to approach management and to discuss my career growth as our organization seems to be contracting rather than expanding.  I am hoping that we address a similar scenario during this course and that I learn different approaches and methods to deal with this.

I am looking forward to working with all of you.  Thank you!