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Thanks to Jyot Singh for kicking off the 2022-23 C-Suite Conversation series. As the CEO of RTS Labs, Singh detailed his journey to the organization’s founding as a progressive software development firm serving high-growth Richmond companies and beyond. We hope to see you at one of our many upcoming programs. Check calendar.richmond.edu for future opportunities to connect.

The winning streak continues! Robins School students once again placed among the top in @iukelleyschool’s National Team Selling Competition! Team members Chase Cummins, Glory Harmon, Penny Hu, Whitney Sins, and Amy Cunningham finished 2nd among the 20 competing schools. Professors Jeff Carlson and Bill Bergman continue to coach students in this annual competition. Congratulations to the winning team, you make us Spider proud! 🕷

Emily Dunbar graduated from UR and went on to become a CPA at one of the big four accounting firms. But 18 months in she realized it wasn’t her passion and instead became an ENT as her first step in pursuit of a medical degree. Now in her third year of medical school, she still draws upon the lessons learned from her time spent in accounting but knows she chose the right path. Read more of her story at the link in our bio.

Mads Mortensen took a leap of faith and made a cold call to the CEO at one of Norway’s best performing hedge funds. “We had a long chat which ended up being fruitful.” Mortensen spent his summer in Oslo, Norway, interning with Carn Capital, analyzing the macrotrends of those industries that were highly exposed to Europe’s energy crisis. Read more about his experience and his plans for life after Richmond at the link in our bio.

The Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF) took its annual trip to NYC this weekend, visiting alumni, partners, and friends throughout the city to learn about the many opportunities that await students after graduation. 🚕🗽📈 This road trip is a highlight for student managers and we are thankful for the many people who gave their time, talent, and insight to making it such a success!

In Professor Deniz Besik’s Operations Management class, students are asked to volunteer at @feedmoreinc, a Richmond-based food bank that collects, prepares, and distributes food to neighbors in need across 34 cities and counties in Central Virginia. As part of their studies, students look at how to define the capacity of operations in manufacturing and service organizations and identifying bottlenecks, the slowest process in a manufacturing...