OMIC R&D Talk

The leadership and technical team from the Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center, R&D (OMIC R&D), will visit us and give a talk on Thursday, March 6, from 6:00 – 7:15 p.m. (Talk plus Q&A) in 162 Lillis.

• Don Hendrickson, Interim Executive Director, OMIC R&D
• Urmaze Naterwalla, Director of Research Operations, OMIC R&D
• Dr. Chuankai Song, Research Associate, Material Characterization, OMIC R&D

Don Hendrickson and Urmaze Naterwalla are OEMBA alumni with extensive experience at Boeing before joining OMIC R&D.

The talk will focus on “Disruptive Manufacturing Technologies for Additive Innovation in the Supply Base of Metal Products Manufacturing Industry in the Pacific Northwest and Beyond.”

Date/Time: Thursday, March 6, 6:00 – 7:15 p.m. (Talk plus Q&A)

Venue: 162

• Speaker: Omprakash Subbarao
• Date/Time: Thursday, Feb 20th , 6:00 – 7:15 p.m. (Talk plus Q&A)
• Zoom Link: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/91898502366?pwd=Tum6qMIZWcGYyYU1GVHcTVDg2Coc31.1

Omprakash Subbarao, CEO of Core Labs at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India, will give a talk titled “Business Innovation in India Propelled by Digital Public Goods.” He will present how India's national digital strategy to build the requisite digital infrastructure is shaping innovation in various industry and government sectors. Omprakash has held executive leadership roles in the industry and the government for a career spanning three decades, working with organizations such as Accenture, Yahoo, Infosys, KPMG, and the Government of India. He has handled a variety of responsibilities across the entire spectrum – Marketing, Business Development, Strategy, Consulting, and Product management. He has been a Business Leader serving on the Advisory Boards of several corporates. In addition to being the CEO of Core Labs, he also serves as an Advisor for the National Health Authority (NHA), Government of India.

Max Hawes, CEO, and Mano Venkatesh, Product Development Head, Metalynx, will give a talk this Thursday, February 6, in Lillis 162, from 6:00 to 7:15 p.m. (Talk plus Q&A).
Max Hawes is an entrepreneur and alumnus of our OEMBA Program.
The talk will focus on “Transformational Technologies for Business/Data Analytics at Metalynx.” (https://metalynx.com/)
Several colleagues from Metalynx, including the company's Chief Technology Officer, Communications Lead, and Development Engineer, also plan to visit us as part of the OBA Executive-in-Residence Program and attend this presentation.
During the latter part of the talk, students will also have the opportunity to engage with this team for Q&A in a panel format.

OBA Club week 5 meeting
Learn about potential opportunities for roles in business analytics for a Fortune 200 company.

• When: Monday, February 3rd, 6:00pm
• Where: Lillis 162
• Topics: Careers at Lithia, DART Program Overview, and Opportunities within DART (internships and full-time)
• Speakers:
  Diego Rojas
  Bio: As a Co-founder of the DART program, Diego Rojas is a recognized leader at Lithia & Driveway. The DART program has become a resounding success, with over 100 participants, many of whom are from the University of Oregon. Join Diego as he shares insights and strategies from his journey in building the DART program and learn how you can take your own career to the next level. LinkedIn
  Noah Ballinger
  Bio: Senior Performance Analyst, Lithia & Driveway. I work with LAD Dealerships and Operational Leaders, supporting efforts to run their business most effectively, and reaching store potential. LinkedIn

We launched the OBA Internship Showcase in AY 2022 - 2023 to create a platform for Juniors, Seniors, and Graduate Students to share their internship experiences each academic year.
OBA Internship Showcase is a vital part of our effort to enable you to leverage what you have learned from the business domain knowledge and rigorous skills offered in the OBA curriculum to seek high-quality internships during the program.

Thu. Jan. 16, 6:00 pm, LIL 162

• Bella Molau, Dual Concentrator (OBA and Marketing), DART Performance Analyst Intern, Lithia & Driveway
• Brooke Thalacker, Dual Concentrator (Finance and OBA), Summer Intern, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

Kevin Jennings from Lithia Motor will give a talk this Thu, October 10, in Lillis 132, 6:00 – 7:15 p.m.
“As the Senior Brand Marketing Manager at GreenCars, he leads the brand strategy and execution for all digital and physical representations of GreenCars.”

Guest Speaker: Linda Miller from Sila Nanotechnologies will be visiting LCB as an OBA Executive-in-Residence on Wed, June 5. She will also give a talk as part of our OBA Industry Speaker Series.
Topic: Sila Nanotechnologies, an innovator in electric battery technology
Date/Time: Wed, June 5, 6:00 - 7:15 p.m. (Talk plus Q&A).
Venue: 211 Lillis

Linda Miller is the VP of Accounts at Sila. She joined Sila in 2018 and spent 6 years as VP of strategic sourcing and supply chain operations. Prior to Sila, Linda spent 15 years in the semiconductor capital equipment industry at Applied Materials, UBS Securities, and Montgomery Asset Management. During that time, Linda held leadership roles across multiple functions including strategic planning, manufacturing and supply chain operations, and technical program management, to name a few. Earlier in her career, she worked as a robotics researcher at Hitachi’s Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory and a design engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Linda serves on the Board of Advisors at the University of Oregon Lundquist College of Business where she also is an Executive in Residence. She is a member of the Industry Council of the Project Production Institute, which aims to improve the value that engineering and construction provide to the economy and to society. She is also a member of AWESOME, an organization dedicated to achieving women’s excellence in supply chain operations, management, and education. In 2021, she was named one of the 100 Most Influential Women in Supply Chain by Global Women Supply Chain Leaders.

Linda holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Arts (AM) in Japanese Studies from Harvard University.

Guest Speaker: Antonio-James Edgar, Manager, Daimler Trucks North America
Topic: technological innovation in the trucking industry
Date/Time: Thu, May 30th, 6:00 - 7:15 p.m. (Talk plus Q&A).
Venue: 128 Chiles

We launched the OBA Internship Showcase in AY 2022 – 2023 to create a platform for Juniors, Seniors, and Graduate Students to share their internship experiences each academic year. OBA Internship Showcase is a vital part of our effort to enable you to leverage your learning from the business domain knowledge and rigor offered in the curriculum to seek high-quality internships during the program. Several students presented in the Fall Term of 2023.

We will have four undergraduate and two graduate students share their internship experience this Thursday. We hope this will further motivate, enable, and guide other students in the audience (particularly OBA Concentrators) to gain insights from the Internship Showcase and plan to seek internships and jobs with success.

• Will Dodge, Data Coordinator, MLB Draft League
• Nick Crabb, MBA Student, Pathways Operations Manager Intern, Amazon.com LLC
• Marcell Brinkley, Marketing Consultant, Castello di Verrazzano Winery (Italy)
• Rodrigo Ezeta Gonzalez, MBA Student, Power Services Intern, General Electric (Mexico)
• Markus Parth, Branch Operations Intern, Alsco Uniforms, Portland, Oregon
• Lucas Coan, Operation Management Intern, Target Corporation

We will reserve Q&A at the end of all the talks.

Date/Time: Thu, April 18, 6:00 - 7:15 p.m. (Talk plus Q&A)
Venue: Lillis 211128 Chiles

Guest Speaker:
Randy Eck, Director, Global Transportation and Logistics Outsourcing, Intel
Isabella Piacentini, Technical Project Analyst, Intel
Title of the Talk: Supply Chain Management at Intel
Date/Time: Thu, April 11, 6:00 - 7:15 p.m. (Talk plus Q&A).
Venue: 128 Chiles

TBA

Guest Speaker: Warren Feather Resume Bio
Title of the Talk: Agribusiness and Supply Chain Management
Date/Time: Thu, March 14, 6:00 - 7:15 p.m. (Talk plus Q&A).
Venue: Lillis 211

This talk focuses on innovation, sustainability, and financing in the early stage of the Mass Timber Industry.

Guest Speakers:
Professor Judith Sheine, Director of Design, TallWood Design Institute, School of Architecture and Design, University of Oregon
Iain MacDonald, Director, TallWood Design Institute, Oregon State University

Title of the Talk: The TallWood Design Institute and the PNW Mass Timber Ecosystem

Date/Time: Thu, March 7, 6:00 - 7:15 p.m. (Talk plus Q&A).

Venue: Lillis 211

Short bios for Professor Judith Sheine and Iain MacDonald are available on the Tallwood Design Institute website:

Tom Wright-Hay has over 25 years of experience in management, strategic planning, sales/marketing, engineering, and Lean Manufacturing. Tom’s career began as a project manager in a refinery for a Fortune 500 energy company and progressed to include internal business consulting and strategic planning roles. After obtaining his MBA from the University of Oregon, Tom was CEO/General Manager of a recreational products manufacturer where he successfully employed Lean to turn the company around. As a consultant with the Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Tom worked with numerous companies in the high-tech, wood products, metal fabrication, heavy equipment, and medical products industries. He served on OMEP’s board of directors, was a member of the State of Oregon’s Manufacturing Workforce Committee, and has guest lectured at the University of Oregon. Tom is currently the Vice President for Blue Star Gas. In addition to his MBA, Tom holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Cal State Fullerton.

In his spare time, Tom enjoys hanging out with his kids, mountain and road biking, travel, and watching The Ducks.

Craig Campbell and Don Hendrickson are visiting LCB as OBA Executives-in-Residence to explore a strategic partnership between OMIC R&D and LCB and other units at UO for experiential education and research in collaboration with major corporations, SMEs, and start-ups.

Don Hendrickson is also the Chair of the Board of Governors of OMIC R&D, a University-Industry-Government Partnership (https://www.omic.us/)

They will also give a talk on the state of the art of additive manufacturing (3-D printing) of metal-based parts at an industrial scale with implications for supply chains of aerospace, automotive, semiconductor, electronics, footwear, and energy sectors, among others. Craig Campbell and Don Hendrickson are both Ducks.