Future Leader Spotlight: Caitlin Shyshlov, W.P. Carey School of Business

What’s your origin story?

My business journey started when I was two years old in a CVS outside of Boston. My mother was buying some medicine holding me with one arm and her wallet with the other.  A brightly colored display-case-top caught my eye and I immediately grabbed a bag of M&M’s gracefully throwing it onto the counter. I then quickly proceeded to stretch out my hand and grab a dollar from my mother’s open wallet thrusting it at the cashier. At the age of two, I was already applying fundamental principles from Supply Chain.

All of my family have a business background. You might even say it is in my blood. Growing up, conversations around the dinner table focused on economic trends and material shortages rather than pop culture or the news. Pursuing a business career felt natural to me. However, I was always naturally curious. As a kid, I frequently performed experiments and tinkered with Legos which eventually led to my pursuing a career in science.

  Education:

One of my family’s beliefs is that a business degree is especially useful if you can apply it to a subject. As a junior in high school I decided to study both business and chemistry. Finding a university that would let me study both Supply Chain and Chemistry together proved to be a far more difficult effort. Marquette University was one of the few schools where I could pursue a B.S. in both subjects in a reasonable amount of time. It also allowed me to study somewhere outside of Boston. I wanted to experience a new area of the country. I benefitted greatly from the unique content covered by Marquette’s Operations & Supply Chain Program.

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