#SmealWeeklyRecap featuring Emil George ‘14 FIN

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Featured Alum:? Emil George ‘14 FIN Product Manager for CARDONE Industries

As a brakes Product Manager for CARDONE Industries, an aftermarket auto manufacturing company, I work as a bridge between all departments of our organization, tying everyone's efforts together to move a project forward. For example, to release new brake calipers into our catalog, I need to have a general understanding of the automotive industry and predict which cars are going to have the most demand for aftermarket parts and when. I then have to work with multiple teams to get the product out to market: Our engineering department to study OEM units and determine feasibility of an aftermarket introduction; our purchasing department to acquire parts and components; our operations teams to build initial inventory; our quality team to ensure compliance; our sales and marketing teams to advertise differentiating features; our forecasting team to ensure that we will build enough inventory to meet future anticipated demand after it is released; and our cataloging and channel management teams to get the parts listed in our catalog and into our customer's hands. It is a leadership role that leans heavily on relationship management, market knowledge, customer support, and most importantly cross-functional communication. What I love about my job is the opportunity to get involved with almost every facet of a manufacturing facility - it is quite fascinating to get a behind the scenes look of the parts that keep our cars moving (or in my case, stopping.) I'm particularly proud of my work here because I know I play a part in saving hard working people money on parts from the car dealership. We take our quality standards seriously and it's very gratifying to be able to provide something to the market that's just as good (and sometimes better) than the original, at a fraction of the price. Our business also serves the environment by enabling drivers to exercise their right to repair the vehicles they purchased (particularly older vehicles that have limited to no support from dealers), instead of having to purchase a new vehicle.?

My advice to Smeal students and alumni is to embrace every department of the organization you work for, and not just your team members. Finance, accounting, supply chain, marketing, risk management, operations, and IT are all critical teams that you should be familiar with, even if you are only working within one of them. Having that familiarity will allow you to get the "big picture" needed for important decisions, and will more importantly make you a more empathetic and effective leader.?

Resources

• Smeal Alumni Career Services Career Coaching Program ?- Don't forget if you are a Smeal alumnus, you receive five free value-packed coaching sessions which also give you access to job search tools and resources. Check it out!
• Featured Presenter - Recent Smeal Lifelong Learning Podcast release:

#42 Trade and Inflation: An Expert’s View of the Past and Present Alumnus trade expert and avid Smeal volunteer, William (Bill) C. Lane ’75 ACCT, ’79 M is back! The former Executive Director of Trade For America and Caterpillar’s 40-year veteran of global governmental affairs discusses how trade and inflation are linked, along with what happen in the past that we should be aware of when looking at the current situation.

"When you put tariffs in place, you tend to dampen competition and when you dampen competition it makes it easier for people to raise prices.” –William (Bill) C. Lane

Other virtual events from Bill!

Podcast Episode #34 The Trade Debate: Looking Back & Moving Forward

Smeal Lifelong Learning Webinars -Trade Debate Revisited , Trade Debate: Beyond the Rhetoric , Normalizing U.S.-Cuba Trade Relations

Congratulations to our recent Smeal lifelong learners!

#lilfelonglearner - Anyone who continues to learn and/or fosters learning in others by sharing their knowledge and experience!

1. ?Matthew Alperin '16 MAcc earned a Alteryx Designer Core Certification issued by Alteryx.
2. Curtiss Bruce '00 MBA is certified through the Black Executive Leadership Program issued by McKinsey & Company.
3. Christopher Grassi '09 SC&IS attended the Health and Personal Care Logistics Conference (HPCLC) Spring 2022 in Philadelphia.
4. Lindsey Grillot SC&IS graduated from the Morning Brew Accelerator run by Learning @ Morning Brew.
5. Katie Hipple '14 ACCT earned certification through the Drexel CORE Analytics Program for Vanguard learning about the world of data analytics.
6. Dara J. Klein '87 MKTG and colleagues from the Women Business Collaborative participated in the #WBCFasterTogether Series: Non-Traditional Pathways to the C-Suite. #womenleaders #womenempowerment
7. Susan Lo '04 FIN earned a Sustainability in Action Badge from Microsoft, who has made a public commitments to be carbon negative, zero waste, and water positive by 2030.
8. Daniel Lowry '19 SC&IS is a certified SAFe? 5 Product Owner/Product Manager issued by Scaled Agile Inc and a PMC Level I issued by Pragmatic Institute.
9. Jennifer Mazza Cagliuso , Q B A participated in a Clubhouse chat on Non-Linear Career Paths: All things data for Women History Month. Jennifer is a Co-Host/Co-Moderator for All Things Data Weekly Sessions on the platform.
10. Stephen Ramos '14 SC&IS is a certified SAFe? 5 Scrum Master issued by Scaled Agile Inc.
11. Max Smeal '12 ACCT spoke at the PICPA CFOs and Controllers Conference on the SPAC financing model and the lifecycle before and after an IPO.??
12. ?Amanda Sterling '15 MAcc wrote and article for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) digesting the new export controls and sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus, including her opinion on the topic.

Smeal ACS Webinar - Secure your spot today! ???

Come lifelong learn with us in spring 2022! Most webinars are LIVE on Wednesdays at Noon ET. (except our April 6th webinar at 1:00 p.m.) They're free and everyone is welcome! #masterclasses

Promoting an Ethical Culture in a Remote Workplace *?featuring Dr. Jennifer Eury, Clinical Assistant Professor of Management and Organization at the Smeal College of Business, and affiliate faculty member in the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State facilitating an expert panelists in the filed of ethics! -?April 6th at 1:00 PM #masterclass

• Ginnette Ciesla, Senior Manager, Ethics and Business Conduct, Lockheed Martin Enterprise Operations
• Susan Divers, Director of Thought Leadership and Best Practices, LRN
• Alicia Olmstead, Global Ethics & Compliance Consultant, Dell Technologies

How to Finance a Startup Company featuring Smeal professor, Dr. Jeanette Miller; Steve Carpenter, Instructor and Senior Vice President at Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central PA; and Matt Rhodes,?co-founder and Managing Director of 1855 Capital - April 20th #masterclass #backbypopulardemand

Rethinking Organizational Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Step-by-Step Guide for Facilitating Effective Change ?featuring Jamie Campbell, Smeal Assistant Dean of Diversity Enhancement; Phillip Ealy, Educational Consultant, Penn State University; Dr. William Rothwell, Penn State Distinguished Professor of Workforce Education and Development and President, Rothwell & Associates Inc. - May 4th #masterclass

*In partnership with the Smeal Tariff Center for Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility

Have a great weekend!????? #WeAre???