#SmealWeeklyRecap featuring Julian Lui '16 FIN

It's Friday and have a great Memorial Day Weekend! Make sure and continue to #lifelonglearn with us and follow along as we showcase other featured alumni in 2021. All webinars are free and registrations can be found on the?Smeal Alumni Events Calendar . For recordings of past webinars, visit our?Smeal Lifelong Learning Webinar library . Additionally, here is the link to our?Smeal Lifelong Learning Podcast? episodes on our website. Don't forget you can also download them on Apple, Castbox, Spreaker or most popular podcast apps and become a subscriber to get updates on releases!

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Featured Alum: Julian Lui '16 FIN, New Verticals Business Development at DoorDash

After graduating in 2016, Julian Lui moved to New York City to join Goldman Sachs' Technology (TMT) Investment Banking Division, a two-year Analyst program where he focused on equity issuance for Technology companies. In this role, he worked with cross-functional business partners to advise technology companies that sought to raise funds in the equity markets. After his analyst years, Julian accepted an opportunity to move to Hong Kong. There, he spent time working with Goldman's Hong Kong Investment Banking team to help manage an influx of equity deal flow. Julian then moved to San Francisco, where he worked on deals like Pinterest's IPO as an Associate on Goldman’s SF TMT team.

After three years at Goldman, Julian decided to enter the startup world. He joined DoorDash in 2019, focused on growing their Grocery and Convenience verticals as the fourth member of their pre-sale Business Development organization. Currently, Julian leads DoorDash's Convenience pre-sale Business Development effort, which entails defining and executing the sales strategy to continue growing DoorDash's lead in the industry.

At Penn State, Julian was involved in Alpha Kappa Psi, the Nittany Lion Fund, and THON. In his free time, he likes to grab food with friends, go to the gym and on runs, watch the NBA, and listen to music.

Julian’s career advice… Oftentimes, great professional opportunities are masked as challenges that can make you feel uncomfortable - a new role with different responsibilities, a geographic reassignment to an area where you lack a network, a new career path that you hadn't considered before. Keep an open mind and take advantage of these opportunities early on in your career. You won't regret it!

News and Resources

• Articles relating to the food industry, mergers and acquisitions, and networking and Uber :?Articles on these topics from publications like Business Insider, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, SCM Magazine, Vault, Fast Company, The Guardian, Gallup, Morning Brew, The Washington Post, New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, The Economist, Entrepreneur Daily, Bloomberg and more!?Which restaurants are switching to plant based meals? What startup is creating 'real' dairy, without cows? What country is DoorDash headed to? What company has Visa recently acquired? What virtual clothing try on startup did Walmart recently acquire? Is it time to limit personal wealth? What has pushed Uber to bigger-than-forecast losses? What historic agreement was Uber recently a part of? Check out the articles at the link above!
• Take a tour through Smeal Lifelong Learning Webinar Library! December 2020 Successes

#7?Intrapreneurship: The Key to Driving Innovation, Engagement, and Purpose in Your Career

• Congratulations to our recent Smeal alumni #lifelonglearners!

1. ?Makeda Brown '95 MGMT is a Coaching Mindset Index Certified Practitioner issued by AIIR Consulting as well as earning her Hogan Assessment Certification which will enable her to better serve her clients.
2. Philip Eng '17 MKTG finished "SEO for Social Media " and "Social Media Marketing Foundations " through LinkedIn Learning.
3. Abigail Falce '21 SC&IS is certified in Accessibility in Action issued by Microsoft Accessibility?
4. Sam Ferro '18 MKTG is a CSPO Certified issued by the Scrum Alliance.?
5. Fuad Ligali '14 ACTSC finished up at a summer internship on venture capital on at Pledge LA and is now part of the HBCUvc? and?PledgeLA ?networks.
6. Quavion Logan '21 MGMT is a AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate issued by Amazon Web Services Training and Certification.
7. Michelle Orcutt '93 FINIB is a SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) was issued by Society for Human Resource Management.
8. Monica Perry's ('89 MBA) research, "Market Orientation in Small Businesses: Creative or Lacking?"? was sited in Information and Communication Technology for Competitive Strategies ICTCS 2020.

Smeal Lifelong Learning Webinars - Secure your spot today! New registration open! ???

The webinars are LIVE on Wednesdays at Noon ET. Everyone is welcome!

Mindset, Strategy & Negotiation: Highlights from the WFH Revolution ?featuring Dr. Jennifer Nicholas, Career Coach, Assistant Director, Smeal Alumni Career Services -?September 8th?#backbypopulardemand

The Automatic Customer: Creating A Subscription Business in Any Industry ?featuring Jody A. Ruth, CPA and NACD Certified Director, ’83 ACCT, founder and CEO of Redstones and AccuMetrics, businesses that she has run successfully for over 18 years. -?October 6th

Unconventional Strategies to Succeed in Your Career, Love, and Life ?featuring Brian Drury '12 SCIS Founder, Overcoming Graduation and Planning Analyst, Vans a Division of VF Outdoor -?October 20th #backbypopulardemand

The New Equation: Trust in Technology Transformation featuring Joe Atkinson '92 FIN Vice Chair, US Chief Products and Technology Officer at PwC - October 27th #backbypopulardemand

The Post-COVID Real Estate Revolution: The Perfect Storm for a Dynamic Shift in the U.S. Real Estate Market ?featuring Uma Pattarkine '14 MAcc, Investment Strategy Analyst for CenterSquare Investment Management -?November 3rd

Creating, Measuring and Communicating Value for Enterprise/Business Architecture ?featuring Dr. Brian H. Cameron, Associate Dean for Professional Graduate Programs and Executive Education and Clinical Professor of Information Systems, Smeal College of Business at the Pennsylvania State University -?December 8th #backbypopulardemand

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