#SmealWeeklyRecap featuring Sagar Bohra, '15 SCIS

It's Friday! 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 podcast apps and become a subscriber to get updates on our releases!

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Featured Alumni: Sagar Bohra '15 SCIS, Board of Director at IndiTwist Foods and Master Candidate at Columbia University

After graduating from Smeal in 2015, Sagar started working as a consultant for Deloitte and remained there for three years. While at Deloitte, he was promoted to Senior Consultant, traveled over 130 weeks for 8 different projects and received 6 recognition awards. He left the traveling lifestyle and shifted to industry as a Finance Manager for Comcast, focused on operational improvement in their commercial business in Atlanta. He then joined Samsung Electronics America in Dallas as a Strategy & Innovation Manager. At Samsung, Sagar drove strategic initiatives that support management objectives in alignment with customer goals and global HQ by utilizing supply chain best practices and strategic analytics to propose and implement innovative enhancements across the business. This past month, Sagar left Samsung to focus on IndiTwist Foods and is also attending Columbia University in the City of New York, working towards obtaining his Master of Science in Human Capital Management. Sagar is excited for making a pivot in his career and the opportunities ahead. Outside of his professional career, Sagar remains very active with his Fraternity, Delta Sigma Iota, which was founded at Penn State. He has been on their National Office for several years and also provides various professional development coaching to students and young adults. As an entrepreneur and member of IndiTwist Foods, he and his team are focused on providing convenient, healthy, and ready-to-eat Indian food options to people of all ages, while using his supply chain background. Remember to follow IndiTwist Foods on LinkedIn and Instagram and visit their website for more information.

Sagar's Career Tip: Take advantage of resources to refine your professional soft skills, earlier rather than later! From online courses to free events to programming offered by your schools' career services! These skills are critical, if not more important, than the technical knowledge you accumulate in the first few years after graduating. 

Resources for the week!

• Articles relating to culture, diversity/inclusion, human resources, neuroscience, and teams: 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! Do you know the original victims of cancel culture? How remote work has help transgender employees? Why the rise of remote work might help diversity? How using empathy and curiosity can help overcoming differences? Why IS "age-proofing" your resume even a thing? That women apply from Venus and Men apply from Mars? Should we have a recruiting lemon law? How is neuroscience being used in business? How to keep your team engaged when the world is on fire? Check out the articles in the attached link!
• Thank you to Christine Ramsay ’05 MKTG, Sr. Global Sr. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Engagement Leader at Jazz Pharmaceuticals and Founder at Ignite Inclusion LLC for presenting a Smeal Lifelong Learning Webinar ?? What You Don’t Know, You Don’t Know: Disrupting Bias Through Understanding Neuroscience! You can view the livestreaming on Smeal's Facebook page. In this 60-minute session, Christine explored understanding how brain-based inclusion and neuroscience are interconnected.
• Smeal Lifelong Learning Podcast - Launching Friday, February 26th at noon!

??#30 Smeal Entrepreneur: Gentreo, Building an Encore Career on demand starting Friday, February 26th at Noon ET! Smeal alumna entrepreneur Renee Fry ’94 OPMGT is the founder of Gentreo, a startup company listed as the best in it’s category by U.S. News and World Report, Kiplinger’s and AARP! In this episode, Renee discusses how she transitioned into her encore career, the company’s vision, roadblocks/accomplishments, and suggestions for people looking to find their encore career. You are your best salesman!

"If you can help other people be excited about you, you can be excited about you too! –Renee Fry

• Virtual networking is crucial to your 2021 job search! For Smeal alumni, remember to join our groups: Penn State Smeal College of Business Alumni (Official); Smeal Alumni-to-Alumni Career Support

Smeal #Lifelonglearning Webinars - Secure your spot today!

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

Organizations and Data Ethics: A Simple Framework and Examples from the New Business of DNA Data featuring Dr. Forrest Briscoe, Smeal Professor of Management and the Frank and Mary Jean Smeal Research Fellow - March 10 #backbypopulardemand

Food Supply Chain Resilience: Reflections on Availability and Access featuring Dr. Felisa Higgins, Smeal Professor of Supply Chain Management and the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education - March 24

Tools and Techniques: Grounding the Steps of Entrepreneurship featuring Dr. Jeanette Miller, Assistant Clinical Professor, Associate Director of Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship - April 7

Exploring Lifelong Learning Options for the Business Architecture Professional featuring Dr. Brian Cameron, Associate Dean for Professional Graduate Programs and clinical Professor for Supply Chain Management - April 28 #backbypopulardemand

Transfluence: Leading with Transformative Influence in Today’s Climates of Change featuring Walt Rakowich ’79 ACCT Author, Leadership Speaker and Former Executive of Prologis, a global real estate company that was near collapse when he took over as CEO in 2008 - May 5

Cybersecurity Comes of Age featuring Susan Lo '04 FIN, Senior Manager, Darklab (Cloud + Cybersecurity), PwC Hong Kong - May 19th

Strategy & Negotiation: Tips from Smeal ACS Coaches featuring Dr. Jennifer Nicholas and Doreen Glenning, Smeal Alumni Career Services Career Coaches - September 8th #backbypopulardemand

Have a great weekend! ????