Seminar & Workshop Series
Our students learn critical skills from dedicated experts
Through our professional development seminar and workshop series, Duke Engineering Management students develop professional skills through a weekly seminar and workshop series.
Students are required to complete seven (7) workshops organized through course EGRMGMT 501. It is offered in both the spring and fall semesters.
“This seminar really helped students realize that people around us have quite different cultural and career backgrounds. The seminar also offered ideas for us to promote ourselves, which was quite useful.”
Student Feedback
Seminar Speakers
Fall 2021
- Kelly Pfrommer, Co-founder & CEO, Cloud Giants
- Suzy Steele, Director, Data & Analytics, IT Strategy & Services, CREE
- Curtis Mitchell, VP of Software Engineering, Newsela
- Eric Iwashita, Senior Product Manager, Pendo
- Alan Sheridan, Tech Lead/Manager, Google
- Sarita Kuppili, Engineering Project Manager, Caterpillar
- Kristen Taylor, Director of Engineering, Socialive
- Malaika Paquiot, Chief Product Officer, Avalanche Insights
- Amit Shanker, Founder & CEO, Bloom AI
- George Mathews, Head, Supply Chain, New Product Introduction, New Business & Divestments, GSK
- Internship Showcase
Spring 2021
- Betsy Grider (BA ’04), Chief Strategy Officer, Patron Technology [Technology Development & Commercialization]
- Anand Saokar (MBA ‘07), Director, Supply Chain, Lowe’s [Operations & Supply Chain Management]
- Gowri Rao Krishnamurthy (MEM ’11), Product Manager, Facebook [Product Management]
- Jessica Lesesky, Chief Revenue Officer, Spoonflower [Tech Founders & Innovators]
- Chip Franzén (BA, ’09), Data Science Lead, Granular [Data Analytics & Machine Learning]
- Erik Anderson (MEM, ’18), Clinical Applications Specialist, Synaptive Medical [Customer Experience & Product Design]
- Kelly Ennis Pelehach (BA ’08), Group Manager, Global Supply Management – Software & Connectivity, Tesla [Operations & Supply Chain Management]
- Bhargav Kode, (MEM ’08), Product, RevenueWell [Product Management]
- Simone Pitre (BS, BA ‘16), Senior Marketing Analyst, Mastercard [Data Analytics & Machine Learning]
- Swetha Iyer (MEM ’16), VP, Bank of America [Technology Development & Commercialization]
- Somana Konganda (MEM ’06), Director, GM Global Store, Amazon
- Internship Showcase
Workshops
Fall 2021
- Achieving Objectives in Organizations
- Community Service: Professional Development through Volunteerism
- Film & Discussion: Mercury 13
- Leading through Laughter
- Relationships That Accelerate Success (remote)
- Respectful Workplace Culture: Rights and Responsibilities
- Time Management
- Understanding U.S. Politics
- Wellness & Self Care
Spring 2021
- Achieving Objectives in Organizations
- Better at Interviews: Explaining How You Align
- Culture Active
- Keys to Success: Internships
- Keys to Success: My First Job (After Grad School) [Alumni Panel]
- Keys to Success: Working Remotely [Alumni Panel]
- Tech Topics Seminar: Cybersecurity
- The Importance of Saying 'No'
- Time Management
- Writing a Research Report