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 2022
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Claudia Sandoval Antunez, Global Supply Assurance - Services Supply Chain, IBM
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Adam Orentlicher, CTO and Sr VP, Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting, US
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Adriana Perez(MEM’11), Enterprise Growth Acceleration Lead, Wood Consulting
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Jagan Cuddapah (MEM’08) Head of Media & Entertainment Services: Google Cloud North America
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Dilip Bhatia, Chief Customer Experience Officer & VP of User & Customer Experience, Lenovo
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Deirdre Clark, Senior Manager, Aha!
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Brinda Ramaiya Harper (MBA’11), Sr. Product Manager, Insight Software
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Sunil Gupta, Head, AI/Machine Learning, Blue Cross NC
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Yvonne Sims, Head of Enterprise Marketing, Birlasoft
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Elaine McVey, VP, Data Science, The Looma Project
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Internship Showcase
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Town Hall
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 2022
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- Communicating Effectively in a Professional Setting Part 1
- Communicating Effectively in a Professional Setting Part 2
- F-1 & H-1B Visas: Rights & Responsibilities
- Hamilton: A Leadership Analysis
- Intercultural Communication
- Leading with Laughter
- Media Literacy
- Presenting with Ease
- Rock Climbing: Adaptability & Resilience
- Strengths Finder Coaching