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STUDENT & ALUMNI NOTES
DBA Michael Opara, DBA ‘14, secured an Assistant Professor tenure track position at Texas A & M University. Phil Ferguson, DBA ‘16, successfully defended his dissertation “Distal factors and their effect on employees’ performance appraisal ratings and remuneration: A ratee’s perspective.” Colleen Grady, DBA ‘16, successfully defended her dissertation “Exploring physician leadership development in healthcare organizations through the lens of complexity science.” Colleen also had a refereed journal article published in Leadership in Health Services – Special Edition on Medical Leadership, in Emerald Journal, entitled “Can complexity science inform physician leadership development?”. Keltie Jones, DBA ‘16, successfully defended her dissertation “Making sense of strategic planning: An examination of the meaning and impact of a university’s strategic planning process.” Kara Mitchelmore, DBA ‘16, successfully defended her dissertation “The role of legacy in implementing change in long standing organizations – A case study.” Richard Rush, DBA ‘16, successfully defended his dissertation “Using learning taxonomy to enhance understanding of innovation adoption.”
Richard Vaillancourt, DBA ‘16, successfully defended his dissertation “Credit Union Mergers: Psychological Contracts and Organizational Trust, and completing his doctoral journey.”
MBA Murray Cumbers, MBA ‘97, has traveled the world selling communications solutions over every medium from fibre to satellite. Currently an employee of NetSet Communications working as an adviser to corporate clients throughout rural Manitoba. Jeanette Machtemes, MBA ‘97, took on the role of acting chief executive officer (CEO) at the College & Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta. Jeanette assumes leadership of the executive team at CARNA as acting CEO while also maintaining her duties as Director of Corporate Services. Todd Scaletta, MBA ‘00, is now the incoming President and CEO of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Manitoba (CPA Manitoba). Carol Halt, MBA ‘01, has recently accepted the position of Administrator Golden Manor Longterm Care Home. The Manor is a 177 bed Municipal Home in Timmins, Ontario. Mike Denomme, MBA ‘02, is now the Director of Sales Operations for Axonify. George Gorthy, MBA ‘02, recently took on the role of National Sales Manager at Merge Healthcare, an IBM Company. George’s role is to develop
the marketing strategy for Merge products in Canada. Anne Graham, MBA ‘02, is now the Vice President, Human Resources, (Interim) at Pythian. Henry Groen, MBA ‘02, recently started Grey Power Services (GPS) with the plan to build a multidisciplined team of associates and contract their services to companies who need to fill the void of senior expertise created through the extensive G&A cuts. Sandip Lalli MBA ‘02, congratulations Sandip on your 2016 CPA Alberta Achievement Award! The CPA Achievement Awards are given to Alberta CPAs who represent what it means to be a CPA; they are champions in their communities, experts in their fields, and represent a higher standard of the CPA. Mike Mack, MBA ‘02, authored the book “Remarkable Service – Be the Business Everyone’s Talking About.” Mike Mack’s experience has been three decades in the making and encompasses a wide range of professional services. He is the founder of X5 Management and an established business consultant, coach, and public speaker. Inger Johanne Mesna, MBA ITM ‘02, is a finance, accounting, and compliance professional with extensive experience from business operation, management and assurance. At the beginning of 2016, Inger started her new position as President/Consultant with Embla Ltd.