Category: Academics

Q&A with Dr. Vemprala

  • Publication date December 9, 2021

What do you teach? The courses that I am now teaching are BUS 255, Introduction to Operations and Technology Management, and BUS 461/553, Introduction to R in Business. As part of my Ph.D. studies at the University of Texas in San Antonio, I taught Principles of Information Systems and Introduction to Java Programming. As a…Continue Reading Q&A with Dr. Vemprala

Managing Innovation and Technology Across the Globe

  • Publication date December 8, 2021

Contributed by Juliette Moody, Communications Director at NAEGELI Deposition and Trial GoCirkular The goal of these projects is to apply various scholarly articles read through the semester to strategize with the entrepreneurs to ensure our recommendations are sound and scholarly based.  The project my group and I are working on is called GoCirkular which is a…Continue Reading Managing Innovation and Technology Across the Globe

Veteran Spotlight: Joe Davis

  • Publication date December 7, 2021

Born and raised in NE Portland, Joe went to Grant High School and participated in Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) sports as a child.  This provided Joe with his first experience on the University of Portland’s campus.  As a participant on the CYO swim team, 12-year-old Joe would spend his mornings before school at Swim Team…Continue Reading Veteran Spotlight: Joe Davis

Alumni Spotlight: Dave Kolar (MBA ’91)

  • Publication date December 6, 2021

What are you doing now? Currently I am working as Founder & CEO of Portland-based venture-scale startup DINNERSTAR, a technology company connecting restaurants and consumers with the automated “Ultimate Curbside” experience.  This patent-pending mobile-based technology helps restaurants reduce reliance on third-party delivery, opens an emerging and exciting channel of distribution, all at zero cost to…Continue Reading Alumni Spotlight: Dave Kolar (MBA ’91)