The Gies Download

Feb 07 2025 22 ep. 25 mins 1
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A podcast from Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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Episode 22 - Oscar Ybarra

Feb 07 2025 27 mins  
Oscar Ybarra is passionate about finding the answers to questions--important questions--that impact our daily lives. As a professor of business administration at Gies, as well as the director of the Center for Professional Responsibility in Business and Society, Oscar has co-authored a new study on workplace well-being. The goal is to answer the question, "Are people flourish

Episode 21 - Tony Petullo

Feb 03 2025 23 mins  
In this episode of The Gies Download, Tim Sinclair talks with Tony Petullo...a 1961 graduate of Gies College of Business. After three years as a US Navy officer and five years with Mobil Corporation, Tony founded Olsten Staffing Services and found enormous success. Over the past four decades, Tony has given back to the University of Illinois in many impactful ways, including sizabl

Epiosde 20 - David Molitor

Feb 03 2025 27 mins  
How does health care impact business? Can companies effectively incentivize employees to live healthier lives in order to save money in the long run? How does where you live and work impact how healthy you are? In this episode of The Gies Download, Tim Sinclair sits down with Associate Professor of Finance, Director of Gies Health Initiatives, and Conrad W. and Shirley A. Hewitt Fe

Episode 19 - Nehemiah Scott

Feb 03 2025 22 mins  
On this episode of the Gies Download, host Tim Sinclair is joined by the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs at Gies, Nehemiah Scott. Nehemiah is helping lead the next generation of learners through the ever-changing higher education landscape. He talks about what drove him toward a career in academia and how he's using his position to make a lifelong impact on students at

Epiosde 18 - Denise Lewin Loyd

Feb 03 2025 29 mins  
Life tends to put us in situations with people who naturally look, think and act like we do. And while this way of operating may feel more comfortable for many, the reality is: it's not very productive or effective. In this episode of The Gies Download, host Tim Sinclair is joined by professor of business administration and Vernon Zimmerman Faculty Fellow Denise Lewin Loyd to t

Episode 17 - Jeff Brown

Feb 03 2025 25 mins  
Over the last nine years under the leadership of Dean Jeff Brown, Gies College of Business has experienced unprecedented growth and increasing levels of excellence across its programs, students outcomes, and faculty scholarship. In this episode of The Gies Download, host Tim Sinclair is joined by Dean Brown to discuss his nine years at the helm, why he’s stepping away now, and wh

Episode 16 - Robert Brunner

Aug 16 2023 34 mins  
Robert Brunner is an astrophysicist with one of the coolest job titles in the world: Associate Dean for Innovation and Chief Disruption Officer at Gies College of Business. With a penchant for forward-thinking and for futuristic technologies like artificial intelligence, Chat GPT and blockchain, Robert is helping lead the College and its students into the unknown. It's a side o

Episode 15 - Larry Gies

Jul 05 2023 28 mins  
From tutoring youth to starting a school in Chicago to a $150 million dollar gift to his alma mater, Larry Gies has always had a passion for making a positive impact on the world through education. The founder and CEO of Madison Industries, 1988 Accountancy graduate from Illinois, and the namesake of the Gies College of Business is today's guest on the Gies Download Podcast.

Episode 14 - Julie Scott

Jun 23 2023 25 mins  
President, CTO and founder of CTS Impact Julie Scott joins Tim Sinclair on this episode of the Gies Download. For Julie, the idea of giving back to her community was instilled at a young age. Her degree from Gies College of Business not only served as education, but also as a foundation for doing so – and for helping others do the same.

Episode 13 - John Byrne, Poets&Quants

Dec 20 2022 20 mins  
John Byrne, Founder and Editor & Chief of Poets and Quants, joins Tim Sinclair in this episode of the Gies Download. Poets and Quants is the leading provider of MBA program information and rankings in the world, and John has spent a lifetime helping students and their families determine which schools are the best fit for them, Today, he explains exactly what you should be looki