Liam E. McGee - President, Global Consumer and Small Business Banking, Bank of America. One of two households in United States is a Bank of America customer. Doing business with Bank of America, means doing business with Liam McGee.
Quote: "I think you have a higher chance to be successful, against whatever your measurement is, if you’re doing something that you love to do."
In 1983, Lowel McAdam was a young NAVY engineer working on his MBA at the University of San Diego. One evening he stopped by a career fair on campus. A recruiter told him of opportunities in the telephone industry. 25 years later, McAdam is engineering the successful Verizon Wireless, the world's leader in voice and data communication.
Quote: "Technology by itself isn’t going to be the differentiator. Where we think we excel, is by keeping our focus on the customer and executing and delivering every day all the fundamental things the customer wants better than anybody else."
University’s woman’s basketball team - The Toreros were 5 and 22 her freshman year. On her senior season, they were WCC champions! Susie Erpelding was champion on the court, but she is also champion off it.
Quote: "And the buzzer goes off, and our benches just erupting and it was like: Wav! I still get goose bumps just thinking about it. It was phenomenal!"
After earning his degree in business, Tom Whelan attended the USD School of Law at night. He started his career in San Diego District attorney’s office, where he earned invaluable experiences which helped him to get all the way up to Superior Court.
Quote: "One thing you really don’t learn in law schools is how to try a case."
Ali Reza Arabnia was already a successful businessman when he applied to University of San Diego. As a Chief Financial Officer of an Italian engineering and contracting company, was accepted to several prestigious American schools. He chose University of San Diego. Returning to Italy after earning his Masters in Business from USD, his career took an unexpected turn...
Quote: "You have to choose difficult missions for yourself before giving it to the others."