Atlanta’s Tech Square is experiencing an influx of talent this August. The incoming Georgia Tech Scheller Full-time MBA class has come from around the world, and their meeting is an uncommon convergence of intellect, job history, and lived experience.
The incoming class includes an Army officer who dreams big when it comes to his future. A strategic-minded consultant focused on building her analytics skills. A Scheller fan set on continuing her own education. And, an always enthusiastic development analyst passionate about big-city hopping and Scheller’s mission.
United by a common desire to make meaningful connections and grow their business acumen, the incoming Scheller Full-time MBA students are ready to make an impact.
Catherine Adams
Hometown: Montgomery, Alabama
Pre-MBA Role: Member Services Managing Associate, World 50, Inc.
What (and/or who) brought you to Scheller’s Full-time MBA program?
My fiancé, Ford Lindsay, and his friends in Scheller's Class of 2022! Plus, my clients at World 50 (Chief Executives at Fortune 500 companies) are so brilliant and inspiring that it made me want to go back to school and keep learning.
What are you doing now to prepare for the new school year?
Getting acquainted with Canvas and knocking out some of the first assignments.
What do you want your future classmates to know about you?
I love traveling, trying new things, and personality tests!
Kendall Smith
Hometown: Killeen, Texas
Pre-MBA Role: Active-Duty Acquisition Officer, United States Army
What (and/or who) brought you to Scheller’s Full-time MBA program?
I applied to the Advanced Civil Schooling program in the Army and was accepted, and I chose to apply to Scheller’s Full-time MBA program. I chose Scheller because I wanted to experience a top-notch MBA program and get practical experience with great Fortune 100 companies in the Atlanta area. I also have an engineering background and love a smaller class size.
What do you want your future classmates to know about you?
I am a big, fun-loving guy who enjoys hard work and teamwork. I have a lot of experience working with people from all different backgrounds. I love to laugh and enjoy life.
Narin Smith
Hometown: Mersin, Turkey
Pre-MBA Role: Executive Director, Customer Focused Strategies
What (and/or who) brought you to Scheller’s Full-time MBA program?
Georgia Tech's reputation brought me to Scheller. I have always been impressed with the caliber of Georgia Tech graduates, as I worked with many of them during my career at Southern Company. Tech's focus on analytics was another factor in my decision to select Scheller, and I plan to focus on business analytics as a concentration.
What are you doing now to prepare for the new school year?
I already live in Atlanta, so the lodging is taken care of. :) I'm familiarizing myself with the school, the activities, and organizations I might join. I'm also brushing up on R, a programming language commonly used in analytics.
What do you want your future classmates to know about you?
I would like them to know that I am looking forward to getting to know all of them and sharing the Scheller experience.
Satchel Ziffer
Hometown: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Pre-MBA Role: Senior Corporate Development Analyst, urban-gro, Inc.
What (and/or who) brought you to Scheller’s Full-time MBA program?
I've always known that I wanted to get an MBA. Of the schools I was admitted to, Scheller had the most welcoming students and staff. I truly believe in Scheller's mission and can see the growth and momentum that the program has and wanted to be part of that.
What are you doing now to prepare for the new school year?
Just trying to reset myself. After working for the past seven years, four of which were 70+ hour work weeks consistently, having this summer to relax, calm down and get my mind right for going back to school was really important to me. I've started connecting with alumni of the program and utilizing the information from the career service assignments to start networking with potential employers.
What do you want your future classmates to know about you?
I am a highly enthusiastic person… maybe to a fault sometimes. I've lived in what feels like half of the major metropolitan cities in the US at this point: LA, San Francisco, Oakland, Austin, Boston, Denver and now, Atlanta!