As you start your studies in Pitt Business, you will see that a great deal of emphasis is placed on your professional development.  A big part of this is the process of networking and actively following up with professional contacts to generate opportunities for professional development in the future.  This blog post from Pitt Business Career Services has several recent Pitt Business alumni who each recorded their observations about working in careers that are related to things we have done in Ireland (e.g., an alum from SalesForce – a company that was mentioned several times in our DocuSign visit, Katie Hazelbach – a CPLE graduate who works in the business of sports – currently with the Minnesota Timberwolves NBA team and a few others – including a few who work on digital platforms).  Watch one of these videos and make a case as to how you could/will reach out to one of these alum to talk about what they currently do in relation to something that you have done on this trip:

I would reach out to Jeff Boord, the Sr. Engagement Manager at Salesforce to learn more about how they work hand in hand with DocuSign to create the Agreement Cloud. While I have minimal experience in online technology development, my experience with e-commerce fuels my interest to know more about the role Salesforce plays in linking customers with vital digital tools like DocuSign. My final exam paper focused on the Agreement Cloud opportunity for DocuSign and this type of online development is an influential factor in the macro-environmental push for firms to become more digitized. Also, Jeff Boord has a background in consulting, and a task of this trip for us in both Pittsburgh and Dublin was to examine commercial threats and opportunities for companies. This was very helpful in learning the overall management topics taught in class, and I’d like to hear from Jeff Boord about how his background in consulting influences his career today.