Episode 078: Dan Clark, DePaul University
Economics & Strategy Podcast
is a rare triple demon and the very embodiment of values. With his Doctorate in Education, he now serves as both Director of Career Services at and faculty member in the Economics Department. Dan is intelligent and curious, kind and considerate, service oriented and genuinely interested in a better world for all. His life reflects our Vincentian mission, and his academic credentials and real-world experience is proof he means it. For example, his doctoral project, called , is a software application that relationally maps subjects and concepts to serve as an interactive learning...
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Episode 077: Betsy Paraszczak, Silverman Consulting
Economics & Strategy Podcast
has an impressive range of abilities, experience, and interests. She currently serves as a Director at Silverman Consulting where she uses every ounce of her to help distressed companies rediscover their strengths and thrive. Betsy has worked in healthcare & consulting, is a finance expert and improv enthusiast, and still daydreams of becoming a lawyer. She joins us this month to explain this interesting mix and how it created a very happy and successful woman. Silverman Consulting, it turns out, is the perfect landing spot for someone like Betsy. It provides an environment where...
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Episode 076: Hussain Kazmi, Eightfold AI
Economics & Strategy Podcast
is a 2025 graduate and is as humble as he is determined. He currently serves as Principal Solutions Consultant at where he has a front row seat at seeing the impact AI is having in today’s business operations. He joins us this month to discuss how he got here and deliver some fascinating stories about how his firm is helping usher in a paradigm shift in employment services. He describes how Eightfold’s bleeding edge technology transforms the hiring process by tossing aside things like job titles, and keyword matching in favor of innate abilities, hidden skills, and true potential....
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Episode 075: Yvonne Renard, Anthesis Group
Economics & Strategy Podcast
is an environmental economist with a gift for empirical research and a graduate of . She specializes in climate risk and resilience at the global environmental services firm . Yvonne helps clients identify and quantify their material exposure to risks emerging from today’s rapidly changing environmental conditions. While the topic can be controversial, she explains how the realities of climate risk are already moving markets and reshaping firm behavior in ways that will keep her work in high demand. In this conversation, Yvonne breaks down her work and why companies are seeking this...
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Episode 074: Pablo Martin, Packsize
Economics & Strategy Podcast
is an engineer through and through who, after a few career years, decided he needed an MBA to know more about the business side of his work. A well-worn path for career advancement. After a short search, he found and the and hasn’t looked back since. Since completing his MBA, he’s been fortunate enough to find the perfect role, at the perfect company, and at the exact right time! He works at the very interesting firm, as Sr. Manager - Solutions Engineering. Packsize has a great business model and an even better story behind them. Pablo’s good fortune is the result deciding to better...
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Episode 073: Alicia Hickey, Uniper
Economics & Strategy Podcast
is an unapologetically smart, confident, and skilled women from DePaul’s Department of Economics program. She joins us this month to talk about how she built a successful career and to give thanks to those who helped her fully embrace her abilities and intelligence. Alicia is currently Director of Commercial Operations, North America, at the European energy giant and oversees a team charged with managing complex trade operations in the energy markets. Her current position and responsibilities are the result of her choices in education, work experience and the strong women that helped...
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Episode 072: Dr Brian Thompson, DePaul University
Economics & Strategy Podcast
This month we welcome , Clinical Professor of Economics at , and faculty member in the . As the son of educators, he takes his role seriously and is very focused and intentional in his preparation and classroom goals. In this episode, we discuss the intersection of economics, business, and strategy and how he uses real-world experiences to connect those areas in ways that engage and enlighten his students. He explains how economics, and its study of choices in the face of scarcity, provides tools to consistently make the best available decisions with the resources at hand. It’s a masterclass...
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Episode 071: Dhruv Kavi, Quantum Rise
Economics & Strategy Podcast
What can a education do for your career? is Manager of Client Delivery at the AI consulting firm and he joins us on the Economics & Strategy Podcast to tell us what it’s done for him. He tells us how he went from a task-oriented mindset to thinking three steps ahead. He describes how he applies strategy frameworks to analyze and understand the interactions he encounters at work. Giving him an ability to frame the impact of his projects as part of a larger whole. With that understanding he can now make each project more fruitful, each client engagement more impactful, and his firm more...
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Episode 070: Heidi Pearson, Family Focus
Economics & Strategy Podcast
Women can rule the world! is a great example of this truth. She is a mother, entrepreneur, creative writer, marketing expert, and MBA alumna from the . She shares wisdom from her business career and how her education in strategy informs her work. Heidi's career spans almost 25 years including the 2008 economic meltdown, many personal challenges, and a global pandemic. If there’s one word to best describe Heidi, it is resilience; a trait commonly found in women who navigate motherhood and career simultaneously. Ready to learn more? Listen in!
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Episode 069: Pat Petersen, Avanade
Economics & Strategy Podcast
is a double demon, business strategy & decision making alum, and a Manager at the global consulting firm ; a position he has worked hard for. He joins us to talk about his journey in defining what he wanted as a career, and how he pursued that. His path has not always been easy and he’s faced challenges in work and life that would test anyone’s resolve. He passed every one using an unrelenting drive, perseverance, and an education infinitely suited for the career he chose. What fun would it be if everything always went perfect anyways? Listen in to his story and see how he succeeded...
info_outlineHussain Kazmi is a 2025 DePaul MBA graduate and is as humble as he is determined. He currently serves as Principal Solutions Consultant at Eightfold AI where he has a front row seat at seeing the impact AI is having in today’s business operations. He joins us this month to discuss how he got here and deliver some fascinating stories about how his firm is helping usher in a paradigm shift in employment services. He describes how Eightfold’s bleeding edge technology transforms the hiring process by tossing aside things like job titles, and keyword matching in favor of innate abilities, hidden skills, and true potential. Eightfold’s unique, AI based software gives employers divining rod in their quest for the best candidates.
Listen in to hear how.