Candid Answers from CEOs

Fall 2005

At the “Inside the Mind of the CEO” event are (from left) Ashlyn Schniederjans, a senior who is president of Alpha Kappa Psi, and the speakers: John H. Beakes ’77 M.A., chairman, Next Century Corporation; Michael G. Stolarik ’73, president and COO, Analex Corporation; Prakash C. Bhatt, president of VF Factory Outlet (and father of Reena A. Phatt ’00); and Ronald L. Gue ’60, ’64 PhD, chairman, Phoenix Health Systems.
At the “Inside the Mind of the CEO” event are (from left) Ashlyn Schniederjans, a senior who is president of Alpha Kappa Psi, and the speakers: John H. Beakes ’77 M.A., chairman, Next Century Corporation; Michael G. Stolarik ’73, president and COO, Analex Corporation; Prakash C. Bhatt, president of VF Factory Outlet (and father of Reena A. Phatt ’00); and Ronald L. Gue ’60, ’64 PhD, chairman, Phoenix Health Systems.

What sets your firm apart from your competitors? What is your advice to an aspiring CEO? When students asked a group of corporate leaders questions like those, they received helpful answers at a well-attended session, “Inside the Mind of the CEO.”

Presented by Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity (AKP), Rho Psi Chapter, the event took place on April 7 in Maryland Hall. It was cosponsored by the Whiting School of Engineering’s Development Office and the W.P. Carey Program in Entrepreneurship & Management.

“The speakers were candid and were willing to speak to students individually after the event. All in all, it was a great networking event, connecting students with real-life CEOs,” said Ashlyn Schniederjans, a senior Economics major who is president of AKP.