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Owl Have You Know

Owl Have You Know is Rice Business’ podcast created to share the experiences of alumni, faculty, students and other members of our business community – real stories of belonging, failing, rebounding and, ultimately, succeeding. During meaningful conversations, we dive deep into how each guest has built success through troubles and triumphs before, during and after they set foot in McNair Hall. The Owl Have You Know Podcast is a production of Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business and is produced by University FM.

  1. Keep a Founder’s Mentality feat. Dan Tinker ’04

    -3 ZILE

    Keep a Founder’s Mentality feat. Dan Tinker ’04

    How do you take a business from bankruptcy to an $18 billion acquisition? Today’s guest is Dan Tinker, CEO and President of SRS Distribution and Rice Business alum. When Dan took over SRS, the company was bankrupt. But under his steadfast and visionary leadership, SRS profits grew rapidly over 16 years, culminating in an acquisition deal with Home Depot for $18.25 billion – the largest acquisition in Home Depot’s history. Dan joins host Maya Pomroy ’22 to chat about the major deal and how it’s turned many of his frontline employees into millionaires. The pair also discuss Dan’s decision to pursue a Rice MBA at 26, his philosophy around leadership, and his passion for philanthropy and supporting veterans.  Episode Guide: 01:24 Journey to SRS Distribution 04:02 Early Career Challenges and Successes 07:04 Leadership Philosophy and Team Building 10:14 Pursuing an MBA at Rice 13:37 Building SRS and Private Equity Insights 16:08 Acquisition by Home Depot 19:52 Navigating Culture Integration 23:23 Crucial Leadership Skills 30:09 Philanthropy and Giving Back 34:52 Future Plans and Aspirations Owl Have You Know is a production of Rice Business and is produced by University FM. Episode Quotes: How redefining risk helped Dan make better business decisions 28:21: I had a great professor at Rice tell me the definition of profit is the reward a company deserves for taking risks. That’s the best definition of profit I’ve ever heard, and that stuck with me. And so, risk doesn’t mean risk in the sense of, like, I’m doing something risky. It just means doing new things, trying different things to find different ways to accelerate the growth of the company. But it’s a bias to action is what, really, it means. Let’s move forward, and let’s not get stuck in Groundhog Day and monotonous work. [28:59]: Let’s try to push and expand in different ways all the time. Growth fuels promotions and internal growth, and it has a way of building on itself and building snowballing momentum that people just get caught up with the energy, and it’s contagious, which is super powerful. On having the ability to ignore things that don’t move the needle 24:07: The skill that I wouldn't have guessed coming out of business school, that I think I've gotten honed in, and it served me very, very well, is I think I have a really good ability to ignore the things that don't move the needle. I mean, being a CEO and being in charge of everything, the whole enterprise, you have to know what's your highest and best use of your time. And I've always been able to really stick to the strong points, that I had a good understanding of what's going to drive shareholder value creation, what's going to drive customer wins, what's going to drive supplier partnerships, what's going to drive growth. How private equity fueled SRS's remarkable growth 12:49: Private equity gets a bad rap in a lot of worlds, and it's so unwarranted, in my opinion. Where else in the world can you just dream up an idea, build a team, go to a private equity partner if you don't have capital or come from a rich family, and go borrow the money or have them infuse your capital in your business to sell part of the company, and then they provide you enough capital to get as big as you could possibly be successfully? And we've done that. We started SRS with only 12 million dollars and bought the company SRS out of bankruptcy for 12 million dollars. The company we just sold to for $ 18.25 billion, we paid only 12 million dollars for just 16 years ago. And then made that much wealth creation because we had different great private equity sponsors for about five-year runs in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd phases. So, I'm a big proponent of private equity. Show Links:  TranscriptGuest Profiles: Dan Tinker | SRS Distribution  Listen to The Sky Is Not the Limit feat. Rawand Rasheed here: https://business.rice.edu/owlhaveyouknow/season-4-episode-1

    41 min.
  2. Professors by Day, Partners for Life feat. Professor Lee Ann Butler & Professor Alex Butler

    30 OCT.

    Professors by Day, Partners for Life feat. Professor Lee Ann Butler & Professor Alex Butler

    Today’s guests bring a unique blend of expertise and personal connection to the show. Lee Ann Butler and Alex Butler are not only esteemed faculty at Rice Business, but also a married couple!  Lee Ann Butler, a senior lecturer in management, has been teaching business law and related courses since 2001, joining Rice in 2010. She also served as the former academic director for the Online MBA program, MBA@Rice.  Alex Butler, the Jesse H. Jones Professor of Finance, specializes in empirical corporate finance, financial institutions and markets. His research dives deep into how firms, governments and individuals navigate external financing, with recent work examining racial disparities in the auto loan market. He was instrumental in launching Rice Business's undergraduate business major and previously served as the director of undergraduate programs.  Together, with host Maya Pomroy ’22, the Butlers share insights from their nearly three-decades-long academic journeys and personal lives. Lee Ann reflects on her passion for business law and the ethical challenges facing today's business leaders, while Alex highlights his findings in consumer finance. They also discuss the undergraduate business major at Rice, offer perspectives on teaching during uncertain times and explore how their partnership shapes their professional lives. Episode Guide:00:57 How The Butler’s Met: A Love Story in a Bar 01:38 Lee Ann's Journey from Litigator to Lecturer 04:19 Alex's Path to Finance and Academia 09:13 Launching the Undergraduate Business Program at Rice 12:36 Teaching Experiences and Student Interactions 15:20 Working Together as a Married Couple 18:56 Alex's Research on Racial Disparities in Auto Loans 23:32 Higher Interest Rates for Minorities 26:20 Impact of Anti-Discrimination Policies 28:39 Legal and Ethical Challenges in Business 33:22 Teaching in Uncertain Times 36:19 Future of Rice’s Undergraduate Business Major & Rice Business 42:46 Reflections and Words of Wisdom Owl Have You Know is a production of Rice Business and is produced by University FM. Episode Quotes: On the ethical challenges that business leaders face today 30:30: [Maya Pomroy]: What are some of the most critical legal or ethical challenges that business leaders face today? Because that's something that you're preparing this generation of leaders to tackle. 30:41: [Lee Ann Butler]: Well, I think the ethical challenges come every day, and probably the most difficult bit is when we just don't realize it's an ethical dilemma that's in front of us, right? And we tend to think of ourselves—everyone thinks of themselves as an ethical person: I don't need to worry about this because I'm a good person, and I will do the right thing. But when we take the time to actually systematically go through it in a logical way, I think not only what does my ethical framework tell me is right and wrong in the situation, but how might others view it? 'Cause not everyone—not everyone has the same framework as me or anyone else. Surprising lessons learned from being educators at Rice 13:38 [Alex Butler] Several years ago, we ran an experimental course where faculty from four different functional areas got together, all of whom were going to teach their discipline, but along the theme of decision-making. And so we had someone from one group who's going to think about decision-making in teams, one-person decision-making, as students as far as how personal-psychological biases affect your decisions. One person doing game theory and I doing decision-making with data, so I learned a few things in that, one of which was. What a great place to work where someone can have this bonkers idea of let's come at decision-making from four different ways, all of us with our own strange perspectives, and deliver that as a course to the students and have the administration be like, yeah, man, let's do that. That sounds awesome. What makes Rice special from an educator's perspective 08:35: It

    44 min.
  3. Engineering the Future through Synthetic Biology feat. Shalini Yadav ’24

    16 OCT.

    Engineering the Future through Synthetic Biology feat. Shalini Yadav ’24

    In this episode, we welcome Shalini Yadav, a 2024 Executive MBA graduate and visionary leader in the field of synthetic biology. With over 22 years of research experience, including a decade in leadership, Shalini has a deep expertise in synthetic biology, immuno-oncology, and therapeutics. She now serves as the Executive Director of Rice's Synthetic Biology Institute, where she spearheads cutting-edge research, fosters interdisciplinary collaboration, and drives the institute’s mission to unlock synthetic biology’s transformative potential. Host Maya Pomroy ’22 speaks with Shalini about her inspiring journey from growing up in Allahabad, India, to leading translational cancer research at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Shalini reflects on how her early experiences with infectious diseases and her education, from New Delhi to Stony Brook University, shaped her passion for synthetic biology. She also shares her thoughts on the field’s potential to revolutionize science and the critical role of integrating business strategy into scientific innovation. We Want Your FeedbackWhether you’re a regular listener of Owl Have You Know or just tuning in, we want your feedback. Take our quick survey to let us know what topics and stories you want to hear more of — your input will help shape future episodes just for you. Click here to share your thoughts! Episode Guide: 02:39 Early Life and Education 04:13 Challenges and Adventures in the US 07:08 Groundbreaking Research and Discoveries 10:00 Transition to Translational Research 14:23 Journey to MD Anderson and Houston 17:17 Why Pursue an MBA Now? 27:16 Synthetic Biology: The Next Scientific Revolution 37:48 Future Aspirations and Conclusion Owl Have You Know is a production of Rice Business and is produced by University FM. Episode Quotes: How a serendipitous opportunity brought Shalini to Houston 14:09: [Maya Pomroy] So what brought you to Houston? Was it MD Anderson that brought you to Houston?14:35: [Shalini Yadav] When I got an opportunity, again grateful to the PCF Young Investigator Award that I got, this network of people that I met, and through that, I was able to connect with Dr. Allison, and it, again, serendipitously, happened that he, looking at my expertise and things that I had done, said, “Would you like to do this work, which is a lot of scientific management and administrative?” [15:06] I thought, okay, as long as I found it interesting and exciting, because, again, I was handling multiple stakeholders and trying to work with multiple pharmaceutical companies, different departments, different kinds of experts, working together with all of them to handle a scientific problem, which will actually help to learn something new. So that was very satisfying to do that. How an MBA gave Shalini a new perspective on impact 32:42: I would like to say that scientists in general are passionate about what they do. It's the leap that you have to take that overcome, and your perspective changes after MBA. I never had this perspective. The way I understand things now are completely different than I would have done two years back. 33:18: So if community matters to you and if you're bothered by things around you, which you want to change and you think with this you cannot. I think taking that leap where you will learn things, which I think basically as a scientist, our training as graduate students, or even medical studies, we are taught to be very focused. So having to come out of that shell and embrace this bigger picture and having the strength to think about what impact I can have because if you understand both sides of it, what you can think of achieving, you won't get it if you are just on one side of things.  The effect of bridging the gap between clinical and translational research and basic research 11:35: When you bring diverse expertise together, the solutions that come out have way more value and are more impactful than what you can achieve alone. So

    39 min.
  4. The Flexible Morals of American Voters feat. Professor Minjae Kim & Professor Ezra Zuckerman Sivan

    2 OCT.

    The Flexible Morals of American Voters feat. Professor Minjae Kim & Professor Ezra Zuckerman Sivan

    Why do American voters support divisive misinformation? That’s the question driving our guests' latest research, and the focus of today's episode. Minjae Kim and Ezra Zuckerman Sivan are experts in sociology, and organizational behavior. In this episode, they dive into their latest collaboration, exploring moral flexibility and why some voters are drawn to divisive misinformation. Their new study, When Truth Trumps Facts: Studies on Partisan Moral Flexibility in American Politics, will be published in the American Journal of Sociology. Minjae is an Assistant Professor of Management at Rice Business and Ezra is the Alvin J. Siteman Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at MIT Sloan. Together, they sit down with host Maya Pomroy ’22 to unpack their findings. Listen as they discuss how personal truths can override objective facts and why misinformation often resonates so strongly with voters. We Want Your FeedbackWhether you’re a regular listener of Owl Have You Know or just tuning in, we want your feedback. Take our quick survey to let us know what topics and stories you want to hear more of — your input will help shape future episodes just for you. Click here to share your thoughts! Episode Guide:  01:40 Motivation to Pursue this Study on Moral Flexibility 02:30 The Puzzle of Authenticity 05:36 Insights From Their First Study Together 11:43 Current Study Overview 16:06 Truth vs. Fact 34:30 Historical Context and Examples 39:31 Minjae’s Future Research  Owl Have You Know is a production of Rice Business and is produced by University FM. Episode Quotes: A hope for more reflective politics 38:42 [Maya]: What are your hopes of what your study... how it will help our society?38:49 [Ezra Zuckerman Sivan]: I hope it gets at least some self-reflection, that people are realizing that they're using different standards for themselves and for others. And actually, one of the things I hope is, like, this is just the beginning research for us. We hopefully have a lot of people build on our research. I see a lot of areas of application where people are using different standards in different ways. You can see it, I would say, in a lot of the tumult since October 7th on our campuses. People are using very different standards on each side of the divide, again holding the other side to much higher standards than they're holding themselves to in the statements that they're making. And so, my hope is that, somehow, we get to be a little more reflective about these things and apply those lessons and maybe take the temperature down in our politics because of that. On The Authentic Appeal of the Lying Demagogue 06:37 [Minjae Kim]: I think one of the key things that we really wanted to focus on was that we started with a premise that not only do politicians spread misinformation on all sides of the spectrum, but also, people often, you know, recognize the possibility, very salient possibility, that politicians lie very often.So, there is literature in the political science talking about how it is actually very hard for politicians to appear authentic. So, one of the key things that we try to get at in that paper with the authentic appeal of the lying demagogue was essentially to identify a specific type of misinformation or specific type of lies that, you know, we label as lying demagoguery that would help that politician appear more authentic versus not under certain kinds of conditions. Economics is always shared goal 06:37 [Minjae Kim]: Even if there is some kind of separation between the facts and truth that people recognize as, that if they can agree what, kind of, the goal that they should seek out for, then, you know, there might be... this divide might not necessarily be a hurdle. That said, we don't know if it is easier to arrive in the same goal or if it is easier to arrive at the same facts. We don't really know which one is easier. So, the prescription would have to depend a little bit on that. But, you know, the ec

    42 min.
  5. Change Is The Only Constant feat. Pooja Talreja ’08

    18 SEPT.

    Change Is The Only Constant feat. Pooja Talreja ’08

    From Dubai to Houston, Pooja Talreja’s journey is one of resilience, growth, and discovery. Her story is about more than just crossing continents—it's about breaking through personal and professional barriers to find her true passion. After a pivot from accounting to HR, Pooja is now the senior vice president of people at Ironclad Environmental Solutions, with 15 years of experience leading global teams in the oil and gas industry. In this episode, Pooja joins host Maya Pomroy ’22 to share her experiences, from growing up in Dubai to navigating life in the U.S. and making bold career moves. She offers invaluable insights on the importance of lifelong learning and how to lead through corporate transformation. We Want Your FeedbackWhether you’re a regular listener of Owl Have You Know or just tuning in, we want your feedback. Take our quick survey to let us know what topics and stories you want to hear more of — your input will help shape future episodes just for you. Click here to share your thoughts! Episode Guide: 00:39 Growing Up in Dubai 01:40 Moving to the United States for College 03:25 College Life and Career Beginnings 05:30 Discovering a Passion for HR 08:28 MBA Journey at Rice University 17:56 Current Role and Leadership Insights 27:51 Advice and Reflections Owl Have You Know is a production of Rice Business and is produced by University FM. Episode Quotes: How did Pooja landed in HR 12:58 [Maya Pomroy]: So, was it while you were at Rice that HR spoke to you? Or people, the idea of inspiring and leading people?13:08  [Pooja Talreja]: 100%. It was one of the early classes, Organizational Behavior with Professor Brent Smith. I went to him and I said, "How do I do this? I need to do these things we're learning in these case studies with Southwest and everything that you talk about—motivating people, leading people—but impacting the business through that." And it was very simple what he said: "Have you considered HR?" And I said, "No, I always thought my next move would be adjacent to accounting, right, finance, or maybe something in operations. HR was not even on my radar." And that's why Brent and Rice overall was such a big part of where I landed with my career because it taught me that you can be good at something and still find your calling. Balancing compassion and compliance in HR 21:29 [Maya Pomroy]: Maya: Do you feel that, that learning and growing is one of the most important things in terms of being a strong leader?21:35 [Pooja Talreja]: One off. Yes, absolutely. But I'll, I'll give you my favorites. For me, it's compassion. The way that I define HR is not your textbook HR. Really, I think of it as a Venn diagram. You've got your policies and compliance and legal things, but then you've got the other side, which is doing what's right for the people.And when you can find what can work for both, that's where HR comes in. That's where the magic happens. That's how you build the right level of engagement and loyalty and motivate people, is when you find doing what's right for the people, but doing it in a way that's still ethical within your policy, within the laws and regulations. So that's what I love about my job, is figuring out that sweet spot. The value of cohort experiences in the classroom 17:05: I think that's why cohorts tend to become so close, right? The professor is teaching you so many different things, but to your point, there's an equal amount of learning from the people that are sitting in that class and their experiences and failures and all of that. It's just an overall fantastic experience. And I miss it. I love being in a classroom. Show Links:  Brent Smith | Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice UniversityTranscriptGuest Profiles: Pooja Talreja | LinkedIn Who We Are - Ironclad Environmental Solutions  Check out this episode featuring Professor Anastasia Zavyalova here: https://business.rice.edu/owlhaveyouknow/season-3-episode-10

    31 min.
  6. Fail Fast, Learn and Innovate feat. Tim Okabayashi ’05

    4 SEPT.

    Fail Fast, Learn and Innovate feat. Tim Okabayashi ’05

    When it comes to alumni engagement, few Owls are as deeply connected as Tim Okabayashi. A proud Rice Business alum, Tim not only earned his MBA here but also served as president of the Rice Business Student Association, volunteered with the admissions office, and played a key role in the consulting club. In October 2020, Tim and fellow alum Karen Crofton ’10 launched the Owl Have You Know podcast, bringing the vibrant stories of Rice alumni to life. Today, Tim is a consulting manager for SLB’s end-to-end emissions solutions. His career has taken him from Kuala Lumpur, where he supported operations across Asia, to his current home in London, where he lives with his wife Casey and their two children. In this episode, host Maya Pomroy ’22 — who shares not just a Rice connection but also a high school alma mater with Tim — catches up with him on his dynamic career, the power of the Rice alumni network, and his ongoing dedication to the school that shaped his journey. Tune in to hear about Tim's international experiences, his insights on the evolving energy sector, and how embracing failure is key to driving innovation. We Want Your FeedbackWhether you’re a regular listener of Owl Have You Know or just tuning in, we want your feedback. Take our quick survey to let us know what topics and stories you want to hear more of — your input will help shape future episodes just for you. Click here to share your thoughts! Episode Guide: 00:55 High School Reunion and Rice Connection 02:07 Choosing Rice for his MBA 04:31 Engagement with the extensive Rice Alumni Network 09:53 Launching this Podcast! 16:27 Tim’s Career Journey Post-Graduation 18:32 International Assignments and Family Support 20:26 The Future of Energy and SLB 31:11 Personal Reflections and Advice Owl Have You Know is a production of Rice Business and is produced by University FM. Episode Quotes: On the future of energy 21:36: [Maya] What do you see for the future? You know, because we have energy transition, we've got so many exciting things on the horizon, also with AI and drilling technology, and clean energy. What are you the most excited about, of what's coming up in the next, I mean, five to seven years? 21:55: [Tim Okabayashi] I'm most excited about the continuation of that, of just the advancement of technology throughout the oil field and new energy, and alternative energy, and transition energy. Like at the heart of it, the research and development; technology development is really the key enabler. And it takes time to develop this technology, commercialize it, and then have adoption, right? And this process requires people. And yes, big data and AI can certainly assist, but at the heart of it, there's still this need for people and researchers and ideas and science. On the growing impact of Owl Have You Know podcast 15:21: The opportunities to expand your reach virtually are pretty phenomenal these days. And, I think the Owl Have You Know platform is a great one that continues to grow and expand with the different programs and subject themes, and the interviews with the staff and academics and highlighting the research, I think it's incredible. I think there's a lot of room for how I'll have, you know, to become a really central part of Rice business as well as the business community.Tim’s global perspectives in oil and gas 19:59: [Maya] You've worked a lot in Asia and in the Asian market. What were some of the surprises and some of those aha moments while you were in Asia?20:07: [Tim Okabayashi] One of my biggest learnings was actually passed to me from a colleague. And at the time, I kind of brushed it off, but he said, like, "You know, Tim, the world is such a small term for such a large place." And I think often in times in oil and gas, we think of the natural resources, you know, crude or natural gas, as really being just commodities, and it's the same anywhere. But that's really not true. I mean, to a certain degree, it is by the chemis

    34 min.
  7. Healing Veterans Through Beekeeping feat. Steve Jimenez ’22

    21 AUG.

    Healing Veterans Through Beekeeping feat. Steve Jimenez ’22

    Interested in learning the key to a peaceful transition from military to civilian life? For many veterans, it's found in an unexpected place: beekeeping. Meet Steve Jimenez '22, a veteran and Rice Business alum, who discovered an unexpected passion when a friend introduced him to beekeeping. In 2018, this passion became a mission when he founded Hives for Heroes, a nonprofit that empowers veterans, active-duty military members, and first responders, by teaching them the art of beekeeping. This skill not only helps them adjust to civilian life but also provides a powerful way to manage post-traumatic stress. Today, Hives for Heroes has grown beyond Steve's wildest dreams, spanning all 50 states, with over 31,000 hives under their care. The best part? They're just getting started, with exciting plans for a new headquarters in Houston on the horizon. Join us as we dive into Steve's remarkable journey, and the rapid rise of Hives for Heroes. We Want Your FeedbackWhether you’re a regular listener of Owl Have You Know or just tuning in, we want your feedback. Take our quick survey to let us know what topics and stories you want to hear more of — your input will help shape future episodes just for you. Click here to share your thoughts! Episode Guide: 01:17 Steve's Educational Background and Joining the Marine Corps 03:16 Marine Corps Training and Deployment Experiences 05:54 Transitioning to Civilian Life and Career Challenges 09:40 Discovering Beekeeping and Founding Hives for Heroes 15:08 Impact and Growth of Hives for Heroes 20:57 The Hive Mentality 21:10 A Life-Saving Connection: Derek's Story 22:17 Joining Hives for Heroes: The Process 22:42 Mentorship and Community Building 25:13 Awards and Recognition: A Humble Perspective 27:47 Scaling Up: The Need for Support 32:14 Heroes Honey: The Sweet Taste of Freedom 34:46 Future Vision: Connecting People, Nature, and Technology 38:46 A Call for Support Owl Have You Know is a production of Rice Business and is produced by University FM. Episode Quotes: On redefining his identity 23:50: I used to call myself Steve the Marine. Now I'm Steve. That was in the Marines. There's a very different shift there that I love, like, I am now more so a father than a Marine. That's who I am, right? I care about my kids more than the Marine Corps at this point in my life. Doesn't mean I don't honor that service. It just means that I've moved forward. And that's a lot of growth for me personally. And I know we tend to put our identities into things. You get to choose that, so I choose to put that into my fatherhood or being a public servant that we're able to serve the general public in really amazing ways, leading what I consider one of the best organizations on the planet. Those are the types of things that when you take your identity and allow yourself to create your identity, your path, and your journey. It's a super-powerful experience. On Hives for Heroes’ impact  We never thought that the organization would have the reach and impact that it does today. I think our most important number has always been one. One meaning to serve one person in a capacity that changes their life. And we can do that whether that's a beekeeping experience or even a conversation. When you are around people that genuinely care about you and your successes but want nothing from you, it's a pretty powerful position to be in, especially when you feel alone. So, what our organization has been able to do is connect individuals to individuals in their local areas. So, we call it hyperlocal global impact because that's what we do.From chaos to calmness 13:31: ​​When I started focusing into the beehive, this experience caused me to really remove every external thing that I was thinking about, anything that was going on at the house, anything with my kids, anything that was going on externally was gone. [13:58] You have this, what we now call chaos to calmness. So, this was the first time in almost 10 years that

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  8. A Recipe for Success feat. Krissy White ’23

    7 AUG.

    A Recipe for Success feat. Krissy White ’23

    Krissy White '23 caught the hospitality bug after graduating from Northeastern University in 2006. She put her undergraduate degree in public & organizational communications to work immediately by joining the front office team of the St. Regis Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Krissy spent the next eight years living and breathing the luxury hospitality life, working at Forbes 5 Star and AAA 5 Diamond distinguished properties. Later, she was promoted to progressively more challenging front-office leadership roles in Charlotte, NC, and Half Moon Bay, CA and Dubai. Since returning to Houston in 2014, Krissy has worked in operational and human resources at LegalEASE, where she has advanced to executive vice president of operations. In 2019, after realizing the market was missing a true French bakery, she and her husband, pastry chef Otto Sanchez, opened Magnol French Baking in Spring Branch, Houston.  Krissy joins host Maya Pomroy ’22 to talk about her singular career journey, from cutting her teeth in Dubai's hospitality industry to returning to Houston and pursuing her passion for pastries with her husband.  We Want Your FeedbackWhether you’re a regular listener of Owl Have You Know or just tuning in, we want your feedback. Take our quick survey to let us know what topics and stories you want to hear more of — your input will help shape future episodes just for you. Click here to share your thoughts! Episode Guide:  00:39 Life After the Executive MBA 02:06 Early Career in Hospitality 04:10 Rising Through the Ranks 08:54 A New Adventure in California 11:15 International Experience in Dubai 14:48 Returning Home and New Beginnings 17:43 Starting Magnol French Baking 27:10 Pursuing an MBA at Rice University 33:16 Reflections and Advice for Future Rice students 41:27 Future Plans Owl Have You Know is a production of Rice Business and is produced by University FM. Episode Quotes: On making the world a better place on a daily basis through Krissy’s work 16:51: I really wanted to like the common thread with the hospitality and Magnol, and all of the insurance company I've been working for since then. And to this day, I'm still working for now has been, I just, in my own way, want to help make the world a better place. And I would love to be able to feel like I'm doing that on a daily basis. Now, I'm in senior leadership, and so there's a little bit less connection with the actual member that we're helping, but it's still there. I'm able to make bigger differences on a larger scale and work with a pretty large team here—about a little over 100 team members. And then, of course, when I'm over at Magnol, being able to speak with the guests is, I mean, the best part.Krissy reflects on the most fulfilling part of the Rice Program [34:53]: Maya: In terms of the Rice program, what have been the most fulfilling parts of it for you? [35:01] Krissy: I mean, definitely the friendships that were formed with those that you really pour into and that others are willing and ready to pour into as well, from areas of the world that I never would have met otherwise. But also for me, the end of the program international trip, our class went to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. That was a profound experience for me.  On the pitfalls of perfectionism and taking risks [32:19] Krissy: I think for those who have a high performing or high potential or whatever term you want to use for people that like to try hard and accomplish things.[32:28]: Maya: Perfectionist? [32:31]: Krissy: Yeah. That there's this kind of—it's not a dark side, but it's not the most maybe healthier, positive thing that you start to think, well, maybe I just won't start something that I'm not totally guaranteed will be successful to the level of success that I hold dear. And so I just won't even start because I don't want to take that chance. And that's not the life worth living. Show Links:  Transcript Guest Profile: Krissy White | LinkedIn Magnol French BakingLegalEASE L

    41 min.
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Owl Have You Know is Rice Business’ podcast created to share the experiences of alumni, faculty, students and other members of our business community – real stories of belonging, failing, rebounding and, ultimately, succeeding. During meaningful conversations, we dive deep into how each guest has built success through troubles and triumphs before, during and after they set foot in McNair Hall. The Owl Have You Know Podcast is a production of Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business and is produced by University FM.

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