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Stetson Success Speaker Series
"Stetson Success" showcases Mercer alumni who have achieved professional and personal success during and since their program at Mercer’s Stetson School of Business and Economics.
These graduates are coming back to their alma mater to present on a variety of topics, and share how Mercer’s Business School gave them an advantage on their path to success. Select a date below to reserve your seat or for questions email GraduateSSBE@mercer.edu or call 678-547-6194.
If you would like to be a future speaker, please contact Dr. Faye Sisk at, Sisk_FA@Mercer.edu or 678-547-6127.
"Why Manufacturing Matters!"
Thursday, May 24 (6:00pm-7:30pm)
Mercer’s Atlanta Campus – Cecil B. Day Hall
David Whelan
Executive MBA, Class of 2009
Senior Vice President - Blue Bird Corporation
Mr. Whelan is the Senior Vice President of Manufacturing and Quality for Blue Bird Corporation the second largest automotive industry employer in the state of Georgia. He has a BS Degree from Western Illinois University and Masters Degree from Mercer University with 14 years of manufacturing experience. This training and experience has driven results in a manufacturing environment thru the use of many tools such as lean manufacturing, theory of constraints, process standardization, metric driven controls, DFA and DFM, FMEA, and quality systems. In addition, he has helped transform Blue Bird’s footprint cutting cost and improving efficiencies positioning the company to be competitive in both the domestic school bus market and the global transit markets. Mr. Whelan’s areas of expertise are in the topics of operations and operations management, manufacturing and design engineering, quality, and material planning and control.
Mr. Whelan provides leadership and direction for a team of 1250 employees striving to compete in a very competitive and ever changing business landscape.
"Customer Care: A New Definition"
Thursday, June 21 (6:00pm-7:30pm)
Mercer’s Atlanta Campus – Cecil B. Day Hall
Andri Weathersby
Executive MBA, Class of 2006
Executive Director of Customer Care - Cox Communication
Andri is Executive Director, Customer Care, Cox Communications, Cox Business. In this role he is responsible for developing the next generation customer support model to support all Cox Business customer segments. He is a strategic thinker and provides leadership and guidance for the National Service Center Organization. Andri has over twenty years of telecommunications industry experience with SITA, EarthLink and Sprint. At SITA, a provider of global information and telecommunication solutions for the air transport and travel industry, he was Senior Director, Service Delivery where he responsible for global service delivery. While at SITA, Andri implemented the company’s first offshore outsourcing initiative. At EarthLink a leading IT services, network and communication provider, he was Director of Operation Support Strategy. In this role he was responsible for developing the support strategies for the company’s offshore support locations. Andri is results-drive Operations Executive with a success track record of developing and implementing operational support strategies.
Andri’s areas of expertise are B2B Call Center Strategy, Business Process Outsourcing, Organizational Development, Vendor Management and Customer Experience.