In the mid-90s, Kevin Unger was shuttling newlyweds in a classic 1933 Packard Town Car. Then he decided to go to graduate school. “Between the traffic and the stressfulness of the weddings, I wouldn’t trade that job for what I am doing now for anything,” jokes Unger, MS ’98, MBA ’98, president and CEO of Poudre Valley Hospital (PVH).  Read more

What the value of an MBA?

When Melissa Swartz Wood (MBA ’99) and Les Wood (MBA ’00) attended the University of Colorado Denver Business School, they shared a commitment to their marketing careers, a faculty member (Professor Larry Cunningham) and a desire to expand their professional network.  Read more

Nuts for Business: 11-month MBA Grad Wins Bard Center Entrepreneurship Award

If every business owner had the same drive for social responsibility as Olomomo Nut Company founder Justin Perkins, the world would be a better place. A native of Boulder, Perkins started his business in an effort to provide a healthy alternative to snacks currently found in places like coffee shops.  Read more

Once confined primarily to engineering and the hard sciences, mathematics is rapidly moving into the business community as firms turn to mathematicians and those with specialized MBAs in decision sciences for assistance in solving complex business issues. The growing use of mathematical methodologies to assist decision makers in virtually all industries is exploding at a record pace.  Read more

Recent research suggests that managers’ moods and emotions can have powerful effects on their employees’ moods, emotions and attitudes, ultimately affecting performance. Both laboratory and field studies conducted at University of Colorado Denver’s Business School, revealed that employees “catch” their managers’ moods and emotions through a process called emotional contagion.  Read more

Karl Miller, MS marketing ’00, has only secondhand experience with mothering, but that hasn’t stopped him from working his way into women’s hearts and minds. As senior brand manager for Kellogg’s, he’s responsible for the company’s award-winning multimedia “Childhood is Calling” campaign, which plays upon young moms’ memories of making Rice Krispies Treats with their mothers.  Read more

Richard Dalton, MBA ’87, began his business career with Empire Savings Bank’s finance department shortly after earning his MBA from the University of Colorado Denver. His career flourished and by 1996, Dalton was walking the halls of CoBiz Financial. He is now Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer and has helped the firm grow from 40 employees and $200 million in assets to the 550 employees and $2.5 billion in assets the company has today.  Read more