Executives in Residence

Our Executives in Residence (EIRs) have significant experience in the professional world and are available to offer personalized advising support and career coaching for Katz students. As current or former senior leaders in a range of well-respected organizations, they know firsthand what it takes to reach the top ranks in the business world. If you’d like to meet with an EIR, book an appointment with them through Handshake or email careermanagement@katz.pitt.edu for more information.

Practice interviews with the Executives in Residence helped me to revise my resume and prepare for interviews. Another service I would recommend is taking the help of your career advisor to work on your resumes, and yes, multiple versions of your resumes. It’s no longer ‘one size fits all’ and you want to make sure that you are nailing each version!

Aaditi Patil

MS '24

Barrie Athol

Barrie H. Athol

Barrie Athol retired from BNY Mellon as Chief Strategy Officer. Prior to that he led the $17.6 billion merger between Mellon Financial and The Bank of New York. Before joining Mellon, Barrie held a variety of senior strategy, marketing, and corporate development roles in the professional services, technology, and industrial/manufacturing segments. He earned his MBA here at University of Pittsburgh’s Katz Graduate School of Business, and now helps co-develop and co-deliver programs in Katz’s Center for Integrated Learning.

Contact Barrie at barrie.athol@pitt.edu

Eric Fiedler

Eric Fiedler has nearly 30 years of global experience in the technology and HR consulting sectors. In 2010, he co-founded market-leading HR technology company Ajinga.com in Shanghai, China. Before founding Ajinga, Eric spent 16 years working in a variety of senior roles at the global HR consulting firm, Hewitt Associates. As an entrepreneur and an executive, Eric has experiences ranging from launching a successful startup to working in the C-suite of a public company. He has led teams and managed businesses in over 40 countries around the world. Eric is a results-oriented leader who understands the critical role people play in driving outstanding business performance. He is passionate about helping the next generation of leaders maximize their potential and find career success.

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Theresa Gallick

Theresa Gallick

Theresa Gallick has over 20 years of corporate experience working in everything from global, multinationals to high-tech start-ups. The bulk of Theresa’s expertise is in B2C Marketing, but she also has significant proficiency in B2B Marketing. As the principal in her own consulting firm, she has also worked with non-profits, service industries, and manufacturers. Besides advising marketing students, her specialty areas are applying marketing concepts like unique selling propositions, branding, target identification, and promotion to the job search process.

Contact Theresa at tgallick@pitt.edu

Susan Kapusta

Susan M. Kapusta

Susan Kapusta has 25+ years of experience as a corporate communication leader, university professor and student mentor. She was also the president of the United States Steel Foundation at U.S. Steel, a Fortune 200 company. She specializes in applying communication concepts like audience assessment, purpose, content and medium to every career-building challenge. Susan earned her doctoral and master’s degrees in corporate communication from Duquesne University and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Robert Morris University. She was inducted into the Kappa Tau Alpha national communication honor society and has advanced certifications from Harvard Law School and Boston College.

Contact Susan at smk152@pitt.edu

Susan Kapusta

Julie Murphy

Julie Murphy is a Fortune 200 executive with experience in a variety of industries including software, consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, and professional services. She has 30+ years of success working with extraordinary leaders to build businesses, organizational capabilities, and enterprise value for stakeholders. Most recently, Julie served as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at Ansys, Inc. Ansys, Inc. is an S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 (ANSS) market leader in engineering simulation software, with market capitalization of $28B and over 6,000 employees across the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Prior to her role at Ansys, Julie served as CHRO for a Blackstone Private Equity portfolio company. Earlier in her career, Julie was an HR executive at Heinz, a Fortune 200 company. Julie earned her MBA with a concentration in Strategy and Organizational Behavior from Carnegie Mellon University and BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering with Honors from North Carolina State University.

Contact Julie at JSM203@Pitt.edu

Albrecht Powell

Albrecht Powell

Albrecht is a transformational leader and business strategist who aids organizations in transforming through new strategies, operational models, process reengineering, and advanced technology solutions. As a Managing Director at Accenture he brings 34 years of accomplished IT, business, and operational excellence experience helping hundreds of Fortune 500 organizations across products. Albrecht currently leads both Accenture’s Pittsburgh Office and their Enterprise Data practice and has held numerous profit and loss line responsibilities. In addition to his passion for driving 360 degree client value, he spends much of his time helping build a sustainable world and is a member of CEO’s for Sustainability and the Pitt Center for Sustainable business.

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Albrecht Powell

Edward (Ned) C. Sherry

Ned Sherry has worked in three major areas during his career — with large corporations, small privately held companies, and in the consulting field. Most recently, he was the vice president and managing principal for a large career transition and coaching firm. Ned previously held the role of president at four manufacturing companies and was the vice president/general manager of Pennzoil Corporation’s Marketing Division. He also served in various capacities at Exxon Corporation, including management assignments, sales, marketing, finance, public affairs, and real estate.

Contact Ned at nsherry@pitt.edu

William B Slivka

William (Bill) A. Slivka

Bill Slivka is a seasoned business executive in the consumer health industry with deep experience across U.S. and international geographies, classic brand marketing, product development, and new business acquisition and commercialization. His nearly 40 years in business have been with Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline, and small independent consulting companies. Bill has been helping Katz MBA’s finetune career strategies since 2010, including resume and interview preparation. Bill also serves on several non-profit advisory boards in the Pittsburgh area. He is a graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Business School.

Contact Bill at waslivka@pitt.edu

James Jim Woll

James (Jim) C. Woll

With over 35 years of experience in general management and financial leadership roles in global organizations, Jim Woll has a broad background in high growth business environments. He held executive positions in international operations and corporate finance over a 25-year career at medical device manufacturer Respironics, Inc., culminating in the sale of the company to Dutch multinational Royal Philips for $5 billion. Jim also worked with start-up robotic surgical system manufacturer, Blue Belt Technologies, that was acquired by Smith & Nephew plc for $275 million. At Katz, he specializes in improving our experience-based learning programs.

Contact Jim at jcwoll@pitt.edu