The market for clinical cell selection will reach $1 billion by 2030. Tune in as Smeal alumnus Ted Liberti ’03 M.S., CBO of BioMagnetic Solutions, discusses how his biotech startup's magnetic cell selection technology gives companies the tools to create cures for cancer as cell & gene therapy companies make genetically-engineered CAR-T cells for patients - the future of biotechnology. He discusses how and why he chose to bring his business to State College, and how his company is partnering with Penn State on this important research. #WeAre

"If successful, CAR-T cell and gene therapies (CGT) products are a one & done treatment/Tx/therapy that lives, endures, and continues to deliver its benefits long term, providing bona fide cures in some cases – a word oncologists never use lightly.”
–Ted Liberti

Alumnus trade expert and avid Smeal volunteer, William (Bill) C. Lane ’75 ACCT, ’79 M is back! The former Executive Director of Trade For America and Caterpillar’s 40-year veteran of global governmental affairs discusses how trade and inflation are linked, along with what happen in the past that we should be aware of when looking at the current situation.

"When you put tariffs in place, you tend to dampen competition and when you dampen competition it makes it easier for people to raise prices.”
–William (Bill) C. Lane

Tune in as aftermarket supply chain senior manager at Pratt & Whitney and co-founder & president of Junity App, Janoye Williams,’14 SC&IS discusses his passion project. Being a first-generation college graduate, Janoye’s mission is to provide a platform to help high school students, especially those from low-income communities, find resources to assist them in reaching their educational and professional aspirations. Be inspired!

“Having the opportunity to volunteer with youth, woke up a sleeping giant in me and inspired me to think of giving back in a sustainable way.”
–Janoye Williams

#40 Ask an Expert: The Trials and Tribulations of Financial Advisors

Tune in as Financial Advisor and Executive Director at Morgan Stanley, Mitchell Stein ’01 FIN is interviewed by alumnus Alex Sheinman ’18 ADV, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Penn State Sports Business Conference. Mitch shares in depth insights on becoming and excelling as a financial advisor along with how hard times and using your failures can set you up for success.

“Part of the day-to-day job is really to listen and understand. The best advisors out there are the best listeners.”
–Mitch Stein

Alumnus Roger Osorio ’04 FINIB, a reinvention coach and founder of The School of Reinvention, discusses his own path, tips for reinventing your mental wellbeing, why and how companies should include wellbeing into their strategy along with how to reinvent our own selfcare by developing healthy habits.

“There are things that we can do to be intentional about designing our days, our routines, our lives for sustainable wellbeing, even when our jobs are not perfect.”
–Roger Osorio

Alumnus Jim Le ’96 B LOG, the Senior Vice President of Product Management at brightfin, discusses the top qualities needed to be a successful product manager, the importance of customer involvement in product development, and why it’s necessary for leaders to inspire and include their team from start to finish.

“Product management can be explained in a lot of different ways, to me the most simple way to think about it is prioritizing and making sure your company is working on solving the right problems, collaborating (both internally and externally), and bringing in the best solution for your customers.”
-Jim Le

Alumnus Kyle Wang '14 FIN partner at Valhalla Capital weighs in on the cryptocurrency market over the last few years along with current trends, future possibilities, and what changes decentralized finance might have on Wall Street.

“If you really enjoy the way that companies, entities interact with each other and how people transfer value or in many cases even communicate value, cryptocurrency is the beating heart of that.”
-Kyle Wang

Alumnus innovation expert and entrepreneur, Brian Ardinger ’94 MBA, Director of Innovation at Nelnet and founder of InsideOutside.io, discusses how to develop skills to innovate in any culture, handle failure of an idea, boost your productivity and how having a global perspective has contributed to his success.

“Innovation is often thought about in the wrong terms..It’s taking a new idea, seeing a problem, and executing on that to create valuable outcomes. Anyone can do that!” Brian
–Ardinger

Tune in as Mario Tufano ’02 FIN, interviews Mark Roach, both are partners and portfolio managers at Foundry Partners, LLC. Mario wanted Mark to share his over two decades of experience managing assets in all types of markets with our audience. Listen in as they discuss inflation – how it’s defined and measured, what it has looked like over the past few decades, and what is working and not working for investing in the current market.

“Recent concerns of inflation have bubbled to the surface since the start of 2021 as the global economy emerges from the COVID pandemic of 2020.” Mario Tufano ’02 FIN

“Wages, with the shortage of employees,…are already showing growth and this will continue if the administration passes a unified basic income standard. This could perpetuate a longer inflation cycle.”
–Mark Roach, Managing Director, Foundry Partners, LLC

Alumnus trade expert and avid Smeal volunteer, William (Bill) C. Lane ’75 ACCT, ’79 M A was recently the Executive Director of the free trade advocacy coalition, Trade For America. Prior, Bill led Caterpillar’s global governmental affairs team retiring after a 40-year career which included being a top lobbyist in Washington D.C. In this episode, Bill discusses the changes in trade due to the pandemic and the future of globalization as well as the value of his Penn State education. #WeAre

"The lessons learned during this period of time are going to be studied and restudied.”– William (Bill) C. Lane