Linda Oldham

• Extensive experience leading project teams and developing training tools in the implementation of programmatic initiatives while soliciting financial partnerships and support for these initiatives
• Over 15 years of managerial experience developing corporate and university relationships
• Significant experience evaluating and bench-marking project opportunities and risks
• Relevant experience analyzing and enhancing corporate-university relationship opportunities and presenting these solutions
• Specialized knowledge in customer database applications
• Highly developed communication skills related to collecting, analyzing, summarizing data to
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Work experience

• University of South Carolina Master of Science in Business Analytics, Darla Moore School of Business
• Darla Moore School of Business Director of Corporate Partner Engagement

• Virginia Tech - Pamplin College of Business Executive Director Center for Business Intelligence and Analytics

  • Developed a strategic plan to build the CBIA brand within the university, and among donors and corporations
  • Cultivated industry relationships to provide strategic guidance regarding the center’s research and educational initiatives while enhancing student learning by providing students with real-world data analytic projects and providing important financial support to CBIA.
  • Launched a graduate program in business analytics and recruited over 32 full-time and 10 part-time students
  • Supervise two staff members
  • Secured $280K of corporate funding for research and administrative support during first year leading the center to ensure our financial stability
  • Secured 5 corporate sponsors for capstone business analytics projects, each corporate sponsor providing $35K to support the projects the first year and 8 corporate/non-profit sponsorships the second year.
  • Taught Executive the EMBA class, “Technology Innovation and Management,” formed student teams focused on valuing 5 patents provided by the Aerospace Corporation
  • Initiated analytic research projects in partnership with Carilion Clinic, NCI, Inc. and Leidos, Inc. focused on healthcare outcome improvements
  • Developed, acquired sponsorship funding and conducted two campus wide hackathons/DataJams that were multiple disciplinary and campus-wide. Currently on steering committee for a multi-university data challenge for students who will compete at the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s Capital Data Summit 2018

• Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech Executive Director, Apex Systems Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

As Executive Director of the Apex Systems Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Apex CIE), I provide leadership for the Center and graduate education related to innovation and entrepreneurship, including the launch of graduate programs and teaching in the National Capital Region. The Apex CIE is a catalyst for Virginia Tech's innovation ecosystem and supports faculty and student creativity and interdisciplinary collaboration. The Center also promotes engagement with business, industry, and government with the goal of increasing national reputation, financial and research resources, and regional economic growth. The Apex CIE's mission is to educate, connect, coordinate, and develop Virginia Tech's innovators and entrepreneurs by providing access to internal and external resources.

• Georgia Institute of Technology Executive Director, Denning Technology & Management Program

The Steven A. Denning Technology & Management Program creates successful, cross-functional leaders in technology and business-related fields. Companies need engineers who understand both market forces and the financial implications of technology investment. Also in high demand are managers who understand the technical aspects of new product development, as well as the capabilities and constraints within the science, computing, and engineering disciplines. The Denning T&M Program builds upon Georgia Tech's outstanding programs and curriculum to meet these needs and create the cross-functional leaders of the future.

The Denning T&M Program focuses on a select group of undergraduate students from the Colleges of Management, Engineering, and Computing who offer interdisciplinary team solutions to real-world problems facing our Corporate Affiliates. Each class emphasizes experiential learning and includes hands-on elements.

• Georgia Tech College of Management Associate Director of Development

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Engineering Director of Corporate Relations

Education

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. Continuing Education & Human Resource Dev.
• Kansas State University Master of Science in Foods and Nutrition