Spring 11 MASTER.indd - Thunderbird Magazine

class notes
the Kansas House of Representatives.
He represents the state’s
43rd district in suburban Kansas
City. … Connie Dillon ’78 has
joined CHS Healthcare Foundation
as executive director. She
brings more than 12 years of
fundraising experience. Most
recently, she served with the NCH
Foundation. … Craig Weeks
’78 was named in Global Finance
as a leading fi gure in the supplychain
fi nance fi eld. He participated
at a London roundtable to
discuss key developments in his
industry. … John Beale ’78
is living in Washington, D.C., as
the Barbados ambassador to the
U.S. and also as the permanent
representative to the Organization
of American States. Prior to this,
he was the CEO of RBTT Bank in
Barbados. Beale also worked for
the World Bank Group at the IFC
and for Chase and Banco Internacional
— a joint venture between
Bank of America and Royal Bank
of Canada — in Brazil.
1980s
Mark Unglaub ’80 started a
new position as global architectural
consultant for Stanley
Security Solutions, part of worldwide
Stanley Black & Decker. The
position allows Unglaub to travel
all over the world. … Michael
Monahan ’80 has been appointed
president of BCA Study
Abroad, effective July 1, 2011. He
is currently director of the International
Center in the Institute for
Global Citizenship at Macalester
College in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
… Jorge Moix ’82 serves as a
board member for the Barcelona
soccer club in Spain. …
Gregory Duncan ’82 returned
to Susquehanna Bancshares
as executive vice president and
chief operating offi cer effective
Jan. 28, 2011. He had been at
Susquehanna from 1987 to 2008,
rising to executive vice president
and chief operating offi cer. …
Michael Yonker ’82 has been
appointed chief human resources
offi cer for Marriott Vacation Club
International. In his new role,
Yonker is responsible for the division’s
human resources strategies,
programs and performance
for more than 9,000 associates
worldwide and will also serve on
the division’s Executive Committee
and Marriott’s Global Senior
Human Resources Leadership
Team. … Byron Smith ’83 was
promoted to director of international
sales for Maxi-Lift in Dallas,
Texas. … Jim Ward ’83 now
serves as the interim president
Sullivan said Bucyrus
International hired him
when he graduated from
Thunderbird to help guide
the global expansion.
DARYL JAMES
Bucyrus International President
and CEO Timothy Sullivan
’76 talks Nov. 2, 2010, at
Thunderbird School of Global
Management.
“When the recruitment was
being done here, they were
hiring students who could
help with the international
introduction of the products
around the world,”
Sullivan said.
When he arrived at
Bucyrus International, 80
percent of the company’s
revenue came from the
United States. Today about
75 percent comes from outside
the United States.
“In 35 years there has
been a complete change
in how we do business,”
Sullivan said. “A company
that was primarily domestic
is now primarily international.”
COMMODITY BOOM
A third factor that has
helped Bucyrus International
sustain its growth in
recent years has come from
the rapid industrialization
of emerging markets such as
China and India.
“We know historically
that when any country goes
through an industrial
revolution, there is also
an urbanization of the
population,” he said. “We
are seeing that now in the
emerging economies, which
is creating new demand for
basic commodities.
“The United States had its
industrial revolution in the
first part of the last century,
and Europe was the century
before that,” Sullivan said.
“We have three or four
countries now at that same
level of industrialization
and urbanization, which
has created effectively a
commodity boom that
we have never seen in the
world before.”
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