DBA Cohort 6

Background Fatma is a diverse healthcare professional who has practiced dentistry overseas in Cairo, Egypt. She received her Bachelor of Oral and Dental Medicine at Ain Shams University and her Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Waynesburg University in Waynesburg, PA. Fatma has extensive experience in healthcare process improvement leveraging Lean Six Sigma methodology. She […]

Background Kelly currently serves as a senior customer service representative for Merck Animal Health. Previously, Kelly served as the national key account program manager for Virbac and as a key account manager with Novartis Animal Health. She has been working in human and animal health care pharmaceuticals since 1999. Kelly began her career in sports […]

Background Kim L. Carter, a native of North Carolina, is committed to pursuing a career in professorship. Kim currently works at PepsiCo Bottling Group as a human resources payroll administrator. Her previous roles include human resources administrative assistant, salon owner, and EC resource assistant with Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools. Ms. Carter received her cosmetology certification […]

Background Frank has worked for Bank of America for the past 22 years and has 27 years of combined financial services industry experience. In his current role as a business finance officer in the global transaction services group, he is responsible for managing financials for the Bank of America CashPro® and Global Wholesale Banknotes Services® […]

Background Bivian Ejimakor moved to Greensboro, North Carolina, from Nigeria in 2000 and has lived in Greensboro since then. Bivian obtained both a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and serves as the disbursement manager at North […]

Background Joe Faldowski, PMP, is currently the chief operations officer of Orano Federal Services, a nuclear engineering and technology company providing solutions to the US Department of Energy in a broad range of nuclear energy related areas.  Prior to his current position, he held various positions within Orano and its predecessor company, Areva, including director […]

Background Franklin has been with UNC Health/UNC School of Medicine since 2001 and is the associate chair for administration for the department of emergency medicine. He received a Bachelor of Science in Clinical Laboratory Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2001 and a Master of Business Administration from Elon University […]

Background Major Matthew Flynn is currently the assistant professor of aerospace studies at UNC Charlotte AFROTC Detachment 592. In this role, Maj. Flynn teaches and mentors aspiring Air Force officers as they prepare for careers as military leaders. Prior to UNC Charlotte, Matt was a lead program manager for the development of an $80B Department […]

Background In 2017, after more than 25 years leading and growing sales teams in the technology industry, James Fyles “retired” to begin a second career in academia. He currently serves on the faculty at Appalachian State University as the executive in residence within the department of marketing & supply chain management. From 2017 – 2020, James […]

Background Dr. Valrie Grant is an award-winning entrepreneur, geospatial and innovation leader, strategic advisor, international speaker, author, and podcast host. She currently serves as the Caribbean lead in the Climate and Nature Group at Fugro. Valrie is the founder and chairwoman of GeoTechVision, a knowledge services company, and the founder of Jamaica Flying Labs, along […]