Shray Patel

My experience at BPM-D has been very rewarding thus far. When I first started in February, we had 5 employees in the US – each with overlapping, yet distinctive roles. After a month, 1 of our global directors moved to Germany and took a position with one of our vendors. This was followed by our Senior Manager having a family emergency and take 2…[Read more]

My experience at BPM-D thus far has been very rewarding. We started as a 5 person company with everyone having overlapping, yet distinct roles. Then, 1 colleague had a family emergency and was out for 2 months. This was followed by our Director moving to Germany and my manager taking a big promotion at a different company. My role went from…[Read more]

Completely agree that individuals who can collaborate effectively and efficiently succeed more often than they fail. I often am told at my job that “you are only as smart as you can effectively persuade others of how smart you are”. You can have the greatest ideas and solutions, but they are essential worthless if you can’t convince to the guy…[Read more]

So far I have taken MIS 3501, MIS 2502, and MIS 2901 thus far. My job overall is not very technical as it deals with with mostly with sales, marketing, and developing relationships. However, I definitely have been able to leverage the HTML and CSS skills I developed in MIS 3501 in some of the activities I do. For instance, I have to, oftentimes,…[Read more]

Hey Claudine,

I completely agree that things can get really crazy balancing “work, school, and social obligations” unless you stay organized and plan/execute ahead of time like you do. Procrastination is probably the biggest reason why I have had to miss many of the social things I wanted to do with my family and friends. But I think it’s very…[Read more]

Balancing out all the things you have going on in your life can be a difficult task. I think the only way I have been able to get more things done this summer is by proper goal setting, planning, and scheduling. Every morning, as daunting and annoying as it may sound, I try to write down the top goals I have in each of the things going on in my…[Read more]

I definitely agree with and myself have had to drop everything I was doing in order to resolve an issue for the CEO or similar executive. My co-worker taught me a very important tip with dealing with this type of situation. He says when dealing with the CEO or executives of the company always triple check your work and show enthusiasm in your…[Read more]

Hey Stephanie! I actually worked in a really similar role last year. I lead the digital marketing efforts for a family-owned property management company in Philadelphia. I had to learn, from scratch, how to build and manage websites, come up with an effective SEO strategy, etc. Pretty much exactly what you doing. Best of luck!