Tag: Speaker

In 2003, while assigned to a Special Operations Task Force in Iraq, Eric Maddox conducted over 300 interrogations and collected the intelligence which directly led to the capture of Saddam Hussein.  Maddox will be the featured speaker at an event at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 5 sponsored by the YPO-Next Gen student group. The event will be held in Emerson Auditorium, Knight Hall; it is open and free to the Wash U community.

Capturing Saddam is about the inside story of Maddox’s role as an interrogator in the intelligence gathering operations that led to the capture of Saddam Hussein.

Maddox who is currently a student in Olin’s Executive MBA program (Class 45), will share his story and the lessons learned on the battlefield. In addition to authoring Capturing Saddam, Maddox is a consultant to corporations, organizations, and individuals on interrogation and debriefing techniques.

Maddox has conducted over 2,700 interrogations during 20 years of service in the U.S. Army, the Federal Government Civil Service, and as a Department of Defense (DoD) Interrogator.

Image: Saddam Hussein captured, markhumphrys.com

“Bringing people together for a better world,” is an overarching goal for Anheuser-Busch InBev, according to Rainer Meyrer, the company’s Global Director, Beer & Better World.  Meyrer was a guest speaker in Prof. Martin Sneider’s MGT 529 class, Management and Corporate Responsibility.

While there are many definitions of a better world, Meyrer spoke about AB InBev’s three pillars of what many would call corporate social responsibility:

• Responsible Drinking
• Environment
• Community

The main goal in each of the areas is problem reduction, and as a company, AB InBev believes it has a responsibility, as people and citizens, to participate in making a better world.

Educating people across the globe about designated drivers, water conservation, agricultural development, and watershed protection are just a few of the projects Meyrer explored with the class.

He also was clear that AB InBev is not the solution to all problems, but can certainly be part of the solution.

Watch video about AB Inbev’s Better World corporate responsibility initiatives here.

MBA Platform courses continue to host fabulous speakers at Olin. Professor Ray Sparrowe has attracted some of our key corporate partners to his classroom.  This week he welcomed Peter Conrad, Vice President of Human Resources at Energizer Holdings.

Also in attendance was Peter’s son, Keenan, who is participating in the Consulting and General Management Platform and a member of the MBA class of 2015.