Price College welcomed three executives-in-residence and alumni back to campus last spring, including Chris Soder, CEO of Priceline.com; Kevin Thompson, president and CEO of SolarWinds; and Jack Mills, president of Ascent Sports and Entertainment. Each brought their unique views of leadership and business to Price students in visits during classes, meetings and lunches.
Alumni Serve as Executives-in-Residence Within Various Areas of Price College
Soder met with many faculty in the Division of Management Information Systems as well as spoke to students in the New Venture Development I class. He also discussed his work at Priceline with students in MIS and International Business courses while meeting with JCPenney Leadership associates, among many other activities during his full day in Norman.
Thompson also used his time on campus to visit with students in the JCPenney Leadership Program and spoke with faculty, masters and undergraduate MIS students about his company and its IT management and monitoring software. He met with OU engineering students and enjoyed a campus tour that included the new Headington Hall.
Mills shared his expertise in sports management while learning more about the college’s new sports management concentration. He not only visited with other executives from the area in sports management while at Price, but also spoke to students in classes such as Entrepreneurial Process, Negotiating and Selling and Organizational Management of Professional Sports.
