The 3D printing, or Additive Manufacturing, industry is bigger and has more potential than most people realize. Recently, PricewaterhouseCoopers named it as one of their 'Essential Eight' technologies and it may soon change the world of consumer goods as we know it within the next few years. From sneakers, to sunglasses and from gaming figures to essential PPE gear, 3D printing may soon add another layer of product creation and distribution where physical inventory is a thing of the past for cer...
Jan 21, 2021•26 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Bison alumni Rick Batenburg graduated from Nichols in 2014 as a dual Finance/Management major and played on the hockey team during his time on the hill. Rick is currently the Chief Investment Officer and part-owner of Cliintel Capital Management Group, a venture capital firm which specializes in emerging markets, such as the Cannabis industry. In addition he sits on the Board of Directors at Clear Cannabis Inc. which produces one of the industry's best known products, The Clear. In addition, Ric...
Oct 30, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Matthew O'Connor graduated from Nichols in 1993, playing basketball and golf for the Bison. He went on to become Senior Vice President of Sales at Monster.com, leading several divisions over over a decade there before taking the job of Senior Vice President of Global Sales for Care.com in 2018. Matt remains active at Nichols College as a member of the college's Board of Advisors, occasionally mentors students who are interested in sales careers, hires Nichols graduates and is a President's Socie...
Sep 17, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Former professor Larry Downs was the marketing chair at Nichols College for 15 years during his teaching career, which spanned from 1979 to 2012. Before becoming a college professor, Larry worked in New York as a marketing brand manager for companies like Post Cereals, Phizer and American Optical. During his career, his teams worked on rebranding such products as Post Raisin Bran Cereal and Ben Gay Ointment ... and introduced Honeycombs Cereal, Cool Ray Sunglasses and Visine Eye Drops to the mar...
Aug 20, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Alex Kirk graduated from Nichols in 1991 and was captain of the soccer team and a member of the Rugby team. In 2019, he was named Ivy League Coach of the Year as the head women's golf coach at Dartmouth College and is a New England PGA Patriot Award winner. He is currently the President of the New Hampshire PGA and was named the NHPGA Teacher of the Year in 2018. In this episode, Alex talks about why he has stayed involved at Nichols, the coaches whom have inspired him over the years, gives his ...
Jul 27, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Given all that is happening with the current pandemic, this is a very topical interview and one which might be of particular interest to business owners trying to navigate their way through a catastrophic economic event. In 2008, Bison alumni Tom McIlvain was the head of a large company with an industry heritage dating back to the time of The Revolutionary War, which supplied high-end hardwoods to many industries including the building industry, furniture industry and even the wood used in Gibso...
Jul 11, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Mike Matros '07 founded The Hero's Cup Foundation in 2016 which organizes and runs an annual hockey tournament in partnership with The Boston Bruins. Each year, The Hero's Cup tournament attracts thousands of players and fans with 110 teams coming to Massachusetts from 27 states and 3 countries to play over 3 days. The tournament raises over $1 million each year for fire, police and military first responders. Mike joins us to explain how he started this nationally known tournament, it's importan...
Jul 11, 2020•19 min
Foodies take note! Henry Wainer '72 has been dubbed “ The Willy Wonka of the produce industry" by The Boston Herald for having traveled the world to source the best food products for his family's company, Sid Wainer & Son, which has been in business for over 100 years. Henry helped grow Sid Wainer & Son from 17 people to over 320 employees who supply over 23,000 chefs nationwide with the absolute best ingredients, including establishing a 300+ crop experimental greenhouse and farm. In fa...
Jul 07, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 11
This episode features one of the all-time most popular professors at Nichols College, Professor-emeritus Rick Hilliard. He talks about his time teaching students at Nichols, double parking a Porsche in front of the campus snack bar and serving as an agent in the US Counter Intelligence Corps during the Cold War. Professor Hilliard talks about how he applied the lessons he learned as a spy to his career as a high powered business executive and the types of things he made sure his students learned...
Jul 06, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Viacom executive Neil Holt graduated from Nichols in 1976 as a somewhat mediocre student and a standout on the lacrosse field. He reflects on the things he's learned in his 42 year career in sales and marketing at companies like NBC, ESPN and Viacom, where Neil recently retired as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing Solutions. During this episode, Neil talks about how he persuaded Dean Eaton to let him into Nichols College ... building a career in the hyper-competitive entertainment ...
Jul 06, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 10
California native Bob "Kuppy" Kuppenheimer found great success after graduating from Nichols College, working in various roles at Nuveen Investments over the last 40 years, including as Managing Director of Distribution Development. Kuppy credits his success in the business world, in part, to his time as a student at Nichols and has been a very generous benefactor to the college over the years serving as a longtime member of the Board of Trustees and establishing a scholarship for Nichols studen...
Jul 06, 2020•19 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Jim Capuano interned with one of hockey's most storied sports franchises, The New York Rangers, while he was a student at Nichols. After much post-graduate reflection, he decided to leave his sport management roots and enter the financial services field eventually settling into the insurance business. A year ago, Jim decided to start his own firm, The Integrity Life Brokerage. Jim talks about his desire for college graduates to enter into the insurance industry, what it takes to put yourself in ...
Jul 06, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Jillian Coyle graduated from Nichols in 2009 during what was called 'The Great Recession'. Not since The Great Depression had the job market been so harsh, yet through patience and perseverance Jill was able to take the long road in finding her dream job ... and obtain two graduate degrees along the way. Currently, Jill is the Senior Manager of Corporate Compliance & Contracts for American Well, a Boston based company with over 500 employees, which has raised over $500 million to date in ord...
Jun 09, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 7
You may remember Professor Mauri Pelto from your time on the hill as he's been working at Nichols for 30 years. Mauri currently serves as Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Environmental Science. He joins The Alumni Experience to talk about how Nichols is constantly innovating and improving and his work monitoring glaciers as the US Representative to The World Glacier Monitoring Service. We discuss topics such as how majors are added or dropped, what Nichols professors are doing to positi...
May 12, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 6
