Lunch with a Leader

Professor Wu is a passionate finance educator and researcher who loves helping students connect what they learn in class to the real world through experiential learning. She teaches corporate finance and investment management where students explore how financial decisions shape businesses and markets. She taught at Wheaton College and she is deeply committed to mentoring students as they prepare for their next academic or professional journey. 

Professor Siaw-Asamoah is an accomplished academic leader, global program architect, and certified facilitator focused on leadership development, ethics, and cross-cultural collaboration—linking UB’s School of Management with institutions across Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe & the U.S. and beyond to foster inclusive, real-world impact.

Professor Dutta blends cutting-edge research in AI, machine learning, and data analytics with real-world applications. Her projects tackle everything from predicting infrastructure failures to detecting social media bias and creating art recommendation systems. Known for challenging students with hands-on, industry-relevant projects, she brings in guest speakers and fosters collaboration that prepares you for careers in tech and data science. If you’re passionate about using technology for impact, her classes and research are an exciting place to start. She also teaches MGS 406 Big Data Technologies in our undergraduate programs.

Professor Kraimer holds the Donald S. Carmichael Chair in the Department of OHR at the UB School of Management. She received her PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago.  Her research interests include the challenges and consequences of working globally, predictors of career success, and the employee-employer relationship.

Professor Todd Saxton joined UB in August of 2024, and is faculty lead on life science entrepreneurship programs for education, research and outreach.  He was also an Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. He is an active angel investor and has been a member of founding team of several ventures. Todd is co-author of The Titanic Effect: Successfully Navigating the Uncertainties that Sink Most Startups.

Professor M. Kim Saxton has more than 30 years’ experience helping companies make their data practical. She champions data-driven decision-making, grounded in her B.S. in Marketing from MIT and MBA and PhD from Indiana University. She works with firms to refine communications using neuromarketing tools and has published extensively on data analysis, advertising effectiveness, and promotional strategies She is also an active angel investor, advises First Capital Venture Studio, and co-authored The Titanic Effect: Successfully Navigating the Uncertainties that Sink Most Startups.

Professor Bartula brings several years of real-world experience to the classroom. As a manager for ACV Auctions, she was responsible for all company accounting policy matters. Prior to that, she worked for Ernst and Young as a senior associate in EY's Technical Accounting Advisory Group, assisting external clients and internal teams with the complexities of interpreting Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). She also was one of only seven graduates in the U.S. to be selected as for the Financial Accounting Standard Board's prestigious Postgraduate Technical Assistantship.