Kevin Chan

1. What do you do?

I manage a product management team at Macy’s in the supply chain space, focusing on distribution systems such as transportation, warehousing, and shipping.

2. What’s the coolest part of your job?

Modern distribution centers have a lot of cool technology, from traditional put-to-light and pick-to-light systems to mechanized order sorters, to more advanced systems like goods-to-person storage and machine-learning-driven robotics technology. Designing solutions that streamline the work among humans and machines has been very interesting.

Notching for Free: Do Cyclists Reveal the Opportunity Cost of Time?

Assistant Professor Casey Wichman's article "Notching for Free: Do Cyclists Reveal the Opportunity Cost of Time?" was published in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. Wichman writes: 

Time is a fundamental economic constraint. Understanding how individuals trade off time for money is an important input into transportation policy and valuing improvements in environmental quality.

Vernon O'Neal

1. What do you do?

I am a commercial insurance broker in the technology, fintech, and private equity industry verticals. I specialize in cyber/technology errors and omissions liability, management liability and alternative risk, and international exposures.

2. What's the coolest part of your job?

I work with innovative companies that are constantly developing new products and services that push the boundaries of traditional risk and insurance exposures. I get to see firsthand the "next big thing" before it becomes popular.