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The Most Underrated Word in Your Business Vocabulary
Who: Gary Kusin
Former
President and Chief Executive Officer
FedEx Kinko’s
What: BBA Commencement
When: May 19, 2006 9 a.m.
Where: Erwin Center
Directions
What: MBA Commencement
When: May 19, 2006 3 p.m.
Where: Gregory Gymnasium
Directions
University
Commencement information
Why attend: Gary Kusin is former president and chief
executive officer of FedEx Kinko’s, an operating company of FedEx
Corp. (NYSE: FDX). Kusin was responsible for Kinko’s strategic
direction, product and service vision, as well as growth and
development in all areas of the company. He also served on the
Strategic Management Committee for FedEx Corporation, reporting to
Fred Smith, chairman, president and CEO of FedEx Corporation.
Bio: Prior to joining Kinko’s in 2001, Kusin was chief
executive officer of HQ Global Workplaces, the world leader in
officing solutions. In 1995, Kusin co-founded Laura Mercier
Cosmetics, a makeup line now sold through leading specialty and
department stores worldwide, which he sold to Neiman-Marcus in 1998.
Prior to co-founding Laura Mercier Cosmetics, since 1983 Mr. Kusin
was president and co-founder of Babbage’s Inc., the leading consumer
software specialty store chain in the United States, which now
operates under the name Game Stop (NYSE: GME). Earlier in his
career, he was vice president and general merchandise manager for
the Sanger-Harris division of Federated Department Stores.
An Inc. magazine “Entrepreneur of Year” award winner, Kusin serves
on the board of directors of Electronic Arts, Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS).
Kusin also serves on the board of directors of the Dallas Chamber of
Commerce and as a member of the Dallas Citizen’s Council and the
Southwestern Medical Foundation.
He earned a BA from the University of Texas at Austin and a MBA from
the Harvard Business School.
Who’s invited: Open to the public
More info: Contact
Taylor
Overstreet.
For information on speaking events at McCombs, contact Public Affairs Representative Gayle Hight, 512-475-6423, gayle.hight@mccombs.utexas.edu.
