Research Fellow Profiles

Xinjie Wu Shanghai, China Xinjie received her MBA degree in 2008 and was hired as a marketing analyst at FedEx's headquarters in Memphis.  She is a 2006 graduate of Limburg Business School in the Netherlands with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.  Her studies at Limburg included a summer semester in Alabama.  While in China, Xinjie held several positions at ABN AMRO Bank in both Shanghai and Singapore.  Xinjie selected The University of Alabama MBA program to deepen and broaden her analytical, quantitative and leadership skills because ultimately she plans to develop her career path in international business consulting in China.

Matthew Wehner Mobile, AL Matt is certified in the German language at EU level C2/Mastery and has studied several times in Germany and Austria. He has traveled extensively throughout the European continent. Before beginning the MBA program, Matt taught German at the undergraduate level and was an assistant in the Language Resource Center. As an undergraduate, Matt received the Alumni Honors Scholarship, the Contractors' Fee Fund Scholarship, and a C&BA Academic Excellence Certificate of Merit. He is a member of Delta Phi Alpha, the German honor society. Prior to returning to graduate school to pursue an MBA in Supply Chain Management, Matt was a restaurant manager with McDonald's and a travel center co-manager with Pilot, LLC.

Chela Canler Metairie, LA Chela is a Bachelor of Science candidate currently pursuing a double-major in International Marketing and German, with a minor in Mathematics.  She is fluent in Spanish, and has taken advantage of UA's Study Abroad Programs to gain fluency in French, German, and Italian.  Chela is the recipient of UA's Presidential Merit and Achievement Scholarship, a National Merit Finalist, and a National Hispanic Scholar.  Her broad language skills and international experience have allowed her to work on a wide variety of export market research projects.

Alex G. Chandler Spanish Fort, AL Alex is a rising senior at the University of Alabama where he is majoring in Global Supply Chain Management and Chinese, with minor in History.  Last summer he lived in Hefei, China teaching English for an international micro-finance organization.  He has recently been named a 2008-09 Rotary International Cultural Ambassadorial Scholar. Following his graduation in December, 2008, Alex will begin a Chinese immersion program at the Taipei Language Institute in Taiwan.  After his six-month immersion program he will return to the United States to begin a career in the field of procurement, international logistics, or global supply chain solutions.

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Ryan C. Ebersold Harvest, AL

Former Research Fellows

Natasha Shkolnyk Chernivtsy, Russia Shkolnyk, who is fluent in Russian and Ukranian, received her MBA degree in May, 2007, with concentrations in finance and economics.  Prior to joining the AITC research staff, she worked with MortgageAmerica, Merrill Lynch, and as an economics lab instructor.  Natasha worked with several AITC clients to help them prepare SBA loan guarantee applications and Export-Import Bank Working Capital loan guarantees.

H. Charles Aleman Orlando, FL Charlie worked at AITC for four semesters, graduating with a major in Quantitative Finance and minors in Economics and Japanese. He was awarded the UA Presidential Scholarship, National Hispanic Scholarship, and AIE-J Scholarship.  He spent one year studying in Japan at Chiba University as part of his minor. Charlie was one of three AITC interns selected for the Maersk-Sealand Finance MISE program; there were only 10 positions available nationwide. The program is a two-year training program including practical experience and academic work in the US and Denmark. At the end of the two years MISE graduates will accept positions in overseas offices. In 2007 Charlie accepted a position with the company's corporate finance group in Dubai.