About Me

I am from Birmingham, Alabama.  I received my BS in Business Administration from the University of Alabama (Roll Tide).  After I graduated, I accepted a job as a Software Sales Specialist with IBM in Detroit, Michigan.  I sold all of the web-based software to encourage the increase in business participation on the internet.  I left IBM after about 3 years to work for Sun Microsystems as an Account Executive.  In that role, I lead sales teams, and sold software, hardware, and services.  This position was very interesting and complex because often I had to partner and team with my competitors in order to come up with the best solution for my customers.  During the dot.com bust, I decided to leave my role at Sun, and I moved to Ecuador to have some time to think about the best plan for my future.

While I was living in Detroit, I had begun reading many nonfiction books about economics, and I read "The Economist" magazine weekly.  I became very interested in international business and economics.  While I was at Sun, I took 2 1/2 weeks off to travel alone to Guatemala to increase my Spanish speaking skills.  Then I found an opportunity to travel legally to Cuba from Miami for a 2-week cultural exchange.  Those experiences contributed to my willingness to move to Ecuador.  I was a professor of English at the Universidad de Manabí.  It was a wonderful experience.  I learned a lot about the world and myself.

While I was in Ecuador, I made the decision to go to B-school.  My focuses were on small schools, which would allow me to network with my classmates and alumni and give me the opportunity to travel abroad as a requirement to my degree in International Management.  At Tepper, my concentrations are Accounting, Finance, and Economics.  The track in which I will graduate is Global Leadership in the Economy (which means international business).

Comments

[Rebecca Flemming]

Jill, I am from Birmingham, an UA grad (Computer Science) and a co-worker of your father's. I am applying to Tepper's FlexTime MBA program and I would be very interested in speaking with you since we have numerous things in common. Thanks, Rebecca

[Jill Yellock]

Hi Rebecca-I will certainly be in touch with you this week. Tepper needs to keep the taste of the South and the best of us in its system.

Jill

[Denise Glover]

Hi Jill,

I'm also really interested in applying to the FlexTime program. Being a fellow Southern female minority, I would really appreciate the opportunity to ask you a couple of questions, if your schedule permits. Thanks!

[Denise Glover]

Hi Jill,

I'm also really interested in applying to the FlexTime program. Being a fellow Southern female minority, I would really appreciate the opportunity to ask you a couple of questions, if your schedule permits. Thanks!

[Jill Yellock]

Denise,
Contact me anytime. My email address is jyellock@andrew.cmu.edu.

Thanks!
Jill