"Merrick Engages" is a series that takes a close look at contemporary business topics through the lenses of successful business leaders. Each business leader sits down with Murray Dalziel, dean of the Merrick School of Business, and a conversation is sparked to better inform us and provide us with a new perspective. Each time, the dialogue will delve into topics pertaining to careers, business transformation and life lessons learned.

In February 2016, we offered "Looking for Business in All the Right Places: Principles of a Habitual Entrepreneur," a conversation with Rich Nelson. Nelson is a principal at PCM Services, a Maryland-based maintenance, repair, renovation and construction services company. View event video (1:05:00).

In early March 2016 we hosted, "Business Creation and Community Transformation: Why Both Go Together," a conversation with Jay Steinmetz. Steinmetz is CEO and Co-founder of Baltimore-based Barcoding Inc., a systems integrator specializing in the development, deployment, and management of enterprise-wide solutions in areas of supply chain architecture and analytics, automatic identification (AIDC), radio frequency identification (RFID), consumables, software, and professional services. View event video (1:13:10).

In late-March, we brought to campus, David Sharman for a conversation entitled, "Business Resurrection: Bringing Life Back to the Disrupted Company." Sharman is the co-CEO of Hibu, a company that provides digital and print marketing technology and content services to nearly one million small and medium-sized businesses in the U.S., UK, Spain and Latin America. View event video (1:10:31).

The final spring conversation focused on a conversation titled, "No One Has Traveled Here: The Story of Virgin Galactic," a conversation with Richard DalBello. DalBello is Vice President of Business Development and Government Affairs of Virgin Galactic, a firm that see its purpose to become the "spaceline" for Earth, democratizing access to space for the benefit of life on the planet. View event video (1:22:52).