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Sweet to Speak at WMU

Sweet to Speak at WMU
A financial expert for Dell will be featured in the next Western Michigan University Distinguished Speaker Series, hosted by the Haworth College of Business at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, in 2000 Schneider Hall. 

Thomas Sweet (BBA '81, Accountancy), vice president of corporate finance, controller and chief accounting officer of Dell, will present “Business Models and Leadership: What WMU did and did not teach me.” The talk will be followed by a question-and-answer period.

Thomas Sweet

Sweet began at Dell in 1997 as vice president of finance, responsible for the education, government and health care units, along with holding several other positions in the company, including vice president of internal audit and chief financial officer of the corporate sales division. He has also provided leadership in a number of sales roles.    

As Dell’s lead financial expert in global technology markets and trends, Sweet’s responsibilities range from global accounting, tax, treasury and investor relations to global financial services.

After receiving his bachelor’s in business administration from WMU and becoming a certified public accountant, Sweet spent 13 years with Price Waterhouse, providing audit and accounting services to the technology industry. He later went on to serve as vice president of accounting and finance for Telos Corporation.


To register
for the presentation or obtain more information, contact Cyntia Reeves at cyntia.reeves@wmich.edu or (269) 387-5069.

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