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Hayden Van Steenburgh
B.S., Supply Chain & Logistics Management
Sourcing Systems Coordinator, Jeld-Wen

Hayden Van Steenburgh has a passion in Supply Chain & Logistics Management. He acts as a visionary in his club. Ever since a freshman year, Hayden has been a leader of the Supply Chain Club serving as the President for four years. In his four years, he founded and created many new applications for members such as 30+ ASCM certificates, 60+ guest speakers, $20,000 scholarship money, 500+ additional LinkedIn networking connections, 8 company tours and helping dozens of members get internships/jobs.

In addition to his club experience, he has completed two summer internships in HVAC and High-Tech. He is certified in procurement, planning and forklift driving. Hayden loves to empower and develop everyone he encounters. He is not afraid to speak his mind or say no. After graduation, Hayden will start working as a sourcing systems coordinator in July at Jeld-Wen at their corporate headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina.

What is the most valuable thing you learned, regarding your academic studies

The most valuable class I have taken is Supply Chain Modeling class with Karthik Murali. I learned how to manipulate data in Excel.

What are you most proud of regarding your student experience? What was the biggest challenge?

I am most proud of getting dozens of internship and jobs for members of the supply chain club.

My biggest challenge was dealing with Covid-19 lockdowns during freshman year.

Anything to add

Stay positive!!!