Tulu Makonnen had a unique academic history before coming to the University of Waterloo to pursue his degree in Economics. With an undergraduate degree in Science, he ended up with internal business roles and found that he needed more exposure to business in order to further his career.
In my current role as a project coordinator I attend many cross-functional team meetings where I frequently leverage economics course content to add to the discussion: price sensitivity, opportunity cost, cost-benefit analysis and statistical models. Often I use basic principles as a framework for understanding more complex ideas.