MBA GRADUATE · ARTIST · CURIOUS MIND
I'm AJ Poe. I work in two distinct modes: analyzing business questions through my MBA project work, and making experimental art through Spiralco Studios. This is where both bodies of work live side by side.
from the studio01 / A LITTLE ABOUT ME
Spiralco Studios is my creative incubator—a place for art, systems, memory, and material experimentation. My MBA work is a separate practice built through research, financial modeling, strategic frameworks, and collaborative decision-making.
I'm not claiming that every project combines those worlds. I'm developing real experience in each—and staying open to the places where they may eventually meet.
More about my approach02 / SELECTED MBA WORK
Three MBA projects that show how I research, organize information, apply business frameworks, and support decisions.
MBA Capstone · Global Strategy
Collaborated with an MBA team to lead a simulated global company, making real-time executive decisions across marketing, finance, R&D, human resources, and international expansion while adapting to evolving market feedback.
Strategic Management · Organizational Design
Evaluated the winery through the McKinsey 7-S, Competing Values, Resource-Based View, and VRIO frameworks—connecting culture, structure, capabilities, and competitive advantage in one integrated strategy.
Corporate Finance · Financial Modeling
Built linked Excel analyses across financial statements, free cash flow, ROIC, EVA, market value added, time value of money, annuities, NPV, compounding, and loan portfolio risk.
03 / FROM THE STUDIO
Surreal creatures, skeletal forms, and layered materials—work that moves between the luminous, the curious, and the beautifully uneasy.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work is rooted in a process-driven practice that combines painting, mixed media, and experimental materials. I work with acrylic, watercolor, foam, joint compound, found objects, conductive tape, and 3D-printed elements— choosing materials intuitively and allowing each piece to evolve through experimentation rather than a predetermined outcome.
I begin without a fixed plan, responding to gesture, color, texture, and the physical behavior of materials. Accidents and improvisation are integral to the process. Meaning emerges through sustained engagement with the work.
Memory, intuition, and vivid dream states shape the emotional logic of these imagined environments. I'm drawn to the space between the recognizable and unfamiliar, inviting viewers to navigate by intuition and consider how memory and imagination shape perception.
04 / HOW I WORK
A grounded snapshot of the analytical, creative, and technical skills demonstrated in the work above.
05 / SAY HELLO
I'm always open to thoughtful collaborations, ambitious teams, and conversations that start with “what if?”