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Alumni Profiles
Monday, May 20, 2013 by
Matt Gorniak, MBA 2002 Alum, is Co-Founder and COO of G2 Crowd, a
new tech company that was named as a finalist of the “Moxie Award
for Startup of the Year” this week presented by Built in Chicago
and New World Ventures which gathers Chicago’s most innovative
digital entrepreneurs. G2 Crowd is a tech startup that is directly
competing with the well-known Gartner Magic Quadrants that rely on
analysts and market research to rate a limited group of software
companies. G2 Crowd has been featured in...
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013 by
Concentration: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Strategy
Pre-Degree Industry/Field of Work: IT & Telecommunications
Post-Degree Industry/Field of Work: Information Technology
& Services Undergraduate Degree: Business Administration
Undergraduate Institution: Berlin School of Economics and Law
Current Employer: savvo digital sommelier solutions LLC Why
did you return to school to obtain your Graduate Business Degree? I
worked for Siemens AG, which is a very large corporation with
almost half a...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012 by
Deepak Ramanathan, MS in MIS, 2010 Pre-Degree
Industry/Field of Work: Software Development Post-Degree
Industry/Field of Work: Performance Management Consulting
Undergraduate Degree: Information Science Undergraduate
Institution: VTU (India) LinkedIn Profile: Deepak
Ramanathan Current Employer: Performance Management
Consultant, Deloitte Why did you return to
school to obtain your Graduate Business Degree? Having completed my
undergraduate degree in Information Science and working as...
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Monday, August 13, 2012 by
Maggie Hammond MBA/MS in MIS Joint Degree Concentration in
Marketing Pre-Degree Industry/Field of Work: Library Science
Post-Degree Industry/Field of Work: Supply Chain Management
& Logistics Software Undergraduate Degree: B.A.
Telecommunication & Film/American Studies Undergraduate
Institution: University of Alabama Current Employer: Red
Prairie: Support Specialist II LinkedIn Profile: Maggie
Hammond Why did you return to school to obtain your Graduate
Business Degree? I wanted to change my...
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Friday, July 20, 2012 by
Anna Lisa Somera MBA/MPH 2006 Concentration: Entrepreneurship
Pre-Degree Industry/Field of Work: Biotechnology Post-Degree
Industry/Field of Work: Venture Capital and Consulting
Undergraduate Degree: BS Biology and Anthropology, MS Cellular
Biology Undergraduate Institution: Loyola University (undergrad),
Rush University (grad) Current Employer: Independent consultant to
several life science start-up companies and venture capital firms
Why did you return to school to obtain your Graduate...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 by
The business world is changing. UIC MBA alum, Megan Sparks, changed
with it. Megan Sparks is one of the faces of the UIC Liautaud
Graduate School of Business’ newest advertising campaigns. Sparks,
a 2011 MBA alumna from the University of Illinois at Chicago, was
heavily involved with all aspects of her graduate experience and,
her modesty aside, is the perfect face to promote the UIC Liautaud
brand. With a focus on international business and marketing while
in the program, Sparks embodied all...
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012 by
Program Graduation Term: MBA/Dec 2011 Concentration: Marketing,
Management, and Entrepreneurship Pre-Degree Industry/Field of Work:
Marketing Post-Degree Industry/Field of Work: Marketing
Undergraduate Degree: Sociology/Philosophy Undergraduate
Institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Organization
Involvement:
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/carlos-a-balandrin/4/9b2/875 Email:
balandri@gmail.com Current Employer: Swedish Match North America:
Territory Representative 1. Why did you...
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Monday, June 4, 2012 by
Student organizations play an important role in bringing together
UIC business school students, professors and alumni both inside and
outside of the classroom. The Liautaud Graduate Finance Interest
Network (GFIN) enables career-oriented business candidates to
discuss theory, current events and market opportunities
(internships, and part-time/full-time job leads), leveraging the
power of its many assets. GFIN also provides valuable in-roads for
companies and external industry leaders to tell...
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Thursday, May 31, 2012 by
On behalf of the Executive Team Leaders of Liautaud Graduate
Finance Interest Network (GFIN), thank you to all the faculty,
administrators, special guests (company representatives and
alumni), and student attendees who contributed to the successful
planning and execution of the 2012 career and social events. GFIN
continues to prosper as the 2nd largest, and the fastest growing
student organization at UIC Liautaud. ETLs of GFIN 2012
- Alan Leon, President
- Emil Barci, Vice President
- Arthur Anderson,...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 by
As part of my duties as a UIC Liautaud Student Ambassador, I
recently spoke with some 20 prospective students. The prospects
asked good questions about the importance of graduate-level
internships and estimated job placement rates. Here's a summary of
my response, comprised of statistics compiled by the National
Association of Colleges & Employers (NACE), the Vault, and my
own anecdotal experience. Some fun facts -- (Source: NACE 2012
Internship & Co-Op Survey, April 1, 2012):
- Companies are...
Thursday, May 24, 2012 by
Did you know that the UIC Liautaud Graduate School of Business
Career Services office can:
- Review resumes and cover letters
- Research industries, companies and positions
- Prepare you with mock interviews
- Determine salary negotiations
- And much more ...!
- Talk with Caroline LaTorre, Recruitment and Enrollment Director, AND talk with Jeff Wilson,...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 by
Thanks to the smarts and diligence of the Executive Team Leaders of
GFIN, we count the programming of Fall 2011 - Spring 2012 as a
major success. During this time, the Liautaud Graduate Finance
Interest Network presented:
- Lee Kolodziej, Forrest Schneider and D. Ben Flynn at the 1st GFIN Alumni Panel (These favored alumni brought more than 60 years of finance experience to the delight of the 64 audience members)
- Dr. John Binder, UIC's esteemed professor at his lecture on "Hoaxes, Scams and Fraud:...
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 by
Josh Franklin MBA 2010
- Concentration: Finance and Accounting
- Pre-Degree Industry/Field of Work: Financial Markets
- Post-Degree Industry/Field of Work: Corporate Finance
- Undergraduate Degree: Information Sciences
- Undergraduate Institution: UIC
- Current Employer: DTE Energy - ADDP Finance
- Linkedin Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/josh-franklin/1/79/9
- Why did you return to school to obtain your Graduate Business Degree? In order to take the next step in my career and become a leader...
