Barbara Edwards Farley, '83 MBA, '90 PhD, was appointed vice president of Academic Affairs and Dean of the College at Augsburg College in Minneapolis.
Chris Fischer, ’91 MBA, was recently appointed senior director of COLLOQUY, a marketing and consulting company. Fischer’s role will include new business acquisitions and client services.
Dean VonBank, ’91 BSB, is the vice president of GM Vehicle Applications at Navigation Technologies Corporation.
William Benjamin, ’92 MBA, has been named CEO of US Bancorp Investments Inc., and US Bancorp Insurance Services. He previously has held senior wealth management positions at UBS Financial Services and Piper Jaffray.
Philip Skeie, ’92 BSB, is a fraud operations manager at Digital River.
Dr. Robert M. Wiseman, ’92 PhD, was promoted to full professor in the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. He also holds the Eli Broad Legacy Fellow of Management research fellowship.
Gregory Allen, '93 BSB, recenlty joined The Minneapolis Foundation as controller. He previously worked for seven years at Minnesota Children's Museum as director of finance.
Soon Ang, ’93 PhD, has received The Nanyang Award for Research & Innovation. It is the highest recognition to individuals who have made outstanding contributions in scientific knowledge through research breakthroughs, and significant technological innovations on the world stage. She received the award for her achievements in cultural intelligence and behavioral science research which has a major impact on the field of international education and cross-cultural training and counseling.
Mark McNeilly, ’93 MBA, had his third book published by Oxford University Press in January. It is titled George Washington and the Art of Business: Leadership Principles of America’s First Commander-in-Chief.
Melanie Rose, ’93 CEMBA, has been on an 18 month assignment in Northern Asia as managing director for Oracle Retail in Japan, China and Korea. In this role, Ms. Rose is responsible for establishing and growing Oracle Retail's software license sales teams and generating new license opportunities. Oracle Retail is an independent business unit within Oracle established as the result of the acquisitions of Retek, Profit Logic and 360 Commerce.
Jennifer Dauska, ’94 BSB, recently resigned from Wells Fargo to stay at home with her son.
Lee Kuntz, ’94 MBA, has earned her Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification. Lee owns and operates Innovation Process Design, a process consulting firm that helps companies create more value for their customers.
Mike McKee, ’94 BSB, recently joined Virchow Krause & Company in Minneapolis as a partner.
Beverly Aho, '95 MBA, has joined the James H. Gilbert Law Group, PLLC, as an associate attorney. She will concentrate on commercial and real estate litigation and appeals, real estate development and tax protests, corporate transactions, business formation, and general business law.
Kim Barnes, ’95 MBA, was married on January, 13 2007 to Mr. Chuck Wright on the Island of St. Lucia.
Chris Meidt, ’96 MBA, is now an offensive assistant coach with the Washington Redskins of the NFL. He spent the last six years as the head football coach at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn.
Michael Brousseau, ’97 MBA, recently accepted a position as director, Market Research & Analysis for AIG VALIC in Houston, Texas.
Amy B. Hietapelto, ’97 PhD, has been named interim dean of Northeastern Illinois University’s College of Business and Management in Chicago, effective July 1. She was previously an associate dean at the university.
Jay Krasnow, ’97 MBA, has recently taken the position of Senior Research Analyst at the Freedonia Group in Cleveland, Ohio.
Tony Jurek, ’97 MBA, is vice president of Technology Services for Pragmatek Consulting group.
Jon Sander, ’97 MBA, is the president of Bohm CRE, LLC. Mr. Sander was awarded the Certified Commercial Investment Member designation by the CCIM Institute on. The CCIM designation is awarded to commercial real estate professionals upon successful completion of a graduate-level education curriculum and presentation of a portfolio of qualifying industry experience.
Ed Baldzicki, ’98 MBA, is the vice president of sales and marketing at Clarcor Corporation in the Baldwin Filtration Division.
Douglas Dickel, ’98 MBA, is the managing director for Expense Reduction Analysts USA.
Yvonne Houle-Gillard, ’98 MBA, is the six sigma master black belt for Information Technology at 3M.
Yvonne Houle-Gillard, ’98 MBA, accepted a new position as manager of information technology and eBusiness for 3M’s Electro & Communications Business in January 2008. She is colocated in Austin, Texas, and St. Paul, Minn.
Dana (Bode) Karzan, ’98 MBA, started a new position as vice president, Customer Marketing at Wells Fargo Card Services in Concord, CA.
Nathan Lucht, ’98 BSB, recently graduated from the Kellogg School of Management with an MBA degree. Mr. Lucht works at the Boston Consulting Group in the Chicago office.
Jennifer Simek, ’98 MBA, is a senior marketing manager at Ecolab Inc. and was lead manager for two award-winning campaigns on behalf of the company’s Equipment Care line.
Aurora Toth, ’98 CEMBA, is the vice president of marketing at Christopher & Banks.
John Utley, ’98 MBA, was promoted to vice president of global product management for Teletrax, a London-based television monitoring and analytics company. He will oversee all aspects of the company’s product portfolio, product development, and technology research & development. He lives in Charlotte, N.C., with his wife, Julie, and daughter, Jillian.
Roumiana Gotseva-Yordanova, ’99 MBA, leads the Futures Observatory program and manages Social Technologies’ London office. Since joining the company in 2005, she has managed consulting projects for European firms such as BP and Cadbury Schweppes. An accredited expert with the European Commission, she evaluates proposals and projects under the Information Society Technologies and e-Content programs. She is also a founding fellow of the European Academy for Digital Media and has sat on juries for the EuroPrix digital content award and the Bulgarian Web Awards.
John Hauge, ’99 MA, is a shareholder and member of the labor and employment law section at Briggs and Morgan. Mr. Hauge focuses his practice in traditional labor, employment litigation, and employment advice and counsel.
Elizabeth Kempen, ’99 MBA, is the chief operating officer at Alquest Inc.
Tim Owen, ’99 MBA, has accepted an offer from Boeing Corporation (Everett, WA) to serve as Estimating and Pricing Specialist in Commercial Airplanes research and development.
Luther Ottaway, ’99 MBA, is the assistant treasurer of Koch Industries Inc.
Mikhail Pevzner, ’99 BSB, is now an assistant professor of accounting at the School of Management at George Mason University.
Matthew Rausch, ’99 MBA, is a shareholder and has also been named managing director at Brill Street + Co. in Chicago.
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