Leeds School of Business Graduate Virtual Recognition Ceremony Class of 2021
Thursday, May 6, 2021 4 P.M. M.T. SHARON F. MATUSIK Dean, Leeds School of Business
Dear Graduates,
Congratulations! All of us at Leeds are honored to celebrate this important milestone in your life with you, your friends and family.
Take a moment to refl ect on what you have accomplished. There are no more team projects due, no more late-night homework assignments to complete and no more exams to ace. Equipped with the education and experiences you have received at Leeds, you are ready to move on to that next chapter and positively impact the future of business. We are proud that you will be representing us in the world.
Thank you for all you have contributed to the Leeds community during your time here. We hope you will continue to fi nd us a source of inspiration and knowledge, and we look forward to staying connected with you over the years to come. We offer our most heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to you for success in all of your future endeavors.
Sharon F. Matusik, PhD Dean, Leeds School of Business
2 Leadership Remarks VIRTUAL Sharon Matusik, Dean Keynote Speaker RECOGNITION Michael Cordano (TRMG’87) CEREMONY Recognition Thursday, May 6, 4 P.M. Graduate Honors Teaching Awards
Presentation of Candidates • MS Accounting/Taxation • MS Business Analytics • MS Real Estate, MS Supply Chain, and MS Finance • Full Time MBA Program • Evening MBA Program • PhD Program
Norlin Charge Richard Wobbekind, Associate Dean for Business & Government Relations, Senior Economist and Faculty Director of the Business Research Division
3 Keynote Speaker MICHAEL CORDANO (TRMG’87) Mike has been pivotal in transforming traditional companies into digital giants. For over two decades, he has been a catalyst for Founder and Co-CEO, growth and transformation. Mike has a proven track record of Prime Impact Capital creating new markets by understanding and anticipating technology infl ection points and market disruptions. Using his unique blend of expertise in organizational dynamics, state-of-the-art operating models and a contemporary cultural ethos, Mike has successfully steered leadership teams into new business opportunities, while building strong operational foundations. He has founded, grown, scaled and sold multiple public and private technology companies.
A true business visionary, Mike has the heart of a technologist focused on real-world impact. With a passion for product ideation, design and development, Mike is focused on driving product value in nascent markets and disrupting the industry status-quo. At Maxtor, he introduced breakthrough product categories with the Maxtor OneTouch external storage backup solution and a Nearline hard disk drive product line, which ultimately defi ned their respective categories. At HGST, he championed the development of helium-based hard disk drives, resulting in one of the company’s most valuable innovations and setting an industry standard, driving nearly $4 billion in annual revenue.
Mike has led the successful turnarounds of multiple brands, including Maxtor and HGST. He founded Fabrik, raising over $85 million in venture capital and realized over $175 million in revenue run-rate in just three years resulting in a successful sale of the company to HGST. Mike’s deep understanding of market and technology drivers guided strategic investments and/or acquisitions in numerous technology leaders, including G-Technology, sTec, Virident, Tegile and Amplidata.
Mike was instrumental in Western Digital’s transformational $19 billion acquisition of SanDisk in 2016. The transaction was the catalyst for Mike and the leadership team to create a storage solutions company with global scale, extensive product and technology assets, and deep expertise in non-volatile memory. Mike led the successful integration of three Fortune 500 companies, SanDisk, Western Digital and HGST, to create a $20 billion data infrastructure leader, well positioned for long-term growth and value creation.
Ultimately, a growth mindset, re-shaping corporate culture, and creating high performing teams and organizations are bedrocks in Mike’s leadership style. Nothing is more critical to success for Mike than character and culture. It’s always about helping people, teams and companies be legendary. For over two decades, he has been a 4 global business leader doing just that. CANDIDATES Master of Science and Master of Business Administration
Master of Science Bruk Selam Teshome Samuel Gregory Kail Jaime Chaire Kyle Miller Accounting Matthew Ryan Thompson Christian Kitchen Neil Andrew Collins Nick Milliken Blake Kendrick Arnold Michelle Tseloikhin James Klein Lorenzo Correa Stefan Mocevic Abigail Audino Tenzin Tsewang WooBaek Ko Ethan Dark MacKenzie Layne Murphy Eunhye Yu Beissinger Brian Vaquera Garcia John Koclanes Jennifer Dickson Stephen Chandler Nerem Kelly Renee Chamberlain Alexander Cole Whiteman Samuel Richard Kossak Gabriel David Draxton Chidid Donald Nzerem Jr Chad Alden Clerke Kyle Dean Wobschall Harry Max Kuskin Patrick Mallary Durkin Joshua Marcel Ortega Matthew Aaron Cohen Dian Xue Jose Maguina Jason Engel Michael Patrick O’Shea Brandon Douglas Dale Andrew Mingjian Yang Jack Conley Marshall Isaac Chance Everitt Curtis Oxman Keaton David Danielson Jiasheng Ye Eric Cleveland McCarty Jr Spencer Fairbaim Molly Pagden Dylan T. Dempsey Jordan Thomas Nelson Xiasong Fan Akshat Pandey Robert Bruce Eckles Master of Business Bilal Omar Megan Aline Fitzgerald Hayden James Parr Jacob Feltz Administration Ryan Carroll Paap Aaron Brett Forman Neeha Patel Harrison Michael Finch Jennifer Lyu Arthur Eugene Padilla III Kenneth Freeman Mallory Elizabeth Plachy Gabrielle Monet Goedert Ian Geary Phelps Renee Gabrielle Gagne Olivia Myriah Ponrick Anguiano Master of Science Sumay Kirti Prabhu Aileen Garcia Jacob Samuel Pulitzer Calvin Good Finance Paula Andrea Pulido Charlie Geaves Erin Quinn Spencer James Grant Ushna Mushtaq Ahmed Purushka Sofi a Rae Portia Alexandra Gifford Nick Anthony Ralston Austin Julian Guidot Gregory Markku Allan Jonathan Rutherford Nicholas James Emma Richard Reece L. Hartman Ethan Arvid Anderson Kyle Sardar Glassmeyer Bryce Morgan Schwartz Xing Yuan He Timothy Burgess Herzog Clayton Skulski Alex Sterling Glover Emma Tess Segaloff Sierra Ruth Herrington Andrews Frederic Bailey Tellam Whitney Goit III Jennifer Ann Shelby Andrew Scott Higgins Sophia Newbury Berglund Christopher Irving Joaquin Ignacio Gonzalez Roshni Singh Brittany Jaros Victor Bjorlow Thomson David Jospeh Hebert William Andrew Tardif John Kwiat Alejandro Rafael Camargo Ryan Connor Wetmore Erik Hiseler Vahe Tascian Jamie Michelle Lee David Zachary Clark Katherine Elizabeth White Yichun Hong Tyler Ray Tinker Carmine A. Lonardo Thalin James David Di ZiZhi Zhou Anuraag Hooda Paolo Christopher John Tredeau Paige Thorogood Matthew William Hunter Macmillan David Jacob Divjak Jaden Orlando Rain Tuma Master of Science Zane Franklin Jackson Rose Isabel McCullough Mason Richard Christina Kraus Uhlir Business Analytics Zachary Louis Johnson Daniel Richard Naes DuMonthier Caitlyn Jennifer Van Heest Yusuf AlArayedh Brandon Julian Henry Newman Connor McMahon Estelle Ashton Kole Wagner Abbie Amiotte Crayton Vernon Larson Clayton Nielsen Cicily Christine Fisk Mrunal Wakode Ryan Anderson Danielle Elizabeth Patrick Michael O’Neil Spencer Gordon Jordan Nicole Waldroop Kofi -Sakyi Nyarko Assabil Latimore Michelle Therese Piccone Mika Louis Grasso Rylie Whistler Linda Avalos Mar Michael Jonathan Lau Noel Ramirez-Ortega Chase Headrick Haynes Emma Maire Wilson Jack Harrison Beck Stephen Lipsky Matthew Rielly Hannah Higgins Jackson Wittenberg Lucas Arthur Bedell Jamie Liu Peter Scott St. Clair Ethan John Holguin Huaiqian Yan Peter Jacobs Brinkman Jerry Allen Manning Jr Philippa Steyn Joseph Jachimiak Linyi Yao Allison Laura Bruhn Collin Hart Marsden Alan Jeremy Stolyar Madison Rose Jarvis Jackson Jospeh Jung Ethan Todd Calamia Robert William Massey Hoon Yee Zachary Storm Nicholas Jemigan James Kentling Campbell Ross Conor McDonald Holly Sutherland Christopher John Jillson Jack Kelley Carr Alexander Abbott Lukas Johnson McLaughlin
5 If a student’s name is not listed in the program, they did not apply by the April 1 deadline. CANDIDATES Master of Science and Master of Business Administration
Master of Science Cole Patrick Heilman Master of Science Ashley Nicole Johnson Master of Science Real Estate George Tyler Hurst Supply Chain Julia Rose Jungquist Taxation Jesus Adolfo Banuelos- Paul Boukwou Jang Faisal Ayedh Mareai Al- Clint LaBattaglia Alexis Renae Clark Rivera Shabebi Jennye Jarbawi Ryan Millendez Madeline Ann Ostrowski Benjamin Barron Collin Michael Ambrose Melissa Lauren Lee Alexa Porter Henry Schaefer Christopher George Shane Daniel Bogan Ross Alistair Macdonald Mac Walker Presnal Colin Smith Bornhorst Oliver Marco Chow William Robert McAllister Brooke Clemons Pulver Matthew Chandler Voiles Thomas Michael Calvert Jamie Chang Cooney Myles McGinnis Angelica M. Rolong Jared Richard Webster Ross Michael Carpenter Karlie Nicole Cummins Paula Anne Chavarria Edward Justin Miller Diego Heriberto Rubio Cian Eli Shillman Urena Kyle Clinton Christopher Benjamin Delahunty Missroon Natasha Sheila Scott Harrison Stefan Colby Willem Henry Dickinson Weston Warren Moran Galen Ryder Sloss William James Cord Johnathan Hiatt Dressel Nicolas James Motta Colin Wade Smith Skyler Douglas Dapuzzo Fleur Eggink Trevor Pope Angelina Christine Jessica Rachel de Haan Emerin Ferreiras Zachary B. Rosswork Southcott Simon Nicholas Egerton Ryan Michael Flynn Thomas Lee Salkeld Alexandra Rostad Weil Dylan Ari Esquenazi Edna Chun-Yi Goodrich Jonathan Pearce Yue Yin Grant Evans Tschetter Jr Seiji Dollison Hayashi Jiahao Zhen Charles Edward Grasso Peter Yoder Herman Frederick Hess IV Rob Hamm John Michael Zeiser Ane Johnsen
BETA GAMMA SIGMA Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) is a prestigious membership to recognize Members the highest level of academic achievement for students in an Masters Students Austin Thomas Samuels undergraduate or master’s program in business or management. For Kellogg eligibility, undergraduates must rank in the upper 10% of both their Gregory Markku Allan Thaala Jane Bonolo junior and senior class. Ethan Arvid Anderson Loper Sophia Newbury Sarah Stafford Beta Gamma Sigma has three purposes: Berglund Luis Alfonso Villarreal • To encourage and honor high academic achievement by students of Chase Headrick Haynes business and management through chapters in AACSB – Association to Cantu Jordan Thomas Nelson Advance Collegiate Schools Jake Adams of Business. Michael Patrick O’Shea Joseph Paul Anderson Mallory Elizabeth Plachy • To foster in BGS members an enduring commitment to the principles John Fischer and values of the society: honor and integrity, pursuit of wisdom, and Karlie Nicole Cummins Kevin Eric Hirst earnestness. Colin Wade Smith Ernest Henry Konker • To support the advancement of business thought, at both the national Logan William Mueller and chapter levels, so as to encourage lifelong learning for the society’s MBA Students Natalie Rose Todd members and other constituents. Bridget Anne Brown Membership in BGS is an honor carrying a lifetime affi liation with vother Brandon Carrigan Buse PhD Students outstanding graduates of business programs. Shannon Marie Flahive Nicholas Light Evan Eastman Godfrey
6 If a student’s name is not listed in the program, they did not apply by the April 1 deadline. CANDIDATES Master of Science and Master of Business Administration
Full Time MBA Patricia Margaret James Blair Simpson Danielle Massari Daniel Francis Rickert Shubhuka Agarwal Grindereng Laurel Snow Firebaugh Donley Clayton Rogers Christopher Miguel Clayton Hall Sarah Stafford John Fischer Utsab Sarkar Aguirre Alexander Todd Halverson Jennifer Swonger Justin Michael Forbis Sarah Marie Scott Rebekah Bailey Charles Alexander Courtland Ryan Thomas Colby Christopher Shawn Hillary Sendar Henderson Fountain Ian Michael Barbarick Christina Ma