Alumni

Lerner Center's annual symposium addresses bio-pharmaceutical industry's key challenges and trends

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

From where John Castellani sits as head of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the largest trade organization for the bio-pharmaceutical industry, the development of new medicines continues to occur in spite of huge risks and great expense.

TAGS: Alumni Healthcare Symposium MBA Pharmaceutical Management The Blanche and Irwin Lerner Center Thought Leadership

Team of Rutgers Executive MBA students and alumni win MBA Sailing Cup in Singapore

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

SINGAPORE – A team of Rutgers International Executive MBA students and alumni won the inaugural MBA Sailing Cup in Asia outracing seven other business school teams in an April 13-14 weekend race in Singapore’s Marina Bay.

Sailing amidst Singapore’s towering skyscrapers, Rutgers Business School Asia Pacific’s banner passed the finish line first in four out of the ten races to win the championship.

TAGS: Alumni Executive MBA Singapore

Alumna draws on her management experience and tech knowledge to lead Georgian Court University's business school

Monday, April 29, 2013

On the small, leafy campus of Georgian Court University, changing a graduate business course to reflect the current excitement around “big data’’ was not an easy feat.

But Janice Warner, who moved into the dean’s office at the university’s business schoo last yearl, has always loved a challenge.

TAGS: Alumni Information Systems Management MBA PhD Technology Vijay Atluri

Business student returning to Rutgers for belated celebratory march in cap and gown

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Robert Schiller knows something about second chances.

In the early 1970s, he was an older student at Rutgers. He was in his 30’s, juggling studies, a full-time job and a young family. A month before his graduation from University College, Schiller moved to Indiana to begin a new job. He had arranged to finish his exams and complete the final requirements and was planning to fly back to New Jersey for the graduation ceremony.

TAGS: Alumni Management Marty Markowitz Undergraduate New Brunswick Undergraduate Newark

Acclaimed Historian, NJ Native Lonnie Bunch Addresses Rutgers-Newark Graduates May 22

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

From Rutgers University, Newark's Office of Communications:

Rutgers University, Newark, is on track to graduate its largest-ever class.  Rutgers-Newark -- which traces its roots to 1908, when the New Jersey Law School, now the Rutgers Law School-Newark, opened its doors – expects to award  nearly 3,300 degrees during a total of seven ceremonies in May. Rutgers-Newark also expects to confer a record number of doctoral degrees, 108, through the Graduate School-Newark.

TAGS: Alumni Commencement Graduation Students Undergraduate Newark

A woman's history: Alum recalls a time when female MBA students were few

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Gloria Wahl never set out to be a trail blazer.     

But when she was working on her MBA at Rutgers Business School in the early 1970s, she was part of a generation of females who were striving for more – in terms of their education, their careers and their salaries. They were ambitious, determined and tenacious.

TAGS: Alumni Banking Finance MBA

From Celine Dion to Adele, Cd's to iTunes, Rutgers MBA grad helps guide Sony Music Entertainment

Friday, December 21, 2012

In Kevin Kelleher’s business, label companies take gambles on talent, betting millions of dollars on someone they hope will become a superstar.

A good bet is memorable: Like Celine Dion, who was discovered as a teen-ager in Canada and became one of the biggest pop stars of the 1990s. Mariah Carey is another, and Adele is one of the latest.

TAGS: Accounting Alumni Finance In the Spotlight MBA Professional Accounting MBA

Former Rutgers rower applies lessons learned on the river to his career as an executive

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Jeffrey Klepacki likes to say he earned his MBA on the river. 

What he means, really, is that a lot of the experience he draws on as an executive – determination, discipline, resiliency – he gained from his participation on the Rutgers varsity crew team and the experience of regular training, team work and intense competition.

TAGS: Alumni Finance and Economics In the Spotlight London Olympics Undergraduate New Brunswick

Letter from Dean Shafer: Alumni crucial to future of RBS

Monday, November 26, 2012

As recovery from Hurricane Sandy progresses and our lives return to normal, the lives of many alumni, family, and friends will never return to normal.  Your RBS Family continues to provide Support for students affected by Hurricane Sandy as well as support for the Rutgers Rallies for the Shore online food drive, along with countless unsung, individual actions helping others.  My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone impacted by

TAGS: Alumni Dean of the Business School Glenn Shafer

Alum returns as Barclays Global Managing Director to discuss careers in equity research

Thursday, November 15, 2012

According to Rutgers Business School (RBS) alum Stuart Linde, Barclays Managing Director and Global Head of Equity Research, it wasn't easy getting to the top and the best advice he ever received was "never give up" and "go where your passion is." Sounds cliché, yet this sage advice provided by someone from the RBS community holds true for those pursuing a career in today's competitive job market.

TAGS: Alumni Career Development Undergraduate Newark Wall Street

Cooley Builds on IP Momentum in New York

Date: 
Monday, November 5, 2012

Building on the momentum created by several recent lateral hires, Cooley LLP announced today that leading Intellectual Property lawyers Walter Hanchuk and John Kheit have joined the firm as partners in its New York office. Walter and John were partners at Chadbourne & Parke LLP in New York, where Hanchuk was chair of Chadbourne's IP practice and Kheit led the firm's Mobile Technology practice. Hanchuk joins Cooley's national IP group as chair of the firm's New York IP practice and will be driving the strategic growth of the firm's IP practice in New York.

John Kheit focuses his practice on representing a variety of technology-focused companies in complex litigation, patent and licensing matters. Particularly active in the computer software sector, Kheit has a deep understanding of microprocessors, electronic commerce, payment systems, communication, wireless, and network technologies. He has also been involved in the patenting of pure software technologies, including financial instruments, data-structures, graphical user interfaces, digital rights management, and peer-to-peer networking.

Prior to practicing law, Kheit worked in high-technology, corporate and academic arenas, including positions with NeXT Computer, Inc., Time Warner, Harvard University, Franklin Pierce Law Center and the University of Toledo Law School. He received his JD from New York Law School; his BA and MBA from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; and his LLM from Franklin Pierce Law Center.


TAGS: Alumni Information Systems MBA Undergraduate

RSR Partners Appoints Harold J. Spitzfaden as Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer

Date: 
Monday, November 5, 2012
Location: 
Greenwich, CT

RSR Partners, a leading executive recruiting firm specializing in senior level board and executive searches, announced today the appointment of Harold J. Spitzfaden as Managing Director and the firm’s new Chief Administrative Officer. As a seasoned corporate tax executive, Mr. Spitzfaden will offer a wealth of management, financial, and legal expertise to help fuel the company’s activities.

Mr. Spitzfaden joins RSR Partners from Swiss-based pharmaceutical concern Novartis Corporation, where he served as Vice President of Tax Reporting and Compliance. Previously, he served as the Head of the Global Tax Department for Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. A Certified Public Accountant, he earned his BA, BS, and JD from Seton Hall University, his MBA from Rutgers University, and his LLM from New York University. Mr. Spitzfaden also served as a U.S. Army captain.

TAGS: Alumni MBA

Robert Campbell, former Johnson & Johnson executive and Rutgers MBA alum, makes $1.25 million pledge to support Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Thursday, October 11, 2012

New Brunswick – Growing up during the Great Depression and World War II eras, Robert Campbell understood from a very early age the importance of personal sacrifice and helping others who cannot help themselves.

These values remained with him as he rose through the ranks at the Johnson & Johnson Corporation and influenced him to assume countless leadership roles to benefit charitable causes.

TAGS: Alumni Johnson & Johnson MBA Pharmaceutical Management

Annual Business Plan Competition offers student entrepreneurs what they need to start a business

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Heart Juice wins 2012 Rutgers Business School Business Plan Competition. Will your idea be next?

To start a new business these days you need more than a great idea. You also need savvy advice, a solid business plan and seed capital. At Rutgers Business School, aspiring entrepreneurs can find the help they might need to launch a new idea by participating in the annual Business Plan Competition.

TAGS: Alumni Business Plan Competition Current Students Entrepreneurship MBA Rutgers Business School

With election results known, financial experts to debate implications for financial institutions at November 9th conference

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Rutgers to host Financial Institutions Conference on “Risk Management in a Fast Changing Regulatory Environment” on November 9th, days after election results are known

Renowned experts in risk management and financial regulation are gathering at Rutgers Business School on November 9th to debate the implications for the financial institutions industry days after the election results are known.

TAGS: Alumni Banking Darius Palia Finance Rutgers Financial Institutions Center

Letter from Dean Shafer: Transforming Students into Professionals

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Rutgers Business School Dean Glenn Shafer at Lincoln CenterThe mark of a great business school is its ability to transform its students into fully functioning professionals, ready and able to tackle the challenges of a diverse, global business world. As you might imagine, there is much involved in turning an eager freshman into an astute graduate. Coursework alone does not a business professional make.

TAGS: Alumni Dean of the Business School Glenn Shafer

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