Alumni Profiles
Shelley Saxena, MBA ’03
A new prescription for health-care delivery Bringing health-care services to rural patients in India for about $10 a year, Sevamob combines seva, meaning “service” in Hindi, with mobile technology. True […]
Jay Walker, ’77
Once a curator of travel deals, Walker now curates ideas When it comes to intellectual property, few countries rival the United States. Yet according to Jay Walker ’77, the U.S. […]
Joseph Alvarado, MBA ’76
2014 Carlos R. Quintanilla Distinguished Latino Alumni Award Recipient From playing football as an undergraduate at the University of Notre Dame to studying accounting and finance as an MBA candidate […]
Percy Allen II, MPA ’75
Wilbur Parker Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient When Percy Allen II joined the University Hospital of Brooklyn as CEO in 1989, the state facility was losing money and struggling with employee […]
Naama Bloom, MBA ’03
Going with the flow by Irene Kim Naama Bloom, MBA ’13, founder of HelloFlo The curse. The crimson tide. Lingonberry week. It’s the five-day event that happens to women of […]
David Bloom, MBA ’01
New Order by Irene Kim Unless you’re a restaurateur or app developer, you’ve probably never heard of Ordr.in. This open platform for restaurant e-commerce is used by restaurants, developers, and […]
Larry Kraft ’87, MBA ’88
Refocusing on climate change A year and a half ago, Larry Kraft was senior vice president of sales and marketing at Digi International, a technology company in Minneapolis. But after […]
Richard Saccany, MBA ’73
Spanning the globe in mining As a teenager growing up in a suburb of Cleveland, Richard Saccany recalls reading in the newspaper about an underground salt mine operating near the […]
Ponsi Trivisvavet, MBA ’99
A GMO approach to sustainable crops Ponsi Trivisvavet has spent the past six years thinking about how to help farmers feed the world. In India and Africa, how can growers […]