Blog Posts

by Hanson Boyd, MBA ‘14 Energy makes the world turn. I’ve been fascinated with the energy industry from an early age and worked in traditional power generation before coming to Johnson. This summer I was able to experience another dimension of the industry with an internship with GE’s Renewable Energy Leadership Program. There is an […]

by Lori McMahon MBA ’10, Program Manager – Intel for Change Now the Program Manager for Intel for Change, Lori McMahon (MBA ’10) discusses the influential role that SGE played in shaping her passion for social action and the value that sustainability holds as both a mindset and framework for industry. I participated in the […]

by Bryson Saez, MBA ’14 and Environmental Finance and Impact Investing Fellow Mission-driven SGE student interns with the founding biotechnology firm. Early in my career I found that, like many other SGE students, I didn’t fit into the typical mold for an MBA candidate. Instead of looking at particular industries or roles, I was more […]

by Peter Cassara, MBA ’14 Changing careers was a major influence on my decision to go to business school. After working in private wealth management and venture capital, I was ready to work in an environment where my insights and decisions directly impacted my company. After considering my choices for immersions, I decided to take […]

by Julian Ho, MBA ’14 Joining Johnson’s Capital Market and Asset Management (CMAM) Immersion, I have been exposed to and learned about many areas in asset management. Our CMAM practicum regularly invites different investment professionals, ranging from institutional sales to distressed investment, to talk to us. This has widened my understanding of different functions and […]

by Tom Palmer, MBA ’14 Destination Johnson (DJ), which just recently happened at Johnson, is an exciting weekend when prospective students who have been admitted come to campus and learn more about the curriculum, meet future classmates and current students, and (most importantly) figure out housing. It is an overwhelming but exciting weekend! As Co-President […]

by Rick McGuire, MBA ’14 Learning theoretical frameworks and applying those frameworks to real world situations was one of the initial appeals of Johnson for me. The Semester in Strategic Operations (SSO) Immersion exceeded my expectations by providing balanced and rigorous academic preparation combined with unprecedented access to a variety of manufacturing and service industries. […]

by Derek D. Laclair, MBA ‘14 It was one of my first days in Ithaca and my roommate Cullen Murphy (MBA’14) and I were discussing which immersions we planned on taking during the upcoming school year. While he seemed to be vacillating, my mind was made up: the Corporate Finance Immersion (CFI). As he continued […]

by Sharleyne Silcott, MBA ’14 I decided to attend Johnson for several reasons, one of which was the Corporate Finance Immersion (CFI). With an accounting background, I knew I wanted to stay within a similar field and felt that the MFI would provide me with the tools I needed to round out my skillset and […]