Luis Arrizurieta (BA ’87) has been appointed chief financial officer of J.I. Kislak, a real estate investment and management company based in Miami Lakes, FL. Amy E. Wagner (MBA ’89, BHA ’87) was named senior vice president, investor relations, Burger King Corporation. José Tillan (BBA ’90), vice president of music and talent for MTV Latin […]
Author: Beverly Z. Welber
REAAC seeks members for its 2006-2007 Board of Directors.
The Real Estate Alumni Affinity Council (REAAC), a sub-group of the Business Alumni Chapter, is seeking the involvement of committed alumni and leaders in the real estate community to spearhead the organization during the 2006-2007 academic year. REAAC’s purpose is to create a strong network of alumni working and/or interested in developing a career in […]
Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame honors two business school alumni and a leading South Florida executive.
A panel of judges representing the business community and previous honorees selected this year’s Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame inductees, who will be recognized on Wednesday, May 17th at the Parrot Jungle Island during the college’s seventh annual Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame Luncheon and Induction Ceremony. Albert Santalo (EMBA ’97), president and CEO of Avisena, will […]
Model helps investors and analysts evaluate stock prices.
William Welch When is the price of a stock too high to be justified? That is a question that investors and analysts alike need to answer as they make investment decisions. In the 1990s, a number of company’s stocks were priced very high relative to their free cash flow—what a company generates through its operations […]
MSMIS program revises curriculum to prepare future CIOs.
Veronica Gómes, IBM, MSMIS student; Tatiana López, MSMIS program assistant; Juan Poggio, Telefónica USA, MSMIS advisory board member and alumnus; Zuzana Hlavacova, MSMIS program manager; and Julia Accárdo, FP&L, MSMIS alumna at the MSMIS retreat in Key Largo Despite the laid-back atmosphere in the Florida Keys, a recent two-day retreat held in Key Largo to […]
Entrepreneurs to be inducted in May.
A panel of judges representing the business community and previous honorees selected this year’s Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame inductees, who will be recognized on Wednesday, May 17th at the Parrot Jungle Island during the college’s 7th annual Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame Luncheon and Induction Ceremony. Albert Santalo (EMBA ’97), president of Avisena, will receive our […]
Second Global Leadership and Service Project-Bangkok 2006 renews memories, creates new ones.
Some aspects of the second Global Leadership and Service Project (GLSP)–Bangkok, which took place from March 16-26, 2006, were just the same as the inaugural trip: two of the sites at which students worked and the feelings the experience brought out. Some aspects were different: a more formalized plan to guide the work, the addition […]
College's American Marketing Association chapter wins top prize at Collegiate Conference.
Members of the college’s American Marketing Association (AMA) chapter heard the good news in person when the chapter was honored as “Collegiate Chapter of the Year” at the organization’s 28th Annual International Collegiate Conference in Orlando, FL. Since the American Marketing Association (AMA) chapter in the College of Business Administration was revitalized in 2001, it […]
Business leaders address "hot topics" at first annual Chapman Alumni Conference.
The Business Alumni Chapter. together with the Chapman Graduate School of Business, held an exclusive conference for Chapman School alumni on Friday, February 10th at FIU’s Downtown Center. Chapman Graduate School alumni joined leading South Florida business experts for a day of executive briefings on today’s hottest business topics, which included “Making Your Stand: An […]
Case co-authored by two College of Business Administration faculty members takes center stage at international competition.
Irma Becerra-Fernández The 9th Annual FedEx International Graduate Logistics Case Competition in Fayetteville, Arkansas focused on a case study about the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC), written by two members of the Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems in the College of Business Administration: Irma Becerra-Fernández, associate professor, and Kuldeep […]