Though graduates of the Executive MBA at Florida International University (FIU) often maintain close relationships with their classmates, a reunion across all the EMBA groups, brought approximately 100 EMBA alumni together for a full day of activities. The event, which took place on Homecoming Weekend, began with a networking lunch at which Executive Dean Joyce […]
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Alumnus feeds the entrepreneurial spirit with Energy Kitchen.
High energy combined with a passion for excellence. These traits define Justo Luis Pozo III (BBA ’07) in all his pursuits—from his martial arts avocation to his banking and finance vocation. Now Pozo is branching out, flexing his entrepreneurial muscle to bring the Energy Kitchen franchise to South Florida. According to Pozo, the Manhattan-based, fast-and-casual […]
Alumni Notes: November 2010
Jose L. Roces (BBA ’03) recently became the director of sales and marketing for Corporate Caterers. Manny Matalon (MACC ’03, BBA ’01) has accepted a position as head of internal audit for Latin America with British United Providence Association (BUPA), a UK-based private health insurer. BUPA is one of the largest international private health insurance […]
FIU MBAs launch CEWA, a female executive organization.
In an era in which “networking” often just means the exchange of business cards, a group of female executives have started an organization to help each other truly meet their full potential. Graduates with master’s degrees from the Chapman Graduate School at Florida International University (FIU) have launched CEWA, the Chapman Executive Women’s Association. “We […]
MBAs from FIU hold global leadership positions at Ingersoll Rand, Monsanto.
It was a small class in December 2001–and loaded with talent. Among the eleven graduates earning a Global Executive MBA that December from the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) were two executives who would become leaders of important divisions for major international corporations. Manlio Valdes (MBA ’01) became president of EMEIA […]
Alumni Notes: October 2010
Jose Tomas (BBA ’92) has been promoted to executive vice president, chief human resources and communications officer at Burger King. He will remain based in Miami. TotalBank has named Nelson Hidalgo (BBA ’93) senior vice president and director of the banking center division. Benjamin Diaz (MST ’96, BACC ’95) was recently inducted into the Cuban […]
Two husbands, two wives, four master’s degrees and two new babies.
Two young women receiving their Downtown MBA in April 2010 had more in common than an advanced degree from the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU). Each of these hard-working students had husbands with an Executive MBA (EMBA) from the Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Graduate School of Business, a school the men […]
EMBA residency holds surprises for experienced executives.
Donna Skees (BBA ’99) was sure she would fail at public speaking. Angel Medina Jr. (BBA ’92) thought he would sail through a challenging ropes course. Both were wrong. Along with the rest of their group, they discovered unexpected strengths and areas for improvement during an intense five-day residency in the Florida Keys that marked […]
A View from the Beaches: REAAC event looks at Miami Beach real estate.
Dateline: Miami Beach. The location: Texas de Brazil restaurant. The view: Looking up when it comes to opportunities for second home and vacation home buyers in the sought out areas of the Downtown-Biscayne Boulevard corridor and the Beaches. So concluded the panel of real estate experts who presented to the more than 65 College of […]
Alumnus’s company named co-winner in national IBM competition.
CareCloud, a web-based software and services company that modernizes the workflow in a medical practice to put physicians in touch with each other across multiple points of care through a cloud computing technology-based solution, was one of two companies to receive the “IBM SmartCamp Silicon Valley” award. Albert Santalo (EMBA ’97), who serves as the […]