A team of 12 dedicated individuals have come together to serve the Business Alumni Chapter this fiscal year. Summer meetings yield ideas for innovative programs focused on leadership. The enthusiastic group met several times over the summer to begin planning the coming fiscal year’s alumni program. The theme is leadership: “Lead in life, lead in […]
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Alumni Notes
The post-college career of Joseph Brown (BBA ’76) has included several years working for the Department of Defense during which he deployed and served in Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq. In 2008, he accepted a promotion to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Marianne Reich Howanitz (BBA ’89) heads up the litigation department at Daniel […]
Friends with strong FIU connection band together to create music with a message.
With the release of their new music video “Coexiste,” the Miami-based Latin pop-rock band ORIGEN seeks to bring a little peace and harmony into today’s turbulent world. “The philosophy driving our music is simple—to coexist is freedom,” said Ruben A. Martinez (BBA ’06). “Our music video contains scenes that aim to promote tolerance among races, […]
New Florida International University president meets with Dean’s Alumni Circle members.
Just 10 days into his presidency, Mark Rosenberg, president, Florida International University (FIU), has already connected with an important group in the College of Business Administration: the Dean’s Alumni Circle. The meeting, arranged by Joyce Elam, executive dean of the business school, brought Rosenberg to the building complex for a two-hour session with Circle members […]
South Florida Business Journal selects FIU Business alumna as one of 25 “Influential Business Women of 2009.”
Silka Gonzalez (MACC ’05) discusses Enterprise Risk Management—a boutique IT consulting firm specializing in information security of which she is president and founder—and how a driving passion for her work led to her recognition as one of South Florida Business Journal‘s Influential Business Women of 2009. https://business.fiu.edu/biznews/2009/8/silka_gonzalez_alumni_profile_Md.mp4
Health care reform presents challenges, offers opportunities to local business.
Small business owner Basil Bernard (EMBA ’05), president of Apricot Office Supplies & Furniture Inc./Office Furniture USA, wants to attract the best possible employees and knows that “garnering good talent means meeting their expectation that they will be well compensated. Health insurance is part of that.” Academic research bears out Bernard’s perception about the importance […]
Alumni Notes
Martin Cerda (BBA ’86), president and research director of Encuesta, Inc., has been appointed to the Dean’s Alumni Circle. Iliana B. Rodriguez (BS ’90) has been appointed to the Dean’s Alumni Circle. Currently, she is president and founder of IBR Consultants, Inc. Eric Toth (BBA ’94), Dean’s Alumni Circle member, is currently the vice president […]
Holger Kamin (IMBA ’00), CMO, GSA Interactive Experience Consultants
When Holger Kamin (IMBA ’00) wrote an article titled “Globalize or Die! Positing the Trends, Tactics and To-Dos in Global Affiliate Marketing” in 2007, he meant it. And it remains an essential part of his philosophy. As founder of GSA Interactive Experience Consultants, with offices in Miami, San Francisco, Columbus, Phoenix and Sydney, he has […]
Alex Sotelo (BACC ’96), Regional Controller, Yahoo! Latin America
Alex Sotelo (BACC ’96) seems to enjoy every aspect of his job as regional controller for Yahoo! Latin America, part of the Yahoo! emerging markets region. He characterizes the people he works with as the “most rewarding aspect,” praising them as “exciting, inspiring, intelligent, creative and well-rounded,” and he’s proud to work for a company […]
From the desert of Dubai to the mountains of Denver, alumna works her way across the globe.
Christine Adolf (BBA ’07) has been getting acclimated to the altitude of Denver where she recently joined QualVu, a firm that provides online video research solutions. She was born in Montreal, went to high school in Chicago, graduated from the business school at FIU and headed to Dubai to work for a small public relations […]