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Lori Asbury, MBA ’03 (E): CMOco
Offering value that clients understand — and want by Irene Kim Lori Asbury, MBA ’03 (E), president and CEO of CMOco Lori Asbury’s two-year-old startup, CMOco, has a simple value […]
John Kallassy, MBA ’03: I-Bankers Direct
Bridging the investment gap by Irene Kim John Kallassy, MBA ’03, president and founding partner,I-Bankers Direct In March 2013, John Kallassy launched his Web-based “crowdfunding” platform, I-Bankers Direct, to mine […]
Sense and Sensibility in a Master Dealmaker
Luis Carlos Sarmiento Jr. MBA 85′, CEO of Grupo Aval Luis Carlos Sarmiento Jr., the CEO of Grupo Aval, Colombia’s largest financial services holding company, likes nothing more than making […]
De Verges Booker Jones, MBA ’74
2013 Wilbur Parker Distinguished Alumni Award recipient In his 40-year career in global branding and marketing, De Verges Booker Jones, MBA ’74, launched products ranging from Clairol hair coloring to […]
Sachin Gupta, PhD ’93
The best of both worlds: Influential thought leader and masterful teacher What if sales promotions aren’t having the effect companies think they have? Are consumers really switching brands or are […]
M. Scott Crocco, MBA ’90, and Paul Huck, MBA ’79
Passing the torch When M. Scott Crocco, MBA ’90, first interviewed with Air Products in 1990, he could hardly have imagined that 23 years later he would succeed his interviewer, […]
Hakim Feerasta, MBA ’74, MPS ’85
Fighting Poverty in Central Asia When Hakim Feerasta was a senior financial analyst at IBM in Toronto, he was invited to visit the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the […]
Wendy L. Schoppert ’88, MBA ’89
Deliberate and Bold When Wendy L. Schoppert mentors young professionals hoping to follow in her footsteps, she always offers the same advice: “Make yourself uncomfortable,” she says, “because if you’re […]
Auke G. Cnossen, MBA ’04
Greenhouse Growing in China China has 22 percent of the world’s population but only about eight percent of its arable agricultural land. How to generate enough food to supply the […]
Bringing Beauty to the World, Inside and Out
Suh Kyung-Bae, MBA ’87, CEO of South Korean cosmetics firm AmorePacific Beauty. Harmony. Balance. Happiness. These are not words that you’d typically hear from the CEO of a multibillion-dollar global […]