Ask a Student

Graduation year: 2013

Kristopher Kroona

Contact: kristopher-kroona@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Corporate Finance
Job title prior to MBA: Premium Auditor - Travelers Insurance
Work City prior to MBA: Portland, OR
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Iowa State University / Finance
Hobbies & Interests: Playing Sports, Watching Sports, Current Events, and Indie music

Corey Becker

Contact: corey-becker@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Corporate Finance,Investment Management
Job title prior to MBA: Business Analyst
Work City prior to MBA: Dubuque, IA
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Loras College / Mathematics and Finance
Hobbies & Interests: Investing, computer programming, sports

Guoqing Cui

Contact: Guoqing-cui@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Corporate Finance
Job title prior to MBA: Senior Accountant
Work City prior to MBA: Calgary, Canada
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Changchun Taxation Institute/International Trade University of Calgary / Actuarial Science
Hobbies & Interests: Hiking, reading

Avishek Dey

Contact: avishek-dey@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Process and Operations Excellence
Job title prior to MBA: Operations Engineer at Stryker Corporation
Work City prior to MBA: Gurgaon, India
Undergraduate Institution / Major: National Institute of Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Traveling, Reading about Modern History

Bridget Dowd

Contact: bridget-dowd@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Marketing
Job title prior to MBA: IT Business Analyst, HNI Corporation
Work City prior to MBA: Muscatine, IA
Undergraduate Institution / Major: University of Iowa / Management Information Systems
Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, photography, travel, reading, volunteering. 

Venu Gadde

Contact: venu-gadde@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Corporate Finance
Job title prior to MBA: Senior R&D Engineer
Work City prior to MBA: Bangalore, India
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham / Electronics and Communication Engineering
Hobbies & Interests: Swimming, yoga, rock-climbing, computer games (first person shooter)

Vince Hahn

Contact: vincent-hahn@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Strategic Management and Innovation
Job title prior to MBA: Home Mortgage Consultant
Work City prior to MBA: Des Moines, IA
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Drake University / Marketing & Management
Hobbies & Interests: Working out, hiking, fishing, camping, video games, football, reading, travel

Julia Honeyman

Contact: julia-honeyman@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Marketing
Job title prior to MBA: Credit Investigator
Work City prior to MBA: Los Angeles, CA
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Florida International University / Communications-Television Management
Hobbies & Interests: Running, hiking, sewing, television industry 

A J Honore

Contact: aj-honore@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Strategic Management and Innovation
Job title prior to MBA: Senior Analyst
Work City prior to MBA: New York City, NY
Undergraduate Institution / Major: University of Wisconsin / History; Political Science
Hobbies & Interests: Music, Audio Production, Radio, Cycling, Running

Micah James

Contact: micah-james@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Investment Management
Job title prior to MBA: Large Transaction Credit Analyst
Work City prior to MBA: Cedar Rapids, IA
Undergraduate Institution / Major: University of Northern Iowa / Finance & Marketing
Hobbies & Interests: Golf, Cycling, Downhill Skiing, Reading, The Markets, Traveling

Melanie Jordan

Contact: melanie-jordan@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Marketing
Job title prior to MBA: Manager of Client Relations & Project Management
Work City prior to MBA: Salt Lake City, UT
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Brigham Young University / Geography
Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, reading chick lit, shopping and sports (particularly college football & basketball)

Tyler Kieler

Contact: tyler-kieler@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Strategic Management and Innovation
Job title prior to MBA: Associate Attorney
Work City prior to MBA: Madison, WI
Undergraduate Institution / Major: University of Wisconsin - La Crosse / Political Science/Philosophy
Hobbies & Interests: Running, videogames, reading, microbrew ingestion, watching copious amounts of football, basketball and baseball

Pankaj Kumar

Contact: pankaj-kumar@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Corporate Finance
Job title prior to MBA: Onsite coordinator / Software Engineer, CSC USA
Work City prior to MBA:  Columbia, SC
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra / Electronics and communication engineering
Hobbies & Interests: Sketching, Painting and playing outdoor sports

Annie Leonhart

Contact: annie-leonhart@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Marketing
Job title prior to MBA: Director of Sales and Marketing
Work City prior to MBA: Cedar Rapids, IA
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Northwestern University / Theatre
Hobbies & Interests: Music, writing, exercise

Uday Mathur

Contact: uday-mathur@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Marketing
Job title prior to MBA: Project Management Consultant
Work City prior to MBA: New Delhi, India
Undergraduate Institution / Major: / Civil
Hobbies & Interests: Travelling, cooking, playing cricket

Russ Mills

Contact: russell-mills@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Marketing
Job title prior to MBA: Investment Analyst
Work City prior to MBA: Dubuque, IA and Minneapolis, MN
Undergraduate Institution / Major: University of St. Thomas / Finance
Hobbies & Interests: Sports, martial arts, fishing

Jessie Modi

Contact: jessie-modi@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Marketing
Job title prior to MBA: Product Manager
Work City prior to MBA: Muscatine, IA and Chicago, IL
Undergraduate Institution / Major: / Finance
Hobbies & Interests: Reading, cooking, napping

Sara Mouw

Contact: sara-mouw@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Marketing
Job title prior to MBA: Assistant Sports Information Director at Pacific University
Work City prior to MBA: Forest Grove, OR
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Central College / Business Management
Hobbies & Interests: Volleyball, running, reading and travel

Steven Palmersheim

Contact: steven-palmersheim@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Corporate Finance
Job title prior to MBA: Accounting Business Analyst
Work City prior to MBA: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Undergraduate Institution / Major: University of Iowa / Accounting & Finance
Hobbies & Interests: Iowa Football, Movies, Rebuilding Arcade Machines

Matthew Roderick

Contact: matthew-roderick@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Corporate Finance
Job title prior to MBA: Key Account Administrator - International Distributors
Work City prior to MBA: Coralville, IA
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Iowa State University / Biochemistry
Hobbies & Interests: Sports, Movies, Cooking

Danielle Walker

Contact: danielle-walker@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Corporate Finance
Job title prior to MBA: Internal Control Manager
Work City prior to MBA: New York City, NY
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Hillsdale College / Accounting and Economics Double
Hobbies & Interests: Culinary adventure, Music, Martial Arts

Graduation year: 2012

Mayuresh Bedekar

Contact: mayuresh-bedekar@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Marketing
Job title prior to MBA: Development Technologist, Glanbia Nutritionals, UK
Work City prior to MBA: Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
Undergraduate Institution / Major: University of Mumbai, India / Food Engineering
Involvement & Activities: MBAA, Graduate Marketing Association (GMA)
Hobbies & Interests: Travelling, soccer, badminton, rafting and reading current affairs

Lu Gao

Contact: lu-gao@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Investment Management
Job title prior to MBA: The Genomic Tech Facility Manager, Iowa State University
Work City prior to MBA: Ames, IA
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Beijing Normal University / Biochemistry with Minor in Computer Science
Involvement & Activities: MBAA and NAWMBA
Hobbies & Interests: Traveling, child mentoring, and spending time with my family

Yuliya Ibraimova

Contact: yuliya-ibraimova@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Strategic Management and Innovation
Job title prior to MBA: Gillette, Braun, Duracell and PBOC Integrated Team Leader, Supply Network Operations, Procter and Gamble
Work City prior to MBA: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Major Kazakh National University after al-farabi / International law
Involvement & Activities: MBAA, TBSA, NAWMBA, TLA
Hobbies & Interests: Travelling, reading, learning to play tennis

Louis Landphair

Contact: Louis-Landphair@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Strategic Management and Innovation
Job title prior to MBA: Maintenance Engineer, US Army
Work City prior to MBA: Davenport, IA
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Iowa State University / Electrical Engineering
Involvement & Activities: MBAA, Net Impact
Hobbies & Interests: Motorcycles, cars, outdoors, working Out

Justin Lawrence

Contact: Justin-Lawrence@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Corporate Finance
Job title prior to MBA: Branch Manager, Wells Fargo Financial
Work City prior to MBA: Waterloo, IA
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Iowa State University / Finance
Involvement & Activities: GFMA, MBAA, NSHMBA, Graduate Assistant
Hobbies & Interests: Skiing, spending time with family

Kelly Peacock

Contact: kel.peacock@gmail.com
Planned Concentration(s): Marketing
Job title prior to MBA: Store Manager, Vanity Shops
Work City prior to MBA: Coralville, IA
Undergraduate Institution / Major: University of Iowa / Biology
Involvement & Activities: NAWMBAA, MBAA, GMA, GA
Hobbies & Interests: Shopping, running, biotechnology, performing arts, retail

Aaron Rahe

Contact: aaron-rahe@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Strategic Management and Innovation
Job title prior to MBA: Lieutenant, U.S. Navy
Work City prior to MBA: San Diego, CA
Undergraduate Institution / Major: University of Iowa / History
Involvement & Activities: MBAA
Hobbies & Interests: Working out, running, skiing, American and Military History reading, watching baseball

Deepak Rohida

Contact: deepakkumar-rohida@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Investment Management
Job title prior to MBA: Senior Software Engineer
Work City prior to MBA: Pune, India
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Vishwakarma Institute of Technology / Information Technology
Involvement & Activities: GFMA, TBSA and Henry Fund (planned)
Hobbies & Interests: Playing sports - cricket and pool, dance, travelling and puzzle solving

William Rue

Contact: william-rue@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Marketing
Job title prior to MBA: Respiratory Sales, GlaxoSmithKline
Work City prior to MBA: Red Bank, NY
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Catholic University / History Major & Spanish Minor
Involvement & Activities: MBAA, Marketing academy
Hobbies & Interests: I love to watch sports, play baseball, and spend time with my family

Benjamin Sebers

Contact: Benjamin-Sebers@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Process and Operations Excellence
Job title prior to MBA: Account Associate, Diversified Investment Advisors (part of AEGON/Transamerica)
Work City prior to MBA: Cedar Rapids, IA
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Cornell College / Economics and Business
Involvement & Activities: MBAA and TBSA, Current Habitat for Humanity Support Partner
Hobbies & Interests: Hanging out with friends and family, golfing, playing basketball, watching movies, hawkeye football

Stephanie Tang

Contact: stephanie-tang@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Strategic Management and Innovation
Job title prior to MBA: International Marketing Specialist, Electrolux
Work City prior to MBA: Webster City, IA
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Iowa State University / Marketing and International Business
Involvement & Activities: Leadership and Women's MBA (planned)
Hobbies & Interests: Traveling, different cultures, food, crafts, SCUBA diving

Justin Vavroch

Contact: justin-vavroch@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Corporate Finance
Job title prior to MBA: Delivery Consultant, Cerner Corporation
Work City prior to MBA: Kansas City, MO
Undergraduate Institution / Major: The University of Iowa / Finance & Management
Involvement & Activities: Net Impact
Hobbies & Interests: Running, golfing, travelling, cooking, spending time with family & friends