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Graduation year: 2011

Aric Asplund

Contact: aric-asplund@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Marketing
Job title prior to MBA: Territory Development Manager, Office Depot
Work City prior to MBA: Des Moines, IA
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Luther College / MIS & Management
Hobbies & Interests: Golf, Iowa football, and triathlon training

Joel Bennett

Contact: joel-bennett@uiowa.edu.
Planned Concentration(s): Finance
Job title prior to MBA: Investment Accountant, Principal Financial Group
Work City prior to MBA: Des Moines, IA
Undergraduate Institution / Major: University of Iowa / Finance, Marketing
Involvement & Activities: MBAA, GFMA and NSHMBA
Hobbies & Interests: Playing sports, traveling, and Hawkeye sports

Adam Butterfield

Contact: adam-butterfield@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Strategic Management
Job title prior to MBA: Project Manager, Sunroc Corporation
Work City prior to MBA: St. George, UT
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Brigham Young University / Construction Management
Involvement & Activities: University of Iowa Wrestling Club, University of Iowa Republicans, Strategy Club
Hobbies & Interests: Spending time with my wife, hiking, camping, snowboarding

Brian Early

Contact: brian-early@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Finance
Job title prior to MBA: Associate Trader, Van Kampen Investments
Work City prior to MBA: Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Undergraduate Institution / Major: University of Iowa / Finance
Involvement & Activities: Variety of student organizations and volunteer work
Hobbies & Interests: The markets, sports, golf, and reading

Kelsey Foster

Contact: kelsey-foster@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Strategic Management
Job title prior to MBA: Lieutenant, United States Navy
Work City prior to MBA: West Lafayette, IN / Whidbey Island, WA / Pensacola, FL
Undergraduate Institution / Major: University of Iowa / Anthropology
Involvement & Activities: Big Brothers Big Sisters, MBAA, Tippie Leadership Association and Tippie Business Strategy Association
Hobbies & Interests: Skiing, SCUBA diving, and working out

Tara From

Contact: tara-from@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Marketing
Job title prior to MBA: Marketing Director, Amigos de las Americas
Work City prior to MBA: Houston, TX
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Baker University / Journalism & Spanish

Ibrahim Jivanjee

Contact: ibrahim-jivanjee@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Strategic Management
Job title prior to MBA: Project Mgr/Product R&D, Transgenex Nanobiotech
Work City prior to MBA: Tampa, FL
Undergraduate Institution / Major: UC San Diego / Molecular Biology
Hobbies & Interests: New technology, books (business, sci fi, and fantasy), computers

Siva Kamesh

Contact: sivakamesh-chandrasekaran@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Finance
Job title prior to MBA: Project Manager, TCS/Citibank
Work City prior to MBA: Sioux Falls, SD
Undergraduate Institution / Major: PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore / Electronics & Communication Engineering
Involvement & Activities: GFMA, MBAA, Toastmasters and Iowa Tennis Club
Hobbies & Interests: Magic and tennis

Robert Levine

Contact: robert-levine@uiowa.com
Planned Concentration(s): Finance
Job title prior to MBA: Financial Analyst
Work City prior to MBA: Omaha, NE
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Michigan State University / Hospitality Business
Hobbies & Interests: Cooking and traveling

Katie Lyon

Contact: kathryn-lyon@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Strategic Management
Job title prior to MBA: Program Director, Big Brothers Big Sisters of E. Central Iowa
Work City prior to MBA: Cedar Rapids, IA
Undergraduate Institution / Major: St. Olaf College / English & Family Studies
Involvement & Activities: MBAA, NAWMBA, Business for a Better World
Hobbies & Interests: Family & friends, exercise, travel, and NE Huskers

Otavio Mazzarolo

Contact: otavioaugusto-mazzarolo@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Finance
Job title prior to MBA: Account Manager, Banco do Brasil
Work City prior to MBA: Curitiba, Brazil
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Universidade Federal do Parana / Law
Hobbies & Interests: Grand Prix/Formula 1 and motor racing in general

Faizal McBride

Contact: faizal-mcbride@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Finance
Job title prior to MBA: SAE, Canon Business Solutions
Work City prior to MBA: Minneapolis, MN
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Eastern Kentucky University / International Economics & Political Science
Involvement & Activities: MBAA, GFMA
Hobbies & Interests: Basketball, travel, music, and networking

Rajat Nagar

Contact: rajat-nagar@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Finance
Job title prior to MBA: Engineer I, FICO; Associate Consultant, Oracle Financial Services
Work City prior to MBA: Bangalore, India
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Uttar Pradesh Technical University / Mechanical Engineering
Involvement & Activities: MBAA, GFMA
Hobbies & Interests: Playing tennis, reading, and traveling

Jeremy Peterson

Contact: jeremy-r-peterson@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Strategic Management
Job title prior to MBA: General Manager, Human Capital Group
Work City prior to MBA: Shanghai, China
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Brigham Young University / Biology Major, Management & Asian Studies Minors
Involvement & Activities: Iowa Small Business Development Center
Hobbies & Interests: Sports, scouting, sustainability, travel, and microfinance

Jayant Raj

Contact: jayant-raj@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Finance
Job title prior to MBA: Business Analyst, HSBC Global Technology
Work City prior to MBA: Pune, India
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Pune University / Computer Science
Involvement & Activities: NSHMBA
Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, reading, travel, and Formula-1 racing

Vinod Ramachandran

Contact: vinod-ramachandran@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Strategic Management
Job title prior to MBA: Assistant systems Engineer, Tata Consultancy Services
Work City prior to MBA: Chennai, India
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Anna University / Computer Science & Engineering
Involvement & Activities: MBAA, Tippie Business Strategy Association, Iowa Tennis Club
Hobbies & Interests: Sports, reading fiction, tennis, and blogging

Cary Richey

Contact: cary-richey@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Finance
Job title prior to MBA: Security Manager/National Account Manager, Guardsmark Security
Work City prior to MBA: Minneapolis, MN
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Wabash College / Psychology
Involvement & Activities: MBAA, GFMA
Hobbies & Interests: Running

Meggie Schuelke

Contact: megan-schuelke@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Marketing
Job title prior to MBA: Marcom Project Manager, Hewlett Packard
Work City prior to MBA: Cupertino, CA
Undergraduate Institution / Major: University of Virginia / Business
Hobbies & Interests: Volunteering, traveling, and basketball

M. Jeremie Yoder

Contact: moses-yoder@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Strategic Management
Job title prior to MBA: Workcenter Supervisor, U.S. Navy
Work City prior to MBA: Seattle, WA
Undergraduate Institution / Major: University of Washington / Architecture and Community Development
Involvement & Activities: Volunteering and Research on Corporate-Community Collaboration
Hobbies & Interests: Outdoors, traveling, running, ultimate and photography

Graduation year: 2010

Justin Block

Contact: justin-block@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Finance, Marketing, Strategic Management
Job title prior to MBA: Market Maker, Retail Sales Consultant
Work City prior to MBA: Chicago, IL
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Middlebury College / Economics
Involvement & Activities: All MBA groups and STAT
Hobbies & Interests: Science and technology, sports, film, cooking

Mosah Fernandez-Goodman

Contact: mosah-fernandez-goodman@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Marketing
Job title prior to MBA: Associate Director of Annual Fund
Work City prior to MBA: Los Angeles, CA
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Wesleyan University / Theater
Involvement & Activities: Law Student, Teaching Assistant, Flag Football
Hobbies & Interests: Chess, theater, cooking

Katie Funk

Contact: katherine-funk@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Marketing
Job title prior to MBA: Consumer Marketing Promotion Coordinator
Work City prior to MBA: Des Moines, IA
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Truman State University / Marketing
Involvement & Activities: MBAA, GMA, NAWMBA
Hobbies & Interests: Running, friends and family, Hawkeye sports

Rachel Geilenfeld

Contact: rachel-geilenfeld@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Strategic Management
Job title prior to MBA: Law school, political campaign
Work City prior to MBA: Ames, IA
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Iowa State University / Political Science, Entrepreneurship
Involvement & Activities: Student government, Greek community, Student Admissions Rep
Hobbies & Interests: Politics, tennis, etiquette, reading

Samantha Lane

Contact: samantha-lane@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Finance
Job title prior to MBA: Project Engineer at Stryker Orthopedics
Work City prior to MBA: Mahwah, NJ
Undergraduate Institution / Major: The University of Iowa / Biomedical Engineering
Involvement & Activities: MBAA
Hobbies & Interests: SCUBA diving, snow skiing, traveling internationally

Arindam Majumdar

Contact: arindam-majumdar@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Finance
Job title prior to MBA: JP Morgan Chase
Work City prior to MBA: New York/Houston/Mumbai
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India / Instrumentation Engineering
Involvement & Activities: ISA (Instrumentation Society of America), IEEE
Hobbies & Interests: Blogging, amateur scriptwriter

Tina McPherson

Contact: tina-mcpherson@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Corporate Finance, Strategic Management
Job title prior to MBA: Accounts Receivable Assistant Manager
Work City prior to MBA: Bloomington, IL
Undergraduate Institution / Major: SUNY Geneseo / Biology
Involvement & Activities: MBAA, NAWMBA, Business for a Better World
Hobbies & Interests: Running, Chicago Cubs, biking, football, reading, music

Anil Ramchandani

Contact: anil-ramchandani@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Finance, Strategic Management
Job title prior to MBA: Software Engineer
Work City prior to MBA: Tokyo, Japan
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Thadomal Shahani Engg College, Mumbai / Electronics & Telecommunication
Involvement & Activities: CFO, IEEE student chapter
Hobbies & Interests: Tennis, badminton, chess, Formula-1 racing

Carl Schumacher

Contact: carl-schumacher@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Finance, Strategic Management
Job title prior to MBA: City Administrator
Work City prior to MBA: Marengo, IA
Undergraduate Institution / Major: University of Iowa / Finance
Involvement & Activities: MBAA, various community organizations
Hobbies & Interests: Running, exercise, outdoor sports (hunting/fishing)

Manikaran Singh

Contact: manikaran-singh@uiowa.edu
Planned Concentration(s): Finance
Job title prior to MBA: Module Leader - Infosys Technologies Ltd
Work City prior to MBA: Mumbai, India
Undergraduate Institution / Major: SGGSCC, University of Delhi / Information Technology
Involvement & Activities: Parvarish, Association of Computer Enthusiasts
Hobbies & Interests: Travelling, trekking, cooking