‘Knowing By Doing’ Yields Career Opportunities
Courses that aligned with her career goals and the Chicago location were deciding factors for Sharanya Sreenivasan when she chose Stuart School of Business. “I wanted to take my understanding of...
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Ready to Tackle the Global Corporate Environment
(M.B.A./M.P.P.A. ’22)Before moving from the United Kingdom to Chicago to begin the Master of Business Administration/Master of Public Policy and Administration dual-degree program at Stuart School of Business, Ambika...
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Treated More Like a Colleague Than a Student
(Ph.D. MSC ’22)Will Gogolak first heard about the Stuart School of Business program when he was working at CME Group as a specialist in risk management modeling for banks and derivative products. “There were a...
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A Business Storyteller with Cutting-Edge Tech Skills
(M.B.A./M.S. MANL ’16)As a principal in artificial intelligence (AI) and data science at Accenture, Jack An uses his expertise in machine learning, deep learning, and business strategy every day to help his clients...
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Faculty Inspire Dream of Being a Professor
(Ph.D. MSC ’13)When Seungho Baek began the doctoral program in management science at Illinois Institute of Technology’s Stuart School of Business, he had his sights set on becoming a quantitative analyst or...
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Experiences Are Stepping Stones to Career Goal
(BA/M.S. FIN ’21)Chicago’s opportunities and Illinois Institute of Technology’s Accelerated Master’s Program drew Mohamed Shamel from Cairo to Stuart School of Business to study finance. Throughout his time on campus...
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Building the Foundation for an Academic Career
(Ph.D. MSC ’18)For Xinting Zhen, research and teaching are the twin pillars supporting success in her academic career. She credits her doctoral studies and faculty mentors at Stuart School of Business with launching...
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Teamwork Runs Through Academics, Sports, and Career
(BA ’20)The value of teamwork is a theme that ran through Miles Thompson’s time as a student at Illinois Institute of Technology. Teamwork certainly was front and center for Thompson at Ekco Pool in Keating...
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Real Estate with a Purpose
(M.B.A. ’19)When Leslie Voegtlin was laid off from her job in information technology due to outsourcing, she decided to boost her career with a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree to go with her...
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Developing Skills for Professional Success
(BA/M.S. FIN ’18)At Stuart School of Business, Veronika Shestakova was both a top student—she was tapped for membership in Beta Gamma Sigma, the international business honor society—and active outside the classroom...