University at Buffalo School of Management

" When professors incorporate alumni into their curriculum, it can enhance students' perspective on course materials, showcase the diverse ways the material can be applied and ultimately begin a dialogue between alumni and students." Laura Berrady, EMBA '07 Director of Population Health Management Optimum Physician Alliance perspective on course materials, showcase the diverse ways the material can be applied and ultimately begin a dialogue between alumni and students." In total, 22 high-level alumni participated across the three days of final presentations. Michael Keane, BS '00, PMBA '04, chief operating officer – wealth management at Wilmington Trust, says the project closely mirrors what students will face in the business world. "Everyone has to be able to take a stance on an issue, articulate their thoughts and defend their position," he says. "Taking classroom concepts and applying them to real-world situations, with interactive discussion and debate, is exactly what they will need to do in the workplace." Before facing the alumni board, the students pre- sented to and received feedback from several second- year MBAs who took the course last year. Brittany O'Dea, MBA '18, participated in those sessions, challenging her first-year colleagues with questions about their profit- ability, target customers and strongest markets. O'Dea says the holistic view she gained through analyzing an entire company, and career-focused feedback she received from the alumni board, were in- valuable when she joined Delaware North as an opera- tions analyst. "I'm on a five-year corporate strategy team and was able to replicate the process from the classroom in a real corporate setting. It added so much value to our team," she says. "This assignment combines everything you learn into one cohesive project, so you can understand how every piece fits together and affects the corporation as a whole," she continues. "It's really an executive-level experience you get while you're in the MBA program." x — Matthew Biddle Molly Anderson Executive Director, Center for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness, UB School of Management Jennifer Ball, EMBA '14 CFO, Aspire WNY Thomas Barney, MBA '00 Vice President and Treasurer, Delaware North Laura Berrady, EMBA '07 Director of Population Health Management, Optimum Physician Alliance Bryan Brauner, EMBA '14 CEO, Twin City Ambulance Steven Briggs, EMBA '14 Vice President of Sales, Dynabrade Inc. Joel Colombo, CEL '10 President and Managing Partner, 360 Professional Services Group Michael Cropp, MD, EMBA '03 President and CEO, Independent Health David Ehrenreich, BS '09, EMBA '13 Business Intelligence/Systems Manager, Hearst Digital Marketing Services William Grieshober Jr., EMBA '06 General Counsel, Rich Products Corp. Peter Howell, EMBA '07 Vice President, Commercial Banking, HSBC Bank Michael Keane, BS '00, PMBA '04 COO – Wealth Management, Wilmington Trust Thomas Kowalski, BS '75 Senior Executive Officer, Farrow U.S. Joseph Kuchera, BS/MBA '81 Vice President, Product Stewardship and Compliance, Unifrax Anthony LaRosa, BS '10, MBA '12 Project Manager, M&T Bank Sam Marrazzo, EMBA '14 Chief Innovation Officer, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus Chris Maugans, BS '10, JD/MBA '14 Associate Attorney, Goldberg Segalla Michael Olfano, BS '92, MBA '94 CEO, PCA Technology Group Vince Polino, EMBA '14 Market Sales Manager – Brewery, Alfa Laval Adam Pratt, CEL '08, EMBA '13 President, Sherex Fastening Solutions Joshua Randle, MBA '12 COO, I-Evolve Technology Services Daniel Wangelin, CEL '17 Owner, [re]noun creative Thank you to the executives who served on the board of directors for this year's "Strategic Management" course. Autumn 2018 Buffalo Business 25 EXPERT EXECS

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