University at Buffalo School of Management

Alumni Spotlight: Adam Storch, BS '02, CPA Last summer, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the creation of a new office—with Adam Storch, BS '02, at the helm. Storch likens his group—the Event and Emerging Risks Examination Team (EERT)—to a SWAT team, deployed first on scene to assess and recommend actions after significant market events that could have a systemic impact or place investor assets at risk, including exchange outages, liquidity events, and cybersecurity or operational resiliency concerns. Previously, he was the first- ever chief operating officer and managing executive for the SEC's Enforcement Division. Storch oversaw strategic planning and operations for the highly visible unit, and other key functions like information technology and knowledge management. He also played a lead role in establishing and supervising the Office of Market Intelligence and the Office of the Whistleblower. "I joined at a significant inflection point after the financial crisis, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of a radical overhaul of an important government agency," Storch says. "It's incredibly rewarding to know I had a hand in creating functions that will exist for years and have become part of the language of the SEC." 28 Buffalo Business Spring 2021 Class Notes Today, Storch shares his expertise as a member of the School of Management's Accounting Advisory Council, and by networking and connecting with students. "Within four years, the School of Management gave me a broad accounting education, as well as expertise in internal auditing, which was—and still is—pretty unique," he says. "I learned a lot and made a lot of friends at UB. It was really the first experience in my life that validated my potential." To read Storch's full story, visit bit.ly/ub-storch. Michael Gibson, EMBA '15, CPA, was named chief financial officer at Colton RV. Swati Priya, MBA '15, was named associate security consul- tant at Amazon Web Services. Jesse Albares, BS '17, is delivery operations manager for Amazon, where he leads a team that mon- itors 300 routes and delivers 65,000 packages daily. Brittany (Popovski) Bartula, BS '16, MS '17, CPA, was named senior ac- countant, account- ing policy and special projects at ACV Auctions. Katherine Logan, BS '12, PMBA '17, was promot- ed to manager of human resource information sys- tems and special projects at Lactalis American Group. Jakki Marchesiello, BS '15, MBA '17, was named manager of finan- cial planning and analysis at Price Chopper Supermarkets. Michael Pietkiewicz, EMBA '17, joined Wendel Cos. as di- rector of project development. Dan Franasiak, BS '17, MBA '18, was named solu- tion architect, Salesforce indus- tries at Salesforce. Franasiak also is an adjunct instructor for the School of Management's "Technology Consulting for Social Impact" course. Natasha Ghatta, BS '18, was named business analyst in banking and finance at Cognizant. Valerie Labella, BS '17, MS '18, CPA, was named senior accoun - tant at Tronconi Segarra & Associates LLP. Brittany O'Dea, MBA '18, was named senior corporate busi- ness intelligence analyst at Live! Casino and Hotel. Jonathon Percy, BS '17, MBA '19, was promoted to customer suc- cess manager at Impact. Denise A. Pikuzinski, EMBA '19, was named research manager at UBMD Emergency Medicine. Lydia Quebral, BS '14, PMBA '19, joined Tops Markets LLC as pricing analyst. 2020s Justin Downey, BS '20, received a 2020 Student Veteran Leadership Award from G.I. Jobs Magazine and was named to the State University of New York's Student Voices Action Committee. Pavankumar Mulgund, MS '14, PhD '20, clinical assistant professor of management science and sys- tems, was named program direc- tor for the MS in Management Information Systems program at the University at Buffalo School of Management. Alyssa Szal, MBA '20, was named marketing communica- tions specialist at Moog Space and Defense Group. Jacob Walsh, MBA '20, was named senior consultant at Cognizant. Logan Ghatta Quebral O'Dea Pikuzinski Pietkiewicz Franasiak Labella Priya Mulgund Walsh Bartula

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