University at Buffalo School of Management

Matthew Beck, MBA '15, was pro- moted to manag- er of managed care contracting at Kaleida Health. Mike Cardus, CEL '15, joined Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center as an organization - al development specialist. Jason Daniels, JD/ MBA '15, was pro- moted to senior associate general counsel, physician enterprise and cor- porate operations at Catholic Health. Alexa Grossman, BS '14, MS '15, was promoted to director at Atlas Search, an executive recruiting firm. Xuefei (Nancy) Li-Leikam, MBA '15, was promoted to vice president at Citibank. Kenneth Martin, EMBA '15, was promoted to sys - tem director of lab- oratory services at Catholic Health. Heather Montague, BS '02, EMBA '15, was promoted to se- nior associate vice president for bud- get and financial planning at Stony Brook University. Joel Cropp, MBA '12, was named cli- ent success man- ager at Included Health, a health care company de- livering integrat- ed virtual care and navigation. Jasmeet Singh Gujral, MS '12, was named senior product manager at OKX, a leading cryptocurrency exchange. Shannon L. MacCallum, EMBA '12, was promoted to scien - tific department administrator at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Alan Rosenhoch, PMBA '12, was promoted to man - aging director of Endeavor Western New York, which supports high-im- pact entrepreneurs at the scale-up stage. Angelo Argentieri, BS '14, co-founded and serves as CEO of AKA Search Group, an execu - tive search firm. Errick Cholewa, PMBA '14, was promoted to supply chain manag- er at Niacet, a leading producer of organic salts, serving a variety of industries. Joe Ray, BS '14, joined Lighthouse Technology Services as marketing manager. As vice president of commercial and channel sales at Cybereason, Abigail Maines, BS '97, MBA '99, helps organizations defend themselves from malicious computer attacks. It's her latest role in a tech career she built in the Silicon Hills of Austin, through gigs at such firms as Dell, Absolute Software and Cylance. She also is the co-founder of Females in Every Role Change Everything (FIERCE), an organization dedicated to accelerating the success of women in business, government and academia for the betterment of themselves, their families, their communities and the world. Maines says FIERCE is a direct response to the headwinds she faced as a woman in business—particularly in cybersecurity, where just one in four employees is female. "Our experience has been that to be successful, you have to be aware that it's going to be much more difficult as a female than a male in certain scenarios," she says. "We have chosen to take action on that, point out it exists, and provide content, information, networking and peer-group connections to help accelerate folks through the process." Through FIERCE, Maines is helping prepare the next generation of women to join her on the digital battlefield. "The response has been so positive since we launched," she says. "It feels like there was a lot of pent-up demand to get this group interconnected and get the power moving." Autumn 2022 Buffalo Business 27 Cropp Gujral MacCallum Rosenhoch Argentieri Beck Cardus Daniels Li-Leikam Martin Montague Michael Nugent, EMBA '15, was promoted to vice president of mer- chandising at Tops Markets. Sean Butler, BS '16, was named a con- sultant at Capco, a global technology and management consultancy. Gina Calorico, PMBA '16, was promoted to senior manager of vendor compliance at New Era Cap Co. Bryana DiFonzo, PMBA '16, joined the New Economy Coalition as organi - zational resilience director. Kathryn Gorman, BS '16, was named accounting manager at Circuit Clinical, a startup that con- nects patients to clinical trials. Siddharth Khandelwal, BS '16, was promoted to sales team lead – Asia-Pacific at Chargebee, a bill- ing and subscrip- tion management tool. Nugent Butler Calorico DiFonzo Khandelwal Alumni Spotlight: A fierce trailblazer

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