University at Buffalo School of Management

Spring 2025 Buffalo Business 27 Ann Casey, MBA '14, architect and northeast market leader at Wendel, was named to Buffalo Business First's 40 Under 40 list for 2024. Carson Ciggia, BS '14, was named senior manager of supply chain at Walmart, in the company's home office in Bentonville, Ark. Gary Kurdziel, EMBA '14, was named executive vice president and chief commercial officer at Sense Neuro Diagnostics. Marina Barci, BS '15, joined Kahana Feld as an attorney. Varsha Narasimha- murthy, MBA '15, was promoted to director of product marketing, C&I at SolarEdge Technologies. Charles Schutt, BS '14, MS '15, CAMS, was promoted to senior vice president, financial crimes audit at M&T Bank. Brandon Steinbaum, BS '15, was named senior industry account executive at Logic20/20 Inc. Casey Ciggia Kurdziel Barci Narasimha- murthy Schutt Poornima Raman, MS '11, was named senior program manager at NVIDIA. Elizabeth Chapman, JD/ MBA '12, associate general counsel and director of corporate social responsibility at Columbus McKinnon, was named to Buffalo Business First's 40 Under 40 list for 2024. Jasmeet Singh Gujral, MS '12, was promoted to group product lead, AI products at eBay. Benjamin Sohn, BS '12, was promoted to director of medical solutions at IDS Medical Systems (idsMED). Mark Bortz, BS '05, MBA '13, was promoted to marketing manager at Mattel Inc. Rohit Jalali, EMBA '13, was named vice president at Rotella's Italian Bakery Inc. Mahesh Varma Pusapati, MS '13, was promoted to director, data analysis at Capital One. Raman Chapman Gujral Sohn Bortz Jalali Adam Fries, MBA '16, was promoted to brand manager of Lipton Hard Iced Tea at FIFCO USA. Sean McEvoy, BS '16, was named Microso Dynamics CRM administrator at Bryant & Stratton College. Annie Ouyang, BS '16, vice president at Goldman Sachs, was named franchise manager for Marquee, the digital platform for institutional and corporate clients. Jarrod Tran, BS '16, was promoted to manager, industrial engineering at Tesla. Vimal Venugopalan, PMBA '16, was promoted to vice president of sales at Medbio LLC. Sara Chee, BS '17, was named people operations associate at Vanta. Apurva Jajodia, MS '17, was promoted to manager at ServiceNow. Medha Parashar, MS '17, was named senior product manager in supply chain at Microso. Christopher Whitcomb, PMBA '17, communications strategist and associate vice president at CannonDesign, was named to Buffalo Business First's 40 Under 40 list for 2024. Fries McEvoy Ouyang Tran Whitcomb Angela K. Gore, PhD '00, George Washington University School of Business Kenneth E. Kendall, MBA '70, PhD '75, Rutgers School of Business-Camden E. Han Kim, PhD '75, University of Michigan Ross School of Business Yongtae Kim, PhD '01, Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business Stanley J. Kon, PhD '76, Ripsaw LLC Cheng-Few Lee, PhD '73, Rutgers University Lemma W. Senbet, PhD '76, University of Maryland, College Park School honors distinguished PhD alumni Throughout 2024, the School of Management recognized seven distinguished alumni with PhD Achievement Awards for their significant contri- butions to their fields and communities:

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