| Alumni Awards |
| DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARD 2007 - 2008 |
 Christina Glorioso
Company: MTV Networks
Title: Vice President, Marketing Partnerships
Education: BBA Notre Dame 1995, MBA University of Notre Dame, 1999 |
| Christina Glorioso is the VP of Marketing Partnerships for MTV Games. In this role, Glorioso focuses on key marketing initiatives and promotional programs with key partners for Rock Band, the pop culture phenomenon and highest grossing video game of 2008. Key initiatives developed under Glorioso’s watch include Rock Band Bar Nights, introducing Rock Band as a new live entertainment option in your local pub, as well as this summer’s Drink Up Rock Out program featured on billions of Pepsi bottles in which a new category was created in the MTV Video Music Awards “Best Performance in a Pepsi Rock Band Video”. |
| Prior to her current role, Glorioso has collaborated with other MTV Networks teams to develop new sponsorship models including Virtual Worlds, Movies, Home Entertainment and Ad Sales. Christina’s strategic approach and commitment to understanding her clients’ business resulted in innovative media marketing campaigns for major clients including AT&T, Daimler Chrysler, and Wal-Mart, to name a few. Prior to joining Viacom, Christina was a force in corporate marketing sales at Clear Channel Entertainment (now Live Nation) and SFX Sports representing various sports and music properties including the Super Bowl Host Cities, Little League Baseball, the Pussycat Dolls and Janet Jackson tours. |
| Christina is very active in the Notre Dame Alumni community as a founding member of iNDustry Alliance, the professional development group connecting Notre Dame Alumni within the media and entertainment industries. Christina also serves as a young alumni representative of the Mendoza Business Advisory Council. Most of all, Christina loves mentoring current students or recruiting new students to the Mendoza community. |
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| RECENT ALUMNUS SERVICE AWARD 2007 - 2008 |
 Nitin Jain
Company: GE Power & Water
Title: Finance Manager, Global Financial Planning & Analysiss
Education: MBA University of Notre Dame, 2005 |
| Nitin Jain serves as the Finance Manager (Global Financial Planning & Analysis) for GE Water’s Ultra Filtration Membrane Unit (UFMBR). His current role entails providing finance leadership to the Global UFMBR business in both short range and long range financial planning. He is charged with helping the operational team grow the business while concurrently helping to reduce cost to ensure profitable growth. |
| Prior to his current role, Nitin functioned as the Finance Manager (Product Management) for GE Water’s chemical business. He led the product profitability analytics and was instrumental in setting the businesses product offering and pricing. During the past 4 years, with GE Water, Nitin also held roles as Commercial Operations Manager (Risk) for the US North East region, and Sr. FP&A Analyst providing commercial and deal finance support to the $2.5B Water business. |
| Nitin is a proud and supportive Notre Dame alumnus and is a great resource for current Notre Dame Students. During his MBA experience he served as the Chair of the Admission Committee and continues to help the admissions team in recruiting quality students and people to the Mendoza College of Business. In addition, since his graduation, he has remained engaged with the program by assisting in the development of a very popular MBA Interterm Intensive course, the GE Mergers & Acquisitions class. He also continues to provide guidance and support to students looking for networking and career opportunities. Nitin is currently based out of Toronto, Canada where he lives with his wife Meghna, an architect and his new best buddy, his seventeen month old son, Arinjay (Jay). |
| [Finally, in the true spirit of a Domer, Nitin has been telling his son since he was born, that he will be the first Indian quarterback at Notre Dame!] |
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| DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARD 2006 - 2007 |
 Don Casey
Company: Johnson & Johnson
Title: Worldwide Chairman
Education: B.A. Finance, MBA University of Notre Dame |
| Donald M. Casey is worldwide chairman, Comprehensive Care Group and a member of the Executive Committee, with responsibility for the Diabetes, Cordis, Vision Care and Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics franchises. He was named to this position on January 1, 2008. |
| Mr. Casey began his career with Johnson & Johnson in 1985 as an assistant product director for McNeil Consumer Products Company. He advanced through various marketing assignments at McNeil Consumer Products Company and in 1994 was named vice president of marketing for Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Company. |
| Mr. Casey returned to McNeil Consumer Products Company in 1995 as vice president of marketing and professional sales. He was appointed president Johnson & Johnson · Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Co. in 1997 and was promoted to worldwide president in 1999. In April 2000, Mr. Casey was named president of eJNJ, and then became president of Personal Products Company in 2001. In March 2002 he was named group president, Vistakon Global Franchise & Americas, a position he held until being named company group chairman responsible for vision care in November 2004 and appointed to the Consumer Group Operations Committee. In November of 2006, he was named a company group chairman of Johnson & Johnson, with responsibility for the Diabetes Care franchise, and a member of the Medical Device & Diagnostics Group Operating Committee. |
| Mr. Casey earned a bachelor’s degree in finance and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame. He and his wife are the parents of three children. |
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| RECENT ALUMNUS SERVICE AWARD 2006 - 2007 |
 Jim Bolt
Haydenburri Lane
Title: Vice President Marketing and Sales
Education: BA Marketing & Broadcast Communications, CSU Sacramento, 1991, MBA University of Notre Dame, 1999 |
| Jim Bolt is a marketing and sales veteran with over 15 years of experience in industries including software, consumer electronics, consumer goods, retail and telecommunications. He has held various marketing positions at companies such as LeapFrog, Wham-O, Sony, Jack in the Box , Qwest Communications and Hans Klepper Corporation. |
| Jim currently leads the Marketing and Sales functions for Haydenburri Lane, the first ritual and routine entertainment company for families. Haydenburri Lane develops fun and engaging characters that teach children early childhood rituals and routines and healthy habits. Working with global business partners, Jim oversees design, development, production and marketing of products such as story books, music/video content, apparel, toys, etc. |
| Jim received his MBA from the Mendoza College of Business in 1999. Over the past 9 years, Jim has been on the board of Notre Dame Clubs in Denver, San Diego, and San Francisco as the Graduate Business Alumni Coordinator. He established the Notre Dame Professionals (a professional networking group in San Diego), which has grown to include chapters in other cities. |
| Jim has been instrumental in developing local graduate business alumni communities and fostering professional relationships. Working closely with local alumni, and MBA Career Development, Jim has lead West Coast corporate recruiting initiatives with companies such as Clorox, Cisco, Google, Intel, Visa, and Oracle. |
| Jim also sits on the Graduate Business Advisory board. He is an Irish Angel and a judge for the annual McCloskey Business Plan and Sustainable Social Venture Competitions. Jim, and his wife Katrina, have two daughters, Franchesca and Genevieve. They live in the San Francisco Bay Area. |
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2005-2006 |
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| DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARD 2005 - 2006 |
 James Corgel
COMPANY: IBM
TITLE: General Manager, ISV and Developer Relations, Software Group
EDUCATION: B.A, M.B.A. University of Notre Dame |
| Jim Corgel is general manager, ISV and Developer Relations, Software
Group. In this role, he is responsible for IBM's worldwide relationship
with independent software vendors (ISVs), which contribute to approximately
one third of IBM's revenue. He also manages the key partnerships
with the development, academic, and venture capital communities
which comprise IBM's industry-leading ecosystem of influencers.
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| Mr. Corgel's career at IBM spans more than 30 years. Since joining IBM
in 1975, Mr. Corgel has held a broad range of positions in marketing
and field management, including responsibility for IBM's emerging
markets division and the distribution industry for Europe , the
Middle East and Africa . Prior to his current position, Mr. Corgel
led IBM's services solutions for small and medium business (SMB)
clients. He was charged with growing IBM's SMB business by developing
innovative solutions that match SMB client needs and enabling Business
Partners to sell IBM services. Previously, Mr. Corgel was general
manager for IBM's Web and application hosting services business.
His team led the development of variably-priced service offerings
that allow clients to scale their business and infrastructure processes
based on market demands, and pay only for what they use. |
| Mr. Corgel holds a B.A and an M.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame
where he serves on the university advisory board for graduate studies
and research. He is also a member of the advisory board to the Smurfit
School of Business, University College Dublin. |
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| RECENT ALUMNUS SERVICE AWARD 2005 - 2006 |
 John Eklund
EMPLOYER: Fair Isaac
TITLE: Senior Consultant
EDUCATION: MA and PhD, University of Oxford; MBA '05 University of Notre Dame |
| John is a true European with grand-parents from 4 countries, but having
spent most of his life in the UK, John is a staunch Brit. John has
an MA and PhD from the University of Oxford and graduated in 2005
with an MBA from University of Notre Dame. |
| Between his PhD and MBA, John was a Product Development Manager for Unilever
and a Strategic Analyst at COI Communications. As a result, John
worked on diverse projects such as developing a unique shampoo to
combat dandruff in China to creating a recruitment strategy for
the Royal Air Force. |
| At Notre Dame, John became familiar with the US version of football
and quickly became a fan of the Fighting Irish going to all their
home games. It even became a source of disagreement between John
and his Australian wife, Terrie - a Purdue Assistant professor.
All is well now as Notre Dame regularly wins in football and Australia
regularly beats England in the cricket so things balance out. |
| Since graduation, John has been living in Chicago after having spent two
years with AT Kearney. There he worked on a variety of supply
chain consulting projects including developing a vehicle procurement
strategy for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. John is now a Senior
Consultant at Fair Isaac focusing on customer-centric growth strategies
for a variety of retail and consumer products clients. |
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2004-2005 |
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| DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS
AWARD 2004 - 2005
 Paul
Reilly
COMPANY:
Korn/Ferry International
TITLE: Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
SECTOR: Retained
Executive Search
EDUCATION: BS degree in preprofessional
studies University of Notre Dame 1976, MBA in finance, University
of Notre Dame 1978 |
| Mr. Reilly is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of Korn/Ferry International (NYSE: KFY), the premier provider of executive
search, outsourced recruiting and leadership development solutions.
Based in Los Angeles, with more than 70 offices in 35 countries, the
firm partners with clients worldwide to deliver unparalleled senior-level
search, management assessment, coaching and development, and recruitment
outsourcing services through its Futurestep subsidiary. For more information,
visit the Korn/Ferry International Web site at www.kornferry.com or
the Futurestep Web site at www.futurestep.com. |
Mr. Reilly joined Korn/Ferry from KPMG International,
where he was Chief Executive Officer, responsible for the overall
strategy and implementation of the firm’s products, services
and infrastructure on a global basis. Based in Amsterdam, Mr. Reilly
drove the execution and implementation of strategies to integrate
KPMG’s many businesses worldwide into one
global firm. KPMG International has more than 100,000 employees in
156 countries; providing audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory
services, generating annual revenues of more than US $12 billion. |
| Mr. Reilly began his tenure with KPMG in 1987 holding
a series of senior positions in the Real Estate and Financial Services
Consulting business. He later ran the US $1.2 billion Financial Services
line of business including audit, tax and consulting services as well
as serving on the firm’s Management Committee and Board of Directors. |
| Paul received both a BS degree in preprofessional studies
and an MBA in finance from the University of Notre Dame. Over the
last year, Paul has committed significant corporate resources to the
College to implement a leadership study of Notre Dame alumnae in spring
of '05 and to provide the Korn/Ferry self-assessment tool for our
students giving them a new edge in the career marketplace. Paul presently
serves on the Mendoza Graduate Alumni Board (formerly known as John
Cardinal O'Hara Society Steering Committee) and has for several years. |
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RECENT
ALUMNUS SERVICE AWARD 2004 - 2005
 Bill
Brennan
EMPLOYER: University of
Notre Dame
TITLE: Director of MBA
Program Initiatives
EDUCATION: BA in History, University of Vermont,
MBA, University of Notre Dame, 2001 |
| Bill Brennan currently serves as the Director of MBA
Program Initiatives in the Mendoza College of Business. In this position
Bill serves as a manager of strategic and innovative projects for
Associate Dean Ed Conlon, as well as Dean Carolyn Woo. Prior to this
role, Bill served as the Director of MBA Career Development. In his
last year in that position, Bill's team outperformed peer institutions
and delivered an 84% placement rate which helped contribute to the
five-place improvement in the Business Week rankings. Bill’s
work in this area also led to the establishment of recruiting relationships
with General Electric, Johnson & Johnson, and Textron Financial. |
| Bill graduated from the Notre Dame MBA program, with
honors, in the Class of 2001 and served as the class representative
in the MBA Association as well as the Chairman of the Honor Code Committee.
He was also selected to be the recipient of the Frederick B. Snite
Leadership Award as well as the Frederick B. Snite Spirit of Notre
Dame Award by his classmates. |
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DISTINGUISHED
ALUMNUS AWARD 2003 - 2004
Robert
E. Reilly, Jr.
COMPANY:
Reilly Partners
TITLE:
Chairman and Founding Partner
SECTOR: Executive
Search
EDUCATION: BS 1977 Pre-Professional Studies, University
of Notre Dame,
MBA 1979 Business Administration, University of Notre Dame |
Mr. Reilly serves as Chairman
and Founding Partner working in the firm’s Chicago office.
He spends 100% of his time working with clients to provide solutions
to their executive talent needs. Mr. Reilly is Chairman of both
Reilly Partners’ Private Equity Solutions Practice and Board
Services Practice.
Prior to founding Reilly
Partners, Mr. Reilly spent 10 years as President of the fifth largest
executive search firm. Serving as President, Mr. Reilly was the
top producer during his tenure, and the success of his personal
search practice has ranked him as one of the top five search practitioners
nationwide for the past five years. He has successfully completed
Board of Directors, CEO, COO, CFO and President searches for prominent
clients representing the financial service, insurance, investment
banking, venture capital, real estate, health care, consumer product,
software, hospitality, gaming, information technology and advertising
industries nationwide. Additionally, he has built many organizations
form the ground up, filling as many as 71 positions with one client.
Mr. Reilly served as Senior Vice President of LaSalle Partners
(now Jones Lang LaSalle) and coordinated the firm-wide New Business
Development effort from LaSalle’s corporate headquarters in
Chicago. In his New Business Development function, Mr. Reilly was
instrumental in the establishment of LaSalle’s European and
West Coast headquarters in London and Los Angeles, respectively.
Throughout his stay at LaSalle, Mr. Reilly was charged with the
coordination and management of the firms recruiting function. Mr.
Reilly serves as the Inaugural Chairman of the University of Notre
Dame’s Mendoza College Graduate School of Business’
John Cardinal O’Hara Society. Additionally, he is a Member
of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business’ Advisory
Council and Executive Committee Member of the Mendoza College of
Business’ Advisory Council. He is also a Member of the Board
of Directors of Cardinal Bernadine’s Big Shoulders Fund and
a member of the YMCA Metropolitan Chicago’s Board of Managers.
Mr. Reilly founded the Chicago Knights to serve the special needs
of Chicago’s neediest people and is a founding Board Member
of AHDFA. Along with his wife Lindy, he serves on the Parents Committee
at Middlebury College. Mr. Reilly is a Board of Director of
Student Transportation of America holdings, Inc. NYSE Symbol STB.UN.
Mr. Reilly received both his undergraduate
degree and MBA from the University of Notre Dame. He is also a graduate
of the Human Resources Executive Program at Stanford University’s
Graduate School of Business. Mr. Reilly is married with four
children. |
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RECENT
ALUMNUS SERVICE AWARD 2003 - 2004
Bill Avey
EMPLOYER: Hewlett-Packard Company, Inc.
TITLE: Product Marketing Manager, Imaging
and Printing
EDUCATION: BS, Agricultural Economics University
of California at Davis, MBA, University of Notre Dame, 1999 |
Bill Avey
is responsible for the Americas "go to market" strategy
for HP's enterprise class multi-function printers. During his seven
years at HP, Bill has held a variety of management positions spanning
finance, operations, and marketing across product businesses and
services. Prior to HP, Bill worked as a consultant producing document
management and litigation support services to Forture 500 clients.
Bill is a member of the
Mendoza College of Business Graduate Alumni Board and served for
several years on the John Cardinal O'Hara Society Steering Committee.
He has been strategic in building programs and partnerships between
the College and HP that have substantially benefitted both organizations.
This includes HP's leadership role in designing and executing the
new curriculum for the interterm intensives in 2005 in which HP
presented a "real world" case study to the students that
involved new products in the HP strategic line-up.
Bill and his wife, Christine,
live in Rocklin, California and have two children, Nathan and Maggie.
In addition to spending time with his family, Bill enjoys hunting
and fly-fishing.
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