This page contains profiles of the Full-Time MBA class members who have consented to be featured on the website.
Career Track(s): Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Finance
Recent Employment/Title: Morgan Stanley-Electronic/Trading Client Coverage
I began my career at TD Securities in the mortgage-backed securities space before transitioning to Goldman Sachs Asset Management to broaden my understanding of fixed income and its role within client portfolios. At Goldman, I partnered with portfolio managers to develop investment strategies using portfolio analytics, market insights, and client objectives. I later joined Morgan Stanley Electronic Trading Client Coverage to broaden my markets and execution experience. I am now pursuing my MBA at Rutgers and am interested in transitioning into investment and portfolio management, with a focus on fixed income securities.
Career Track(s): Marketing
Recent Employment/Title: LTHJ Global/ Sr. Project Manager & Co-Founder
Jay Alba is an MBA candidate at Rutgers Business School, specializing in marketing. Before Rutgers, she spent 9 years in creative operations and project management. In her most recent role as Co-Founder and Senior Project Manager at LTHJ Global, she managed execution for 10+ concurrent client engagements, built SOPs to streamline team workflows, and ran the end-to-end production pipeline for a founder-led video podcast. She has hands-on experience in content strategy, video production, and budget management. Her superpower is helping creative visionaries bring their big ideas into reality.
Career Track(s): Supply Chain Management
Recent Employment/Title: A Crane Rental, LLC/ Business Intelligence Manager
I’m an operations and process improvement professional with seven years of experience in the industrial and technology sectors. In my current role at a $120M+ heavy equipment rental company, I work across all business functions to lead company-wide process improvement initiatives and implement practical solutions that drive better decision-making and efficiency. As I pursue my MBA at Rutgers, I’m seeking opportunities in operations and supply chain management where I can do what energizes me most: bring people together to solve complex problems.
Career Track(s): Supply Chain Management, Corporate Finance
Recent Employment/Title: Residential Care Operations, Dept. of Welfare & Health, City of Milan/ Manager
I am an MBA candidate at Rutgers Business School with 15+ years of experience across public-sector management, finance, procurement, operations, and supply chain. Most recently, as Manager of Residential Care Operations for the City of Milan, I directed €180M in procurement and service delivery supporting 5,000+ citizens annually, leading digital transformation and data-driven process improvement. My background also includes large-scale financial and social program management, plus entrepreneurial experience in hospitality and fuel supply chain. I am pursuing my MBA to build on this and transition into a strategic business role.
Career Track(s): Supply Chain Management
Recent Employment/Title: GridMarket/ Counsel
I am a former lawyer who found himself more interested in the operations discussions rather than the legal discussions while working as counsel at a startup alternative energy company. I came to business school to transition to an operational role, ultimately delivering goods to the market.
Career Track(s): Supply Chain Management
Recent Employment/Title: Amazon.com
I am a data-driven operations leader and Rutgers MBA candidate specializing in Supply Chain Management. In my most recent position as an Area Manager II at Amazon, I lead teams of 100+ associates shipping up to 90K packages daily. As a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, I excel at turning scattered data into scalable solutions, like a tool I engineered that raised compliance to 93.7% and optimized headcount allocation. Fluent in Spanish, I want to leverage my analytical skills and leadership experience to drive operational excellence in a strategic supply chain role.
Career Track(s): Marketing, Corporate Finance
Recent Employment/Title: Allied Beverage Group
Hello, I am Bill. I am a full-time MBA candidate at Rutgers Business School with over 12 years of experience spanning every tier of the beverage alcohol industry, from production and wholesale distribution to my recent role as a Field Sales Trainer. I bring a unique blend of deep product expertise, backed by advanced industry certifications, and practical commercial strategy. Right now, I am focused on combining my on-the-ground industry knowledge with the strategic leadership toolkit I am building at Rutgers to drive growth and market strategy in a complex industry.
Career Track(s): Analytics and Information Management, AI
Recent Employment/Title: Army National Guard
I am a current MBA student at Rutgers University with a professional background in intelligence analysis. I have over 7 years of experience in this field, working as a team leader to deliver critical intelligence in support of large-scale decision-making. I am looking to develop my leadership and skills in the private sector to support my goal of being an intelligence mission/program manager.
Career Track(s): Marketing, Corporate Finance
Recent Employment/Title: City of Newark, Mayor's Office of Affirmative Action/ Chief of Staff
I’m David Carter, a full-time MBA candidate at Rutgers Business School concentrating in Corporate Finance and Strategy. My career spans public-sector operations, compliance, and executive support. At the Newark Housing Authority, my team cut spending by about $2 million. That led to roles supporting a Newark Councilman-at-Large, who chaired the NHA Board and led government affairs for LIUNA, and later the Mayor of Newark. In my last role, I supported construction compliance across $2B+ in projects, where operational improvements helped drive more than $400K in fines by Q3. I’m pursuing consulting or finance roles with an impactful firm.
Career Track(s): Corporate Finance
Recent Employment/Title: Real Estate Salesperson
High-performing MBA candidate and military veteran with 10+ years of leadership experience managing cross-functional teams, executing high-stakes operations, and mitigating complex risk in dynamic environments. Proven expertise in leveraging intelligence analytics and data-driven decision-making to optimize high-value resource allocation and maintain strict regulatory compliance. Skilled at navigating intense, under-pressure scenarios in ways that align directly with the strategic execution demands of the Finance industry.
Career Track(s): Supply Chain Management
Recent Employment/Title: Supply Chain Specialist
I am Ahmadou Diallo, a full-time MBA student at Rutgers focusing on supply chain, and I'm also finishing my MS in Analytics at Georgia Tech. I spent two years on active duty as an Army Reserve Supply Sergeant, leading a small team across four countries. Before that, I worked at MTN as a revenue and fraud analyst, where I tracked over $10M in monthly transactions and helped recover about $200K a month in lost revenue. I like work that mixes operations and data, and I'm looking for a role where I can do both.
Career Track(s): Supply Chain Management
Recent Employment/Title: Citywide Logistics LLC/ Operation Management
I am an experienced operations and logistics leader with 7+ years of experience managing high-volume operations, leading teams, and driving measurable results. As a Rutgers Business School MBA candidate concentrating in Supply Chain Management, I am expanding my expertise in supply chain strategy, analytics, and strategic decision-making. I have improved delivery performance by 25%, reduced turnover by 30%, and decreased operational defects by 35%. I am seeking opportunities in supply chain, operations, transportation, and strategic leadership.
Career Track(s): Marketing, Pharmaceutical Management
Recent Employment/Title: Phreesia/ Project Manager
I’m an MBA candidate at RBS with six years of experience managing pharmaceutical advertising projects at Phreesia, a healthcare software company. Before beginning my career at Phreesia, I earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychological and Brain Sciences from the University of California, Santa Barbara. I hope to leverage the knowledge and experiences I’ve gained through my undergraduate education, professional career, and MBA studies to pursue a career in pharmaceutical marketing and help bring life-changing treatments to more patients.
Career Track(s): Corporate Finance
Recent Employment/Title: AI/ GFinancial Analyst
My name is Benito Gabriel. I’m a former Marine Corps avionics technician who transitioned into finance, most recently working as a Financial Analyst at AIG, where I focused on financial reporting, forecasting, budgeting, and analyzing P&L drivers across the business. I’m currently pursuing my MBA at Rutgers Business School to build on that analytical foundation and strengthen my skills in finance, strategy, and leadership. I’m particularly interested in opportunities where I can combine my finance experience, military leadership background, and MBA training to help organizations make better data-driven business decisions.
Career Track(s): Marketing, Pharmaceutical Management
Recent Employment/Title: FoldSight Bio - CoFounder
I studied Biochemistry and worked as a chemist supporting military research, but as I progressed, I realized I didn’t just want to execute business decisions- I wanted to help make them. That led me to Rutgers for my MBA, where I’m building commercial skills to complement my scientific background. I’ve consulted for Alvogen on disulfiram pricing, increasing disulfiram revenue by over 50%, and founded a diagnostics company where I’ve built partnerships, developed financial models, and navigated branding, IP, and regulatory strategy. I’m pursuing pharma product management to help turn good science into successful products that reach patients.
Career Track(s): Supply Chain Management, Strategy
Recent Employment/Title: Cornell University ILR School, Labor and Employment Law/ Administrative Manager
I’m a Rutgers MBA candidate specializing in SCM and Strategy, with a background as an operator in education and community programming. Across my career, I’ve focused on getting to the root of complex problems, identifying bottlenecks, and turning ideas into sustainable, actionable solutions. My experience has taught me I have a natural skill for connecting strategy with execution, and my MBA is helping me deepen that through supply chain expertise. I’m now looking to bring that combination to strategy opportunities within consumer-facing businesses, where understanding people, anticipating their needs, and executing at scale are critical.
Career Track(s): Marketing
Recent Employment/Title: People Inc., Branded Content/ Producer
Career Track(s): Real Estate Development
Recent Employment/Title: Glasses Group, LLC./ Owner & Founder
I’m an MBA student at Rutgers Business School, concentrating in Real Estate, with entrepreneurial experience in both real estate investing and IT consulting. I’ve evaluated 200+ properties and 1,000+ investment opportunities while managing projects, teams, vendors, and clients across 200+ organizations. I’m now focused on combining my real estate, project management, and technical experience to pursue a career in real estate development, where I can help coordinate projects from planning through execution.
Career Track(s): Supply Chain Management
Recent Employment/Title: ADA Technologies/ Principal Investigator
I'm a researcher and engineer with a Ph.D in Quantitative Biosciences and an B.S in Chemical Engineering. I've led R&D projects across biotechnology and defense, managing multimillion-dollar contracts from concept through pilot production. Now I'm pursuing an MBA at Rutgers to pivot into management, where I can combine my technical depth with business strategy to drive impact in R&D and other fields where quantitative analysis shapes decision-making.
Career Track(s): Pharmaceutical Management
Recent Employment/Title: Clarivate/ Associate Healthcare Research & Data Analyst
An MBA student at Rutgers with a strong background in pharmacy and neuroscience, I began my career in lab operations at AbbVie before moving into healthcare consulting. Over four years, I’ve interviewed dozens of medical experts, forecasted multi-billion-dollar drug markets, and helped pharma clients price and launch treatments in immunology, dermatology and brain health. I enjoy using data to solve complex business problems and ensure patients can actually get the medicines they need.
Career Track(s): Supply Chain Management, Pharmaceutical Management
Recent Employment/Title: GSK/ Senior Scientist
I have eight years of biopharmaceutical experience working in research and development (R&D). As a scientist, I designed purification processes in the laboratory setting that were successfully scaled and transferred into the commercial manufacturing facility. Through close collaborations with procurement and external vendors, I have developed a growing interest in Supply Chain Management. Thus, I am eager to leverage my technical background and learn the business skills needed to become a more effective leader by pursuing an MBA at Rutgers Business School.
Career Track(s): Supply Chain Management, Analytics and Information Management, AI
Recent Employment/Title: Mega International Commercial Bank, New York Branch/ Data Scientist/Project Manager
I have a quantitative background and 8–9 years of experience in the financial industry, including roles at two Fortune 500 companies where I participated in management meetings and gained insight into how business decisions are evaluated. I also assisted in structuring a $200M+ syndicated loan. I moved to NYC as an expatriate in 2021 and worked as a data scientist and project manager, focusing on model tuning and validation while coordinating projects across teams and regions. I am open to roles where I can combine my expertise in finance, analytics, and business to solve complex problems and drive decisions.
Career Track(s): Supply Chain Management, Strategy
Recent Employment/Title: Miltenyi Biotec/ Sr. QC Analyst
I am pursuing my MBA at Rutgers to amalgamate my scientific background and interest in business operational strategies into concrete foundational expertise to advance therapeutics that are safer, faster to market, and cheaper to access.
Career Track(s): Marketing, Pharmaceutical Management
Recent Employment/Title: Long Branch First Aid Squad/ Emergency Medical Technician
My career has taken me from classrooms to ambulances to business school, with a common thread of understanding people and helping them succeed. I began in education, then became involved in EMS during the pandemic, developing skills in teamwork, decision-making, and leadership as an EMT and Field Training Officer. These experiences sparked my interest in understanding people's needs, solving problems, communicating complex ideas clearly, and leading teams. I’m now pursuing my MBA to transition into marketing, where I can combine my experience with my MBA training to understand customer needs and develop solutions that create value.
Career Track(s): Corporate Finance
Recent Employment/Title: A&S Commodities/ Commodities Trade Lead
I am a commodity trading and agribusiness professional with experience spanning physical commodity trading, international trade execution, futures hedging, supply chain management, and commercial operations. Most recently, I managed and executed soybean and edible oil trade flows exceeding $30 million per month, led cross-functional teams, and supported large-scale import programs. I have developed deep expertise across trading, logistics, finance, and risk management.
Career Track(s): Supply Chain Management
Recent Employment/Title: PwC
I've spent the last ten years leading enterprise technology and integration projects at PwC, Accenture, and TCS — managing large-scale SAP systems, supporting mission-critical transactions worth hundreds of millions across consumer goods, Pharma and manufacturing. Along the way, I kept finding myself pulled toward the bigger strategic questions behind those projects — not just how to build systems, but how to make supply chains faster, leaner, and more resilient. That's what led me to pursue my MBA in Supply Chain Management at Rutgers, where I'm building the skills to move from executing that vision to shaping it.
Career Track(s): Supply Chain Management
Recent Employment/Title: US ARMY/ Supply Supervisor
I’m Roschelle Quizhpi, a full-time MBA student at Rutgers Business School specializing in Supply Chain Management. I earned my bachelor’s degree in Management with a Human Resources track from UTSA, where I graduated cum laude. Before returning to school, I served four years in the U.S. Army working in supply and logistics, where I gained experience in inventory management, property accountability, and leading supply operations. My military and academic experiences have helped me develop strong leadership, organization, and problem-solving skills, and I’m looking to continue building my career in supply chain, logistics, and operations.
Career Track(s): Marketing
Recent Employment/Title:AT&T/ Senior Product Development Engineer
As a Computer Engineering graduate from Rutgers, I launched my career at AT&T through its Technology Development Program before transitioning into its Product Development organization. Working closely with AT&T’s market research team to gather developer insights was a turning point for me, as I nurtured my passion for translating complex technical systems into compelling, audience-centric narratives. To formally execute a pivot into technical marketing, I am currently pursuing my MBA at Rutgers to pair my hands-on engineering foundation with high-level strategic marketing expertise.
Career Track(s): Pharmaceutical Management
Recent Employment/Title: Chief of Urgent Care
I’m Dr. Ayda Shirazi, a physician moving into pharmaceutical marketing and management. After leading Urgent Care and Mental Health services at a major hospital, I saw firsthand how clinical science needs a bridge to business strategy to actually reach patients. I’m now completing an MBA in Pharmaceutical Management at Rutgers, paired with a regulatory affairs credential, to build that bridge myself, combining clinical depth, commercial fluency, and compliance rigor. I want to translate complex science into marketing and business strategy that’s both compelling and compliant, and bring a patient-first perspective into corporate decision-making.
Career Track(s): Marketing
Recent Employment/Title: Qckhome Prefabs Pvt. Ltd./ Co-founder & Director
Before my MBA, I was a director and co-founder of a startup, where I led marketing, sales, and business strategy. My marketing experience spans both B2C and B2B, including conducting 100+ customer interviews, handling social media advertising, and managing sales funnels. Before entrepreneurship, I was a Government attorney before the Indian Supreme Court, assisting a senior law officer on 2,500+ cases. Experience in both fields taught me to find solutions to problems with ambiguity, communicate them persuasively, and test them in practice. I’m now looking to bring that toolkit to marketing.