UNIVERSITY | NEWARK
Rutgers Business School
Graduate Programs-Newark and New Brunswick
CONVOCATION
May 22, 2015
RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL
GRADUATE PROGRAMS | NEWARK AND NEW BRUNSWICK
NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
NEWARK
May 22, 2015
4 P.M.
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEWARK ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
Robert L. Barchi, Ph.D.
President
Nancy Cantor, Ph.D.
Chancellor
Todd R. Clear, Ph.D.
Provost
Shirley Collado, Ph.D.
Executive Vice Chancellor and Executive Vice Provost
Nabil Adam, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Research and Collaborations
Roland Anglin, Ph.D.
Senior Adviser to the Chancellor
Arcelio Aponte, M.B.A.
Vice Provost for Finance and Administration
Marcia W. Brown, J.D.
Vice Chancellor for External and Governmental Relations
Sherri-Ann P. Butterfield, Ph.D.
Senior Adviser to the Chancellor
Peter Englot, M.A.
Senior Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs and Chief of Staff
John Gunkel, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Academic Programs and Services
Diane Hill, Ph.D.
Assistant Chancellor for University-Community Partnerships
Gerald Massenburg, B.S.
Associate Chancellor for Student Life
Irene O’Brien, M.P.A.
Vice Chancellor for Development
Bonita M. Veysey, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Planning and Implementation
RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL - NEWARK AND NEW BRUNSWICK
Lei Lei, Ph.D.
Dean
Yaw Mensah, Ph.D.
Executive Vice Dean for Faculty and Research
Phyllis Siegel, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean, Graduate Programs and Accreditation
Kimberley W. Cole, Ph.D., CPA
Associate Dean of Administration and Finance
Sharon R. Lydon, Ph.D.
Associate Dean & Director, MBA Programs
Robert M. Kurland, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Program-Newark
PROGRAM
PROCESSIONAL
Rutgers Brass Ensemble
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Rutgers Brass Ensemble
WELCOME REMARKS
AND INTRODUCTION OF
CONVOCATION SPEAKER
Lei Lei, Ph.D., Dean, Rutgers Business School
CONVOCATION SPEAKER
Art Certosimo
Senior Executive Vice President and CEO of Bank of New York (retired)
Mellon’s Global Markets Unit and Member of the Company’s Executive
and Operating Committees
PRESENTATION
OF
DEGREES
Graduate Programs-Newark and New Brunswick
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
MASTER OF ACCOUNTANCY
MASTER OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
MASTER OF QUANTITATIVE FINANCE
MASTER OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
RECESSIONAL
Rutgers Brass Ensemble
CONVOCATION CEREMONY SPEAKER
Rutgers University–Newark proudly welcomes Rutgers
alumnus Arthur (Art) Certosimo as speaker for the 2015
Rutgers Business School–Newark and New Brunswick
graduate convocation.
In December 2014, Certosimo retired from Bank of New
York Mellon (BNY Mellon) as senior executive vice president,
member of the Executive Committee and the Operating
Committee, and chief executive officer of BNY Mellon’s
global markets. As chief executive officer of global markets,
Certosimo led the company’s foreign exchange, capital markets, and derivatives
trading businesses worldwide. His 16-year tenure at BNY Mellon included stints
as chief executive officer of the company’s alternative, broker-dealer, and treasury
clearance groups. Prior to joining BNY Mellon, Certosimo was a principal of
Morgan Stanley Asset Management and a vice president of The Chase Manhattan
Bank’s global investor services group.
Presently, Certosimo is vice chair and a member of the Board of Advisors of
Promontory Interfinancial Network, the leading provider of deposit placement
services insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. He also is an
active member of the Board of Directors of South Street Securities, a broker/dealer
primarily focused on the financing of a matched book of U.S. government and
agency repurchase agreements.
During his 36-year career in international banking, Certosimo served on a
number of boards and committees dedicated to delivering actionable solutions to
issues facing the financial services industry. Among them, he was the lead director
of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, a director of the International
Derivatives Clearing Group, a member of the Treasury Market Practices Group, a
member of the Tri-party Repurchase Agreement Infrastructure Task Force formed
by the Federal Reserve Payments System Risk Committee, a member of the
Industry Working Group on Payments System Risk Policy Change, and a member
of the NewBank Working Group.
Certosimo is chair of the Board of Advisors of Rutgers Business School–Newark
and New Brunswick, vice chair of the Board of Overseers of the Rutgers University
Foundation, a board member of the National Italian American Foundation, and a
past member of the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Bureau of Community
Service. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Rutgers
College at Rutgers University and a master’s degree from Fairleigh Dickinson
University. He lives in northern New Jersey with his wife and has one son and
one daughter.
CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Sammy Abdo
Joseph Anthony Acinapura III
Nima A. Adl j
Sarkis Agopcan
Saudah Ahmed&
Achu Akum �
Marco Antonio Alarcon
Louri J. Amador
Karan Rajesh Amin
Karuneek Anand
Tania Apicella
Richard S. Arilotta �
Michael M. Arnot j
Ben Michael Aronson �
Salvatore Hauptmann Atzeni j,&
Paul S. Augusto
Aaron John Avoletta �
Mena Ayad
Sunil Ayyagari
Tayebeh Bahmani
Xiao Bai
Brandon Baldassari
David Ballman �
Vikram Balwani j,&
Emmanuel Bamgbade j
Asa Lee Barnla
Pietro G. Barone
Gordon W. Barr&
Daniel J. Bartilotti
Nicholas Charles Bazaral �
Graham R. Beck j,&
Brian Stefan Beckelman
Neel Belani
Kervain Gary Beldor
Carl C. Benjamin
Neal Thomas Bergano
Arjun Bhatnagar j
Christopher Bickerstaff j
Jason M. Bloom
Nicholas Bockey
Chaouki Bouzayene �
Joseph A. Branca
William E. Bridges Jr.
Kimberlyn Wing-See Brzozowski
Nathan Z. Brzozowski j
Radiance H. Bucknor
Peter Alvin Burdack j
Yangyang Cai j
James Calero
Demaris Cherise Casanovas
Lisa Michelle Castaldo j
David A. Cerulo Jr.
Jim Chan j,&
Richard Chan&
Birva Chandra
Deepika Chaudhary j
Bo Chen j,&
Mark C. Chesler
Niraj Chhabra j
Pranjal Chhajed
Elango Chidambaram&
Satya Subrahmanyam Chilukuri Venkata
Hector Chin
Michael J. Choi
Hicham Choukrane
John Christopher Clark j
Kim Stephanie Clarkin&
Eric H. Cohen �,&
Janis G. Cohen
Sean C. Colon �
Amanda Lynn Conforti,&
Jessica Ann Corcoran j,&
Leann Colette Cosley-Richardson
Daniel Ralph Cotoia j,&
Kevin C. Coulter j
James William Crate Jr.&
Daniel Fredrick Cummings j,&
Luke J. Cushing j,&
Arti Dabholkar&
Paul Thomas D'Addio
Priyamvada C. Damaraju&
Benjamin Patrick Dane �,&
Brian Anthony DaSilva
Tejas Davda
Devaris D. Davis j
Elisabeth A. De La Rosa �,&
Marcos Perez De Vasconcellos j
Prabhat Deshraju
Manish B. Dhokiya
José Eusebio Díaz Hernández �,&
Evan DiMeglio
Gregory B. Dimitroff j
Kathryn A. DiPalo&
Justin P. Distler&
Biloni J. Doshi j
Jaimin Doshi j
Delano Dowdie �
Larisa Drozdova j,&
Brandon L. Druker
Rebecca Lynn Duke&
Farzad M. Dutia
Tanu Dutt
Patrick Ehlen �
Christopher Eid&
Shai Ellberger
Alexis SungHi Elder
Jonathan Tyler Ernst
Andrew S. Fierman
Matthew Fishbein&
Christophe Florez
Luiz B. Fontes �
Jennifer Forrest&
Jared Ross Franzblau
Sasha Ann Fray&
Magdalena Galik
Suyog Manohar Gandhi
Elizabeth R. Garabedian
Katrina Monice Garrier
Jennifer L. Gasior j,&
Joseph C. Gausditis j
Andrew F. Ghazal �
Christine M. Ghobrial �
Christopher J. Gobbo �
Naga Sowjanya Godey j
Javier Gomez-Blanco j
Lia Gonzalez �
Juan José Gordon Jr. �
Tina Goyal
Nicholas Michael Gregory j
Brian Daniel Gross&
Nicholas Steven Grossos&
Geoffrey Charles Grow
Roger Guan �
Marijana Gucunski j,&
Shane R. Gustafson&
Ąrsalan Hafeez �
Kwang Han&
Diane Hanna
Charles Harder
Trevor Harrison �
Shirley P. Ho&
Michael D. Hogrebe
Amanda Lauren Hurley&
Naveed Akhtar Hussain j,&
Nancy Hwang j,&
Ran Hysler j,&
Mohammad Ibrar&
Ammar Idelbi
Ikechukwu Ayodele Inya-Agha �
Rana Ismail j
Malcolm Ivy&
Alae S. Jaber
Brandon Lawrence Jackson j
Karan Jain �
Sima Kantilal Jasani&
James Todd Johnson �,&
Julie Marie Johnson �,&
Gizelle Elizabeth Joshua j
Rafal M. Kaczmarek
Mukund S. Kalmanker j
Charles D. Kandziolka&
John Alexander Kanopka
Tal Karlin j,&
Sana B. Kathawala&
Keith Kelleher
Brian A. Kersmanc
Aamir M. Khan j,&
Hae In Kim �
Kevin Kim j
Nana Rockson Kodua �
Sharon Faith Kohn j,&
Harrison T. Koppell j
Jeffrey G. Korasick&
Tatyana Kossarkova
Nicholas K. Kouyialis j
Alison Elizabeth Kowalski&
Jacqueline M. Krueger j,&
Sudhaunshu Kulkarni �,&
Nicholas Christopher Kumburis
Emil Kurtisi �,&
Michael J. Kwatkoski&
Lawi K. Laktabai j
Matthew A. LaManna j
Samantha B. Lansdowne
Zafer Javed Latef
Jonathan Art Lee �
Jose A. Leitao �
Joanne D. Lesaca&
Christopher J. Lettini&
Saį-Pong Leung&
Shoon K. Lim&
Lakshmaiah S. Lingam
Jian Liu&
Jing Tan Liu&
Phillip J. Lodato �
Kunal M. Lodha
Kayla A. Lu j
Jennifer Lucas&
Monica Lynn Lupiloff
Joshua James MacDougall j
Rammohan R. Madapati
Rohit Reddy Madugula
Rosamise Daphney Magee j,&
Melissa Maglaqui
CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Vimal Joseph Mani&
Prasannadevi Maran
Brad Marchese
Daniel Ethan Marks
Ernesto M. Marques j,&
Neha Marvadi �
Joseph F. Massa
Christie Mattia j,&
Joseph T. McCarthy j,&
Dana Chevon McGraw
Joseph B. McGuigan&
Jett Ashley McGurk �,&
Erin M. McKinley �
Anthony Mercun
Ariel Charles Millman
John V Misarti j
Revathy Mohta
Gisselle Maria Montero
Timothy Daniel Lanahan Moore
Zachary A. Moore j
Leah Moyers j
Mayuri Mulchandani
Lindsay Kate Mullaney j,&
Daniel J. Murphy&
David Myakotnikov j
Andrew Scott Myers&
Rangaswamy Marehalli Nagabhushan �,&
Tajneen Natasha �,&
Weyni Aida Nazon j,&
Gregory Nduthu j
Kwame Nkrumah �
Christopher Nnadi
Michael P. Nobile �,&
Jarrett R. Novack j
Ngozi Obi
Daniel Obodeh j
Maggie Obryk j
Nii Ayi Okyne
Linda Anne O'Leary&
Christopher Vincent O'Neill j
Damarie Ortiz
Sean Michael O'Shea j
Lisa Padkowsky j
Shailesh D. Pagare
Mayuresh R. Pandit
Manasa Parakala
Jae H. Park j
Jimmy J. Park j
Patrick Parker&
Susan Parker&
Christopher Michael Pastorello j,&
Bhavin Patel
Dina Ashok Patel
Jeyur B. Patel �,&
Kalpit R. Patel �
Riti B. Patel j,&
Sonal Patel
Mercedes Stephanie Pazmino
Angela F. Pekalski
Edward R. Perrine j
Kenneth Paul Petersen Jr. j
Thomas W. Phillips
William Michael Pilat&
Shipra Pokharna
William Coghlan Pollak&
Mindi L. Prail �,&
Carlene Moffitt Pruitt j,&
Suresh Reddy Puthi
Kavita Ramachandran
Angel Raphael Ramirez �
Sujeet Ranganathan
Rupal P. Raval j,&
Nadia Raza j
Daniel Reber j,&
Kevin John Recio
Shaun S. Rees
Michael P. Rejda �
James Ren �
Christopher S. Richards �
Jarett J. Rivera �
Jeff Roberson Jr. j
Javier A. Rodriguez
Reinaldo Romero
Marc Ian Rosen
Paul Martin Rosiak&
Margarette Rosset
Benjamin R. Ruffle
Robert G. Ruinge j
Igor Rusinov&
Patrick Raymond Salemme
Izabella Samvelyan&
Darshak Sangani
Desi J Saran j
Gopal Sarngadharan&
Victoria Jean Scanga �
Ati Shah �
Mittal Shah&
Tarun R. Shah �
Jaideep J. Shahani j
Mihir S. Shanbhag j,&
Amber D. Shaver
Wen-Ting Shaw j,&
Xin Shen
Kaushal D. Shroff j,&
Keyur D. Shroff j,&
Kanwal D. Singh&
Jeffrey Sisco
Amanda Marie Smith
Herbert Christian Heinrich Smith
Samantha Lee Smitte j
Liliana Snegur �
Scott Soldan �
Eric Joshua Sorkin j
Eloino Soto �
William Spencer Jr. �, &
Eugene G. Spillane �
Andrew Brad Spiro j
Stephanie Strenger
Elena V. Stugareva-Kolacy
Kathleen Quan Su&
Venkataramani Subbarayan
Rebecca E. Sullivan-Ehnert j
Martha R. Svendsen
Mohammed N. Taha Jr.
Weiyong Tang �,&
Wen Thye Tang&
Joana Teixeira
Nayade J. Tezanos
Daniel Edward Thomas&
Jacob R. Thomas j,&
Joshua Blair Thomas
Michael Kenneth Toffolo j
Vanette Emily Monic Torres
Jacqueline Alexandra Touzeau
John Curtis Triece �,&
Neeti Trivedi j
Justin Tuerack �
Katrina Marie Vanacora&
Somesh M. Varma �,&
Ricardo Varona Jr. &
Jonathan Vetrano j
Anthony Vitiello �
Michael J. Vroom
Schuyler Wade
Bryan William Wagner&
Deepak Wahi
Shine Wann j
Brian C. Weber
Kelley A. Wells&
Ashley K. Werner
Patrick Joseph Whelan&
Candiece White j
Debra Lynn Wieben j,&
Karol M. Wiszniewski j
Andrzej Wiszowaty
Jessica Wojslaw �
Wei-Chen Wu
Jing Xie&
Xin Xin
Suweidu Yakubu
Lisa Yan �
Xiaoli Yan&
Doohan Yoon j
Mina I Yousuf&
Angela Li-Hwa Yu
Michael Adam Zane
Yang Zhou
Maria Zia
Wayne Andrew Zsamba j
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October 2014 Graduate
January 2015 Graduate
& Beta Gamma Sigma Invitee
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CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
(EXECUTIVE MBA)
RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL
Tariq Ahmed
Neel Ajinkya
Robert Alleyne
Serwaa Owusu Amankwaa
Ukachi Anonyuo
Christian Astle
Danielle Atterberry
Christopher Robert Banko&
Marie Baptiste-Corneille
Andrew Barchenko
Carlotta Chan
Junju Chen&
Jorge Collier
Ingrid Cornehl&
Heather DeLuca
Juan Diaz Boitano&
Yvan Ducheine
Aleksey Faynshteyn
Vivekanand Gaddam
Vishwas Gadgil
Michele Gerards&
Robert Hallinan
Jeffrey Hermann
Jane Xingfang Hong&
Fareeda Hosein
Cheng Yu Norman Hsieh
Gabor Illes
Gopalan Iyer&
Christopher Edmund Johnson
Lavanya Komireddy
Brett M. Levander&
Victor Michael Lopes
Kathleen Munster&
Banu Mutlu&
Shinya Nagase
Farkhanda Naqvi
Matthew Orgera
Ami Patel
Michael E. Pelardis
Prathibha S. Rao
Filipe Remelgado
Daniel Rotondo
Kevin Anthony Ruta
Franco Salerno
Ashish Saxena&
Adrian Schenck
Pranit Sethi&
Tushar Shah
Joshua Sherman&
Rafael Shulberg
Marica M. Smith
Mark Stratton
Jose Suarez-Vizcarra
Wayne Tatum&
Alejandro Jose Torres
Palaniswamy Vasudevan
Edward Wardell&
Kenwyn C. Williams
Christopher Wilson
Khurram Zahir
SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL
Kenneth Yew Mun Cheong
Seng Meng Damien Cheong
Rémy Chiapolini&
Sung Lyeol Choi
Peter Francis Cullen
Manimaran Devan
Ching Ching Ee
Sean David Gleeson&
George John Kattner
Kok Mun Koo
Tse-Yang Kenny Lim
Tze Beng Lim&
Justin Sebastian Monteiro
Chidananda Padmaraju Murthy
Kwee Siah Adrian Quek
Mishoo Sahay
Praveen K. Shetty
Jorgen Skogstad&
Alvin Meng Wei Tan
Lai Yuen Tan&
Tracy Loo Chuan Tan
Jing Zhou Wen&
CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
(PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTING)
Yasar Anjum �
Joaquin Emil Arango �
Christopher William Ash �
Daniel Beloosesky �
Brian Bokserman �
Sally Adele Boyer �,&
Nicholas A. Buccelli �
Lynda M. Callis �
Ervin Cani �
Justin Chan �
Shuting Chen �
Antara Das �
Zachary H. Edelsberg �
Morley Faller �
Courtney Erin Fox-Sherman �,&
Tara Rose Gillespie �
Seth M Goldstein �
Jinpeng Hu �
Anthony S. Hui �
Fangqian Jin �
Christopher Kim
Eunji Kim �
Yeon Joo Kim �
Robert LaCour Knowles �
Mosimiloluwa Oluseyi Koyejo �
Alecia J. Krampel �
Janet Lee �
Aaron Lian �
Melanie Louis-Jacques �,&
Matilda Abla Middleton �
Dani Moheisen �
Kevin Frank Mulhern �
Steven Francis Murphy �
Sae R. Park �
Karan Patel �
Mayank K. Patel �
Nilkumar M. Patel �
Preya V. Patel �
Dorothy Pee �
Jhoseline A. Perez �
Nicholas Prochilo �,&
Evelyn I. Sapokolos �
Sunny K. Shah �
Samuel Obafemi Shobowale �
James Drew Siegel �,&
Efrem E. Stanley �
Kaitlyn Frances Stephens �,&
Brian S. Takagi �
Charles Thomas Taverna
Dustin Isaac Thomas �
Kang Tian �
Andrew Francis Treubig �
Angela Tuladhar �
Abbas Virani �
Hung Leong Wong �,&
Wen Yan �
Wayne Ye �,&
Alia A. Zarwi �
Weixiao Zheng �,&
Fanhui Zhou �
Junyi Zhu �
Qingfan Zhu �
CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ACCOUNTANCY - FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
Muhammad Faraz Abbasi �
Danielle Aliparo �
Sidra B. Anjum
Ashley Taylor Aronowitz j,&
Aisha Aziz
Sandhya Balakrishnan �
Ron Berger
Heena B. Bharti �
Francis A. Cabrera
Joseph Modesto Catanzaro j
Joseph A. Davies �
Joseph Anthony Derdzikowski
Sumant Devineni
Sewdy Diaz
Rosaria C. DiPasquale j,&
Jade Gaynor �,&
Ryan T. Giebel
Robert John Grbic j
Jeremy Greenblum j,&
Qi Y. Guo j
Krzysztof A. Hanaka j,&
David Hong
Joseph J. Ianneillo
Steven Joe
Justin H. Joo&
David Ian Kaplan j,&
Norig B. Karakashian&
Kelvin Knudtamarn �,&
James Kruper j,&
Brandon R. Leff j
Xiang Lin �
Phillip R. Mosca&
CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ACCOUNTANCY - FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
Angela Bosibori Ngare �
Daniel Oh j,&
Shalu Oza j
Viren B. Patel
Nika A. Ramlogan �
Summaiya Rehman j
Cristina Joanne Richardson
Ruben G. Ronquillo �
Robert Simone Schweitzer
Andrew R. Sharaf
Joseph Daniel Spano �
Shawn C. Theiler
Douglas Q. Velasco �
Stephen F. Wilder Jr.,&
Yanyan Yang �,&
CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ACCOUNTANCY - GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING
Bonnie Lynne Cheney&
Jaime Chioldi j
Susan Colbert
Marina Samin D'Sa j
Cherie L. Duffy j
Heather M. Evans&
Melissa Falance
Charisma WK Fojas j
Kelly A. Fortune j
James Thomas Hall
Christopher Andrew Heffernan j,&
Maria Angela Inciardi j
Kelly Lindstrom
Brad Ludington j,&
Cinthya Medina j
Anthony Vincent Merrill j
Brittany R. Niland
Jeanne O'Brien&
Grace O. Odediran j
Charles M. Okongo j
Timothy Funk Pearson j,&
Curtis W. Phillips Jr.
Kimberly Gail Ploskonka j,&
Nicole Maureen Reilly j
Pragati Sarveiya j,&
Yashesh D. Shah
Ross Antwan Stuckey j,&
J-R Xander Wayne
Jonathan Levi Wilmert j
Rolland N. Ying j
CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ACCOUNTANCY - TAXATION
James Adekplovi
Atiq Ahmed
Alejandra Daiana Alvarez
Irma Alvarez
Tracy L. Barnes
Rita Baroody
Alex V. Caisaguano
Fang Chen j,&
Lawrence DiPasquale
Joseph H. Doerrer
Mohammad W. Dogar j
Serena Elisa Enniss
Kevin Sean Feeney j,&
Carlos L. Fernandez �
James Ferrick j
Jeongho Kim �
Sayat A. Kuyumcu j
Eric J. Lane j
George R. Lawton
Christina Lea Lopez �
Timothy Nabil Mansour �
Brian P. Marchese
Gregory Charles Montalbano j,&
Gregory C. Montalbano
Gregory Odianosen Oaikhenan j
Jorge L. Orrego �
Naim Osmanaj j
Yue Pan j
Akash Patel j
Yuxuan Peng j
Gilbert I. Petit-Compere
Jennifer Lynn Reilly j
Edwin J. Rosado j
Chintan Shah j
Priti Shetty
Guillermo P. Then j
Adele Thompson
Kristie Noel Tierney �,&
Priscilla Tse
Jessica Watley j
CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
En-Kai Chou
Tianyu Dong&
Zhengyu Han&
Samir Kabir
Yifan Lai
Han-Ju Lee
Huilian Li&
Jiaqi Lin
Chang Liu&
Xiangjun Liu
Yang Liu
Yangruini Liu&
Qing Lu
Zhou Ma
Chao Shen&
Reshma P. Shetty
Chenyu Wang
Jingyi Wang
Yongxin Wang&
Zi Wang
Yihan Wei
Mengchao Wu
Mengbo Xie
Chengda Xin
Rui Zhang&
Xin Zhang&
Tianjiao Zheng
Yi Zhou
CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF QUANTITATIVE FINANCE
Zohar N. Bhagat j
Sanjoy Chatterjee
Xiao Chen
Xiaohua Chen j
Harsh Amit Choksi
Yunyu Ding
Jacob L. Finkel j,&
Yihan Ge&
Weston Edward Gunnarson&
Xianzhe Hu
Sida Huang
Xiaoming Jin j
Han Ju j
Lazaros Kallimouratoglou
Prateek Kondapally
Chaoran Li j
Jinyun Li j
Alvin Liangce Lim
Jian Liu&
Xiaoting Liu
Feizhe Luo&
Shi Meng j
Shaoji Niu j
Siddharth Ojha j
Kumar Pallav
Dongdong Pan&
Abhay Patil j
Jarret C. Przybylski j
Mo Qiao
Faranak Sadeghi Naieni Fard j
Pinaki Sarkar
Mayank Saxena j
Zijing Tai
Biying Tang&
Wencong Tu
David Venti j,&
Chuanzhen Wang&
Junchao Wang j
Mingzhi Wang j
Xiaohu Zeng j
Longfei Zhou&
CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Sutapa Chaudhuri j,&
Greeshma Chiluka j,&
Xiang Cui j,&
Anubhav Dawer j,&
Vikram Dhankhar j,&
Yingfeng Ding
Anqi Fu j,&
Yeong Min Jang �
Yifei Jiao j
Chia-Wei Li j,&
Jingjing Li j
Vidu Mishra&
Ivy Wambani Munoko&
Tao Ning j
Venkataramani Pallassana Meera&
Byengjoo Seong
Kruti Yogeshkumar Shah j
Sumitha Shankkar&
Gayathri Sridharan&
Yarui Sun j
Mingfei Teng&
Varun Vajpayee&
Neelima Vegesna j,&
Namratha Venkatesh Nandyal&
Constantin Vitt j,&
Chengzhang Wu j
Wanting Yin j,&
Danqi Yu
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January 2015 Graduate
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AWARDS & HONORS
RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL-NEWARK AND NEW BRUNSWICK
ALFRED J. BATTAGLIA MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP
This endowed fellowship was established by the family and friends of Al and Terry
Battaglia to provide financial assistance to MBA and/or Ph.D. students enrolled in
the supply chain management program based on academic merit.
Christopher Lettini
Manasa Parakala
William Pollak
Xin (Sally) Shen
CHRISTINE DYMSZA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN SUPPLY
CHAIN MANAGEMENT
This scholarship was established by Professor William Dymsza and family in
memory of their daughter, Christine. The award is given to a foreign student with
high academic potential and financial need.
Manasa Parakala
CHUCK NAPP AWARD
The Chuck Napp Award is presented to the student of the graduating class who
embodies the exceptionally high spirit of the Rutgers EMBA Program.
Prathibha Rao
DEAN'S AWARD
This merit-based award is granted to the students with high leadership potential and
academic achievement as demonstrated by undergraduate records,
recommendations and admissions tests.
Arti Dabholkar
Michael Kwatowski
Andrew Myers
William Pollak
Katrina Vanacora
Javier Rodriguez
DIRECTOR’S AWARD
The Masters of Financial Analysis Program will give this award for the most
outstanding contribution by a student to the program.
Reshma Shetty
DR. ROSA OPPENHEIM LEADERSHIP AWARD
This award honors Executive Vice Dean Dr. Rosa Oppenheim's extraordinary
commitment to Rutgers Business School and the leadership she has exhibited
throughout her career, including two stints as interim dean. This award recognizes a
student who has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to positive leadership.
Hector Chin
Katrina Garrier
Daniel Murphy
Andrew Myers
AWARDS & HONORS
RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL-NEWARK AND NEW BRUNSWICK
DR. S. GEORGE WALTERS CONSULTING EXCELLENCE AWARD
This award was established in honor of Dr. S. George Walters, professor emeritus,
who founded the Interfunctional Management Team Consulting Program in 1971.
It is awarded annually to the Interfunctional Management Team with the highest
academic achievement in the program.
Easter Seals Team
Louri Amador
Evan DiMeglio
Rana Ismail
Aamir Khan
Keyur Shroff
Marcos De Vasconcellos
Rutgers University Dining
Neel Belani
Cristina Dyogi
Mark Huang
Nana Kodua
Kim Rea
Jacqueline Touzeau
EDMUND L. HOUSTON - ALFREDA P. ROBINSON AWARD
This award is presented to the minority MBA student with the highest academic
achievement.
Weyni Nazon
EDWIN M. DURAND ENDOWED FELLOWSHIP
This fellowship is established by Benjamin Wolfe to provide financial support for
full-time incoming MBA students enrolled at RBS based on academic merit.
Shailesh Pagare
EXECUTIVE MBA ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The EMBA Class of 1984 is the sponsor of this prize. It is awarded annually to the
EMBA graduate with the highest academic achievement in the EMBA program.
Ashish Saxena
EXECUTIVE MBA DIRECTOR’S AWARD
This award is presented by the director and staff of the Rutgers Executive MBA
program to graduating executives who have enhanced the program significantly
and who have been extraordinarily invaluable to Rutgers Business School and to
the Executive MBA Program.
Yvan Ducheine
Fareeda Hosein
Farkhanda Naqvi
Franco Salerno
AWARDS & HONORS
RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL-NEWARK AND NEW BRUNSWICK
GEORGE R. ESTERLY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
This scholarship, established by Rutgers Business School Alumni Association,
honors the late George R. Esterly who served as dean of the school for nearly three
decades (1935-1964). Dean Esterly’s leadership was instrumental in shaping the
school during its most formative years. Students affectionately referred to him as
“Uncle George” and he was described in yearbooks as “a devoted friend to every
student of business in the university.”
Evan DiMeglio
Geoffrey Grow
Marijana Gucunski
Allison Kowalski-Mingione
Debra Wieben
J. DAVID PARKINSON ENDOWED FELLOWSHIP
This endowed fellowship is established by J. David Parkinson to provide financial
assistance to full-time graduate students enrolled at Rutgers Business School based
on academic merit and financial need.
Justin Distler
JOEL E. KELLY AWARD
The EMBA Class of 1994 is the sponsor of this prize in the memory of their
classmate. It is awarded to the EMBA graduate, selected by fellow students, who
best exemplifies the qualities of leadership and citizenship towards classmates and
the EMBA program.
Kathleen Munster
MARKETING RESEARCH INSIGHTS AND ANALYTICS (MRIA)
ADVISORY BOARD FELLOWSHIP
The MRIA Advisory Board selects up to three awardees each year among MBA
students with the MRIA Concentration based on academic merit.
Shane Gustafson
Sujeet Ranganathan
MCCOY FAMILY MBA FELLOWSHIP
Sherilyn McCoy and her family have made this scholarship gift with the intention
of helping a financially constrained MBA student fulfill his/her goal of completing
an MBA. The recipient will be a full-time MBA student based on financial need
and academic merit.
Nicholas Grossos
AWARDS & HONORS
RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL-NEWARK AND NEW BRUNSWICK
NADLER LEADERSHIP FELLOWSHIP
The Nadler Leadership Fellowship will be awarded to help recruit an outstanding
student with great potential for leadership at RBS and in his/her career.
Shailesh Pagare
PHARMACEUTICAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM EDITOR’S AWARD
This award is sponsored by a graduate of the Pharmaceutical Management MBA
program, who wishes to remain anonymous. It is given each year to a graduating
MBA student concentrating in Pharmaceutical Management. The student must
have a 3.5 GPA upon completion of 45 credits and must have made a significant
contribution to the Pharmaceutical Management MBA program and the
Pharmaceutical Management Club at Rutgers Business School. The award is based
on nominations made by the director of the Pharmaceutical Management MBA
program and voted on by all Pharmaceutical Management students, the director of
the MBA Program, and the director of the MBA Office of Career Management.
Michael Kwatkoski
RALPH J. BUNCHE FELLOWSHIP
This fellowship is awarded to minority students in recognition of their outstanding
achievement and potential for graduate study.
Reinaldo Romero
Katrina Garrier
ROBERT E. CAMPBELL ENDOWED FELLOWSHIP
This endowed fellowship was established by Robert E. Campbell (MBA ’62) to
provide financial support to full-time or part-time graduate students based on
academic merit.
Tania Apicella
Sunil Ayyagari
Joseph Branca
Richard Chan
Devaris Davis
Nicholas Grossos
Mohammad Ibrar
Vimal Mani
Paul Rosiak
Izabella Samvelyan
Andrew Spiro
ROBERT AND FRANCES KAPLAN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
This endowed scholarship is established by the school of Business/Management/
Business Alumni Association and friends of Robert & Frances Kaplan for one
graduate student each year based on financial need.
Mina Yousuf
AWARDS & HONORS
RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL-NEWARK AND NEW BRUNSWICK
RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRIZE,
MBA PROGRAM
This award is given each year to the student who has shown the greatest
achievement in both scholastic and extracurricular activities.
Brian Bergen
Diane Hanna
Bhavin Patel
RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL FINANCE ADVISORY BOARD
AWARD
This award is made on behalf of the school’s finance advisory board annually to
an outstanding student in finance.
Brian Gross
Mina Yousuf
RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL MARKETING MBA
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
This award is given annually by the Department of Marketing to one full-time and
one Flex MBA student who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in
Marketing.
Amanda Conforti
Mittal Shah
RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL MASTER OF QUANTITATIVE
FINANCE HIGHEST ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
This award recognizes the Master of Quantitative Finance student who has
achieved a 4.0 GPA.
Biying Tang
RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL MASTER OF QUANTITATIVE
FINANCE SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
This award recognizes the Master of Quantitative Finance students who have
demonstrated scholastic achievement.
Weston Gunnarson
Feizhe Luo
Chuanzhen Wang
AWARDS & HONORS
RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL-NEWARK AND NEW BRUNSWICK
RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP
This endowed scholarship is awarded to RBS graduate students based on
academic merit.
Nicholas Bockey
Justin Distler
Jonathan Gallagher
Michael Hogrebe
Sai-Pong Leung
Bhavin Patel
Kevin Recio
Mittal Shah
Mina Yousuf
SALES EXECUTIVE CLUB OF NEW JERSEY FOUNDATION
FELLOWSHIP
This scholarship, established by the Sales Executives Foundation, is awarded to
full-time MBA students with academic promise and leadership potential.
Joanne Lesaca
SERKES FAMILY ENDOWED FELLOWSHIP
This endowed fellowship was established by Jeffrey D. Serkes (MBA '82) to provide
financial support to full-time or part-time graduate students.
Mittal Shah
SOOD AND SINGH MBA SCHOLARSHIP
This award was established by Rohit Sood (MBA ‘05) to provide financial support
to second-year full-time MBA students in the Pharmaceutical Management
program, based on academic merit and financial need.
Javier Rodriguez
SPECIAL DEAN’S AWARD
This merit-based award is granted to students with high leadership potential
and academic achievement as demonstrated by undergraduate records,
recommendations and admissions tests.
Asa Barnla
Justin Distler
Jing Xie
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT ADVISORY BOARD FELLOWSHIP
This graduate fellowship was established to support full-time MBA students
concentrating in supply chain management who intend to pursue a career in
supply chain management.
Christopher Lettini
Manasa Parakala
William Pollak
Xin (Sally) Shen
AWARDS & HONORS
RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL-NEWARK AND NEW BRUNSWICK
THE BRICK-WHITCOMB AWARD
Established by John Longo and David Whitcomb, this award recognizes the MBA
student who completes the best stock report for the course “Advanced Portfolio
Management.”
Nicholas Kouyialis
THE LESLIE AND JOYCE GOODMAN FELLOWSHIP
This endowed fellowship was established by Leslie and Joyce Goodman to provide
financial support to full-time MBA students who have earned an undergraduate
degree from either Douglass College or Rutgers College. The award is based on
academic merit and financial need.
Kwang Han
THE TOUCHE ROSS, A.H. AND H.S. PUDER MEMORIAL
FUND ACADEMIC AWARD
This award derives from the income of an endowment fund established in
memory of A.H. and H.S. Puder by their associates. The award recognizes two
graduates with the highest academic achievement in the Professional Accounting
Program.
Kaitlyn Stephens
Weixiao Zheng
WILLIAM M. FREEMAN FELLOWSHIP
This fellowship is established by William Freeman for a full-time incoming MBA
student, with preference given to students from under-represented minority groups
in order to increase diversity within the University, with a GPA of 3.3 or higher.
James Calero
AWARDS & HONORS
RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL-NEWARK AND NEW BRUNSWICK
RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL SEVENTY-THIRD ANNUAL
INITIATION OF THE ALPHA OF THE
NEW JERSEY CHAPTER OF BETA GAMMA SIGMA
The Alpha of New Jersey Chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma was established in 1942
at the then School of Business Administration of the University of Newark. With
the merger of that university into Rutgers University in Newark in 1946, the
chapter was transferred to the Rutgers Business School.
Beta Gamma Sigma, when established in 1942, took the place of the then existing
local honor society Pi Mu Epsilon which had been established in 1933 and had
served as the honor fraternity of the Seth Boyden School of Business and the
School of Business Administration of the University of Newark.
The Alpha of New Jersey Chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma restricts eligibility for
election to membership in the society to the highest 10 percent of the
undergraduate class and to the highest 20 percent of the graduate class. The
attainment of high original scholarship, outstanding service, and good moral
character are qualifications for election of those scholastically eligible.
Officers 2014-2015
Jay Soled, President
Rosa Oppenheim, Vice President
Alex Sannella, Treasurer
Goncalo Filipe, Chapter Secretary/Advisor
Beta Gamma Sigma keys are awarded to those initiates who have not only an
excellent scholastic record, but who have also given outstanding service to the
school.
BETA GAMMA SIGMA LEADERSHIP AWARDS
Bryan Wagner
RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL-NEWARK AND NEW BRUNSWICK
Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick is one of 27 colleges that
comprise Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, one of the oldest and most
distinguished universities in the United States. Founded in 1929, RBS has been
accredited since 1941 by AACSB International–The Association to Advance
Collegiate Schools of Business, a distinction that represents the hallmark of
excellence in management education. Today, RBS is educating more than 6,200
undergraduate and graduate students at the Newark and New Brunswick
campuses of Rutgers as well as five satellite locations in New Jersey and China.
Steeped in academic excellence, with a distinguished faculty, RBS is highly ranked
by the Financial Times, U.S. News & World Report, BusinessWeek, The Wall Street
Journal and The Princeton Review.
Rutgers Business School programs deliver people with business, science, and
technology credentials to drive global markets. With more than 270 Rutgers
University degree programs to partner with, RBS is uniquely capable of delivering
cutting-edge, multidisciplinary curricula that combine the mix of business and
science required by today’s leading corporations. Geographically situated in an
epicenter of global business, RBS has high access to the top executives leading the
world’s largest corporations. These partnerships are central to the RBS experience
that offers students real-world experiences that lead to distinct career advantages,
evidenced by a network of more than 33,000 successful alumni.
Rutgers Business School offers an undergraduate program, a full-time and flextime
MBA program, an Executive MBA, an International Executive MBA, and an
MBA in Professional Accounting. Other graduate degree options include a Master
of Quantitative Finance, Master of Accountancy in Financial Accounting, Master of
Accountancy in Governmental Accounting, and a Master of Accountancy in
Taxation. In addition, a Ph.D. in Management is offered in conjunction with the
Graduate School-Newark.
Accelerated joint degree programs include a BS in Business/MBA as well as
BS/MBA and BA/MBA degrees offered in conjunction with Rutgers’ Newark and
New Brunswick schools of arts and sciences. A JD/MBA and a JD/Professional
Accounting MBA are offered in conjunction with the Rutgers School of LawNewark. An MPP (Public Planning)and MCRP/(City and Regional Planning)/MBA
is offered in conjunction with Rutgers’ Bloustein School of Planning and Public
Policy. Other joint degree programs include the MPH (Public Health)/MBA, an
MS in Biomedical Sciences/MBA and an MD/MBA, offered with the University of
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and Pharm D/MBA (Ernest Mario
School of Pharmacy). Post-MBA certificates are also available.
Rutgers University-Newark is a doctorate-granting research institution that has
evolved into one of New Jersey's leading education and research centers. It is a
member of the AAU, the association of leading research universities in the United
States. Rutgers University was chartered in 1766 as Queens College, and was
designated the state university in 1945. Situated on 38 acres in downtown Newark,
New Jersey's largest city, Rutgers University-Newark serves 12,000 undergraduate
and graduate students. For the past 15 years, Rutgers University-Newark has been
ranked the nation's most diverse national university by U.S. News & World Report.
For additional information about Rutgers Business School, visit
business.rutgers.edu.
THE ACADEMIC COSTUME
The wearing of academic dress dates back to the early days of the oldest
universities in the world. In the American Council on Education’s book entitled
American Universities and Colleges, it is suggested that “Gowns may have been
counted necessary for warmth in the unheated buildings frequented by medieval
scholars. Hoods seem to have served to cover the tonsured head…”
American universities established a code of regulations which today is followed by
almost all American institutions. The establishment of this code has made it
possible to distinguish the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree recipients, and
at the same time, to recognize the university awarding the degree.
The colors of the lining of the hoods for the nine original colonial colleges are:
scarlet, Rutgers; crimson, Harvard; green-gold-silver, William and Mary; blue, Yale;
red and blue, Pennsylvania; orange and black, Princeton; light blue and white,
Columbia; brown, Brown; and green and white, Dartmouth. The bachelor’s gown
has pointed sleeves and is worn closed. The master’s gown has oblong sleeves,
open at the wrist. The rear part of its oblong shape is square-cut, and the front part
has an arc cut away. It is worn open or closed.
The hoods vary in size: 48 inches for the doctoral degree, 42 inches for the
master’s, and 36 inches for the bachelor’s. All hoods are lined in the academic
color or colors of the institution conferring the degree. If the institution has more
than one color, the colors are shown in divisions using chevrons. The binding or
edge of the hood is usually made of velvet in the color designating the subject in
which the degree was granted. Black mortarboards are worn for all degrees.
Some of the colors in the bindings of the hoods are: white, Arts and Letters; drab,
Business Administration; violet, Criminal Justice; light blue, Education; purple,
Law; apricot, Nursing; peacock blue, Public Administration; blue, Philosophy;
gold, Science; and citron, Social Work.
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Congratulations, Class of 2015!
Welcome to the Rutgers University Alumni Association (RUAA), the universitywide
alumni organization in which all Rutgers graduates are members—for free, for
life! You are joining a powerful network of more than 460,000 alumni worldwide,
a legion of scarlet enthusiasts who have shared many of the same experiences and
traditions that have made your time at Rutgers memorable.
As you embark upon this new chapter in your life, the Rutgers University Alumni
Association website will help you stay connected with Rutgers and fellow alumni in
ways that are meaningful to you. Networking events, social outings, exclusive
discounts, career resources, volunteer opportunities, and many diverse groups
across the United States and abroad await you.
Make sure you update your information on the RUAA website to customize which
news and updates you receive from the university and to ensure your alumni
benefits card and free subscription to Rutgers Magazine find you at your new
address: Ralumni.com/newgrads15.
Your days as a student are over, but as a Rutgers graduate, you are scarlet forever.
Rutgers and the RUAA look forward to being a part of the next exciting stage of
your life. Congratulations and welcome to the RUAA!
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Newark Convocation 2015
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