RESIDENCE: Chicago OCCUPATION: CEO and president of MAG USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Manchester Airports Group (MAG), a global airport company that owns and operates four United Kingdom airports in Manchester, Stansted, East Midlands and Bournemouth. The U.S. division of MAG was launched in June 2015, bringing three new business lines to the U.S….
Category: Alumni Profiles
Alumnus Interview: Darren Guccione, Entrepreneurial CPA
A Passion for Innovation Darren Guccione, CPA MS in Accountancy ’96 Residence: Chicago Occupation: CEO and co-founder of Keeper Security, Inc., creator of Keeper, the world’s most popular password manager and digital vault for mobile devices and computers. Keeper is used by more than nine million people in 100 countries and is published in 18…
Professional Development: Making a Successful Career Transition
Making the decision to go back to school full time to pursue an advanced business degree is not one to be taken lightly. Neither is the decision to change career paths completely. These were two choices that Will Campbell (MBA ’11) made. After working in several different industries, Campbell, a former chemical engineer, realized his…
Andrew Hallissey (MBA ’04) Seeks Real Estate Solutions Worldwide
Andrew Hallissey (MBA ’04) Residence: Hong Kong Occupation: Executive director in the Global Corporate Services group of CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm. As head of client solutions for the Asia Pacific region in CBRE’s Hong Kong office, I have responsibility for the design, implementation and management of real estate…
Alumna Natalie Jaresko, Ukraine Finance Minister, Returns to Her Roots
By Lori Ferguson As Ukraine’s Finance Minister, Natalie Jaresko (BUS ’87) lives thousands of miles away from where she was born and much closer to the roots that she holds so dear. The daughter of Ukrainian immigrants, Jaresko was raised in the western suburb of Wood Dale, Ill. and later in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village neighborhood….
Bidding on Success at Ebay
Alumnus Profile Robert Chatwani (BUS ’97) Residence: Fremont, Calif. Occupation: I work for eBay Inc. as Senior Director of Consumer Marketing. I have the privilege of leading buyer and seller marketing for the world’s largest online marketplace. We’re a dynamic marketplace with over $80 billion in annual trading volume and over 800 million listings of…
Team Player Malik Murray Scores Finance Success
Growing up in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood, Malik Murray (BUS ’96, MBA ’04) knew there was no question that he would attend college. His mother, who is now a retired school principal, emphasized education. But like his father, who is now a judge, Murray had a gift for playing basketball. “It was crystal clear that…
Economics Alumni Chart Career Paths in Analytics
Four years ago forecasters predicted the market for big data analytics would grow to $16 billion by 2015. Their prediction was correct, but the growth rate was not. Now the projected growth is $125 billion. This jet-fueled growth in the data analytics market is creating an epic job shortage to the tune of 140,000 to…
Big Ideas in Action
Alumni Entrepreneurs by Jennifer Leopoldt Building any kind of business requires passion and hard work, but it also requires know-how and network connections. For more than three decades, the highly regarded entrepreneurship education program at DePaul’s Driehaus College of Business has been helping its graduates blend these ingredients together to achieve success. “You just don’t…
DePaul Alumna Creates Path to Shape Future Leaders
Corliss Garner (’96 BUS) relished her years as an undergraduate studying finance at DePaul University. Garner, senior manager of Diverse Markets and Community Affairs at BMO Harris Bank, says the opportunity to work full time while attending a well-respected university in the heart of downtown Chicago was a gift. Yet, after graduation, she drifted away…
