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Undergraduate School/Major: I attended Federico II and majored in telecommunications engineering.
Prior to Booth: I worked in software engineering.
Activities: I am a co-chair of the Operations Strategy Group and a member of the Management Consulting Group, High-Tech Group, Soccer Club, and the Corporate Management & Strategy Group.
Career Plans: After Booth, I'll be working in management consulting and will join BCG in the New Jersey office. During the summer, I interned at BCG.
Why did you choose to attend Chicago Booth? I chose to attend Booth because of the collaborative culture, the flexible curriculum and the excellent quality of the faculty.
What do you consider a "must visit" place in Chicago? Visit Millennium Park and "The Bean", go sailing on the lake, and go to Kingston Mines to listen to great blues.
Ask me about...: How Booth has changed my life!
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Undergraduate School/Major: I attended Bocconi University and majored in economics.
Prior to Booth: I worked in consulting and banking.
Activities: I am a member of the European Business Group, the Leadership and Influence Group, Net Impact, the Public Speaking Group and the Epicurean Club.
Summer Internship Plans: I'm recruiting for banking and corporate finance consulting.
Why did you choose to attend Chicago Booth? I chose to attend Booth because of the network in the financial services industry, LEAD, the flexibility of curriculum and the people (and a call from another Italian student).
What do you consider a "must visit" place in Chicago? The Chicago Blues Festival, an architectural walking tour, and deep dish pizza at Giordano's.
Ask me about...: How to manage a long-distance relationship while at Booth; how to customize the academic experience (I took no foundations in the first quarter).
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Undergraduate School/Major: M.S. in management from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, and Graduate Exchange Student from London Metropolitan School in London, UK.
Prior to Booth: Senior consultant at Ernst & Young Financial Business Advisors, Dept. of Performance Improvement, in Milan, Italy.
Activities: I'm a member of the Investment Banking Group, European Business Group, Emerging Markets Group, and the Soccer Club.
Career plans: I completed a summer internship at J.P. Morgan, M&A team in London.
Why did you choose to attend Chicago Booth? I chose to attend Booth because of its strength in finance .
What do you consider a "must visit" place in Chicago? Jazz bars, Millennium Park, and the lake shore.
Ask me about...: Booth courses, the recruiting process and social activities.
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edoardo.palmisani@ChicagoBooth.edu
Undergraduate School/Major: I graduated with a degree in economics of financial markets and intermediaries from the LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome in 2006. During my second year I spent one semester in Tilburg (Netherlands) as an exchange student.
Prior to Booth: I was a management consultant in the Italian office of The Boston Consulting Group. Prior to that, I spent two years working as an Associate for Lehman Brothers in London within the Principal Finance Group.
Activities: Member of the Private Equity Group, European Business Club, Dean's Student Admissions Committee (DSAC), and an Admissions Fellow.
Career plans: After Booth I plan to go back to consulting, keeping an eye open on the development of the private equity industry.
Why did you choose to attend Chicago Booth? I chose Chicago Booth to have an International (US) experience, for the flexible curriculum and for the prestige of the academic reputation.
What do you consider a "must visit" place in Chicago? Looking at the Chicago skyline and Lake Michigan from a random balcony on the 42nd floor at The Tides.
Ask me about...: How a southern European has adapted to the Chicago winter.
idavanzo@ChicagoBooth.edu
dgargiul@ChicagoBooth.edu