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Susan Larson has formed Public Access Lighting, which consists of five recently acquired companies involved in institutional lighting.
Kjeld Tyllesen lives in his native country, Denmark, where he is vice president of finance for a major company in the private sector. “Unfortunately, contacts from old days have vanished, and hopefully this is one way of reviving them,” he writes. “I am looking forward to hearing from you all!” Email him at kjeld@tyllesen.dk.
1981
Mark Suchon serves as GSB club contact for Houston, where he is working on the Business Forecast Lunch on February 10.
1982
Sanjoy Bhattacharya has retired as president of Strategic Financial Advisors in Chicago. He and his wife, Benita, moved to Ivins, Utah.
Mark Cybulski is vice president of information systems for TRW Occupant Safety Systems, a global provider of air bags, seat belts, and steering wheels. He lives in Rochester, Michigan with his wife and two sons.
Bob Tarun was appointed adjunct faculty member at Northwestern University Law School, where he teaches a course entitled “White Collar Criminal Practice.” Tarun, a partner at Winston & Strawn, was recently listed in the inaugural edition of the International Who’s Who of Business Crime Lawyers.
1983
Michael Dornbrook is executive vice president and chief operating officer of Harmonix Music Systems, an entertainment software company in Cambridge, Massachusetts. “The interactive music exhibit we did for Disney’s Epcot Center just opened to rave reviews, but our primary focus is on the multiplayer Internet music game we’re building,” writes Dornbrook. “On a personal front, one of my lifelong dreams came true last month. I closed on a piece of paradise in Vermont: 99 acres, two ponds, and a second home with awesome views.”
Roberta Walter Goodman writes: “1999 has been a busy, exciting, and wonderful year. I was married in January to Lenn E. Goodman, a professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt University, and relocated to Nashville. I was thrilled that several GSB classmates were able to join in the festivities, including Peter and Nancy (Bruggemeyer) Gunder. We also had a wonderful June honeymoon in Italy. Professionally, 1999 has been an incredibly fulfilling year. I have been a managing director in the equity research department of Merrill Lynch since 1997 and was named the number one managed care analyst by Institutional Investor and top stock picker in the sector by the Wall Street Journal.”
Nathan Learner is president of AZ Star Alternative Fuels in Phoenix, Arizona. He was married on May 29. He and his wife, Marie, live in Phoenix.
The magazine Inc. 500 recently recognized Maria Lupetin’s company, InfoMaker Inc., as “one of the fastest growing, privately held companies in the U.S.” Lupetin, president and founder of the company, is a Chicago native and resident. InfoMaker’s Web site is www.infomaker.com.
Doug Rees was named assistant treasurer at ADC Telecommuni-cations in Minnetonka, Minnesota, a supplier of telecommunications equipment for voice and data service providers. He and his wife, Sally, and their son, John, live in Victoria, Minnesota.
Brian Scott, A.B. ’82, M.B.A.’83, works as a fee-only personal financial planner and investment consultant with Glowacki Framson Financial Advisors with offices in Los Angeles and Orange County, California. The October issue of Outlook magazine, the professional publication for California CPAs, featured an article by Scott on tax-aware investing, “Pump Up After-Tax Returns.”
1984
Steve Crom is senior vice president and managing director, Europe, for Rath & Strong, a division of Aon Corporation. “Having started the firm’s practice here in 1993, we now have offices in London, Paris, Milan, and headquarters in Hamburg. We work with multinational clients in the areas of leadership coaching, organizational development, process improvement, and customer loyalty. Our door is open for any GSB students or graduates,” he writes. Crom lives in Germany and can be reached at Scrom@rathstrong.com.
William E. Kipnis, owner of Edelweiss Hotel and Resort in New Mexico, says he would be interested in hearing from any GSB alum engaged in the resort development industry. “For that matter,” he asks, “are there any skiers out there looking for a great destination?”
After nearly 15 years at J.P. Morgan in New York, Zurich, London, and Hong Kong, David Muller is now senior fixed income strategist for SPP Investment Management in Greenwich, Connecticut, a Swedish pension manager. “I’ve shortened my daily commute by two hours, giving me more time with my wife, Diana, and my three children: Daniel, 5; Julia, 4; and Benjamin, 18 months,” he writes.
J. Douglas Ramsey won a bronze medal at the 1999 Pan American Karate Championships in Winnipeg, Canada, in September. The U.S. team won a total of eight medals while competing against nine other countries.
Since 1996 Ed Rigdon has been an associate professor in the marketing department of the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University (GSU) in Atlanta. This year he received the university’s exceptional service award, in part for his work developing SEMNET, a virtual community devoted to structural equation modeling that has more than 1,600 members in 45 countries.
Kenji Sasaki owns and manages his own business, SIA Inc., in Nagoya, Japan. The firm assists local companies with their business abroad, providing consulting services, language training, and translation.
1985
Silicon Prairie, the Chicago Tribune’s high-tech magazine, profiled Karl Buschmann this fall. Buschmann, marketing manager at Cimnet Systems Inc., offered advice to people interested in joining the high-tech marketing sector. “Always look for opportunities to learn and to grow. Crush complacency in yourself and in others. Always push your comfort zone. Always know your market value. Learn new skills and think in terms of results. Measure value by the impact of your contributions. Strengthen your weaknesses and strive to do your best as if every single day counts, because it does.”
The Clorox Company in Oakland, California, promoted Larry Popelka to vice president of new business ventures. He lives in Alameda, California.
Mitchell Rogatz founded Triumph Books after graduating from the GSB. Initially the company was a one-person publishing operation; it has become one of the leading publishers of national and regional sports books. Rogatz notes that this fall Triumph Books published When Football Was Football, which traces the history of the oldest NFL team, the Chicago Cardinals (now the Arizona Cardinals).
1986
Elizabeth H. Bradley is professor of public health at Yale University, where she teaches health management. “I would be happy to hear from alumni in Connecticut, especially from the health concentration,” she writes. Bradley and her husband, John, have three children: Alice, 7; Kate, 4; and Tim, 5 months.
Dean Chung is working at Lucent as director of strategy and development. “All is well here so far,” he writes. “I just returned from a vacation in Hong Kong, London, and San Francisco, connecting with friends and family over a three- week period.”
After nearly a decade in brand management at Kraft Foods in Canada, and Clorox and Specialty Brands in San Francisco, Gordon Hecker and his wife “decided to move back to the Midwest, away from the craziness and traffic of the Bay Area. We found ourselves in Columbus, Ohio. It’s a great place to live, but I wouldn’t want to visit.” He is currently senior vice president of marketing at the Scotts Company. He has “three wonderful kids: Emily, 7; Isaac, 6; and Kendall, 2.” He invites fellow alumni to call him when passing through central Ohio.
David Kriozere and his family moved in February to Bangalore, India, where he is working as director of Manipal Health Plan, a private initiative that will facilitate the government’s privatization of health insurance. “The most challenging part is getting used to driving a car here!” he writes.
David Matz was promoted to vice president and general manager of the home care division at the Clorox Company in October. He and his wife, Shelia, are expecting their second child in February. The family lives in Oakland, California.
Blackman Kallick Bartelstein, L.L.P., elected Patrick F. McNally to partner. He heads the operations management consulting group for the firm.
1987
MOEN promoted Mark Alder to director of marketing. He previously served as group manager of new business at the firm. He and his wife, Cecilia, live in Broadview Heights, Ohio.
Steven Mark Gutterman resigned from IMS Health and Scott-Levin Associates after 11 years. In April he joined Market Measures Inc., a pharmaceutical marketing and management consulting company, as director of new product development. Gutterman and his wife, Lily Zhou, M.D., had a baby boy, Joey Lee Gutterman, on September 23.
Lesa Oldham Miller announces the formation of Heartland Planning Group, a collaboration of estate planning attorneys in the Chicago area. The group’s mission is to work with financial professionals to build comprehensive estate planning teams.
1988
Karen Doktor lives in Djakarta, Indonesia, with her husband, Edward Mazuroski. The two married in August. Doktor works as a financial consultant to Indonesian companies.
Elizabeth Shapiro Kopin is the founder and managing director of Catalysis Consulting, Inc., a provider of consulting and project management services to the trading, asset management, and financial services industries.
Lawrence Nell and his wife, Claudia, had their first baby in January 1999. “Our daughter, Valeria, is adding perspective in ways we had not thought of,” he writes.
Paula A. Price returned from London and accepted the position of corporate vice president and chief financial officer of Prudential Institutional, a division of Prudential Insurance Co. She and her husband, Michael, live in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.
Mark Tanai resigned from PricewaterhouseCoopers in Atlanta to become the southeast regional consulting manager for Concur Technologies, a small software company that makes Internet-based software. The Seattle-based company recently promoted Tanai to director of consulting, readiness.
1989
Maurice E. Carson is vice president of operations, finance, for Cypress Semiconductors in San Jose, California. “Even with the traffic, expense and all of the Stanford influence, Silicon Valley is an exciting place to live and work. The semiconductor industry is challenging and a good place to use the skills picked up at the GSB. After five years away from the Midwest, I can honestly say I do not miss the cold winters or hot summers at all,” Carson writes.
Arthur L. Herbst is executive vice president and chief financial officer of Young Innovations, a dental supplies and equipment manufacturer that was recently named to Forbes magazine’s list of the 200 top small companies in the United States. Herbst lives in Chicago with his wife, Nicole, and their daughters, Marina, 4, and Paula, 2.
Crain’s Chicago Business profiled Mary Sullivan Josephs on August 16. Josephs is senior vice president of finance at LaSalle National Bank.
Daniel O’Connor is managing director of Net Impact, a San Franciscobased network of M.B.A. students and alumni “committed to using the power of business to create a better world.” He and his wife, Karen, live in Berkeley.
Dwight Sawyer is vice president of operations for Universal Welding and Engineering, a custom steel fabricator. He lives in Wauwautosa, Wisconsin, with his wife, Beth, and is the proud father of Hayley, 6, and Maddie, 2.
Greg Simitian manages Tower Perrin’s Hong Kong office and its regional strategy and organization practice. “One of the benefits of being here is that many alumni seem to end up in Hong Kong. Another benefit: surfing in the Maldives.”
Robin Simon lives in Toronto, where she works for Kraft Foods. She manages the newly formed marketing analytics group, which provides support for all product divisions of Kraft Canada. “I expect to return to Chicago during 2000 and look forward to resuming my volunteer activities as a docent with the Chicago Architecture Foundation,” Simon writes.
Jay Woldenberg, A.B. ’87, M.B.A. ’89, “shocked the experts by getting married in September to Chicago pediatrician Kathy Shepherd. Rumor has it that my fortuitous purchase of Rollerblades two years ago and willingness to try out power yoga were instrumental to our successful courtship. Although rain was predicted, an outdoor ceremony was enjoyed by all who attended. We relocated to a North Side apartment small enough to encourage house-hunting.”
George Zombek and his wife, Cheryl, write: “We are proud to announce the birth of our twin daughters, Lindsay Elizabeth and Shelby Katherine. The girls arrived on January 13 [1999] and their older brother, Chandler, is quite
excited! We have relocated to Westchester County, New York, as our two-bedroom apartment in New York City became too small quite quickly.”
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