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experience INNOVATION
DON ARCHER, ’94, started a PQM,
Inc., a Quality Management Consulting
firm that focuses on reducing project
and construction cost overruns for
infrastructure projects. They provide
consulting services, professional services
and training. PQM is based in
Huntington Beach, CA.
’96
WAYNE FOSS, ’96, completed his doctorate
and was awarded the Doctor of
Business Administration (DBA) degree.
HeisreturningtoTaiwantoteachat
the International Center for Land Policy
Study and Training in Taoyuan. Dr. Foss
has been invited to lecture for the past
seven years at the center. His teaching
has also taken him to China and South
Korea, and he continues to run his real
estate consulting business, the Foss
Consulting Group, and teach at
California State University, Fullerton.
SU KIM, ’96, recently moved from LA to
London to work at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Consulting UK as a Senior Manager in
their Performance Improvement
Consulting Practice. She will be working
with Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies
improving their business
operations within the UK and Europe.
’97
EDWARD H. HERNANDEZ, ’97,
coached a team of undergraduate
Human Resource students from California
State University, Stanislaus to a
victory at the 2008 California Human
Resource Management Games academic
tournament. This tournament took
place on March 1, 2008 and was held
at San Jose State University.
KYLE VAN HOFTEN, ’97, was recently
appointed to the United Way Orange
County's Marketing Committee and has
received the Irvine Chamber of
Commerce's Member of the Month
award for March ‘08.
KARYN WOMACH, ’97, has accepted
the position of Training Manager of
Financial Systems for Qualcomm Inc.
’98
KURT DE PFYFFER, ’98, After HP
acquired two companies Kurt worked
for (Peregrin Systems in 2006 and
Bitfone Corp. in 2007) He decided to
stay on with HP and help them acquire
more software companies. “It’s been a
funridesofarandutilizesalotof skills
I learned at business school.”
SHANA (LEVY) MARTIN, ’98, teaches
at Orange Coast College, Adjunct
Faculty, in the Business and Computing
Department.
SEN-JAN SAM TSAI, ’98, works for
Deloitte Consulting in Shanghai.
’99
VERONICA CHESTNOY TAYLOR, ’99,
just celebrated her 5th year anniversary
since founding OLAPIS, Inc. which specializes
in Cognos Enterprise Planning
& Business Intelligence consulting services.
’00
PHILIP ALLEGA, ’00, is the VP at
Gartner Research. He is a current candidate
for the Freedom of the City of
London as Freeman with The Worshipful
Company of Information Technologists,
amodernliverycompany.Heisalsothe
co-chair for Gartner's European
Conference on Enterprise Architecture
this September in London.
TONY ARMAND, ’00, has been asked to
lead as CEO, a medical device startup
company. “It is an exciting opportunity
to practice what we learned in the MBA
program while helping those challenged
with Peripheral Vascular Disease.”
’01
ANGIE A. SWARTZ (ADDIS), ’01,
president and executive business/life
coach has created a support network
for professional, like-minded mothers
called Six Figure Moms Club. Recently
celebrating its 2nd anniversary, Six
Figure Moms Club provides a supportive
environment that encourages women
to live a life of leadership in all facets
of their lives. Based in San Diego but
recently expanding to Orange County,
the Club offers workshops and mentoring
to encourage women to evolve their
lives to a higher level in all aspects of
self, career, relationships, family, and
spirituality.
ART ELEFANTE, ’01, moved to
Okinawa, Japan in April, ’08. This project
took him to the island of Okinawa to help
the III US Marine Expeditionary Force to
implement a new readiness reporting
system for the Department of Defense.
JOHN GIBSON, ’01, President/Owner,
Premier Financing and Principal,
Gibson Law Group, John started two
new companies in the past six months.
The first is a residential and commercial
mortgage brokerage company
(Premier Financing – www.premierfinancing.biz).
The second is a law firm
focusing on business law; contract
negotiation, review, and dispute; estate
planning; and immigration law (Gibson
Law Group – www.gibsonlawgroup.biz).
ERICA LEGG, ’01, is the Purchasing
Financial Planner at Nissan North
America, Inc.
ANGELO LOMBARDO, ’01, was promoted
to Vice President of Business
Development for the Coca-Cola
Company in early January. Focus will be
leading the acquisition of new accounts
as well as identifying new business
opportunities.
CATHERINE C. TURKEL, ’01, is the Sr.
Director, Clinical Development,
Neurology and Pain and Team Leader
BOTOX Headache of Allergan, Inc.
Catherine has just recently completed
her PhD in Business and Organizational
Management. She also writes,
“Alternative advanced education served
me well as I complete this degree via
on-line coursework through Capella
University.” She was thrilled that Dr.
Marta Elvira, previously associate professor
with UCI agreed to serve on her
dissertation committee.
JOHN WALDECK, ’01, joined Pacific
Life in ‘97 as a Network Support Analyst
in the Real Estate division. He was promoted
to Director in ‘05, and in ‘06, was
promoted to Assistant Vice President,
Real Estate Underwriting. As head of
Underwriting & Construction Services,
he provides direction and support to the
underwriting, analysis, and structuring
processes for real estate debt investments.
He has oversight for the training
and development program for investment
analysts and coordinators, and is
responsible for the Real Estate
Division’s documentation, implementation
and maintenance of commercial
mortgage underwriting guidelines.