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ALUMNI NEWS 58 experience INNOVATION MIKE SCOTT, ’06, is currently living in San Jose, CA, working in the Medical Device industry. JANET TAIT, ’06, wanted to say thank you to the FEMBA 06 Section A for all their help and support after she lost her house in the San Diego wildfires in October. She especially wants to thank Felice Szeto-Wong for her efforts on her family’s behalf. Her classmates’ support is greatly appreciated. DEBBIE MOYSYCHYN, ‘06, was promoted to Executive Director, EMBA/ HCEMBA programs. She also states, “additionally we relocated from Irvine to Tustin (behind the District) – not a big deal but becomes a big deal as we watched the housing market tumble and took advantage of low rates, dropped pricing and non contingent sale.” ’07 TREVOR COLLINS, ’07, has left LandAmerica and began work as a business strategy consultant for cpSphere in February 2008. BERNARDO GARCIA, ’07, was assigned as Construction Mgr. for a Co- Generation plant project in Jurong Island (Singapore) in November 2007. The Generation of steam and electricity is based on bio-diesel produced from coconut oil. The Singaporean government is also launching a 3-year pilot program sponsored by automotive and petrochemical companies to supply and test bio-diesel in normal vehicles. LESLIE HAYS, ’07, is the Director at Apria Healthcare which provides home respiratory therapy, infusion therapy and medical equipment through approximately 500 locations in the United States. Most recently, Apria Healthcare completed the acquisition of Coram and Leslie was offered the position of Director of Supply Chain Engineering where she will be responsible for defining supply chain strategies, rolling out operational optimization projects, defining distribution work and process standardization, as well as a supporting the company-wide SAP implementation. COSMIN IBANESCU, ’07, moved to the east coast at the beginning of the year to start his new position in marketing research. His is working as a consultant for Kraft Foods in East Hanover, NJ. SHAHIN JAHROMI, ’07, is the Program Mgr/Business Analyst at Gemstar/TVGuide. He started his current job during his last quarter as a senior software developer. Nine months later, he has fully transferred the new team and will hopefully never write code again. He is defining roadmaps and building new products now. His level of satisfaction is not even comparable with to life before the Merage School. RAFAY KHALID, ’07, accepted an offer as a lead analyst in the Equity Research department at Standard & Poor's (S&P) in New York City. This new position builds upon his prior experience as an associate in equity research. Prior to joining S&P, he was an associate in the Equity Research department at First Albany Capital (now called Broadpoint Capital). CHAD THACKER, ’07, is now the Key Account Manager at Rexam Pharma – specializing in the diagnostic and medical device market space. Clientele includes all "Big Pharma" and large diagnostic firms. Chad and his wife, Lori, welcomed their 3rd daughter, Eliza on April 4. CAROLYN TSAO, ’07, moved to the bay area as Director of HR for Genemed Biotechnologies, Inc. DALE BOYLES, ’07, recently sold Monarch Senior Living to Senior Care Management, LLC in Irvine, CA and has assumed the role of President. Senior Care Management has 18 assisted living communities throughout the West. Dale has relocated to San Diego, CA. Marriages/ Family News ’96 KRISTIN CLARKE BATOY, ’96, and Arsenio Batoy welcomed their third child, Camille Grace, on October 26, 2007. TOMMY NGUYEN, ’96, was married in 2006 and moved to London in 2007. LAURA RHYNE WILLIAMS, ’96, and her husband, Dorian, welcomed their baby girl, Kayla Elise, on October 17, 2007. She weighed in at 9 lbs, 2 oz. ’98 LIZ BROWNING, ’98, and Joe Niccum had a baby boy, Nathan Browning Niccum, on October 21, 2007. 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 fun ride so far and utilizes a lot of skills I learned at business school.” His wife Sarah and he have also welcomed their third boy, Daniel, to the family on Feb 6 so they now have a 4, 2 and newborn to keep up with. ’01 ERICA LEGG, ’01, is the Purchasing Financial Planner at Nissan North America, Inc., Erica and husband, Tom, welcomed the arrival of their second child and first son, Evan Thomas, on February 21st. CARMEN BAMERT MASON, ’01, and her husband recently welcomed the newest addition to their family, Timothy, born in September ’07– and enjoying every second of motherhood! ’02 AUDRENA CHEUNG, ’02, Jeff and Audrena Liu FEMBA ’02 welcomed their second child, Ayn, on Feb. 2, 2008. Mother and daughter are both doing well. CHRIS CLAISSE, ’02, & Karin welcomed their Leap Year daughter Zoe Marie Claisse into the world on February 29, ‘08. ANDREW KIM, ’02, got married in October ‘07. XAVIER MINAKAWA, ’02, and wife Julie had their first child, Alexander Mark Minakawa, on Jan 28, 2008. He will also be taking a new job as Merger & Acquisitions Program Manager for VMware in April. LUKE FITZSIMONS, ’02, first child, son Owen Henry FitzSimons, was born 10-22-07. DAVID SULLIVAN, ’02, had his first child born, Ginger Eva Sullivan, 17
October 2007, in Paris France. Mother Thea is well. Ginger is healthy and happy. Tout va bien. ’04 LISA MUNRO, ’04, Jeremy Collins proposed in December on a trip back to Orange County. The wedding will take place in August to capitalize on the sunshine and we will have many fellow FEMBAs in attendance! TODD SIGLER, ’04, and Heidi Sigler welcomed their first child, Chloe Suzanne on November 20, 2007. 9lbs, 7 ozs. Todd writes, “Everyone is doing great, if a little sleep deprived.” ’05 GREG FERRELL, ’05, and Tanya are thrilled to announce the birth of their first child, Jack Travis Ferrell, born at Hoag Hospital on February 18, 2008. JTwas6lbs,4oz,and20incheslong at birth. He and his mother are both doing great. Dad is elated, and still workingtogetatransfertoSeattle,WA, where both sets of grandparents and aunts are currently living. AVI GUR, ’05, and Kate Reeves got married in Bali in April, 2008. A wedding reception is planned at Doheny Beach in June. The couple plan to continue living in south Orange County. ’06 GREGG BOEHM, ’06, and Sequoia Boehm are excited to announce the arrival of their first child, a baby girl, Taylor Marie Boehm, born on January 12, 2008. ABDUL RASTAGAR, ’06, & Bjorg are celebrating the birth of their second child, Aaron, in May. “3 out of 4 Rastagars are born in May.” THE MERAGE ANNUAL FUND ALUMNI NEWS ’07 CHAD THACKER, ’07, has new job as Key Account Manager at Rexam Pharma – specializing in the diagnostic and medical device market space. Clientele includes all "Big Pharma" and large diagnostic firms. Chad also celebrates a new arrival: his wife, Lori gave birth to their 3rd daughter, Eliza on April 4. MELISSA VARCAK, ’07, Dole Food Company, Associate Business Manager, was engaged to Mario Carboni on March 6th, 2008. LUCY ROSALES WATSON, ’07, and Russell Watson are proud to announce the birth of a baby boy, Grant Russell Watson. He was born on March 9, 2008 at Hoag Hospital, Newport Beach, CA, and weighed 6 lbs, 8 oz. This is their first child. A New Tradition of Giving In the simplest terms, your contributions to the Merage Annual Fund help to increase the value of your degree and ensure a bright future for incoming students. Your unrestricted gift will help the School to provide distinct scholarship programs, faculty research, and develop new initiatives and educational opportunities. Join your fellow alumni TODAY and ensure the growth in reputation of The Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine. www.egiving.uci.edu You can make your contribution through our website or by contacting Elizabeth Dahl at edahl@uci.edu or 949.824.3066. A return envelope is also included in this magazine for your convenience.
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