Alumni Professional News
Monthly job promotions and employer transitions in the alumni community.
2023
SEPTEMBER
- Quang Nguyen ’14 – joined M&T Bank as Senior Vice President, Quantitative Risk Manager.
- Nicholas Pylypiw ’14 – joined Elicit, LLC as Senior Data Scientist.
- Henry (Shengyuan) Huang ’15 – joined Meta as Senior Data Scientist in San Francisco.
- Taylor Herson ’16 – promoted to Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering at Cloudera.
- David Wheaton ’16 – joined Gradient Health as Senior Data Scientist.
- Katey Kilmer ’17 – joined M&T Bank as Quantitative Risk Analyst Lead.
- Sam LaFell ’20 – joined BizAnalytica as Senior Databricks Optimization Engineer.
- Rachel Nagley ’20 – promote to Senior Data Scientist at Nomi Health.
- Fiz Lokku ’21 – promoted to Staff Data Analyst at Grailed in New York.
- Jacob Turney ’21 – promoted to Enterprise Data Strategist at Trimble in Denver.
- Andrew Allen ’22 – joined FamilySearch as Fraud Prevention Manager.
- Chad Kwiwon Covin ’22 – promoted to Senior Technical Product Marketing Specialist at Dataiku in New York.
- Paul Goodwin ’22 – promoted to Marketing Analyst II at Credit Karma in Charlotte.
AUGUST
- Nicole Bader ’11 – joined Harmony Biosciences as Associate Director, Statistical Programming.
- Emilie (Clark) DeCherney ’11 – promoted to Senior Director of Analytics at Pendo.io.
- Ryan Sun ’11 – promoted to Senior Director of Analytics at Claritas Rx in San Francisco.
- Patrick Hall ’12 – joined George Washington University as Assistant Professor.
- Shweta Madhwani ’13 – promoted to Senior Manager Data Science at Enact Mortgage Insurance in Austin.
- Rich Conboy ’16 – promoted to Senior Data Scientist at Facebook Gaming in Atlanta.
- Chas Stikeleather ’16 – joined Toptal as Practice Director, Data and Analytics in Atlanta.
- John Coletta ’19 – joined Guardian Life as Data Scientist III in Boston.
- Grant Fleming ’19 – joined Rhombus Power as Data Scientist in Washington, DC.
- Sally Crouch ’21 – promoted to Senior Manager, Data Architecture & Insights at American Express in New York.
- Juliana Gines ’21 – joined Skin Laundry as Manager, Data Science.
- Liam Dao ’22 – promoted to Senior Data Scientist at Pendo.
- Ike Ingle, ’22 – promoted to Data and Analytics Senior Consultant at EY in Charlotte.
- Patrick Monahan ’22 – promoted to Data and Analytics Senior Consultant at EY in Charlotte.
JULY
- Leigh Ann Herhold ’16 – promoted to Senior Manager, Data Science, with Verizon.
- Emily (Emmy) Burnett ’17 – joined BetterUp as Senior Data Scientist.
- Michael Byman ’17 – promoted to Senior Manager, Product Data Science at Ibotta in Denver.
- DT Oliver ’17 – promoted to Director of Capacity Building Analytics at Feeding America in Washington, DC.
- Chris Becker ’18 – promoted to Head of Data & Platform Strategy at MedArrive in Charlotte.
- Jacob Michel ’19 – promoted to Manager, Data Science at Elevate Credit.
- Ryan Ankersen ’20 – promoted to Senior Data Scientist with Elevate Credit.
- Walter Creech ’20 – joined ConsumerAffairs as Senior Analyst, Strategic Analytics.
- Travis Noftle ’20 – joined Salesforce as Analytics Manager, People Analytics, in Charlotte.
- Reema Thakkar ’20 – joined American Express as Manager, Colleague Insights, in Washington, DC.
- Katie Saveliff ’21 – joined McKesson as Data Scientist.
- Alessandra Catalanotti ’22 – promoted to Senior Data Scientist at EY in New York.
- Sunny Lin ’22 – promoted to Senior Analytics Engineer at Pendo.io.
- Nathan Woelfel ’22 – promoted to Director, Data Science R&D, at Cadient.
JUNE
- Eric McMillen ’13 – joined Roadie as Engineering Manager in Nashville.
- Michaelia McLean ’15 – promoted to Senior Manager at Deloitte Consulting in Miami.
- Patricia Martín López ’17 – joined GoStudent as Senior Business Intelligence Analyst in Madrid, Spain.
- Sneha Raghavan ’17 – promoted to Senior Director, Chief of Staff to the CEO at Pendo.
- Damon Neanover ’18 – promoted to Senior Director, Analytics at Above Lending.
- Ashley Peterson ’18 – promoted to Senior Data Scientist at Q2.
- Kieran Riban ’19 – promoted to Lead Data Scientist at Nike in Portland, Oregon.
- Michael Zabawa ’20 – joined Wells Fargo as Lead Financial Analyst in Charlotte.
- Kristi Bubeck ’21 – promoted to Senior Consultant as Deloitte.
- Ethan-Cole Evans ’21 – promoted to Analytics Engineer at Pendo.io.
- Eric Sims ’21 – joined NRG Energy as Data Scientist.
- Abigail Edwards ’21 – joined Synchrony as AVP, Portfolio Credit Home & Auto.
- Mingming Li ’22 – joined Lennox International as Sales Intelligence Analyst Lead in Dallas.
- Valerie Luo ’22 – joined Green Dot Corporation as Senior Data Scientist.
- Kevin Mitchell ’22 – promoted to Senior Data Engineer at Verizon in Boston.
MAY
- Luke Sirakos ’11 – promoted to Senior VP, Director of Financial Reporting and Analysis, at Frost Bank in San Antonio, Texas.
- Marina (Akushevich) Kovach ’12 – promoted to VP, RWD Analytics & Product Success at ConcertAI.
- Andrés Ángel ’13 – joined Coca-Cola FEMSA as Digital Manager in Bogota, Colombia.
- Jennifer Schaff ’16 – promoted to Vice President of Commercial Services at Elder Research.
- Kaili (Stevens) Bessell ’17 – joined El Segundo, California-based Skin Laundry as
- Shelby Bullock Klemm ’17 – promoted to Staff UX Researcher at Google.
- Jordan Pfaff ’17 – joined Redbird Bioscience as Analytics Lead in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
- Max Warburg ’17 – joined Crusoe as Manager, People Ops, Analytics, Compensation.
- Joshua Gandy ’18 – promoted to Lead Solution Engineer–Marketing Cloud at Salesforce in New York.
- Chelsey (Paulsen) Rogers ’19 – promoted to Senior Manager, Data Science, at Asurion in Nashville.
- Melissa Sandahl ’19 – joined the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as Data Scientist.
- Katlyn Limer ’20 – promoted to Senior Manager, Global Thought Leadership at Fidelity Investments.
- Chesaney Wyse Kooy ’20 – promoted to Client Engagement Manager at Elder Research.
- Dylan Loerts ’21 – joined Wells Fargo as Senior Analytics Consultant in Dallas.
- Dawson Tripp ’21 – joined Booz Allen Hamilton as Senior Data Scientist in Washington, DC.
- Kari Jahnsen ’22 – promoted to Senior Data Scientist at Choice Hotels International in Washington, DC.
APRIL
- Miranda Hickman ’12 – promoted to Director of Analytics at Revive in Nashville.
- Celia Wang ’12 – promoted to Data Analytics Engineer at Southern Company in Atlanta.
- Ozan Ersoy ’13 – promoted to Principal Data Scientist at Flipkart in Seattle.
- Stu Sztukowski ’13 – promoted to Senior Product Manager at SAS.
- Julian Thomas ’13 – promoted to Senior Manager, Analytics and Reporting, at Community Care of North Carolina.
- Shane Lasher ’14 – joined Databricks as Solution Architect.
- Nathan Peifer ’14 – joined Elicit, LLC, as Director of Data Science in Brooklyn.
- Lauren Foley ’15 – promoted to Energy Risk and Resilience Manager at NextEra Analytics in Juno Beach, Florida.
- John Gauf ’15 – promoted to Software Engineering Manager, Customer Applications and Technology at Cloudera.
- Amanda Gottschall ’15 – joined GEICO as Principal Marketing Data Scientist in Charlotte.
- Asad Rahman ’15 – promoted to Principal Cloud Technical Account Manager at SAS in Chicago.
- Jon Daniels ’16 – joined BENlabs as Director of Data Engineering in Lehi, Utah.
- Mirna Domančić ’16 – promoted to Staff Data Scientist at HBOMax.
- Marina Burke ’17 – promoted to Senior Data Scientist at SAS.
- Sneha Komma ’17 – joined Asurion as Senior Manager Customer Experience Analytics.
- Amy Hemmeter ’18 – promoted to Senior Data Science Manager, NLP, at Workhuman.
- Allison Sealy ’18 – promoted to Senior Analytical Consultant at SAS.
- Alexandria (Lexie) Dempsey ’19 – joined Antares Audio Technologies as Business Data Analyst.
- Rachel (Schwitzgebel) Pedersen ’19 – promoted to Expert Manager, Data Science at Bain & Company.
- Alison Berger ’20 – joined RVO Health as Senior Data Analyst in Chicago.
- Juliana Gines ’21 – promoted to Lead Data Scientist at Bain & Company in Atlanta.
- Namrata Jumani ’21 – promoted to Lead Data Scientist at Bain & Company in New York.
MARCH
- Jay Paulson ’11 – joined OfficeMax as Manager of Business Intelligence in Auckland, New Zealand.
- Michael Morris ’13 – promoted to Analytics Manager at Blue Cross NC.
- Stu Sztukowski ’13 – promoted to Senior Product Manager, Augmented Analytics, at SAS.
- Peter Baumgartner ’14 – joined RTI International as Senior Research Data Scientist.
- Melissa (Principe) Gibson ’14 – promoted to Senior Data Scientist at Brightly Software.
- Nate Tess, ’14 – promoted to Senior Director at Ankura in Washington, DC.
- Jeffrey Mullahey ’15 – joined Boll & Branch as Analytics Engineer in Columbus, Ohio.
- Matthew Russell ’16 – joined Elevance Health as Advanced Analytics Consultant.
- Kevin Danchisko ’17 – promoted to Senior Director at Ankura in Washington, DC.
- Annabel Maschal ’17 – promoted to Director at Ankura in Philadelphia.
- Ben Cash ’18 – promoted to Senior Product Manager with Q2.
- Liping Wu ’18 – promoted to Director, Data Science at Advance Auto Parts.
- Kristin Hooper ’19 – joined Victory 360 as Senior Data Analyst.
- Carlos Chávez Reyes ’19 – promoted to Senior Data Scientist at Red Ventures in Charlotte.
- Ellen Davis ’20 – promoted to Data Analytics Senior Associate at Ankura in Washington, DC.
- Max Fairbairn ’20 – promoted to Lead Data Scientist at Booz Allen Hamilton.
- Dan Minkler ’22 – joined Hazen and Sawyer as a Senior Principal Business Analyst.
FEBRUARY
- John York ’11 – joined SEI as Consultant in Atlanta.
- André Toman ’12 – promoted to Senior Vice President at M&T Bank in Buffalo.
- Wesley Stewart ’13 – joined the United States Golf Association (USGA) as Data Scientist.
- Ryan Burkhardt ’16 – promoted to Senior Quantitative Analytics Specialist at Wells Fargo.
- Tanya Moore ’16 – joined Raymond James as Senior Data Analyst in Tampa.
- Tim Mulligan ’16 – promoted to Data Science Manager, Business Cards and Payables, at Capital One in New York.
- Chris Smith ’16 – joined Google as Data Scientist in Mountainview, California.
- Aaron Johnston ’19 – promoted to Business Analytics Manager at LendingTree in Charlotte,
- Sarah Grieco ’20 – promoted to Director, Strategy & Planning at Fidelity Investments.
- Sam LaFell ’20 – joined Ameriprise Financial Services as Data Science Manager.
- Evan Li ’20 – joined BlackLocus, The Home Depot’s Innovation Lab as Data Scientist in New York.
- Payal Patel ’20 – promoted to Analytics Lead at IBM.
- Sunny Qin ’20 – joined Ally as Senior Business Analyst in Charlotte.
- Laura Lancheros ’21 – promoted to Portfolio Director at Elder Research in Washington, DC.
- Levi Lovell ’21 – promoted to Data Scientist Senior Consultant at Guidehouse in Washington, DC.
- Jonah Schiestle ’21 – joined Cymantix as Senior Software Engineer.
JANUARY
- Taylor Shipman ’13 – Senior VP, Head of Data & Analytics, National Banking at Citizens.
- Aaron Baker ’14 – joined GEICO as Senior Director Marketing Science.
- Camille Yingling ’15 – promoted to Senior Lead Analytics Consultant at Wells Fargo in Austin.
- Virginia Chriscoe ’16 – joined ARMA Global Corporation, A General Dynamics Company, as Data Scientist Advisor.
- Ellie Lo ’16 – promoted to VP Data Scientist Lead, Consumer Bank Marketing Analytics at JPMorgan Chase in Philadelphia.
- Jing Zhu ’16 – promoted to Senior Manager, Data Science at Capital One in Washington, DC.
- Cecilia Cupito ’17 – promoted to Head of Data at etermax in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Alex Horowitz ’17 – promoted to Managing Consultant at Berkeley Research Group in Washington, DC.
- Taylor Mikkola ’17 – promoted to Associate Manager at Beghou Consulting.
- Edward Preble ’17 – promoted to Director, Data Science at RTI International.
- Sam Ballerini ’18 – promoted to Senior Software Engineer at Fringe in Philadelphia.
- Liz Hester ’18 – promoted to Principal, Data & Analytics at Slalom in Charlotte.
- Jiajing Hu ’18 – joined Travelers as Manager and Senior Data Scientist in Boston.
- Manaswini Rao ’18 – promoted to Manager, Data & Analytics at EY in Charlotte.
- Eric Washington ’18 – promoted to Data Science Manager at RVO Health.
- Ashwin Bhat ’19 – joined Fidelity Investments as Manager, Advanced Analytics and Insights.
- JD Kent ’19 – promoted to Manager, Data & Analytics, at EY in Charlotte.
- Liz Mao ’19 – joined Uber as Data Scientist.
- Michael Witebsky ’19 – promoted to Analytics Engineer at Ibotta in Denver.
- Kevin Lybrand ’20 – joined Fidelity Investments as Senior Manager, Advanced Analytics and Insights.
- Heqing Sun ’20 – joined Choice Hotels International as Data Scientist.
- Khoi Tran ’20 – promoted to Business Analytics Manager at Create Music Group in Austin.
- Rayan Jabr ’21 – joined Fidelity Investments as Manager, Advanced Analytics and Insights.