UW Business School - MBA Alumni News
May 2006

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CONTENTS
Upcoming Events
  • Retail Management Program Golf Tournament
  • MBA Alumni Community Barbecue

  • News
  • Listen to CEO Lunch Series Online
  • MBAs Venture to International Supremacy
  • Alumni Directory - Find your friends

  • Volunteer Opportunities
  • Huskies Helping Huskies

  • Career Development
  • Dependable Strengths Seminar

  • AlumNotes
  • May 2006 AlumNotes
  • Submit an AlumNote
  • EVENTS

    Retail Management Program Golf Tournament
    May 12, 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
    Join the UW Business School Retail Management Program for a fun day of golf at Newcastle Golf Course. For more information and to register visit the Golf Tournament site or call Pam Tufts, 206-685-2755.

    MBA Community Barbecue
    May 31, 2006, 6 p.m.
    Join MBA alumni and staff as they welcome the graduating class of 2006 to the alumni community during the 5th annual spring BBQ. MBA alumni, students, faculty and staff are invited to this special celebration! This event is FREE, but advance registration is requested.
    More information and online registration...

    NEWS

    Listen to CEO Lunch Series Online
    Audio versions of the popular CEO Lunch Series lectures are now available on-line! To access the lectures, visit our alumni events archive

    MBAs Venture to International Supremacy
    A team of UW MBAs has won the prestigious international Venture Capital Investment Competition for the second time in three years.
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    Alumni Directory - find your friends
    The UWAA Online Alumni Directory is a searchable database of UW alumni showing name, city and state of residence, class years, and other degree information. This resource will only prove useful if alumni log in and update their profiles, so please log in today and update your contact information!
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    VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

    Huskies Helping Huskies
    Here's a great way to stay connected and make a difference in the lives of other Huskies: volunteer to be a Career Connections contact.

    Career Connections is a worldwide network of UW alumni and friends offering information about their field and networking referrals to UW students and UWAA members who are exploring their career options. More information and online sign-up
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    CAREER DEVELOPMENT

    Dependable Strengths Seminars
    This seminar is designed to assess strengths and talents.  This information is then used to develop a powerful job search strategy.
    More...

    AlumNotes

    Do you have news you'd like to share? Submit a class note. Tell us what major events have happened in your life: a new job, marriage, children, retirement, advanced degrees, you name it. Submit a class note.

    Sadrollah Alborzi, MBA 1972
    Alborzi, founder and manager of Alborzi Management Group, hopes he has contributed to Business Administration education (teaching, learning and research). Scholars, professors, researchers, specialists, experts and students are welcome to share their experience, research and studies in management to others on his international Management website at www.sadrollah.com. Alborzi is also currently the UW Business School's Regional Ambassador for the Middle East. He would be glad to be in contact with all alumni. Email Sadrollah at: alborzi@u.washington.edu

    Edwin Howard, MBA 1979
    Howard retired from TVA 4/99 and lives in Chattanooga, TN. He would like to receive email from his classmates -- MBA grads '78, '79, and '80 Email Edwin at: howard1144@aol.com

    Steven Holste, MBA 1981
    Holste is currently serving as a research scientist at SPAWAR (Space and Naval Warfare) Systems Center in San Diego, CA and is primarily involved in Command & Control systems and Human Systems Interfaces. As a Lieutenant Colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve Holste has deployed twice to Southwest Asia including Kuwait and Fallujah, Iraq. He is currently assigned to I Marine Expeditionary Force. Holste is married to Megan, and has two sons Joshua and Rory.

    Richard Williams, EMBA 1994
    Williams, President of Black Widow Productions, LLC has been named the President of Razor International Trading, BV which will distribute Black Widows movies globally along with other producers titles. Email Richard at: ric@blackwidowproductions.com

    Ron Kuppersmith, MBA 2002
    Kuppersmith was elected Secretary/Treasurer of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and its Foundation, the national medical society representing 12,000 ear, nose, and throat specialists.

    Baldwin Ng, MBA 2003
    Baldwin has recently joined Microsoft's Servers and Tools Division as Product Manager for Small and Medium Business Solutions. He will be responsible for driving partner adoption strategies and executions. Email Baldwin at: baldwin_ng@yahoo.com

    Flavio Kaplan, MBA 2005
    Flavio and his wife Julie became the proud parents of Logan David Kaplan on January 23rd at 5:21PM. We are all doing great and enjoying Logan's big smiles and sparkly eyes. Email Flavio at: flavio.kaplan@hp.com

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