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Alumni in Tech: From Diving With the Navy, to Leading at Amazon

Darden Executive MBA alum Rich Hanna (MBA ’15) knows more than a little something about how to breathe and operate well under pressure. Before coming to Darden, he served as an explosive ordinance officer in the Navy, or an underwater diver who disarms bombs. Based in Boston, Rich now leads…

By Mary Shea Watson- July 1, 2020

Career Tips, Darden Alumni, Technology

5 Virtual Job Search Tips Using LinkedIn

Darden alumni Rachel Becker (MBA ’18), Ben Leiner (MBA ’19) and Russ Wilson (MBA ’19) all found their way to full-time roles at LinkedIn through LinkedIn. Recruiters for the professional networking and social media platform contacted Russ and Rachel, who now respectively work at LinkedIn as a monetization strategy…

By Mary Shea Watson- April 14, 2020

Career Tips, EMBA, Entrepreneurship, Hospitality, Technology

Alumni in Hospitality: How This Veteran Landed in a “Rocket Ship” Startup

After spending time as an entrepreneur, Marine Officer and Big Four consultant, Patrick Weeks (EMBA ’18 and pictured above at center) pivoted into a hospitality, technology and startup role during his MBA studies at Darden. He now leads the Washington, D.C. market for Sonder, a tech hospitality company, as…

By Mary Shea Watson- December 19, 2019

Finance, General Management, Marketing, MBA, Retail, Technology, West Coast Careers

Career Center, Clubs Partner in Nationwide Job Treks and Darden’s First Week of Dedicated Internship Prep

First Year students experienced the School’s cross-industry expertise in action this fall, as Darden’s Career Development Center led a week of morning-to-evening internship recruiting opportunities.As Darden’s first week of dedicated internship prep programming, students participated in Job Treks to industry headquarters around the…

By Mary Shea Watson- December 5, 2019

Darden Alumni, Technology, Uncategorized, West Coast Careers

Alumni in Tech: How Darden Prepared This Grad for Google

Just one year after her internship as Google business sales and marketing MBA intern, Jacqui Snell (MBA ’19) found herself returning to the company’s global headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA. This time, she was beginning her new post-Darden role as Google’s launch and localization program manager.Jacqui, along…

By Mary Shea Watson- November 11, 2019

Career Advisors, Entrepreneurship, Technology

Soundbites from Startup Grind’s 2019 Global Conference

Make friends. Give first. Help others.These were the tenets of Startup Grind’s 2019 Global Conference, held this year in Redwood City, California. Startup Grind is an online community of global startups designed to educate and connect entrepreneurs — and hosts an annual global conference in order to do…

By Mary Shea Watson- March 22, 2019

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