About our Alumni

Originally from Sacramento, California, Rachel is currently working as an Executive Compensation Analyst for Pearl Meyer & Partners, a premier compensation consultancy. Rachel is responsible for conducting detailed analyses of executive and Board of Director compensation practices in order to evaluate the appropriateness and competitiveness of their remuneration policy.  She must assess company performance using significant financial metrics to formulate a tailored rewards strategy and assists in the design of short-term and long-term incentive plans to align incumbents' performance with the company's business strategy. Rachel finds that many of her IBS classes helped her in her current position.

She comments: "Financial statement analysis as well as company strategy assessment have been helpful tools at work. Additionally, project and time management skills were something I learned and built on at IBS, both of which are critical at Pearl Meyer. The best thing about IBS is the opportunity to have classes with people from all over the world, so that you learn finance and business not only from the professors and text books, but also from foreign students' real life experiences. The student community created by this unique gathering of people is one-of-a-kind, and I am so thankful to have had such a positive and enriching graduate school experience."

Candace Bazley is working at Liberty Mutual, a leading global insurer, in New Jersey as an Account Representative. Like many IBS students, Candice supplemented her IBS education with a semester abroad. Candice studied at ESSEC (Ecole Superieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales), one of the top universitites in France.

Candice comments: "You had to choose three countries in which you would like to study and submit them to the graduate office. chose France, Spain, and Brazil. The staff at Brandeis took care of the rest of the application process. Brandeis has already established relationships with these schools, so it's a matter of match and interest. My experience abroad immersed me in another culture and allowed me to explore a different view on business ideas. The International Luxury Distribution course allowed me to study and learn about brands in the fashion industry such as LVMH, Chanel, and Gucci. I would definitely recommend studying abroad to other MBA students because it is an enriching experience that allows you to learn from a different viewpoint."

Randall is currently working within the High Yield Loan Portfolio Group at Lehman Brothers. The main responsibility of the group is managing the bank's credit exposure to non-investment grade companies. His role involves wearing many hats, including working with investment bankers, interacting with the trading floor, speaking with other lenders, and keeping track of companies in the firm's portfolio.

Randall comments: "Brandeis was an awesome experience. At Brandeis, I developed the necessary skills to make the next step. Meeting people from around the world allowed me to mature in a global sense. Everyday, I apply the lessons that I learned at IBS whether it be at work or wherever. I am excited to watch IBS evolve.

Manuel Núñez works as a Fixed Income Analyst in Wellington Management Company in Boston. He has primary responsibility for debt investments in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Panama, Central America and the Caribbean. Before Brandeis, Manuel traveled and worked throughout Latin America. He has lived in Chile, where he worked in corporate finance and management in the manufacturing sector and earned an MBA from the University of Santiago in Chile. He is originally from Havana, Cuba, where he managed a health care institution.

Manuel comments: "IBS was a critical stepping stone in my career path. It expanded my horizons and broadened my cultural knowledge beyond my initial Latin American experience. IBS also added a valuable set of financial skills to my business background, allowing me to switch into an asset management career, and enabling me to make rapid progress in my current job"

Dato Sandroshvili is Vice President at Citigroup Global Market's Investment Banking Division in London. He focuses on providing strategic advisory, M&A and capital raising services to Energy companies in Europe, Middle East, Asia, Japan and Former Soviet Union. Dato has been at Citigroup London since his graduation in 2001 and has also spent several months in the company's New York offices on an extended rotation.

Dato comments: "IBS has built a very balanced curriculum and it has offered me all the tools that I needed for my job. Since I work in the financial industry, courses in Accounting and Finance have benefited me directly. However, as an Investment Banker, I have to focus on companies' strategy, as well as softer, 'people' issues, both of which were covered in the curriculum. In addition, with the flexibility of cross-registering, I took a special negotiations class at Babson, which was also extremely useful. Most career tracks today require knowledge in many areas, and Brandeis has given me a platform in all the important areas that I need to build on in order to grow. Most importantly, the school has given me global network of alumni that I can rely on and which I have used number of times."

Amy is Managing Director of Public Finance at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. In this role, Amy is responsible for structuring bond issues, derivative transactions, securitizations and refinancings for some of the nation's largest municipal issuers, including the City of New York. In October of 2001, she helped the City of New York access the bond market for the first time after September 11th in the successful $1 billion New York City Recovery Note transaction.

During her career, Amy has structured over $30 billion of securities and has been instrumental in the development of the municipal asset securitization market, which blends the techniques of the asset backed securities arena with the financing needs of state and local governments. In 1997, she worked on the nation's first municipal asset securitization for New York City's Transitional Finance Authority. More recently, she has led the establishment of the tobacco securitization market, in which states securitize their share of a $40 billion legal settlement with the tobacco manufacturers. Amy has structured over $9 billion of tobacco securitizations, putting Bear Stearns at the top of the league tables in this area.

Amy comments: "At IBS, I learned that my financing ideas have to change constantly to keep up with dynamic market conditions. This approach has helped me stay ahead of my competitors and give my clients the best possible advice."

Diego works as a Senior Economic Analyst in the Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. As part of his various responsibilities, Diego participates in pre-FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) meetings, briefing the bank's president on the international aspects of the US economy. In addition, he contributes to the writing of several macroeconomic reports and delivers presentations to other groups within the Federal Reserve System, providing insights and forecasts. Diego also actively participates in conferences and research seminars, sharing thoughts, findings and ideas with other fellow economists.

Prior to joining the Federal Reserve, Diego had worked in the investment banking and strategy consulting industries. In addition, while in Spain during an exchange program, he was able to secure an internship in the research department of the BBVA in Madrid.

Upon graduation, Diego had also received job offers from the World Bank and NERA.

Diego comments: "I believe the MAief program gave me two main things. On the technical side, it allowed me to continue improving my economic and analytical skills. I knew what I wanted and the program was flexible enough to adapt to my needs. On a personal level, I was exposed to an innumerable quantity of new realities, cultures and perspectives, which I had never experienced before. As such, I was able to grow not only as an economist, but also as a citizen of this world."