Class Notes

Sheldon Berg, BS ’01, joined CFSB as head of corporate success.

Randy Irvine, MBA ’01, joined the Cybersecurity firm BeyondTrust as distribution sales manager for the Americas. 

Asif Abidi, BS ’04, was named senior director of clinical operations at the UB School of Dental Medicine.

Brett Nelson, BS ’03, MBA ’05, was promoted to senior vice president, business strategy manager at M&T Bank.

James Toomey, BS ’06, was promoted to director of digital solutions at Rich Products.

Sudha Bommidi, MBA ’07, was promoted to chief operating officer at RPCI Oncology PC and senior executive director at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Min Zheng, MBA ’08, was promoted to vice president of global audit and advisory at TransUnion.

Jennifer Pugh, MD/MBA ’09, was named director of the MD/MBA program in the School of Management.

Dewey Chan, BS ’10, was named controller at Raga Partners.

Kendyl Frank, BS ’10, was promoted to field sales manager, CDW at Ingram Micro.

Diana Valenti, MBA ’10, joined the global myopia management team at CooperVision as an associate brand manager.

Kevin Caballes, BS ’11, was named head of business operations at Fleek.

Sean Loke, BS ’11, was named manager, technology and professional services at IntelliPro.

Laura Polino, BS ’11, was promoted to director of supply chain planning and operations at New Era Cap.

Dillon Topal, BS ’11, was promoted to associate director, CX at Lemonade.

Atul Dahiya, EMBA ’13, joined Clinvia as director of technology and operations.

Ghaith Koussa, BS/MBA ’13, joined Belfry as vice president of sales.

Kimberly Stone, BS ’14, joined The Lewin Group as senior consultant.

Angela Rego, BS ’15, joined Observe Inc. as senior manager, sales development.

Brandon Tammaro, BS ’15, was promoted to vice president of strategic growth at Wow Bao.

Emily Vanepps, BS ’15, was promoted to senior customer success manager at Adobe.

Srinidhi Aithal, MS ’16, was promoted to senior manager, information security at Rubrik. 

Jillian Gates, BS ’15, MS ’16, was promoted to vice president, assistant controller at Dime Community Bank.

Cory Nealon, PMBA ’16, received the 2024 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence, acknowledging superior professional achievement and the ongoing pursuit of excellence.

Laura Wanerka, BS/MBA ’16, joined PepsiCo as communications manager, Gatorade portfolio.

Brittany Bartula, BS ’16, MBA ’17, published the children’s book, “Paisley, Paisley Runs to the Store,” which introduces financial literacy concepts to young children in an entertaining and accessible manner.

Kaely Kwitek, BS ’17, financial business manager at Ingram Micro, was named to Buffalo Business First’s 30 Under 30 list for 2024.

Briana Tom, BS Engineering/MBA ’17, sales engineer at Harper International, was named to Buffalo Business First’s 30 Under 30 list for 2024.

Miranda Hyzy, MBA ’18, was promoted to senior business analyst at HarbourVest Partners.

Sushant Uday Susarla, BS ’18, was named data engineer at Apple.

Jenna Behm, BS ’19, was promoted to assistant controller at Scott Lawn Yard.

Matthew Dembski, BS ’19, joined M&T Bank as a lead auditor in consumer bank.

Oluwaseyi Durosinmi-Etti, BS ’19, was promoted to data analyst, process and performance reporting at National Grid.

Jiwon Kim, BS ’19, was promoted to wealth management product marketing vice president at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Victor Burdukov, BS ’16, JD/MBA ’20, joined SRC Inc. as manager of subcontracts and procurement compliance.

Dennis Derouen III, MS ’20, was named system project analyst at Paradies Lagardère.

Christopher Amico, BS ’21, joined Cherry Bekaert, ranked one of the top 25 accounting firms in the U.S., as tax credits and incentives advisory senior associate.

Janelle Fore, BS ’20, MBA ’21, was promoted to associate at Goldman Sachs.

Melanie Nguyen, PharmD/MBA ’21, was named associate director, U.S. oncology marketing at Merck.

Jacob Robbins, CEL ’21, vice president of marketing and business development at RubberForm Recycled Products LLC, was named to Buffalo Business First’s 30 Under 30 list for 2024.

John Yihui Sun, MBA ’21, was promoted to financial analyst at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Youssef Allam, BS ’22, was promoted to senior financial analyst at Key Private Bank, and was selected by the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts as a 30 under 30 Honoree for 2023.

Honoré Clark, BS ’22, was promoted to search engine optimization specialist II at Cox Automotive Inc.

Ethan Kimball, BS ’22, was named purchasing manager at ARCA, Asset Recovery Company of America.

Oscar Lin, BS ’22, joined Neuberger Berman as a technical business analyst enterprise data management.

Vishal Subramaniam, MS ’22, was promoted to vice president of financial instruments and technology at Kroll. 

Luca Zarzana, BS ’22, was named account manager at Oak Tree Insurance Services LLC.

Tessa Bianchi, BS ’23, was named sales and marketing representative at DENT Neurologic Institute.

Ryan Coppola, BS ’22, MS ’23, was promoted to associate portfolio manager at Courier Capital, a local registered investment adviser firm, after joining the company as a research analyst in 2023.

Brian Kong, BS ’23, was named risk analyst at China Construction Bank.

Dominic Macri, PMBA ’23, was promoted to senior technical solutions specialist and APC champion at Ingram Micro.

Pavithra Murugan, MS ’23, joined BlackRock as data operations analyst.

Shefa Rizvi, BS ’23, was promoted to account manager at RMS International (USA) Inc.

Harshada Samant, MS ’23, was named senior technical business analyst at Signify Health. 

Mentesnot Adamu, MS ’24, was named equity research analyst at Goldman Sachs.

Matthew Fahy, BS ’22, MS ’24, was named deals financial due diligence associate at PwC.

Durga Jadhav, MS ’24, was named associate at MPI.