ALUMNI NEWS

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Julianna Donovan ’20G earned her MBA from the Bertolon School of Business and is currently the owner of Salem Style and a marketing manager at Howland Capital.

Errin Douglas ’18 earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration and is currently the chief operations officer of The Davis System LLC.

External Event Engagement

Drew Duperval ’18 graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. Drew is the founder of EntreDupe Consulting LLC and EntreDupe Productions.

More than 50 students attended North Shore Chamber Breakfast forums and other events. These opportunities were made possible through the support of the North Shore Chamber of Commerce members.

only real business that already started among all eight finalist teams. RoseBiandie plans to invest the prize money to her newly established business.

3rd Place – Glen Gjuraj

Glen is a senior business student with management concentration. Glen originally came from Albania. He produced the idea of Harmony, a textile recovery program. He was the first among eight teams to present. His clear understanding of the engineering and financial aspects of the program impressed the judges enough to land him the third grand prize.

Fourth Annual Viking Business Pitch Competition

The Center held its second Entrepreneurship Panel in November 2022, and four of our alumni and successful entrepreneurs shared their experience and lessons learned with our students who see themselves as budding entrepreneurs. The panelists included Rafael Barbosa, founder of Central Cut Marketing and Maverick Suites, Mikki Wilson, CEO of The Dot Connector, Yanique Shaw, founder and creative director of Yanique Events LLC, and Ed Brzychcy, owner of Lead From the Front.

Cassandra Keane ’18, ’22G earned her bachelor’s and MBA from the Bertolon School of Business. She now works for Sanofi Genzyme as a product business manager.

Eric Lampedecchio ’08 earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration and is currently the Vice President of Learning and Development at Pentucket Bank.

Adam M. Lord, CPA, CNAP ’08 earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting in 2008. In 2019 he was made partner at his firm Penchansky & Co., PLLC, Certified Public Accountants.

Pedro Palandrani ’18G earned his MBA from the Bertolon School of Business and currently leads Global X ETF’s thematic research efforts as a director of research.

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