Canfield BHP Alumni Advisory Board Welcomes New Members

The Canfield BHP Alumni Advisory Board is pleased to welcome new board members Will Acheampong, Sunil Jaini, Zachary Schultz, Bethany Rolan, and Brian Smith.

Every year the CBHP Alumni Advisory Board meets to guide the direction and accomplish the mission of the business honors program. It is comprised of Canfield BHP alumni who share the goal of supporting and improving one of UT’s finest undergraduate programs. In particular, the Advisory Board assists in fundraising, student recruitment, student mentorship, alumni engagement and helps to increase the overall awareness of Canfield BHP. 

Check out the alumni advisory board page to see the complete list of members.

 

Will Acheampong

Will is an Associate at Redstone Strategy Group, where he helps philanthropies, nonprofits, and governments solve the world’s most urgent social issues. Prior to joining Redstone in New York City, Will served clients in early education strategy, non-profit management, and digital transformation while at the Boston Consulting Group in Dallas, Texas.
Will is a graduate of the Canfield Business Honors Program at the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a BBA, as well as a BA in Humanities Honors with concentrations in Statecraft, History, and Conflict. While on the Forty Acres, he founded Friends of Médecins Sans Frontières, supported the CBHP office as a peer advisor, and served as an undergraduate fellow in the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law. Before graduating in 2021, Will was the sophomore recipient of the 2019 Texas Exes President’s Leadership Award and was named the John L. Adams McCombs Scholar of the Year in 2019.
Originally from Houston, Will spends his free time waking up early to support Chelsea Football Club, running up and down the touchline while coaching youth soccer in Brooklyn, and capturing special moments with friends and family on his film camera.
Sunil Jaini
Sunil Jaini is currently an Investment Banking Senior Associate at Morgan Stanley. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Sunil worked in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and at ConocoPhillips in various energy trading and strategy and business development roles.
Sunil graduated in 2010 and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from the Canfield Business Honors Program at The University of Texas in Austin, Texas and an MBA from London Business School in London, UK.
In his free time, Sunil enjoys spending time with his wife and family, distance running and traveling to new countries.

 

Zachary Schultz

Zachary Schultz is currently working in Cloud Product Finance at Google in the Geographic Expansion organization. Prior to joining Google, he spent several years in Finance roles at technology companies including Dell Technologies and AMD. In addition to the CBHP Advisory Board he has served as a CBHP Austin Alumni Chair for several years.

Zachary lives in Austin, Texas and has appreciated spending time working with nonprofits outside of his corporate roles over the years. He is currently President of the Susan G. Komen Young Professionals Council in Austin. He enjoys traveling with friends, playing tennis or pickleball, landscaping and spending time on the lakes.

Zachary graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in 2017 with Business Honors and Supply Chain Management degrees. In addition, he completed a Liberal Arts Minor in African & African Diaspora Studies. While at UT, he was awarded the Texas BBA Student Leadership Award, the Cactus Standout Award, the George Mitchell Student Leadership Award and the Undergraduate Business Council David L. Furhman Award.

 

Bethany Rolan

Bethany graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in 2017 with a BBA in Supply Chain Management and Business Honors and a BA in Economics. After graduation, Bethany joined McKinsey & Company in thier Houston, Texas office as a Business Analyst. Bethany received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 2022 and then returned to McKinsey & Company as an Associate. During her time on the Forty Acres, Bethany served as President of Texas Orange Jackets; worked as a Peer Advisor for the Business Honors Program; conducted research in the McCombs management department; and held board positions within Best Buddies and Campus Events + Entertainment. In 2017, Bethany was selected as the BBA Rising Star Award Recipient and served as a McCombs BBA board member on the Diversity & Inclusion Taskforce from 2017-2020. Bethany is thrilled to help create opportunities for Canfield Business Honors Program students as a member of the board!

 

Brian Smith

Brian Smith is the CFO and COO of Multicoin Capital, a crypto and blockchain focused hedge fund and venture capital investment firm in Austin.  He previously worked in New York and San Francisco as a public equity investor at Tiger Management, a private equity investor with Fox Paine & Co. and an investment banker at Greenhill & Co.  He also served as the vice president of finance at Bazaarvoice (NASDAQ:BV) overseeing FP&A, investor relations and corporate development, including helping to lead the IPO.He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2003 with a BBA in finance from the Business Honors Program.  He serves as a member of the board of directors of two software companies and has served as a board observer or advisor to over 30 early and late-stage technology companies and investment firms.  He was appointed by the governor of Texas to serve as a member of the board of trustees and member of the investment committee of the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System, a public pension fund for firefighters.  Since 2016, he has served as a guest lecturer at the undergraduate business school teaching classes on IPOs, blockchain and crypto.

Canfield BHP Alumni Advisory Board Welcomes New Members

 

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The Canfield BHP Alumni Advisory Board is pleased to welcome new board members Raquel Baldelomar, Susan Thomson, Clinton Biondo, and Kapil Mathur!

Every year the CBHP Alumni Advisory Board meets to guide the direction and accomplish the mission of the business honors program. It is comprised of Canfield BHP alumni who share the goal of supporting and improving one of UT’s finest undergraduate programs. In particular, the Advisory Board assists in fundraising, student recruitment, student mentorship, alumni engagement, and helps to increase the overall awareness of Canfield BHP. 

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Check out the alumni advisory board page to see the full list of members. Read more about Raquel, Susan, Clinton, and Kapil below! Continue reading

New Dual Degree Honors Program at The University of Texas at Austin Combines Business, Electrical and Computer Engineering

 

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Newswise — Austin, Texas- The University of Texas at Austin will offer a new integrated business and engineering honors degree program. The rigorous four-year undergraduate curriculum in the Cockrell School of Engineering and the McCombs School of Business will prepare students for competitive engineering leadership careers.

The Texas Honors Electrical and Computer Engineering and Business degree (Texas ECB) combines two of UT Austin’s most highly regarded programs in a more efficient format than a traditional double major. The two top-five ranked programs, the Cockrell School’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and McCombs School’s Canfield Business Honors Program (CBHP) are highly ranked both nationally and internationally.

“Business and electrical and computer engineering students like to solve important problems and, in today’s world, very few problems are more challenging than those faced by businesses in which computers and information technology are key,” said Andres Almazan, Canfield BHP faculty director at the McCombs School of Business. Continue reading

Canfield Business Honors Welcomes Three New Team Members

 

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We’re pleased to announce the addition of three new team members to the Canfield BHP staff! Hannah Johnson, Catherine Campbell, and Sahil Maherali have joined the Canfield BHP team and will be filling important roles to support the program’s goals and objectives. All three team members come to us with extensive experience in their fields and we’re incredibly ecstatic to have them on board. Please join us in welcoming them to the team!

Read on to learn more about Hannah, Catherine, and Sahil.

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Tips to Unleash Your Work Performance with Arjun Desai

 

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We often catch up with our alumni to hear their stories about their ups and downs, what drives them, and what inspires them to do more. Many of them chat with us about their experiences, which often range from topics like crisis management to the latest merger deal they closed. Several offer great tips of advice that students can act on in class or on the job. In any case, the benefit goes to our readers who gather great insights from our chats. Recently, we had the opportunity to meet with an alum who has a knack for providing helpful advice to students and professionals alike who seek to be more efficient in their careers – with an impressive track record to boot.

Canfield BHP alum, Arjun Desai, is a 2012 graduate with a degree in business honors and marketing. With a stellar career in marketing and digital advertising spanning almost 10 years, Arjun has worked with big-name companies such as LinkedIn, Apple and Sabre. Since graduating, he has built up an incredible list of accomplishments and knows a thing or two about how to boost your work performance.

Fortunately, we booked Arjun to share his tips in a webinar on Tips to Unleash Your Work Performance for the benefit of our current students and recent alumni (or any professional for that matter!). Read on to hear from Arjun about his career path and snag a sneak peek into some of the tips he’ll be talking about in the webinar. Be sure to catch it on Tuesday, July 20 at 6 pm CT. RSVP by clicking the image above or register at bit.ly/3xo29Kk. Continue reading