MyLand Company, LLC (“MyLand”), a soil health company, announced today that Matt Kessel, MBA ’11, has joined the company as vice president of operations, environmental health, and safety. Matt will oversee MyLand’s in-field service operations in their current locations in Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas and will build their presence nationally, as well as outline and implement safety programs throughout the organization. Read more here!
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Awardco, the employee recognition, and rewards company that drives behavior and builds culture through value-driven recognition announced today that John Richards, MBA ’14, a 26-year veteran in the world of finance, has joined the team as the new CFO. He enters Awardco at a time of accelerating growth, including a new philanthropic endeavor called Goodness Grants and expansion into the EU and U.K. alongside its partner, Amazon Business. Read more here!
Growth Acceleration Partners (GAP), a strategic technology solutions partner, announces Jocelyn Sexton, MBA ’14, an experienced marketing and communications leader for engineering and technology solutions has joined the company as vice president of marketing. Sexton now leads the GAP marketing team, dispersed across the U.S. and Costa Rica, with a focus on demand generation, brand awareness, communication, sales enablement, and recruitment. Read more here!
As chief product officer of PagerDutyn, Sean Scott, MBA ’05, is responsible for its multiproduct digital operations management platform. He has more than 20 years of experience in the technology industry, with the majority of that time at Amazon. Read more here!
Slingshot Aerospace, Inc., a company building world-class space simulation and analytics products to accelerate space sustainability, today announced that Erin Defossé, MBA ’98, is joining the company as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Defossé will lead the commercialization of the company’s technologies and ensure its continued development and growth. Read more here!
Blue Apron (NYSE: APRN) announced that Josh Friedman, MBA ’03, has been named Chief Product Officer, effective April 18, 2022. Friedman brings multi-decade, extensive experience in strategic, digital, and product leadership roles to Blue Apron. Read more here!
CWT’s Chief Executive Officer, Michelle McKinney Frymire, MBA ’91, has been appointed to the United States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. In this role, Michelle will provide the Secretary with advice and counsel on issues and concerns that affect the U.S. travel and tourism industry. Read more here!
Raj Subramaniam, MBA ’91, will become president and chief executive officer of FedEx Corporation, effective June 1, 2022. As part of the transition, he has been named president and CEO-elect of FedEx Corp. effective immediately.
Congratulations to Raj! Read more here.
Rachel Truair, MBA ’16, was promoted from senior director to vice president of Global Campaigns, Digital & Partner Marketing at Confluent, a publicly-traded data streaming company. Prior to Confluent, she was a director of global marketing at Adobe.
Congratulations to Rachel! Read more here.
Dennis Elam, BBA ’70 and MBA ’72, is an associate professor of accounting at Texas A&M University San Antonio. He was awarded for Distinguished Service for Continuing Professional Education CPE years 2020-2021 by the San Antonio TXCPA Chapter. Last year, he was also named the 2021 TXCPA Statewide Outstanding Accounting Educator among Small Universities. In addition, his Professor Elam Weblog has been named twice as one of the top 50 Accounting blogs in the USA.
Congratulations to Dennis on these many achievements! Read more here.
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