MassMutual Names SanFran State Alum Relationship Manager
MassMutual Retirement Services has appointed San Francisco State University alumnus Gary Bozin as one of eight new relationship managers to further support retirement plan sponsor clients.
Bozin was named as a senior relationship manager for government-sponsored retirement plans in northern California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. He reports to Amy Humphrey, assistant vice president, government markets.
These managers will be responsible for parts of New York, New Jersey, New England, California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. The new appointments are part of a plan to increase the number of relationship managers from the current staff of 98 to a new total of 110 to help keep pace with sales efforts.
San Fran State Offers M&A Workshop
The San Francisco State University College of Business is hosting an Innovations in Making Mergers and Acquisitions Workshop on Thursday, August 14, 2014. The program will be held at the San Francisco State University downtown campus, on the sixth floor.
Attendees will learn from experts and share insights with other attendees that are engaged in Marketing and Acquisitions programs. Program attendees will learn the human, cultural, and organizational factors that matter most in eventual M&A success, minimize employee distraction from performance during M&A and how to maximize commitment to the new organization, see how culture clash between parties can actually be used to enhance M&A performance, share your experiences with experienced M&A experts and others with similar issues and opportunities, apply lessons learned from the workshop directly to your M&A program and smartly manage integration planning and implementation to realize desired synergies and build a new organization that is truly more than the sum of its parts.
San Fran State Will Hold MBA Open House
The San Francisco State University College of Business will hold an MBA open house for students on Thursday, July 17, 2014. The open house will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the San Francisco State Downtown Campus located at 835 Market Street on the sixth floor.
Attendants will join faculty and staff at a presentation to learn about the MBA and Executive MBA program at San Francisco State University. The presentation will highlight the features of the graduate business degrees offered.
Some of the highlighted features include, rigorous curriculum and teaching excellence, AACSB accreditation, small class sizes and MBA concentration in sustainable business and leadership. For directions and parking information, go to the Downtown Campus website and the directions and parking page.
SanFran State Alumnus Appointed Assist. Dean of Business Admin at San Diego State
San Francisco State University College of Business Alumnus Tita Gray has been appointed as the assistant dean of the College of Business Administration at San Diego State University.
Gray is a former executive in Diversity and Inclusion with the Pacific Gas & Electric Company in San Francisco. She has served as an adjunct professor at San Diego State University in the College of Business Administration, since 2012, where she teaches Organizational Behavior and Leadership.
San Fran State Students Inducted to Beta Gamma Sigma
San Francisco State University’s College of Business honored 54 top students at the annual Beta Gamma Sigma, Mu Chapter, induction ceremony held May 23, 2014.
During the ceremony, 13 MBA students and two Executive MBA students were sworn in to the Beta Gamma Sigma, Mu chapter, and presented with the Beta Gamma Sigma honor cord and membership certificate by Dean Linda Oubré, Associate Dean Kathleen O’Donnell and other department faculty members.
San Fran State Alumnus Named CTO of UBL Interactive
UBL Interactive, Inc. the local leader with Global Reach™ has announced the appointment of Jeffrey Whitehead as the Company’s new Chief Technology Officer. Whitehead will be responsible for UBL’s global technology vision, engineering and quality assurance operations, as well as implementation of strategic initiatives designed to enhance and expand UBL’s portfolio of solution offerings. Since 2013, he has served as a member of UBL’s Advisory Board.
“Jeff brings UBL an impressive blend of entrepreneurial and technology-driven innovation for companies focused on international expansion and growth,” said UBL Interactive CEO Doyal Bryant. “As a member of our Advisory Board, we’ve come to rely on his unique perspective on the critical forces shaping the Internet industry and the many undiscovered or overlooked technological opportunities for UBL to extend its technological leadership in the Local Search arena. We are very pleased to have Jeff joining our senior management team and are confident that his contributions to UBL’s future success will be both pronounced and measurable.” Continue reading…
