Sawyer Part-Time Student Receives Promotion
Nicole Latulippe is a part-time MBA student at Suffolk University’s Sawyer Business School. Latulippe also works full-time at Cynosure, Inc. With a concentration in strategic management, she was able to showcase the skills she learned at Suffolk to impress her bosses and advance her career as associate product manager.
“The real-world experiences that I’ve been able to bring to these classes and discuss with my classmates have helped me come to great solutions for my real work issues. It’s also shown my dedication to my career. To be able to juggle both at one time has helped my skills shine through in my work. I also have a lot more confidence in certain situations than I have had in the past which definitely helped in pushing me through to the next level in my company,” said Latulippe.
Sawyer Offers Accelerated Leadership Course
The Center for Executive Education at the Sawyer Business School at Suffolk University is offering a two-day accelerated leadership course. This two-day certificate program, will teach participants how to lead across organizations. Attendants will also practice new leadership styles that can be tailored and applied to your workplace. The program will be held November 4, 2014 through November 5, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The cost of the program for alumni and advanced registration for non-alumni attendants is $599. Advanced registration will be available until September 1, 2014. The cost of the program for non-alumni attendants after September 1, 2014 will be $799. Registration sales will end on November 4, 2014.
Sawyer Alumni Featured on A&E
Two Sawyer Business School alumni, Jamie Manning, MBA ’11, and Adriano Varassin, MBA ’10, launched Snagastool, the first and only app that lets you reserve your seat at the bar, early this year.
The two got their first break in early June, 2014. SnagaStool was one of three local businesses that were picked to compete for funding on the A&E television network’s show, Project Startup Live. Manning and Varassin were given only five days to prepare for their pitch for A&E.
“Luckily for us, this wasn’t our first competition. We had already pitched at several events across Boston, including the TechCrunch Pitch-off and Boston New Technology,” Manning said.
But this time, the two had to present on camera in front of a large audience and a panel of judges.
“Of course, it was a little nerve wracking. But once I started talking about SnagaStool, my anxiety disappeared because I was so excited,” Manning said.
The team says SnagaStool is like OpenTable, but for bar stools. They market it as an ideal app for dates, big games, after-work drinks and trivia night. “Just log in, pick the date and time, the number of bar stools and you’re done,” Manning says.
SnagaStool won a $2,500 seed investment front the event and also a mentorship from Brian Mecee, the CEO of the crowd funding website RocketHub. The Sawyer Business School has also played a key role in SnagaStool’s success.
“They connected us with Suffolk’s entrepreneur network and today, we’re leveraging that network to build a group of advisors within the hospitality industry to help our service expand into more bars and restaurants,” Manning said.
Sawyer Alumnus Raises Awareness of Skin Cancer
Sawyer School of Business alumnus Sean Patrick Harrington will travel to Africa July 16 and climb 19,340 feet up Mt. Kilimanjaro as part of the inaugural Skin Cancer, Take a Hike campaign. Dr. Ellen Marmur, a New York City dermatologist, created the event, with a goal to raise $1 million dollars by the end of 2014 to fund Spot Skin Cancer.
This nationwide campaign through the American Academy of Dermatology is an initiative designed to lower the quickly rising rate of skin cancer, or melanoma, in the U.S.
Sawyer Alumnus Named CFO of Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc.
Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the development of products to treat diseases related to free aldehydes, announced that Sawyer Alumnus Stephen Tulipano, has joined Aldeyra as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Tulipano will report directly to Todd C. Brady, M.D., Ph.D., President and CEO of Aldeyra.
“We are excited to have Steve join Aldeyra, as he brings to the Company a strong financial background and significant experience in the pharmaceutical industry,” said Dr. Brady. “Given his proven track record of managing a company’s finances during clinical trials, Steve will be a tremendous asset as we advance the clinical development of our lead product candidate, NS2, for the treatment of Sjogren-Larsson Syndrome and acute anterior uveitis. We look forward to working with Steve as we continue to pursue a safe and effective treatment option for diseases related to free aldehydes.”
Sawyer to Offer Executive Education Seminar For Dentists
Suffolk University and the Sawyer Business School will offer an executive education seminar for dentists on June 20 and again on June 21. The program is open to alumni, the general public, graduate students and guests of alumni and graduate students.
