Our Real Humans: Alumni series features graduates from top business schools and their accounts of joining different industries post-MBA. We first list the most popular post-MBA fields of consulting, financial services and tech. Additional industry insights come from MBA candidates who pursued roles in consumer goods/retail, entertainment/media, entrepreneurship, healthcare/pharma, or manufacturing/automotive/aerospace.
Learn about alumni MBA experiences and discover how business school prepared them for their careers at leading firms.
Consulting
Recent graduates discuss how the MBA prepared them for careers in management consulting.
- Real Humans of Accenture: Mogbekeloluwa Koye-Ladele, INSEAD ’18, Strategy Consultant
- Real Humans of Bain & Co.: Anuj Padia, UNC Kenan-Flagler ’20, Consultant
- Real Humans of Bain: Brian Khorshad, Chicago Booth ’20, Consultant
- Real Humans of Bain & Co.: Matthew Michaelides, INSEAD MBA ‘J21, Consultant
- Real Humans of Bain & Co.: Peter Akinleye, Cornell Johnson ’19, Consultant
- Real Humans of Bain: Rachel Neiger, LBS ’17, Case Team Leader
- Real Humans of Bain: Sanchita Shandilya, INSEAD ’21J, Consultant at Bain & Company
- Real Humans of BCG: Brierley Penn, LBS ’19, Consultant
- Real Humans of BCG: Damon Reynolds, UT Austin McCombs MBA ’20, Project Leader
- Real Humans of BCG: Lauren Rodgers, Northwestern Kellogg ’19, Consultant
- Real Humans of BCG: Lilian Izuorah, Duke Fuqua MBA ’21, Consultant
- Real Humans of BCG: Madeleine Macks, Wharton ’18, Consultant
- Real Humans of BCG: Matt Leung, Northwestern Kellogg MBA ’21, Consultant
- Real Humans of BCG: Reid Velo, NYU Stern ’19, Consultant
- Real Humans of BCG: Sarah Doyle, Cornell Johnson MBA ’20, Consultant
- Real Humans of BCG: Simon Pannatier, INSEAD MBA ’20, Consultant
- Real Humans of BCG: Steve Neumann, Georgetown McDonough MBA’ 2019, Project Leader
- Real Humans of BCG: Valerie Jadulang, USC Marshall MBA ’18, Project Leader
- Real Humans of BCG: Vinnie Sood, Wharton ’16, Project Leader
- Real Humans of Deloitte: Abhinoor Dhull, Wharton ’19, Senior Consultant
- Real Humans of Deloitte: Alex McNair, Emory Goizueta MBA ’18, Consultant
- Real Humans of Deloitte: Graham Wookey, Stanford GSB MBA ’19, Management Consultant
- Real Humans of Deloitte: Ryan Flamerich, HBS MBA ’21, Senior Consultant
- Real Humans of Deloitte: Sydnor Gammon, Duke Fuqua ’15, Manager of Healthcare Strategy
- Real Humans of Deloitte: Vinithra Raveendran, Cornell Johnson ’19, Senior Consultant
- Real Humans of Disney: Stephanie Sorensen, Chicago Booth Evening MBA ’20, Senior Associate
- Real Humans of McKinsey: Allison Howard, Northwestern Kellogg ’19, Associate
- Real Humans of McKinsey: Cayley Heller, NYU Stern ’19, Associate
- Real Humans of McKinsey: Corey Bourbonais, Michigan Ross MBA ’21, Associate
- Real Humans of McKinsey & Company: Cortne Edmonds, NYU Stern MBA ’21, Associate
- Real Humans of McKinsey & Company: Dushyanth Nutulapati, Michigan Ross MBA ’21, Associate
- Real Humans of McKinsey: Hal Melia, Duke Fuqua ’19, Consultant
- Real Humans of McKinsey: Jenna Benefield, Wharton ’18, Associate
- Real Humans of McKinsey: Joel Thompson, NYU Stern MBA ’21, Associate
- Real Humans of McKinsey: Jun Guang Da Qu, Stanford GSB ’19, Associate
- Real Humans of McKinsey: Mansoor Safi, Northwestern Kellogg MBA ’21, Associate
- Real Humans of McKinsey: Nathan Stevens, Michigan Ross ’19, Associate
- Real Humans of McKinsey: Symone Williams, Cornell Johnson MBA ’19, Engagement Manager
Financial Services
Business school alumni explain their paths into financial services, including investment banking.
- Real Humans of Apollo: Maria Fernanda Yglesias, Northwestern Kellogg MBA ’21, Healthcare Credit Associate
- Real Humans of Bank of America: Brendan Crowley, Wharton MBA ’20, Investment Banking Associate
- Real Humans of Bank of America: Chris Shoemaker, Carnegie Mellon Tepper MBA ’16, Investment Banking VP
- Real Humans of Carlyle: Lucie Holliday, NYU Stern MBA ’22, ESG Associate
- Real Humans of Citi: Nicholas Deakin, LBS ’17, VP of Investment Banking
- Real Humans of Citibank: Anoop Kinjavdekar, Cambridge Judge MBA ’20, Management Associate
- Real Humans of J.P. Morgan: Brian Guo, Cornell Johnson MBA’ 19, Investment Banking
- Real Humans of Morgan Stanley: Avery Adams, Cornell Johnson MBA ’20, Technology Investment Banking Associate
- Real Humans of Morgan Stanley: Gabrielle Alves, Michigan Ross MBA ’20, Investment Banking Associate
- Real Humans of Morgan Stanley: Josh Feit, Cornell Johnson ’19, Investment Banking Associate
Technology
Silicon Valley and beyond, MBA alumni talk about their ventures into the tech industry.
- Real Humans of Adobe: Adrienne Tsai, Northwestern Kellogg ’18, Product Marketing Manager
- Real Humans of Amazon: Chidinma ‘Chi’ Esinaulo, Kellogg 1Y MBA ’21, Sr. Product Manager
- Real Humans of Amazon: Clemente Reyes-Retana, CBS MBA ’19, Sr. Product Manager – Technical, Financial Technology
- Real Humans of Amazon: Marcos Coppa, Michigan Ross MBA ’21, Pathways Operations Manager
- Real Humans of Amazon: Michael Larrenaga, Booth ’15, Manager of Vendor Management
- Real Humans of Amazon: Nimisha Mund, INSEAD MBA ’22, Senior Manager, Corporate Business Development EMEA
- Real Humans of Amazon: Roshni Naidu, Wharton ’18, Senior Technical Product Manager
- Real Humans of Amazon: Serhat Pakyuz, LBS ’17, Senior Program Manager – Air Strategy
- Real Humans of Amazon: Stéphane Vukovic, HBS ’21, Country Lead at Amazon Prime Video
- Real Humans of Amazon: Tolu Alabi, Stanford GSB ’17, Senior Technical Product Manager
- Real Humans of Amazon: Tonka Lange, INSEAD MBA ’20J, Senior Financial Analyst
- Real Humans of Amazon: Varun Haralalka, Michigan Ross ’19, Sr. Instock Manager
- Real Humans of Amazon: Vienna Chen, Wharton MBA ’20, Senior Product Manager Technical
- Real Humans of Amazon: Ygal Haenel, INSEAD ’19, Senior Financial Analyst
- Real Humans of Apple: Andrew Kwan, NYU Stern ’19, Supply Demand Planner
- Real Humans of Apple: Jon-Matt Hopkins, CBS ’20, New Product Launch Manager
- Real Humans of Apple: Kristin Glaspie, Wharton ’18, Supply Demand Management
- Real Human of Apple: Najma Yakob, NYU Stern MBA ’21, Environmental Program Manager
- Real Humans of Apple: Rahul Jolly, INSEAD ’18, Channel Insights Manager
- Real Humans of Apple: Richie Huang, Northwestern Kellogg ’19, Operations Program Manager
- Real Humans of Apple: Ruth Adu-Daako, Stanford MBA/MS, Closed-Loop Program Manager
- Real Humans of Circle: Kidae Hong, NYU Stern MBA ’21, CEO and Co-Founder
- Real Humans of Facebook: Bankole Makanju, HBS ’17, Product Manager
- Real Humans of Facebook: Jenina Soto, Wharton ’17, GMS Business Planning & Operations Associate
- Real Humans of Facebook: Sean Liu, HBS ’14, Director of Product Management at Oculus
- Real Humans of Google: Akshay Sriprasad, Columbia Business School MBA ’20, Product Management
- Real Humans of Google: Andrew Dunckelman, HBS ’14, Head of Impact and Insights
- Real Humans of Google: Chris Eck, Duke Fuqua ’14, Senior Account Executive
- Real Humans of Google: Chris Ouayoro, USC Marshall MBA ’20, Sr. Financial Analyst
- Real Humans of Google: Daphne Amir, Cornell Johnson MBA ’21, Technical Account Manager
- Real Humans of Google: Diana Cruz, Michigan Ross MBA ’19 , Global Customer Care Manager
- Real Humans of Google: Jamie Ulrich, Wharton MBA ’22, AI Consultant
- Real Humans of Google: Juan Vasquez, Booth ’19, Android Partner Engineering Strategy and Operations
- Real Humans of Google: Karin Bailey, CMU Tepper MBA ’17, Solutions Consultant
- Real Humans of Google: Malvi Hemani, Kellogg MBA/MS ’21, Google Product Manager
- Real Humans of Google: Rafael Ferreira, CBS MSFE ’19, Software Engineer
- Real Humans of Google: Rakshit Dhalla, Michigan Ross ’19, Strategy and Operations Manager
- Real Humans of Google: Ryan Yu, HBS MBA ’21, Product Manager | Google Cloud AI
- Real Humans of Google: Sam Breslow, NYU Stern ’19, Technical Account Manager for Cloud Professional Services
- Real Humans of Google: Senyo S. Abotsi, Wharton ’19, Product Specialist
- Real Humans of Google: Shammi Quddus, Stanford GSB ’18, Product Manager
- Real Humans of Microsoft: Casey Murphy, HBS MBA ’21, Business Planner
- Real Humans of Microsoft: Devna Shukla, NYU Stern ’19, Business Development Manager of Monetization
- Real Humans of Microsoft: Jamell Culler, Michigan Ross ’19, Azure IoT Product Marketing Manager
- Real Humans of Microsoft: Jessica Goldberg, Booth MBA ’19 Product Marketing Manager
- Real Humans of Microsoft: Marcus Morrissette, Cambridge Judge MBA ’17, Customer Success Manager
- Real Humans of Microsoft: Meera Venkataraman, Chicago Booth MBA ’20, Business Strategy Consultant
- Real Humans of Microsoft: Nandita Jaya, Carnegie Mellon Tepper MBA ’21, Program Manager
- Real Humans of Microsoft: Nathalia Borges, Duke Fuqua MBA ’21, Product Marketing Manager | Cloud Business
- Real Humans of Microsoft: Ruchi Nanda, CBS MBA ’19, U.S. Capital Markets Sr. Industry Advisor
- Real Humans of Microsoft: Steven Lipner, Wharton ’18, Account Executive for Commercial Enterprise
Additional Industries
Consumer Goods/Retail
Alumni discuss the role that their MBA experience played in their journey toward the world of retail & consumer goods.
- Real Humans of Walmart: Griffin Dowdy, CBS ’18, Senior Manager of Strategy & Programs
- Real Humans of Nike: Margaret Souther, Wharton ’20, Manager of Global Member Growth, Lifecycle Strategy
- Real Humans of General Mills: Matt Lieberman, Chicago Booth ‘18, Associate Brand Manager
- Real Humans of AB InBev: Alex Roussel, London Business School ‘20, Global People Manager
- Real Humans of Procter & Gamble: Steve Van Vechten, Cornell Johnson MBA ‘20, Senior Brand Manager, Bounty
- Real Humans of Gatorade: Ryan O’Byrne, Northwestern Kellogg ‘19, Associate Marketing Manager
- Real Humans of Daily Harvest: Bianca Deslouches, Kellogg ‘19, Innovation Strategy
- Real Humans of Nike North America: Cheryl Davenport, Stanford GSB ‘15, Head of Strategy
- Real Humans of PepsiCo: Tiffaine Stephens, NYU Stern ‘20, Associate Marketing Manager
- Real Humans of 3M: Bridget Nyland, Harvard ‘19, Strategist
- Real Humans of AmBev: Marcelo Goncalez, Cornell ‘18, Plant General Manager
Entertainment / Media
Entrepreneurship
Healthcare/Pharmaceuticals
Recent alumni tell us the stories of how their MBA helped them enter the world of healthcare and pharmaceuticals.
- Real Humans of GSK: Carrie Salmon, NYU Stern ‘19, Associate Brand Manager, Sensodyne Franchise
- Real Humans of Johnson & Johnson: Grace Babula, Northwestern Kellogg ‘19, MedTech Marketing
- Real Humans of Johnson & Johnson: Joe Velli, NYU Stern ‘19, Associate Brand Manager, Listerine
- Real Humans of Novartis: Gauri Korday, LBS ‘20, Associate, Finance Development Program
- Real Humans of Amgen: Angelinda Chen, Wharton ‘18, Global Marketing Manager, Oncology Pipeline
- Real Humans of Johnson & Johnson: Heather Dyer, Harvard ‘17, Senior Product Manager, Robotics & Digital Solutions
- Real Humans of Novartis: Fernanda Carranza, Cornell Johnson ‘19, Finance Development Program Associate
- Real Humans of Amgen: Katherine Shen, Harvard ‘20, Sr. Oncology Specialist
- Real Humans of Novartis: Chris Fan, NYU Stern ‘20, Finance Development Program (FDP) Associate
- Real Humans of Merck: Drew Soloski, Wharton ’16, Project Manager, Global Project and Alliance Management – Oncology & Vaccines (Late Stage)
Manufacturing/Automotive/Aerospace
Business school graduates talk us through their experience within the manufacturing, automotive, or aerospace industry.
- Real Humans of Tesla: Jia Huang, Cornell Johnson MBA ‘20, Business Operations & Finance Associate
- Real Humans of Ford: Matt Simpson, Harvard ‘17, General Manager, Exports
- Real Humans of Nissan Motor Corporation: Ruiyi Chen, Duke Fuqua ’19, Product Strategist
- Real Humans of Ford: Julia Hawley, MIT Sloan ‘17, Global Strategy Manager
You can also learn about business school student life in Real Humans: MBA Students.
