RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
C O N V O C AT I O N
May 2015
Rutgers
Business SchoolNew Brunswick
2015
Baccalaureate
Convocation
May 15, 2015
History of the Rutgers Business SchoolNewark and New Brunswick
In June 1984, the Board of Governors recommended the establishment
of an upper-division School of Business at Rutgers on the New
Brunswick campus, which was formally endorsed by the New Jersey
Department of Higher Education effective September 1986. The school
offers undergraduate programs in accounting, business analytics and
information technology, finance, management, marketing, and supply
chain management and marketing science, leading to the degree of
Bachelor of Science.
On July 1, 1996, the School of Business joined the Faculty of
Management to form a single business school on Rutgers’ northern
campuses. The newly formed unit, renamed Rutgers Business SchoolNewark and New Brunswick, with its larger faculty and wide variety of
centers, institutes, and programs, provides extensive new opportunities
to students enrolled in the undergraduate program in New Brunswick.
In fall 2008, the New Brunswick undergraduate unit of the Rutgers
Business School-Newark and New Brunswick became a four year
program with the admission of the first freshman class.
In August 2013, the Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick moved
to its new location, 100 Rockafeller Road, on the Livingston Campus.
Known to many as 100 Rock, this building contains state-of-the-art
computer and media classroom facilities, technology centers, and
multiple team meeting rooms, all dedicated to the exclusive use of
Rutgers Business School students. With a commitment to renewable
energy, 100 Rock represents the cutting-edge nature of this growing
institution.
Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick
Gonfalon
The two golden stripes on the Rutgers Business School-Newark and
New Brunswick gonfalon represent the school’s two undergraduate
programs. The center stripe represents its graduate program. The
colors of the stripes relate to the hood colors worn by each program’s
graduates. The scarlet and black letters in the school’s name and logo
represent the colors of the university. Business education at Rutgers
can be traced back to 1929, when it was first offered through the Seth
Boyden School of Business at Newark.
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Program
Processional ................................................................................ Majestic Brass
National Anthem................................................................... Skylar Seidenberg
Welcome . ..............................................................Andre Santos, Vice President
Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick:
Undergraduate Program
Governing Association
Welcome........................................................................................Lei Lei, Dean
Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick
Introduction of Guest Speaker....................................... James Braccino, Treasurer
Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick:
Undergraduate Program
Governing Association
Convocation Address........................................................... Leonardo DeCandia
Vice President & Chief Procurement Officer,
Pharmaceuticals Group
Johnson & Johnson
Presentation of the
Thomas H. Mott Award.......................................... Christina Leung, Secretary &
Barak Shnaidman, Parliamentarian
Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick:
Undergraduate Program
Governing Association
Awards................................................... Martin Markowitz, Senior Associate Dean
Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick: Undergraduate Program
Robert Arbelo, VP Pledge Education
Alice Cheng, Senior VP
Farewell Address..............................................................Ryan Griffith, President
Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick:
Undergraduate Program
Governing Association
Presentation of
2015 Candidates..................................Martin Markowitz, Senior Associate Dean
Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick: Undergraduate Program
Tassel Ceremony...................................Martin Markowitz, Senior Associate Dean
Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick: Undergraduate Program
Recessional.........................................................................................................
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Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees
October 2014
Brandon S. Anderson
Peter Byun 2 *
Vanessa L. Cagno
Alan Chan
Ka Ho Chan
Wai Ching Chan 3
Crystal Cheung
Katheryn E. Cuciti
Dale T. Davis
Nidhi Desai
Mohamed A. Elfaki *
Jacquelyn E. Epstein
Kevin Ferreras
Davis J. Fieldman
Anthony Flotteron
Francine Gabriel
Loren Gandler
Shiv P. Ghetia
Nicole Golojuch 3
Matthew R. Grieco
Hammad Khan
Sung-Hyun Kim
Brijesh Lad
Mario V. Laspina
Amber M. Laub
Li Li
Sara Mathew
Sanjay V. Motwani
Karolina Mucha
Jonathan Munoz
Elise Niblett
Lucky Mich W. Njuguna
James R. Novotny
Katherine R. Pahira
Sarita Patel
Kirtan Pathak
Karon Purcell
Aamina Z. Rahaman
Joseph E. Scire-Chianetta
Nicholas J. Seney
Mohammed J. Shaikh
Brian Y. Shin
Karim B. Singleton
Katie L. Tacinelli
Jessica Tafur
Alejandro Trinidad
Brandon O. Victor
Lucas P. Vidolin 3
Kyle W. Wilkes 3
Stacy C. Wong
Alexsa C. Woodward
Paul H. Yoo
Daniel G. Yoon
Wanqi Zhu 2 * *
January 2015
Sylwia Adamczyk 1 * * *
Andrew J. Altomare
Christopher Amat
Brandon O. Amir 2 *
Stuti J. Anand
Panduranga P. Annamraju
David J. Brown
Rocco A. Burrell
Alan P. Carcich 1 * *
Lauren M. Casola
Bridget C. Chadziutko 3
Michael Chang 3
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Wayne Chen
Elliot J. Cohen
David E. Coleman 2 *
Michael J. Cutrone
Kevin F. Dacruz
Kamalpreet K. Dhesi 1 * *
Dennis G. Dragun 2 *
Courtney R. Durkin 3 *
Billie-Jazz L. Eyondi Ngea 2 *
Ivetta Fedelim 3 *
Benjamin P. Feder
Daniel Frondelli
Qian Gao
Iroda A. Gazieva
Jaime L. Gorman
Ge Kai Lin Guan Yuan
Jennifer Han 3 *
Dae Hee Han
Jonathan P. Hassay 3 *
Dayeon Heo 3
Brandon L. Hernandez 3 *
Ariel Herrera 3
Fei Hong 1 * *
Jeniffer Huang
Eitan Itzkowitz 2 *
David Jackson
Ana C. Jimenez
Ji Eun Kang
Amrita Kapadia
Snehann Kapnadak
Richard J. Kolb
Stanley X. Kong
Vera V. Kuzmina
Yuen K. Lau
Jie Eun Lee 1 *
Keon Ho Lee 1 * *
Danny Lee 2
Joseph W. Leiding
Margaret A. Lestrange
Raymond M. Lewis 3 *
Fang Li
Pei Ying Lin
Richard Lu 3
Randi N. Ludlam
Tiffany H. Mack
Christopher S. Mastrianni
Royce Mcgarry
Jessica L. Mitchel 1 3 *
Kenny Moy
Jared S. Nadrich
Shawn V. Oommen 1 *
Shannon C. Peay
Dakota R. Pierson
Suleika Y. Quintero
Vladimir J. Rodriguez
Xinye Ruan 3 *
Stephanie A. Santiago
Franchesca A. Saraison
Christie Schaefer
Oleg Seminski 3 *
Omair Siddiqui 2 *
Katty Siu 3 *
Peter E. Sockler
Thu A. Tran 3
Rahul Vinayak
Kevin W. Walsh
Cliff Wang 3
Daniel J. Weiner
Emma K. Woo
Shuya Yang
Igor Yegorov 2 *
Natallia I. Yehia 1 * *
Caleb Yoon
Jessica Yu 3
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May 2015
Ali Abedrabbo
Mariela C. Acharon
Jason V. Acquaviva
Shabih-Tul-Aisha Aftab
Kunal Agarwal
Raafia Ahmed 3
Patrick J. Ahn
Dor M. Alaluf 1 * *
Alberto Alarcon
Samir K. Aldabbas
William J. Alfano
Soha Ali 3
Alexander M. Altaffer 3 *
Hilary M. Alterman 3 *
Raider R. Alvarez
Sonia D. Amladi
Ethan Andersen
Rachel C. Andreassian 2 *
Robert I. Arbelo 3 *
Ginna Arora 1 * * *
Amy H. Axelrod
Ibitola A. Ayorinde
Sayab B. Ayub
Michele A. Azzurri 3 *
Samuel Bae
Besnik Bajrami
Melanie Bakeman
Christopher B. Banafato
Gary Z. Bark 3 ∞
Agostino J. Barletta 3
Elisabeth D. Barnett 1 * *
William E. Barry 3
Jennifer N. Beceiro
Hailee N. Bellusci
Walter W. Berghahn
Rishikesh M. Bhavsar 1 * *
Eric R. Bierck 2 *
Paul S. Bogart
David W. Boggs
Vladislav Boguslavskiy
Steven J. Bolton 3 *
Kelly N. Bonick 3
Matthew R. Bornstein 1 *
James T. Braccino 3 * ∞
Malvika Brahmbhatt
Matthew A. Braun 2 *
Nicholas J. Breden 2 * *
Zachary A. Browning 3
Pietro Bruno
Dominic Buczek
Brandon Bush
William J. Bussiere
Victoria Cabaero
Theodore M. Cambilis 2 *
Jason T. Carabillo
Karolina Caravelli Campos
Daniel J. Carballeira 3 *
Steven Carrero
Matthew J. Carringer 3 *
Emily P. Casola
Christopher J. Castiglia 2 *
Michael C. Cellitti 3 *
Andrea Chan
Kevin L. Chan
Meichun Chang 2 *
Kelly Chang 3
Simranjit S. Charan 3
Valeria Chavez Rivas 1 ∞
Joshua S. Chelli
Nancy E. Chen 3
Clarence S. Chen
Tiffany E. Chen
Alice Cheng 3 *
Derek D. Chin 1 *
Rohan D. Chitnis
Young Na Cho
Yesha D. Chokshi
Michael F. Chrzanowski
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Freda H. Chuang
Yejeong Chung 2 *
Sarit Cohen
William D. Commons 1 *
Dane R. Corpion
Nicole M. Corrado 1 * *
Jake M. Costello 3 *
Kelly Coyne 1 * * *
Nicholas L. Cristiano 2 *
John P. Cronin 3
Luis F. Cruz
Johnathan P. Daniele
Matthew Datz 3 *
Rosa M. De La Cruz
Christopher M. Deprima
Sophia Desir 3 *
Lauren A. Devine
Daniel J. Devito 1 * * ∞
Angad Dhir
Sean Divekar
Tuan D. Do 2 *
Siobhan M. Doran 2 *
Morgan D. Dorfman 2 *
Ryan C. Dougherty 3 *
Christopher A. Duncan
Claudia T. Elwood
Michael Emma
Alexander T. Faller
Aisha Farman
Noman M. Farooqui
Brian D. Feliciano 3
Daisy Fernandez
Kerry A. Finn
Lauren M. Flanagan 1 *
Danielle M. Flanagan 3 *
Ryan P. Fontanazza 2 *
Anthony L. Forno
Nicholas J. Fourniadis
Jaclynn E. Freeman 3 *
Allegra L. Friedman
Evan Froehlich ∞
Clement Fu 2 * ∞
Lisa K. Galarza
Michael W. Gallucci
Kevin Gandhi 3 *
Daniel J. Garabed 2 *
Dean Justin N. Garing 3 *
Anthony P. Genco
Jason Gessner
Gina M. Godine
Timothy E. Goetz 3
Jessica L. Goldstein
Nikhil S. Golthi
Tayllor Gomez-Spillane
Sharone Greenstein
Ted-Michael Gregory
Ryan M. Griffith 2
Scott D. Grollman 2 *
Jean F. Guerrero
Yilu Guo 3 *
Liyuan Guo 3 ∞
Brielle P. Guzzo 1 * *
Sanghyuk Han
Asif Hilal
Yumi Hinnenkamp
Kenny Ho
Kiersten L. Holswade 1 *
Kris Hong
James J. Horsburgh
Dean Hoshia 1 * *
Alex Hsu
Kevin Hua 3 *
Po-Cheng Huang
Yan Huo 3 *
Ming Huo
Rachael A. Hurley
Sinkyu Hyun 1 * * ∞
Lauren M. Iradi 3 *
Khushnaaz J. Irani
Priyanka Jain 3
Vivek Jaishankar
Matthew Janowski
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Jessica L. Jansen
Terence C. Jantelle
Kevin Jarmakowicz
Sam T. Jasper
Arun M. Jayakumar
Ketan H. Jethwa
Zechuan Jiang
Mher S. Jimenez 1 * * * ∞
Mita Joshi 1 * * *
Justin Kakkar 3 *
George Kanellos
Sue Kang 2 *
Yasemin Karamete 3
Piotr Karpowicz
Daniel B. Katz
Amrita Kaur 3 ∞
Aashay S. Kelkar
Amanda Kelly
Yamika Ketu
Ammaarah M. Khan 1 *
Saira M. Khan 1 *
Anay Khanapure 2 *
Luka Khuzaurashvili
Da Min Kim 2 * * ∞
Jeongwon Kim
Esther Kim
Helen Kim
Andrew E. Kim
Elizabeth Kim
Jeffrey Kim
John T. King
Lee J. Konviser 2 *
Parag C. Kothari 2
Anthony N. Kowalczyk 2 *
Dallas B. Kraft
Oleh Kramar
Anna Krasitskaya
Thomas O. Krause 3
David K. Krzewinski 3 *
Kunal Kumar
Lesly Kurian
Michelle A. Kusik 3
Bryan J. Kveglis
Jamie H. Lasser 3 *
Josephine Lee 2 *
Diana Lee 3 *
Xue Ling Lee 3 *
Jennifer Lee 3
Jennifer Lee
Dowon Lee
Brandon J. Lee
Rebecca Lee
Matthew Leong
Christina S. Leung
Jacob A. Levine
Wenji Li
Michael Li
Shirley Liang ∞
Xiandan Liang
Shanjun Liao 3
Alanna Liao
Elise M. Liberman 1 * * *
Xin Y. Lim 3 *
Derway Y. Lin 1 *
Tzu-En Lin 3 *
Sophia Lin 3
Jessica Liu 3 *
Tiffany C. Liu 3 ∞
Yiran Liu 3 ∞
Haiyan Liu 3 *
Danielle K. Lodato
Jonathan Lourenco 3 *
Jared Lundy
Tin Yeung Ma
Yiding Ma
Russell J. Macarthur 2 *
Michelle N. Macwilliam 3
Nikky N. Mahtani 3
Alexander J. Maillard 2 *
Paige E. Mallett
Shrishti Mamidi
Keith D. Manansala
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Matthew J. Manigold 2 * * ∞
James A. Mann 3 *
Christopher A. Marchetti 2
Nicholas T. Mariniello
Ebony R. Marshall
Samantha A. Martin
Nicholas L. Martin
Ashley M. Martinez 3
Mahdi I. Masri 3 *
Alexander P. Massol
Anil P. Mathews 3
Joseph T. Matthews ∞
Tauany M. Mattos
Luis Matute
Maria Erika Renee B. Mauricio 3
Joseph N. Mazur
Susanne M. Mcdaniels
Patrick J. Mcnamara 3
William M. Meehan
Casie S. Mei 3 *
Jesse A. Meister
Timothy C. Meltzer
Abhinav R. Mereddy 1 *
Danyelle Merino
Kelly A. Meyerhoff 2 * *
Thomas Z. Miller 3 *
George A. Miller
Kelvin Moon
Evan A. Moos 1 *
Serhiy Moshak 3
Lindsay L. Mosior 3 *
John Z. Moyle
Patrick A. Mulligan 3
James Mullin
Kelly E. Murphy 2 * *
Dennis E. Murphy
Scott C. Murray
Ryan T. Nachman
Neel Naik
Henna Nain 3
Johnny R. Navarro
Nina Nayak
Suraj Nazare
Yash D. Nehete 3
Allison New
Lauren A. Ngai
Hai Anh Nguyen 3 *
Anthony R. Nicastro 3 *
Sarah Noorani 1 * *
Temiloluwa Obaisi
Peter Oh
Seshiru S. Ohi
Erin B. Orchard
Diana Osmanovic
Anna G. Palka
Steven J. Pan
Xiaohui Pang 1 *
Joseph A. Pantalone 3
Harsh Parekh
Neil J. Parikh 2 *
Soongyu Park
Trisha Patel 1 * * *
Medha J. Patel 1 * * ∞
Manan Patel 3 *
Parth B. Patel 3
Vijay R. Patel 3
Raj Patel
Pinal Patel
Shivani Patel
Jay J. Patel
Bhavin R. Patel
Hiral L. Patel
Niji Patel
Zalak R. Pathak
Gopi Patolia 3 *
Perla M. Payan 3
Ashish Penematcha
Rajan Phakey 2 *
Michael Pham 2 *
Anthony C. Piccirello 3
Graham R. Piercey 3 *
Corey A. Plunkett
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Chalita Pochanatwong 2 *
Dominick G. Polito
Jeremy A. Pollack
Dyane C. Poluan 3 *
Prathusha Prabahar 3
Ruthi M. Pratt 1 * *
Justin A. Presto 2 *
Alexandra R. Preziosi 2 *
Rinku Punjabi
Chao Qu 3 *
Alicia L. Quirolo
Brittany P. Rago
Raymund J. Ramones 3 *
Alice J. Ree
Marly C. Relato
Darcy Reynolds
Alexa B. Rocha 3 *
Timothy C. Rocha
Naileen Rodriguez 3
Kaitlin A. Rogers
Carlos Roman 3 *
Mattan J. Romano
Evan V. Rosenberg 3
Francesco Roveto
Gabriel D. Rozenwasser 1 *
Jiajia Ruan
Kevin M. Ryan 3
Christian Sabbagh
Rahma N. Sabbahi
Matthew E. Sadofsky
Jeremy Sahler 2 *
Neel Sai
Cristina L. Sancho 3
Jonathan R. Sanders
Oscar A. Sandoval 1 * *
Andre A. Santos
Cigorney Sarkis
Lucille B. Scharback 1 * * *
Alex T. Schindler
Michael G. Schwartz 3
Domenick J. Scutti
Merav M. Seidel 2 *
Skylar M. Seidenberg 3 *
Steven T. Senko
Jason A. Seo 1 * *
Aman Y. Shah 2 *
Siddharth D. Shah
Yi Shang
Sheetal Sharma 3 *
Doron Sheffer 3 *
Heli Sheth
Barak J. Shnaidman
Kedar N. Shukla
Hei Mung Shum
Sabrina Singh 3 *
Priyanka Singhania
Patrick T. Snyder 1 *
Pranav Somisetty 2 *
Catherine Son
Natesh Sood 1 * *
Tanay Sood
Ralph Spetalnick
Arye A. Spiegler
Richard S. Starik 1 *
Thomas Stasicky
Michelle J. Stefanelli
David J. Steinberg
Michael P. Stimmel 3 *
Joseph R. Strong 3 *
Danielle F. Strumeier 2 * *
Lawrence J. Sukernik 1 * * *
Yinxue Sun
Michael K. Surick
Kyle R. Sweeney
Timothy L. Sweeney
Stanley Szeliga
Tiffany Tai 3
Brandon J. Tamburello
Neelesh Tekal
Robert T. Templeton
Gregory M. Timko 1 * *
Kerem Tokel
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Peter Tornatore 2
Johnny A. Torres
Peter Traficante 2 * *
Thinh Q. Tran 2 *
Michael A. Troia
David Tsai
Clara Tse
Brian Tu
Zachary R. Turtz
Theodore Udelsman 3 *
Rachel Vaknin 3 *
Jonathan R. Vargas
Asdrid T. Vasquez
Monica P. Vazirani 3
Jeffrey J. Veith
Scott S. Velke 3 *
Dmitry Vengerovsky 3
Pablo A. Vera
Alessandra Villafuerte
Julianne Vitone
Douglas R. Walters
Rachel J. Walz 3
Kaidi Wang ∞
Mohan Wang
Yue Wang
Michael H. Wang
Michael J. Wellins
Steven Werther 3
Victor Widjaja
John B. Wingate
Angela Wo
Valerie G. Wollek 3 * ∞
Christina Wong
Joshua C. Wong
James S. Wong
Alexander J. Wright 3
Andrew Wu
Cathy M. Yan
Likun Yan
Bing Y. Yang 2 * ∞
Katsiaryna Yatsynovich 3
Daniel Yemets 3 *
Erika Yeung
Jacky Yeung
Mu Li Yip
Sin Yan Yung
Andrew J. Zagorski
Nicole M. Zammarrelli 3
Paul D. Zechmeister
Jingying Zhou 2 *
Jonathan R. Zoppina 3
Kenneth I. Zorn
Yaping Zou 1 * * * ∞
Xiaoqin Zou-Price 1 * * *
Michael Zulferino
Summa Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
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Cum Laude
* Departmental Honors
** Departmental High Honors
*** Departmental Highest Honors
∞ Beta Alpha Psi
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All honors designations are based on GPAs
as of the end of the fall 2014 semester.
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Departmental Outstanding Achievement Awards
These awards are given each year by the faculty of the Rutgers Business School
Newark and New Brunswick to the students demonstrating outstanding
achievement in their major.
Accounting ............................................................................. Kelly Coyne
BAIT .................................................................................. Sarah Noorani
Finance ............................................................................. Nicole Corrado
Management .................................................................. Sylwia Adamczyk
Marketing ..............................................................................Ginna Arora
Supply Chain and Marketing Science ...................................... Rajan Phakey
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2015 Dean’s Distinguished Leadership Award
The Dean’s Distinguished Leadership Award recognizes one student leader
each year who has demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, service to
RBS and leadership potential. Following tradition, the name of the recipient
is engraved onto the Rutgers Business School Brass Bell. This bell is rung
six times at University Commencement, symbolizing the number of degree
programs in the Rutgers Business School.
Presented to:
Lucille Scharback
Rutgers Business School Notable Senior Honor
The Rutgers Business School Notable Senior Honor is awarded by the
Undergraduate Programs Office to graduating seniors who demonstrate
excellence in service, community building, and dedication to the RBS
community. Students chosen for this award are distinguished examples of
well-rounded individuals who have exceeded expectations in their commitment
to the university. Throughout their undergraduate careers, they have offered
noteworthy contributions to the Rutgers Business School community and
brought positive recognition to the RBS name.
Presented to:
Ginna Arora
Jessica Goldstein
Natesh Sood
Michelle Stefanelli
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Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key
Delta Sigma Pi is a professional business fraternity that prepares business
students for successful professional careers, but also instills values of service and
principled leadership that characterize Deltasigs in all phases of life. With
more than 260,000 pledges, members make a difference in their workplaces
and communities throughout the United States and around the world.
Since 1912 the Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key has been awarded annually
at each college or university where the International Fraternity of Delta Sigma
Pi maintains an active chapter. The Key is presented to the graduating senior
with the highest grade point average in the School of Business or its equivalent.
Presented to:
Nicole Corrado
Jason Seo
Natesh Sood
Beta Gamma Sigma Inductees, 2014-2015
Rachel Andreassian
Kiersten Holswade
Ginna Arora
Mher Jimenez
Elisabeth Barnett
Natalia Jouan-Benavides
Rishikesh Bhavsar
Ammaarah Khan
Eric Bierck
Anay Khanapure
Matthew Bornstein
Abhinav Mereddy
Nicholas Breden
Evan Moos
Valeria Chavez Rivas
Shawn Oommen
Nicole Corrado
Medha Patel
Kelly Coyne
Saumya Patel
Morgan Dorfman
Dyane Poluan
Dennis Dragun
Lucille Scharback
Lauren Flanagan
Natesh Sood
Clement Fu
Richard Starik
Saloni Gupta
Gregory Timko
Brielle Guzzo
Natallia Yehia
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Convocation Ceremony Speaker
Leonardo DeCandia
Vice President & Chief Procurement Officer,
Pharmaceuticals Group
Johnson & Johnson
Mr. Leonardo (Len) DeCandia, P.E. serves as the Chief Procurement Officer
of Estee Lauder Companies. Mr. DeCandia joined the Estee Lauder Companies
in 2009 and is responsible for all procurement activities in direct materials,
contract manufacturing and SG&A. Mr. DeCandia served as a Vice President of
Technical Operations at Akrimax Pharmaceuticals, LLC. Mr. DeCandia served
as a Senior Vice President of Supply Chain/Corporate Procurement Officer of
AmerisourceBergen Corp. since April 26, 2004, where he led the industry-wide
transition from traditional buy and hold relationships to the new concept of
fee-for-service manufacturer to distributor relationships. He was first to pilot
and lead the Pharmaceutical Industry-wide transition from traditional buy-andhold relationships to the integrated concept of fee-for-service manufacturer to
distributor relationships.
He was responsible for introducing critical fundamental concepts such as
performance based contracts and transparent collaboration based practices,
which have led to greater pharmaceutical supply chain security and overall
supply chain efficiency in the U.S. Additionally, he led the generics global
sourcing and front end commercial functions for the Good Neighbor Pharmacy
network at AmerisourceBergen. Mr. DeCandia has over 25 years of Consumer
pharmaceutical/healthcare industry experience in engineering, manufacturing
procurement and end to end supply chain management.
Mr. DeCandia served as the Chief Procurement of Roche Group and served as
Chief Supply Officer for the Hoffman-LaRoche N.A. Pharmaceutical Division.
He served eight years at Roche, where he served as Head of Supply Chain
Management and was integrated all the key functions from sourcing through
distribution, first for the consumer fragrance & flavors division (Givaudan) prior
to moving to the Pharmaceuticals Division. He served as Vice President, Chief
Sourcing Officer of Supply Chain at Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc.
Mr. DeCandia started his career at Johnson & Johnson and served for 15 years.
During the course of his extensive career, he was responsible for engineering,
product management, sourcing, procurement, materials management, and
logistics. He was also responsible for consolidating all sourcing and in-bound
supply for the Consumer Companies as Head of Supply Management. He
served as a Founding Member of the Rutgers Business School Supply Chain
Management Center, where he served as Chairman from 2002 to 2009. He is
a part time lecturer at the Rutgers Business School graduate program, where
he teaches courses in Manufacturing Services Relationship Practices and New
Product/Supply Chain Alignment. Mr. DeCandia is a licensed Professional
Engineer in the State of New Jersey. Mr. DeCandia has both B.S in Mechanical
Engineering and M.B.A from Rutgers University.
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