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What Our Students are Saying

Changing His Path

“I decided to concentrate my MBA studies in finance, despite the fact that previous work experience had been in marketing. Katz offers a number of challenging courses in finance, including valuation, where we studied different techniques for valuing companies. This knowledge will be particularly important to me in my new job in mergers and acquisitions.”

Stefan Seegelken
Consultant, Merger and Acquisitions, PricewaterhouseCoopers
MBA Class of 2007
Hamm, Germany

Enhancing Her Experience

“After college, I knew I wanted to start a career in the marketing field. I spent approximately two years in two marketing-related positions, but neither was exactly what I was looking for. At that point, I began thinking about how I might be able to obtain a position that was geared more toward my interest in marketing consumer products. Many of the Web sites I visited to research this career path recommended completing an MBA program to get into a brand management position at a major consumer packaged goods company.

The Katz MBA program exposed me to many different aspects of marketing—including pricing, marketing planning and strategy, brand management, and new product development—all of which are essential to brand management.”

Rachel Bagay
Associate Brand Manager, Del Monte Foods
MBA Class of 2007
Pittsburgh, PA