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• Read more about Brian Colbert

Brian serves as Vice President of Mobile Advertising Sales and Strategy at Pandora, the largest internet radio provider in the United States. In this role he helps the company make the shift from driving advertising revenue from its desktop website to mobile devices, a category that is still evolving. Brian felt it was time to expand on his marketing and sales background with more strategy and finance. But there was also a personal goal in pursuing the NYU Stern Executive MBA program, as Brian says “it was about becoming smarter and improving my business acumen.”

• Read more about Asel Moldakhmetova

After ten years in alternative asset management specializing in investment and lifestyle needs of ultra-high-net-worth families and running the day-to-day operations of a family office, Asel decided to transition her career and broaden her perspective by enrolling in NYU Stern’s Executive MBA Program. According to Asel, the knowledge she has gained at Stern has given her the confidence to explore other career paths. Today she is developing a business strategy for a leading auction house and a marketing strategy for a major auto importer in Russia.

• Read more about Nerissa Naidu

For the last eight years Nerissa served as a management consultant for Accenture in London. Ready for a change, she decided to make a move to New York and shift from consulting to the corporate world. “In order to facilitate a smoother transition into this domain, I pursued an Executive MBA to give myself a well-rounded view,” says Nerissa. The NYU Stern Executive MBA program offered a mix of strong courses in finance with general management and leadership.

• Read more about Patrick Hynes

When Patrick Hynes finished law school, he vowed that he was finally finished with being in a classroom. Twenty years later, after more than 15 years at Prudential, he was prepared to break that vow. Pat took on his current role as a Vice-President overseeing compliance, operations and business quality across the U.S. in 2009. This role provides more exposure to senior leaders at Prudential and Pat felt he needed to transform his ways of thinking about business. As he says, “I learned a lot from law school and my early days of practicing law but it was mostly focused on analytical training.

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• Read more about Moses Sureshkumar

As the founder and managing partner of Netrocon Systems, an IT consultancy, Moses Sureshkumar has been able to apply his NYU Stern Executive MBA education almost immediately to run his growing business. Leading the company has required gaining an overall understanding of all aspects of business management, which includes accounting, marketing, strategy, economics and leadership. Even after 15 years of on-the-job learning, the formal education he is gaining at Stern has been helping Moses bring change to Netrocon right away.

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• Read more about Takeshi Ishii

When Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Company transferred Takeshi Ishii to the United States, he decided to take advantage of the opportunity by pursuing an Executive MBA program at NYU. Because his initial experience and education in Asia were in science, Takeshi chose Stern to expand his financial knowledge and his understanding of international business practices.