GSB Managerial Effectiveness Group

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Current Co-chairs

                    Kishore Devarakonda '08 (ndevarakChicagoGSB.edu)
             - Origin: Tanuku / Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
             - Prior Work: Motorola, Inc., Project Manager, Arlington Heights, IL, USA
             - GSB Concentration(s): Strategic Management, Finance, Marketing Management
             - Summer: Deloitte Consulting LLP, Strategy & Operations Summer Associate, San Francisco, CA, USA
             - Full-time: TBD
                              - Professional interests: Strategy Consulting, Hi-Tech, Entrepreneurship
                              - Personal interests: Tennis, Soccer, Auto Racing
                              - MEG stands for: Leadership, People and Team skills, and Self-awareness

                    Christopher Spikes '08 (cspikesChicagoGSB.edu)
             - Origin: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
             - Prior Work: Siemens, Engineer / Project Manager, Dallas, TX, USA
             - GSB Concentration(s): Strategic Management, Finance
             - Summer: Booz Allen Hamilton, Summer Associate, Dallas TX, USA
             - Full-time: TBD
                              - Professional interests: Strategy Consulting, Private Equity
                              - Personal interests: Football, Philosophy, Las Vegas, Near East History, Miami
                              - MEG stands for: Managerial Effectiveness Group

                    Ei Leen Low '08 (elowChicagoGSB.edu)
             - Origin: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / Perth, Australia
             - Prior Work: Warner Bros Entertainment, Warner Home Video, New Release Marketing Planner, Tokyo, Japan
             - GSB Concentration(s): Marketing Management, Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship
             - Summer: Reckitt Benckiser, Brand Management Summer Intern, New Jersey, NY, USA
             - Full-time: TBD
                              - Professional interests: Brand Management (CPG), General Management
                              - Personal interests: Martial Arts, Classical and Jazz Piano, Tennis, Food
                              - MEG stands for: Life Skills

                    Greg Sherman '08 (gshermanChicagoGSB.edu)
             - Origin: Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
             - Prior Work: The Delves Group, Director of the Banking Practice, Chicago IL, USA
             - GSB Concentration(s): General Management, Managerial and Organizational Behavior
             - Summer: ValueMags, Director of Operations, Chicago IL, USA
             - Full-time: TBD
                              - Professional interests: General Management, Social Enterprise, Entrepreneurship
                              - Personal interests: Volleyball, Guitar, Waterskiing
                              - MEG stands for: The Skills to Get Ahead

                    Vibhor Rastogi '08 (vrastogiChicagoGSB.edu)
             - Origin: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
             - Prior Work: Deloitte, Manager, Philadelphia, PA, USA
             - GSB Concentration(s): Entrepreneurship
             - Summer: Entrepreneurship Internship
             - Full-time: TBD
                              - Professional interests: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, High Tech
                              - Personal interests: Reading, Hiking, Skiing, Running
                              - MEG stands for: Ethical leadership in a turbulent world

Founding Co-chairs

                    Akshay Sethi '07 (asethiChicagoGSB.edu)
             - Origin: India
             - Prior Work: International Development at World Bank and Real Estate Development for family-owned firm in India
             - GSB Concentration(s): Finance, Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management
             - Summer: McKinsey & Co, New York
             - Full-time: McKinsey & Co, New York
                              - Professional interests: Real Estate, Indian Economy
                              - Personal interests: Autobiographies, Theater, Basketball
                              - MEG stands for: Building a set of skills that will becoming increasingly important over time

                    Sundhiraj Sharma '07 (ssharmaChicagoGSB.edu)
             - Origin: New Delhi, India
             - Prior Work: Capital One (marketing/strategy), McKinsey & Company (strategy)
             - GSB Concentration(s): Finance, Accounting, Entrepreneurship
             - Summer: UBS Investment Bank, Healthcare group, NY
             - Full-time: UBS Investment Bank, Healthcare group, NY
                              - Professional interests: Healthcare, Technology, Finance
                              - Personal interests: Volleyball, Good Food, Giving back, Reading
                              - MEG stands for: Taking the initiative to develop yourself and others

                    Nick Alonso '07 (nalonsoChicagoGSB.edu)
             - Origin: Miami, Florida
             - Prior Work: CTO of En Technologies, an IBM Software consulting firm
             - GSB Concentration(s): Analytical Finance, Economics, and Econometrics
             - Summer: BP North America, Financial Delivery Manager
             - Full-time: Franklin Portfolio Associates, a Division of Mellon Financial Corporation, Quatitative Equity Analyst
                              - Professional interests: Quantitative Research, Genetic Algorithm, Time Series Analysis
                              - Personal interests: Playing Guitar, Baseball, Football, and music
                              - MEG stands for: A group for people who want to use the Business School experience to expose themselves to a                                well rounded education. MEG stands for all of those skills and lessons that we can not learn in class, but instead can                                learn through experience. I truly believe that MEG has helped me build stronger bonds with my classmates and                                develop a better understanding of how managers and business professional approach their decisions.

                    Sanjay Mehta '07 (smehta5ChicagoGSB.edu)
             - Origin: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
             - Prior Work: Goldman Sachs, Senior Programmer/Analyst
             - GSB Concentration(s): Finance, Entrepreneurship, Strategic Management
             - Summer: Bank of America, Investment Banking
             - Full-time: TBD
                              - Professional interests: Private Equity, Entrepreneurship, Non-profit
                              - Personal interests: Volunteer work, spirituality, cricket, art
                              - MEG stands for: Leadership and Motivational skills

James Bergstrom '07 (jbergstrChicagoGSB.edu)