Tim Augustine EMP-52

EMP-52

Where has the time gone? Since graduation, we have had many outings, such as happy hours, parties at the Allen Center, Rumba and Ravinia. We have also held golf outings, volunteered at the homeless shelter and participated in two triathlons. Our free time has been filled with work, travel and the addition of many new children to our families.

EMP-52 survived another Chicago Triathlon. Here are the results:

Kellogg EMP-52 Team D: final time 3:13:42. Swim: Shyam Kambeyanda; Bike: Eric Blackmon; Run: Richard Yang.

Kellogg EMP-52 Team C: final time 3:05:38. Swim: Matt Kinnich; Bike: Polly Reese; Run: Rich Sypniewski.

Thanks to all who participated. Start thinking about next year's race.

Michael Ries is the founder of Chest Medicine Consultants. He has also taken over a new part-time position since graduation: medical director of eICU (electronic ICU) at Advocate Healthcare. The eICU is a new way of monitoring patients in the ICU. Done via the Internet, it involves real-time audio/visual monitoring and computer-supported decision analysis of 205 patients in 17 intensive care units in eight different hospitals. It is one of only six eICU's in the country, and the largest one.Patients are monitored electronically in ICUs in towns such as Barrington, Oak Lawn and Oak Brook. The eICU has resulted in up to a 15-percent reduction in mortality of ICU patients. You can reach Michael at MHRiesMD@AOL.com.

Robin Patinkin has become the principal/director of Client Services at Cedar Hill Associates. Cedar Hill is an investment firm specializing in wealth management for high-net-worth individuals and their families, foundations and endowments.In addition, her oldest son, Adam, is at Dartmouth College; Jason is a senior at New Trier Township High School, working on college applications as I write; and Liza is a freshman at New Trier. To reach Robin, contact her at Robin.Patinkin@cedhill.com or rjp1957@aol.com.

Rosemarie Donzanti is the new vice president, member services, for Prime Therapeutics (PBM for the Blue Cross/Blue Shields of the Midwest). Rosemarie and her family moved to Dallas for the position. You can reach her at rdonzanti@primetherapeutics.com.

Gary Kobus' family had their second son, Andrew Joseph, on Jan. 17. They broke ranks with city life andmoved toHinsdale, Ill.They have settled into a temporary housewhile they build their new home.

Patty Naughton is chair of the OB/GYN quality committee and continues her role as academic director of the department. She continues to search for additional opportunities. She can be reached at pnaughto@macneal.com.

Tim Augustine is the author of How Hard Are You Knocking: The Job Seeker's Guide to Opening Career Doors, in which he shares best practices for finding a new job, successfully entering the work force and taking a proactive role in your career development.Designed as a how-to career guide, How Hard Are You Knocking will be published by Oakhill Press and will be available in bookstores nationwide in early 2005. Advance copies are available by visiting www.howhardareyouknocking.com.

Joe Burgee has joined Archipelago Holdings Inc., an electronic securities exchange and trading services company, as managing director of derivative products. You can reach him at joe@archipelago.com.

Thanos Karras is doing well and is a general manager at Siemens. You can reach Thanos at thanos.karras@siemens.com.

Nick Manusos moved to a house on the water in January 2003 and was promoted in April to vice president, licensing and business development, at TAP Pharmaceutical Products.

Mary V. Olson moved into a sales executive rotation at WGN-TV with Tribune Broadcasting. In this role Mary sells commercial airtime including, news, WB shows and the Cubs, White Sox and Bulls. In addition to her work at the station, she tutors inner-city children every week. Mary has also kept the tradition of Kellogg Girls Gone Wild along with Jennifer Pelino, Stefanie Cavallo, Kate Fennell and Alison Gutterman, who traveled to Mexico, St. John, Brazil, Argentina, Vail and the Cape.

Robert Luxem is keeping the financial world safe for everyone as senior vice president of Cube Financial. You can reach Rob at rbmtca@msn.com.

Nicole Mowad-Nassar is still at Abbott Laboratories and has assumed the role of divisional vice president of diabetes and metabolism. More importantly, she and her husband, Sany, welcomed their first child, Joey, in November 2003.

Kate Fennell is back on the East Coast and still with Merck as the director of marketing for the hypertension/heart failure division of the franchise business group.

Shyam Kambeyanda moved to China to be managing director, China and India operations, for Eaton's automotive group. Prior to that he spent 18 months in Italy. If any of you plan to be in the Shanghai area, please drop him a line.

Tom White recently moved to Las Vegas and has started his own urban redevelopment practice called TAW & Associates LLC. You can reach Tom at tom@tawassociates.com.

Shridhar "Joshi" Joshi has been promoted to director of game strategy and development at WMS Gaming. He recently moved to Naperville. You can reach him at sjoshi@wmsgaming.com or SPJoshi@excite.com.

Lance Chambers was recently promoted to the specialty cheese area (CBD/GM Churny) at Kraft. You can reach him at lchambers1@kraft.com.

Joe Burgee is now managing director at Archipelago, an electronic securities exchange and trading services company. You can reach him at joe@archipelago.com.

George Trapp is still with Northern Trust Global Investments as a relationship consultant in its securities lending and commission recapture. You can reach him at gbt@ntrs.com.

Laura "LJ" Hughes accepted a position as vice president of national marketing at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. It's a great place to work, she says, but they don't let her take enough work home. HA!

David B. Arney is the SVP of operations and CFO for CoolSavings Inc. in Chicago.

Dan Biery is a team leader at Schering-Plough Consumer Healthcare. You can reach him at dan.biery@spcorp.com.

Brian Mason has been promoted to president at Emerson Network Power's Connectivity Solutions in Bannockburn, Ill. You can reach him at Brian.Mason@EmersonNetworkPower.com and visit its Web site at www.EmersonNetworkPower.com/connectivity.

Suleyman Muratoglu moved to Dallas and took a position as director of contract manufacturing. In this role he manages the relations and investments of a network of food manufacturing companies. He also had a recent addition to his family, a baby boy named Mehmet Kaan. You can reach Suleyman at Suleyman.Muratoglu@tetrapak.com.

Nick Manusos recently was promoted to vice president, licensing and business development, at TAP. In addition, he has a freshman and senior in high school. Nick and his son, Nick Jr., have already started the college scouting tour. You can reach Nick at nicholas.manusos@TAP.com.

Mahmood Qadri has become the SVP platform engineering at Envestnet Asset Management, where he is responsible for developing the technology platform for a wealth management company.

Stefanie Cavallo recently was promoted to general manager of Executive Program's CIO Academy. She is responsible for running the business of executive education for CIOs at Gartner. She had the luxury of taking a sabbatical this summer. Her travels took her to London, Paris, Germany and Austria, as well as to the British Virgin Islands, where she sailed for two weeks. Happy Days! You can still find her on Cape Cod, where her EMP friends are always welcome. She can be reached at stefanie.cavallo@gartner.com.

Rich Sypniewski merged his consulting company into Parson Consulting and took a position as practice director in July. This was after he took the month of June off and went to Italy and Greece to be a bum. You can reach him at rsypniewski@parsonconsulting.com.

George Guo has recently become the vice president of advanced services for NeuStar (formerly Lockheed Martin CIS). This role moves George from a purely technical position (VP and CIO) to a business-oriented one, responsible for strategic planning, business development and marketing support, technology development, solution delivery and product realization of new services and products in emerging markets that are strategic to the company's growth and diversification. His focus is on wireless data services and the AsiaPac region, which requires a lot of traveling, both domestic and international. Contact George at george.guo@neustar.biz.

Wayne Marsh's wife gave birth to triplets two days after the last class at Kellogg, and they moved to western Colorado near Telluride in August 2003. Wayne continues to work with same company, Polyform Products. In addition, he launched a real estate development company in January. As you can imagine, he is extremely busy, but really "lovin' life!" You can reach him at wmarsh@direcway.com.

Lizzie and Matt Kinnich have left city life (not forever) and are living in Northfield, Ill. The rehabbed their house, which required living in temporary housing for two months. You can reach Matt at mkinnich@careered.com.

Curt Hart is senior vice president at GE CommercialFinance. You can contact him at500 W. Monroe St., Chicago, IL 60661 or at curtis.hart@ge.com. His phone number is312.463.2286. Curt and his wife, Jodie,have a 17-month-oldsonnamed Carter Joshua Hart, and they are buildinganew home inBarrington, Ill. Please call Curt if you know of any company that hasfinancing needs, or if you are in the Chicago Loop and just want to grab lunch and catch up.