TMP 1997

A note for TMP 1997 class members: if you haven't heard from me lately, please update your e-mail forwarding address on the Kellogg alumni Web site.

Edward Rafacz, team leader future technology for the Delta Airlines Master Executive Council Safety Committee, has created and launched a set of interactive real-time screensavers. These give the user real-time information when the computer is hooked up to the Internet; the user can also interact with the information. Currently, Delta pilots are using this program to get the latest weather information and the latest safety bulletins. You can download the program at safepic.com/weather/realtime/ALPA.html.

Ken Kring has moved into a position as strategic planner with DRAFT in Chicago. "It's wonderful. I started Aug. 1 and in a short amount of time I've been able to build for a client a business strategy map, a brand path strategy, and a marketing flow diagnostic tool." Ken can be reached at kkring@draftnet.com.

Kathryn de Maigret has opened her own business and is broker/owner of Express Capital Lending. The company is a residential lender that offers jumbo/super jumbo loan amounts (up to $2.4 million) and specializes in "creative financing." Based on Napa Valley, Calif., the company focuses on the California market but is licensed in 20 states. Kathryn can be reached at kathryn@expresscap.com.

In March, Ed Keating left Avantt Consulting to become vice president of the Software & Information Industry Association's Content Division, a group for which he had previously been a board member. Ed is responsible for guiding the direction of the SIIA's Content Division Working Groups, an assembly of content providers and industry leaders that assess and develop best practices for electronic content business models and assess the business impact of standards.

Art Tsubaki is back in Illinois, working for Greenlee Textron in Rockford as director of product management and development. "My role is similar to my last job—but of course with more responsibility and an opportunity to further use my Kellogg education!"

Elaine Virant has recently joined SAP as a client engagement manager in their financial services practice in Chicago. Elaine spent the previous three years with Siebel Systems as a business development manager working with their CRM product suite and incentive compensation management system. She and her husband Roger Shubert live in Chicago and enjoyed the summer with their two kids: Anita, three, and Garrison, one.

John T. O'Loughlin was named senior vice president of marketing, planning and development at the Los Angeles Times, effective Aug. 1. O'Loughlin was general manager of the Chicago Tribune's RedEye edition since its inception in 2002, where he was responsible for the publication's editorial, circulation, operations, sales, marketing and financial functions. From 2001 to 2002, he was director, strategic marketing for Chicago Tribune Company. He joined the Chicago Tribune in 1990 as a circulation management trainee and held numerous positions of increasing responsibility, including circulation director, group sales and marketing.