EMP-76

BIG congratulations to Siva Ravi, who returned to Kellogg this term to complete his EMBA. Once completed, Siva will be affiliated with EMP-76 for alumni status. Go get ’em, Siva! Does this mean our Israel group will have a reunion trip in April?
Bhoo Thirumalai says, “Fast forward to the solar future.” Apparently, Bhoo is doing well.

Barry Marek was in Chicago for the launch of Chambord Vodka. What a great way to get Artis Lin, Cynthia McIntyre, Julie Buxton, Jason Gilroy and Doug Hart together for an evening of cocktails and dinner.

Tanya Alfonso was married in a beautiful ceremony Aug. 28 in Montreal, Canada.

Ramesh Kaza and his family relocated to Bangalore, India, due to his promotion at Cisco. In his new role as director of collaboration practice, East, Ramesh will lead business development, partnerships/alliances, and strategy activities to drive Cisco’s collaboration business.

Shakeel Rahman is in a new role at a new business line at UL. He’s responsible for driving growth via M&A and integration in the energy/environmental area.

Mike Hough was promoted to senior vice president at Division Service Delivery.

Zia Bhatti accepted a new position with Edline Inc. as their CTO. Edline provides technology solutions to the K-12 education market, including school websites, classroom management tools and learning management systems. It now serves more than 15,000 schools around the world.

The launch of Chambord Vodka reunited EMP-76 in Chicago. From left: Cynthia McIntyre, Julie Buxton, Doug Hart, Artis Lin and Barry Marek, all EMP-76