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The McCombs School of Business 2004-05 Investors' Report is now available online. Visit the home page to view the 2004-05 donors and financial information.
This year, we added alumni and student profiles to McCombs Monthly. Take a moment to review all of this year's profilees. If you are interested in being a future profilee, please email us your professional and personal news, but please include your degree and graduation date as well as your maiden name or name used while in school if different from your current name.
 Brandon Calvo A move to Minneapolis made all the difference in a career path for one McCombs alum, Brandon Calvo (BBA ’96).
“I moved to Minnesota to pursue a job, but when it fell through, an opportunity with a start-up company came open, and I jumped on it,” said Calvo.
That opportunity was with Cosentino® North America, a company established to market and distribute Silestone® natural quartz surfaces in North America that now includes a network of 90 distributors, including 16 company-owned fabrication shops throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Calvo, one of Cosentino’s first employees when the company was formed in 1998, has played a large part in growing the flagship brand-Silestone natural quartz from a single sector competitor to an industry leader in the countertop market.
Due to a recent restructuring of Cosentino® North America, Brandon Calvo was named South-Atlantic Division President for Cosentino® North America. Calvo is responsible for managing all current business activities and assets for the South-Atlantic division such as sales and marketing as well as financial performance.
“My biggest piece of advice for new graduates and alumni is to find something you like to do and just go for it,” said Calvo. “If you work hard and persevere, you’ll be successful.”
Calvo also credits the lessons he learned at McCombs as a large part of his success.
“The major thing I took away from my time at McCombs was direct correlation between leadership and work ethic and success in your career. Tom Campbell’s (former McCombs senior lecturer) demonstration and teaching of leadership was so impactful, I recently asked him to come speak at my company,” Calvo said.
To have current faculty and staff come speak at your company, you can contact the McCombs Corporate Relationship Management team, or the individual professors.
Pictured: Brandon Calvo and his wife and former UT cheerleader, Alyson Calvo (BA '96) at the Rose Bowl this past year.
Hire McCombs Alumni through the McCombs Job Board
Search for a job or promote employment opportunities to both current students and alumni of the McCombs School of Business. Current job openings include: Senior Marketing Communciations Manager, AIC Ventures; Corporate Development Analyst, BMC Software; Corporate Strategy Consultant, Dell; Staff Accountant, Erickson Demel & Co., P.C.; Trader, M&N Trading; Credits & Incentives Consultant, Ryan & Company; Grants Management Specialist, Texas CASA, Inc.; and several Analyst positions at H.E.B.
Both the Alumni Directory and the McCombs Job Board are accessible through your UT EID (University of Texas Electronic Identification). Click here for more information on finding your UT EID, or contact the Registrar's office at 512-475-7656.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008