Success Stories

Pursuing his Drexel Executive MBA laid the groundwork for Amaya to manage innovation and develop a network of diverse professionals to support him throughout his career.

She credits her Drexel LeBow Executive MBA for helping her identify the delicate balance between analytics and relationship building, strategy and teamwork in her finance career.

Rachel Benyola identified a problem: traditional bicycle helmets are both bulky and uncomfortable. As the founder and CEO of AnneeLondon, she’s designed a fold-flat bike helmet that will change all that.

For John Erwin, beginning his MBA program at Drexel LeBow wasn’t an attempt to move to another field, but to add more of what he enjoyed to his current position.

After over 20 years in the U.S. Coast Guard, Espino pursued his Executive MBA at LeBow to fine tune his leadership skills and parlay his military experience into civilian career.

As chief medical offer of the nation’s largest pediatric rehabilitation system, the Drexel LeBow MBA helped Haines drive innovation and speak the language of business in hospital leadership.

Kristin Hall says that before entering Drexel LeBow’s MBA program in Malvern, she had never considered a career in business.

H. Adam Holt took his company, Asset Map, from a startup to a $3 million company.

Anusha Janardhana’s career has always felt like destiny. From a project she completed during her undergraduate studies, to her current position, it has always seemed to the Drexel LeBow MBA student that her professional path has been leading to one place.

Matt Kessler knew early on that he wanted to have a career in sports, and the 2018 season marks his 15th year working for the Phillies, his hometown team.

With an urge to leave her hometown of Tampa, Fla., and the goal of becoming a research pharmacist, Lynum took several calculated chances on the path to becoming a Drexel dragon.

Alice Park pursued her LeBow MBA to advance her career by combining her interests in technology and marketing.

A discussion with a supervisor made it clear that he needed to pursue his MBA. When exploring options, Drexel LeBow’s Malvern campus emerged as the obvious best choice.

Getting to know his professors on a personal level helped Tim Rudderow make the most of his Drexel LeBow MBA program and start his own investment firm.

Ravi Shankar arrived in America from India with a mechanical engineering degree, $20 in his pocket and a question: how do financial markets work?

George Spencer already had a successful career as an on-air reporter and a master’s degree from Columbia when he began the Drexel LeBow part-time MBA program.

For Thompson, pursuing his Executive MBA was a necessity to keep his family business going strong as they grow with a new business partner - Patti LaBelle.

As a physician scientist, she turned to the Drexel LeBow MBA program to get the business know-how to launch a new venture to bring life-saving products to the market.

The online MBA program at LeBow offered Wendorff the flexibility she needed to take advantage of a temporary international work opportunity.

Ali Burt’s path to the MS in Accounting program was unconventional. A graduate of Smith College, Burt found her way to her pursuit of the corner office through her work in the nonprofit sector.

For Yaoxing Chen, overcoming extreme shyness as a girl gave her the determination needed to study accounting at Drexel LeBow after majoring in French at home in China.

After leaving the field of sociology, Roshmika Chandra combined the MS in Economics with computer science classes to excel in her internship and land a job offer before graduation.

For Wilkins, it was the attentive economics faculty and extensive Drexel network that helped her land a job at the Federal Reserve even before completing her degree.

Lia Arakelian went from co-op, to full-time, to a promotion at Bimbo Bakeries USA, all in quick succession.

Japkeerat Bindra credits his expansive network and working with his dream company to the relationships he built during his time at Drexel.

When MBA student Joe Paliotta III learned that the CEO, Al Clark, and CFO, Phil Field, at Penn Power Group, attended Drexel LeBow for their Executive MBA degrees, he knew that he wanted to follow their lead.

Since moving to the United States from India, Shruti Shah has come to feel at home here due to connections she has made in LeBow’s MS in Marketing program.