Our Graduates

Take Two: Commerce + COVID The pandemic changed the way that people shop and companies sell. Brandon Hendrix ’06 and faculty member Shelle Santana trade insights on which online buying habits and marketing strategies…

As a kid, Casey White ’14 loved playing restaurant with friends, using rocks for money and cooking up business ideas. “My mind was always, ‘How do I create something people want, and how do I manage…

When Tessie Lammle ’15 set her sights on breaking into “The Big Four,” she wasn't talking about the Big Four accounting firms. Lammle's dream was to break into The Big Four talent agencies in Hollywood.    “I always loved music, but I never…

In March 2020, Ryan Collins ’10, MBA ’11 put a $100 bill in a plastic box and posted clues to its north-of-Boston location on his Facebook page.  The forensic accountant’s solution to pandemic fatigue and isolation found hundreds of takers. Today, the…

David-Jaya Piot’s office measures 1,100 acres and his work companions can weigh upward of three tons. The Class of 2017 alumnus is co-founder and managing director of Kulen Elephant Forest, a 2-year-old sanctuary…

Tom Yuen ’05, MST ’05, grew up in his parents’ restaurant but knew he wasn’t going to grow old there.   “I didn’t want to cook,” he remembers, “and they didn’t let me cook.”  Yuen is the oldest son of Chinese immigrants who came to the United…

Elaine Dickson MBA ’98 says she always wanted to be a journalist. That didn’t happen (yet), but she is putting her investigative skills to work as certified fraud examiner and CEO of her company, Mavenly Consultants.  “Working in…

Since he first arrived at Bentley as an undergraduate student in 1973, Dick Lipe has seen his fair share of games on and off campus. As a student, he worked closely with the Athletics Office for all four years compiling statistics for Bentley’s football,…

"The laundromat behind my house was bought out   So we had to go to the one down the street   I went to get my laundry done   The sign said closed for business and all that was left was the concrete   The closest laundromat was 3 miles…

Before she could reinvent her career, Guilda Hilaire ’00 had to find her voice.  Like many women, especially women of color, Hilaire found herself frustrated early on in her professional life in digital marketing.   “I was working at this…