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Dec 2, 2025

Saumya Rathore, From Event Management to Strategic Marketing

Saumya Rathore spent seven years working in event management before realizing she wanted to move beyond executing events to shaping the strategy and campaigns behind them – which led her to the Jenkins MBA program.

Aug 28, 2025

Stefano Rivera, From Sales to Product Management

After a decade in sales, Stefano Rivera turned to NC State’s Jenkins MBA program to make a bold career pivot into product and brand management. With hands-on learning and career support, he’s already landed a marketing internship—and full-time offer—with The Hershey Company.

Jun 3, 2025

From Project Manager to Product Leader: Deion Doubledee’s Jenkins MBA Journey

From marketing and banking to product leadership, Deion Doubledee used the Jenkins MBA to pivot his career, expand his network, and thrive while balancing work, school, and family.

Jul 1, 2024

Red Hat Director of Marketing Emily Curley ‘11 Builds Career With Jenkins MBA

Emily Curley, a Jenkins MBA alum and director of marketing at Red Hat, shares about her career path, what she gained in the Full-time MBA program and a few words of advice for prospective students.

Dec 22, 2023

Sydney Jarrett Williams, Director in Go-to-Market Strategy at Syneos Health

According to Sydney Jarrett Williams, the Jenkins MBA program’s value-adding curriculum and career services not only allowed her to advance to a new role with a 20% salary increase – but gave her the flexibility to balance her responsibilities as a student, full-time professional and mom.

Feb 7, 2023

Online MBA Helps Student Fuel Product Manager Career

Since starting the Professional Online MBA program, Adrian Bryant has already received an internal promotion and landed a new role at another company. Here’s how the program has helped him keep his career moving forward.
Luke Hale holding a celebratory frame that says I am officially employed by IBM.

Sep 6, 2022

Army Veteran Scouts New Career in Technology

Full-time Jenkins MBA student, Luke Hale, spent his summer intering at IBM, as one of eight Extreme Blue interns focused on stategy and software automation.

Jun 28, 2022

Alumna Nicole Taylor ’11 Infuses Creativity Into Her New Leadership Role

Recently promoted, Taylor refines initiatives, whether they’re related to people, thought leadership, the community or new partnerships at IQVIA, a global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions and clinical research services.

Jun 14, 2022

Propelling Amazon To A Sustainable Future

Learn how alumnus Derek DeShane '11 study abroad trip to Denmark helped inspire his passion for environment and technology as a sustainability analyst relations manager for Amazon Web Services.

May 9, 2022

Leveraging Your Degree for a Promotion

Learn how MBA student Anna Fabry leveraged her MBA for a promotion within her own company while she was still in graduate school.