Marketing Connect Speaker Series

The Marketing Connect Speaker Series aims to inspire our students to become future business leaders by hosting speaker events that feature ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ/CBE alumni or industry leaders in Marketing. We will host 1-2 speaker events every semester. Please come and stay connected to the CBE business community and alumni network. 

More speakers coming soon!

Past Events

Nelson Velez

Personal Brand: Our Most Important Product Is Ourselves

Nelson Velez, MBA,

Territory Sales Director, Salesforce

Deka Dike

Entrepreneurship and Marketing: Crafting a Path to Professional Success

Deka Dike, MBA '20

CEO and Founder of Omatochi

Michele LaCagnina

Why Email Marketing Still Reigns

Michele LaCagnina, MBA '13
Senior Brand Manager, Abbott
Moh Baagil

Marketing & Digital Media: Making the Pieces Click

Moh Baaghil, BSBA'06,
VP Digital Strategy + eCommerce at Modus by PM Hotel Group

Tommy Ngo

Blockchain and Web3

Tommy Ngo (BSBA '10)
Head of Product, NFT Blockchain Gaming at Zynga
Jericho Apo

Startup Marketing

Jericho Apo
B.A. Sociology '17
Director of Growth Marketing, UPchieve
Nicole Mason

Synergizing Success

Nicole Mason MBA '2019
Owner and Founder of One Mason Lane, LLC

Joe Gura

The Business of Storytelling

Joe Gura
Storytelling Lead for Microsoft Teams Marketing, Microsoft
Div Manickam

Buyer Journey Reimagined

Div Manickam, MBA '11 
Director of WW Services Marketing and Portfolio Management at Lenovo
Angela Stark

The Art & Science of Marketing

Angela Stark (BSBA '97)
SVP of Performance Marketing at Workday
Scott Deutsch

Building a Brand with Digital Marketing

Scott Deutsch

TDK, GM and Vice President Worldwide Sales, Corp., Marketing and Business Developmen

Dorothea Sieber

Why the Best Marketers Always Put Their Customers First

Dorothea Sieber

Vice President, Content & Keynotes at Oracle

Mary Ann Wofford

Advice in Breaking In, Developing and Accelerating a Career in High Tech

Mary Ann Wofford

Salesforce, Area Vice President, Cloud Sales