MIT Sloan Alumni Club of Boston

Dave Harelick, MBA ’02
President

David B. Harelick, CFA is a Partner of Corporate Realty Investment Capital, LLC. Mr. Harelick is responsible for business, product, and strategic development including developing new transaction structures, launching new markets, and evaluating new acquisitions. Corporate Realty is a private equity fund investing in single-tenant net leased real estate.

Prior to joining Corporate Realty, Mr. Harelick was an associate in the Capital Markets Group of Lend Lease Real Estate Investments, where he focused on executing capital advisory engagements and mortgage financing. Before that, Mr. Harelick was a financial analyst for Wasserstein Perella & Co. (now Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein), a New York-based mergers & acquisitions boutique. In this capacity, Mr. Harelick was involved in a number of high profile transactions, including the mergers of Dean Witter with Morgan Stanley and Swiss Bank with Union Bank of Switzerland. Mr. Harelick also managed The Acqumen Group, LLC, where he consulted for Clark Realty Capital, LLC, Automatos, Inc., Technisys, S.A., College Coach, LLC and pi Technologies.

Mr. Harelick received his Bachelors of Science degree in Industrial Relations from Cornell University and a Masters of Business Administration from MIT Sloan School of Management. Mr. Harelick has been a director of the SACB since 2005 and currently serves as its president.

Mr. Harelick lives in Boston with his wife, Jordana.  As a hobby, he writes a Travel Blog and Personal Finance Blog and is an avid skier and hiker.

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Jeremy Seidman, MBA ’03
Vice President and CFO Summit Co-Executive Chair

Jeremy graduated from MIT Sloan in 2003 with a concentration in Financial Management, and was very active in alumni relations during his two years on campus. Most notably, Jeremy led the MIT Sloan Class Gift campaign that achieved over 80 percent participation and $230K pledged.

Since graduating, he has been influential on the Alumni Board with his planning and execution of the annual CIO Symposium and CFO Summit. Along with several of his MIT Sloan classmates, Jeremy is highly involved with the Boston Scholars Program, a non-profit dedicated to providing educational opportunity to disadvantaged Boston-area students through scholarships and student mentoring.

Jeremy also holds an undergraduate degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and currently works in the Private Client Services division of Credit Suisse where he advises high net worth families, executives and foundations on their personal financial situation.

Dave Magnoni, MBA ’99
Treasurer and President Emeritus

Dave started his career in the Navy, joining the nuclear-powered submarine force after graduation from the US Naval Academy. He served on the fast-attack ship USS Baltimore and led a shift of staff and students at a training reactor plant before leaving the service. After the military, Dave was a consultant at KPMG Peat Marwick's Federal Services Group before following his love of computer technology into an IT position at Polaroid corporation.

Dave attended the MIT Sloan from 1997-1999, actively participating in the entrepreneurial community and the MIT $50K Competition. Following MIT Sloan, Dave joined Intel in Oregon, where he managed the product marketing team in Intel's motherboard division. He and his family returned to the Boston area in 2002, where he works as Director of Claims Submissions for Athena Health, a rapidly growing electronic services provider to the health care industry.

Dave has a B.S. in Systems Engineering from the US Naval Academy, an M.S. in Computer Science from New York University and an M.B.A. from MIT Sloan.

Joanna Eldridge, SM ’93
Secretary

Joanna Eldridge runs the Global Human Resources Operations team at Akamai Technologies in Cambridge. In her role she focuses on HR Operational Excellence, Human Resources Technology and Global Workforce Planning.

Prior to joining Akamai, she was an HR Effectiveness and Technology consultant at Towers Perrin and she has also worked as the Manager of HR Technology for CDM. In these roles she designed HR processes selected, implemented and managed HR applications and developed comprehensive workforce metrics.

Joanna received her Master of Science degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1993, where she was known by her classmates as “that woman from California with the little kid.” (That little kid, Julia, will be graduate from Bowdoin College in Maine in 2011.) At MIT Sloan, Joanna concentrated in Information Technology and Operations Management. Joanna received her Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from California State University, Los Angeles in 1989.

Board Members at Large

Lindsey Anderson, SM
Small Events Chair

Lindsey runs Puma's eCommerce operations and is responsible for driving more footwear and apparel sales through the online channel as well as managing the back end technology. Prior to Puma Lindsey did strategic planning at Sybase and was instrumental in the redesign of their eCommerce site.

Lindsey also founded the catalog company, CareerTAPES Enterprises. He started the company with the idea of recording business books on to audiocassettes for executives to listen to while they commute. Then he added training videos on Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, and many other software applications as and business topics. CareerTAPES eventually had over 700 titles that were sold and rented through the mail. The audio books, including Confessions of an Advertising Man and The Concept of Corporate Strategy, are still available on Amazon.com.

After graduating from MIT Sloan, Lindsey was a senior member of the management team that turned around the soft contact lens business at American Optical, leading to its acquisition by Ciba Vision Care. Lindsey worked in Labor Relations at CBS after graduating from the School of Industrial and Labor relations at Cornell University. He also worked in project management on the Minuteman Missile Program.

Sean Brown, SM ’94
Leadership Committee Chair; Career Series Chair; Technology Co-Chair

Sean is director of global alumni relations at McKinsey & Company, Inc. He leads McKinsey’s efforts to engage and support the firm’s network of over 20,000 former consultants in 100 countries around the world. Sean’s expertise and responsibilities include alumni engagement, communications (web and print), career services, events, and community building. He is also responsible for McKinsey’s global alumni web services, and advises clients on alumni relations strategy.

Prior to McKinsey, Sean was director of alumni relations at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He also founded and was CEO of BrandStamp, a venture-backed marketing technology company, and was COO of Beverly Hills Motoring, a direct marketer of custom luxury vehicles and accessories. Previously, Sean was a consultant in McKinsey’s New York and Boston offices, where he served clients in the financial services, retail, and healthcare sectors. He also served as an internal consultant at Dunkin' Donuts Corporation and at Furniture.com.

Sean earned his Masters in Management from MIT Sloan in 1994, and a Bachelor of Commerce with Great Distinction from McGill University in Montreal, Canada in 1990. He and his wife, Kerry, have two daughters and live in Brookline, Massachusetts. 

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 Audrey Daum, SM ’88
Financial Planning Interest Chair

Eileen Glovsky, SM '91

Eileen Glovsky is a Deputy Treasurer for the State Treasurer’s Office, responsible for the Commonwealth Covenant Fund, Information Technology and Administration functions. 

Eileen has been with the Treasurer’s Office for over 7 years, previously holding positions as Assistant Treasurer for Human Resources, Director of Deferred Compensation and Director of Financial Education. Prior to joining the public sector, Eileen spent over 20 years in private industry, primarily in accounting and information technology. 

She has a Bachelors Degree from San Francisco State and a Masters Degree from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Eileen’s children are grown and live on the west coast, she resides in Cambridge with her husband.

Katie Manty, SM/MOT ’02
Marketing Interest Chair

Katie Manty graduated from MIT Sloan's Management of Technology Master's degree program in 2002. Katie is currently a Directory, Web Sales and Service, at Fidelity Investments. She is managing technology projects to enhance the online customer experience. She works with both business and technology partners to understand and translate business requirements.

Prior to Fidelity Investments, she spend more than 11 years in consulting with 9 of those years at Capgemini (formerly Ernst & Young). While at Capgemini, Katie gained a vast array of project management experience working for several Fortune 500 clients. She started as a systems programmer, then moved into managing technical teams, and after business school, managed a variety of consulting engagements in the strategic IT-initiative space, such as budget-cutting for CIOs, setting up PMOs, and piloting new technologies for business opportunity. Katie worked for two smaller IT consulting firms; one in the search engine optimization and marketing strategy space and another focused on commercial real estate applications.

Katie earned her initial IT experience working in the IT departments of Texaco and Air Products & Chemicals. Katie earned a Bachelor's degree from Smith College with a double major in Computer Science and Economics.

For fun, Katie enjoys meeting Sloanies, traveling, reading fiction, swimming, organizing events, visiting historical landmarks and taking long walks. Katie enjoys experiencing different cultures. She has lived in Germany, Pennsylvania, Belgium, California, Virginia and Massachusetts.

Christopher Reichert, SM/MOT ’04
Club Technology Co-Chair

Christopher Reichert has more than 20 years of strategic IT consulting and business management experience. Christopher's background enables him to provide CIOs and business executives with valuable insights into how organizations can optimize their choices, adoption, management and use of technology.

He is the Director of Web Technology for the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Founder of Mindsurfers, LLC, a non-profit organization with a mission to build underprivileged children's passion for technology and engineering.

In addition, Christopher serves on the MIT Sloan Alumni Board and was the Executive Chair of the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium from 2007-2010. This is his sixth year in a leadership position with the Symposium, having previously served as Chair of the Event, Chair of Sponsorship, and Chair of Technology.

Earlier in his career, Christopher co-founded M-TEC, a consultancy that provided IT integration services in Sydney, Australia. His roles ranged from application development and infrastructure leadership to vendor management and strategic sourcing.

Christopher has received Master's degrees from MIT's Sloan School of Management and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Dr. Graham Rong, SF/MBA ’06

Dr. Rong has been a leader in product innovation and corporate development. He has extensive experience in IT leadership, business strategy and collaborative research in North America, Asia and Europe. He is currently leading the development of a novel system for financial information and social analytics.

With excellent balance of business acumen and technical aptitude, Graham has proven leadership skills in key senior roles with Vignette Corporation and Harte-Hanks. He was on the faculty in JiangNan University and held an EU research fellowship in University of Edinburgh.

As an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow in MIT Sloan School of Management, Graham focused on corporate strategy, innovation leadership and global development. Graham lectures in Harvard, MIT and overseas. He is on the board of multiple organizations and also on the organizing committee of multiple international conferences.

Graham holds an MBA from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and PhD from University of Guelph, Canada.

Justin Steinman, MBA '04

Justin Steinman is the GM Marketing for Clinical Business Solutions at GE Healthcare.  In this role, he leads the team responsible for marketing GE's portfolio of clinical, financial, and administrative IT solutions targeting the healthcare industry, including electronic medical records and revenue cycle management.  Prior to joining GE in January 2011, Justin spent seven years at Novell, Inc., in a variety of roles, most recently as the Vice President of Solution & Product Marketing, where he built a team of 50 people responsible for developing and executing Novell's go-to-market strategy, including market requirements and product positioning.  Earlier in his career, Justin worked at Tilion, Inc., a venture-backed supply chain start-up, and at Accenture, where he implemented SAP for Fortune 500 companies around the globe. 

Justin holds a Masters in Business Administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management with a focus in New Product and Venture Development.  He graduated Dartmouth College, Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude, with a dual degree in English and History.  He lives outside of Boston, MA, with his wife, Tammy, and their four young children.

 Jeff Uller, MBA ’03
 Student Outreach Chair 

 Jeff is a senior manager in Finance for Vistaprint (www.vistaprint.com). In this position, Jeff
 reports directly to the COO and is responsible for special projects that improve Vistaprint's
 efficiency and effectiveness in operations. Jeff joined Vistaprint in 2011.

Prior to Vistaprint, Jeff was a manager in consulting at PRTM Management Consultants focused on delivering operational strategy projects to Fortune 500 clients around the globe.  Before PRTM, Jeff was a manager at General Motors and during his career at GM he worked in areas of increasing responsibility in corporate strategy, business development, and corporate finance. Jeff began his career as a product engineer at Chrysler Corporation working in electrical engineering for the Jeep brand of products.

Jeff earned his MBA from MIT Sloan in 2003, a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Oakland University in 1998, and a Bachelors of Computer Engineering (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Michigan in 1996. He and his wife, Kelly, have a daughter and a son and live in Needham, Massachusetts. 

Other Committee Heads

Rimi Chakraborty, MBA '10 - Networking Chair

Tanya Shnaydman - Biotechnology Industry Chair