Paul Martello was awarded “Product of the Year” for the Yummy Spoon at the 2016 ECRM Baby & Infant EPPS Showcase, one of the nation's largest tradeshows for baby products. The Yummy Spoon is a self-feeding baby spoon designed to
Kim Folsom, MBA ’02
Kim has been profiled in the San Diego Business Journal. She is a cofounder and the CEO of Reel Qualified, a video-based lead generation software company in San Diego that helps financial advisors find self-employed and microbusiness prospects. At Reel
Noelle Doan Nguyen, PKE MBA ’12
Noelle advocated changes to H1B visa requirements to incentivize foreigner talent contributing to the intellectual capital of U.S. companies to stay in the country. Speaking on One America Network, the San Diego-based conservative cable newscast, she spoke about immigration and
Victor Tsao, MBA ’86
Victor, who along with his wife Janie, founded Linksys, a provider of networking hardware for both home and small business applications that was acquired by Cisco in 2003, has debuted A10 Networks on the New York Stock Exchange. The company,
Andranik (Andy) Hakobyan, MSML ’13
Andy has released his first video commercial for Georgia and Her Son, a clay jewelry startup he founded with his mother. The collection features glazed handmade mineral clay pieces of various shapes personally crafted by his mother. At Georgia and
John McMahon, MBA ’75
John has joined the Lake of the Ozarks Chapter of SCORE, a volunteer organization that provides business workshops and free counseling to small businesses, in Missouri. He is currently a member of the business faculty at State Fair Community College
In Memoriam: Peter Steven Beck, Executive MBA ’80
Peter passed away on February 26, 2014 at age 78. Before attending Pepperdine, he served 23 years in the U.S. military. After earning his MBA from the Graziadio School, he served as director of operations and president of a nationwide
Ryan French, IMBA ‘13
Ryan recently co-founded and launched FISH&CO., a fish retail and business consulting service in Muscat, Oman. Serving as chief executive officer, he provides supermarkets, restaurants, and hotels with a variety of fresh and frozen locally harvested fish and imported seafood.
Audra Quinn, MBA ’13
Audra launched a 37-day Kickstarter campaign to raise the necessary funds to produce her Pepperdine University Business Plan Competition-winning wine-tasting board game UNCORKED! The fun party game challenges players to come up with entertaining tasting notes as they sample new
Jens Eser, MBA ‘13
Jens recently founded Surf2o, which provides innovative, body-attached, hands-free hydration systems for action and water sports enthusiasts. Prior to dedicating himself to this startup following his graduation from the Graziadio School, Jens spent over six years working at IBM and