Prabjot Jaaj

MBA Candidate 2008
Content and Sponsorship

Prabjot Jaaj is a second year MBA student at The Wharton School and is majoring in Strategic Management. He has eight years of consulting experience in the telecom industry. Prior to Wharton, Prabjot was an Engagement Manager at Patni Computer Systems and was managing the Rogers Communications account in Toronto. His past experiences also include working for Nortel Networks and Plutus Enterprises. Upon graduation, Prabjot will be joining McKinsey & Company and will be pursing a career in management consulting.

Prabjot holds a B.Eng. degree from McGill University and is a PMI certified Project Manager (PMP). He enjoys travelling, music and is a dedicated fan of Indian cricket and the Toronto Raptors!

Elia Mourtzanou

MBA Candidate 2008
Marketing

Elia Mourtzanou is a second year MBA student at The Wharton School and is majoring in Strategic Management. Prior to Wharton, Elia worked as a Network Deployment Manager at OTE S.A., the National Telecommunications Company of Greece. At OTE Elia significantly expanded the company's DSL network infrastructure. Prior to OTE, Elia worked as a project manager at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, where she led a team to secure interference-free wireless communications. She also has two years of experience in consulting.

Elia holds a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. She is an avid alpine skier and enjoys sailing.

Richard Viens

MBA Candidate 2008
Content, Logistics

Rich Viens is a member of the Wharton MBA Class of 2008, majoring in Entrepreneurship and Operations Management. Prior to attending Wharton, Rich was a program manager for BAE Systems working with Homeland Security and other government agencies. He also developed satellite imagery systems as an engineer for Raytheon. After graduation, Rich will return to South Florida and fulfill his entrepreneurial dreams in South Florida. Rich has a Masters in Systems Engineering from Southern Methodist University and a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Florida Atlantic University. He enjoys traveling, running, golf, sleeping in igloos, and (most recently) skiing!

Patricia Costa

MBA Candidate 2009
Panel Director

Prior to Wharton Patricia worked as a scientist at Fraunhofer USA conducting research in software engineering and assisting organizations with software process improvement. Her research areas include: processes and methods for improving software architecture and software development processes, Agile methods and knowledge management.

Patricia holds a B.Sc. (1996) and an M.Sc. (1999) in Computer Science from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil) and an M.Sc. (2001) in Telecommunications Management from the University of Maryland, University College.

Atul Kumar

MBA Candidate 2009
Panel Director

Prior to attending Wharton, Atul was a Product Manager at Cisco Systems in the high-end routing space. He worked with service providers globally for their next generation network strategies. Prior to marketing role, Atul was a senior engineer at Cisco working on cutting-edge network applications and software.

Atul holds a BS from Birla Institute of Technology, India and a MS from Purdue University, both in Computer Science.

Sebastien Rozanes

MBA Candidate 2009
Panel Director

Prior to attending Wharton, Sebastien was a management consultant for Capgemini Consulting in the Corporate and Investment Banking division where he advised risk and corporate finance department from major European banks in Paris, France.

Sebastien holds an MS in Management from HEC Paris and MSc in Computer Science from Ecole des Mines (Douai, France).

Alicia Wang

MBA Candidate 2009
Panel Director

Alicia Wang is a member of the Wharton Class of 2009, majoring in Marketing and Strategic Management. She has seven years of experience in technology product management and investment banking. Prior to Wharton, Alicia was a Product Line Director at IntraLinks, a hosted document sharing platform. Her career also includes working at Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin and Robertson Stephens. Alicia holds a BSE in Finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and is Pragmatic Marketing Certified.

Khetiwe Richards

MBA Candidate 2009
Panel Director

Prior to Wharton Khetiwe was a senior consultant with Deloitte in their Technology Integration practice, were she worked primarily in the public sector, serving US Health and Human Services agencies. Khetiwe holds a BS in Computer Science and Computer Engineering from Spelman College and Georgia Institute of Technology respectively.

Siddharta Gupta

MBA Candidate 2009
Panel Director

Sid has been an entrepreneur in the Media & Entertainment space for the past 5 years preceding Wharton. He was last running his own National TV News channel in India - IBN7. Before coming to Wharton he merged the channel with 'Network 18' and IBN7 is now part of the largest TV News Network in India, along with sister channels CNN-IBN and CNBC. Sid is immensely passionate about the M&E industry and is inspired by the power and influence that content, across mediums, has over society. Sid holds a B.E. in Software Engineering from the University of Melbourne.

D'laila Pereira

MBA Candidate 2009
Panel Director

Prior to Wharton, D'laila was a software engineer at Microsoft Corporation leading quality improvement efforts for Sharepoint product technology as part of the Microsoft Office 2007 release. D'laila holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree with honours from University of Mumbai and a MS in Computer Science degree from University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign.

Dan Richards

MBA Candidate 2009
Panel Director

Dan Richards has spent the last four years working with Philadelphia's brightest entrepreneurs. Prior to Wharton, he managed interactive advertising at Traffic.com and helped the company through a successful IPO and acquisition by NAVTEQ. In 2007, he cofounded the web-based software company, Vuzit.com. Dan graduated with a BS in Finance from Brigham Young University.

Damien Fisher

MBA Candidate 2009
Panel Director

Prior to Wharton, Damien worked for three years as an Engagement Manager for IBM's FIG Business Consulting Services and for three years as the Founder and CEO of a tech/media start-up, managing a radio station in Switzerland.

Damien holds a Dual MSc (2004) in Computer Science from the University of Zurich (Switzerland).

David Su

MBA Candidate 2009
Panel Director

Prior to attending Wharton, David was a Business Analyst for Deloitte Consulting in the Strategy and Operations division where he advised various Fortune 500-level companies on strategic and operational issues. Prior to his work at Deloitte, David worked at an Internet start-up in San Francisco.

David holds a B.B.A. from the Ross Business School at the University of Michigan.

Rory Conway

MBA Candidate 2009
Panel Director

Rory is an aspiring entrepreneur in the internet services world. Prior to Wharton, he was Director of Business Development at Smart Payment Solutions, a start-up company which delivered payment processing through a web-based application. Rory holds a B.A. from the University of Chicago, where he studied Physics, Philosophy, and History.

Manoneet Singh

MBA Candidate 2009
Panel Director

Manoneet Singh was Director of Engineering at Radia Communications which was acquired by Texas Instruments in 2003. At TI, he served as Engineering Manager responsible for advanced wireless systems. Manoneet has authored one textbook, 14 patents, over 20 peer-reviewed journal papers, and led a number of industry standards activities in next-generation wireless.

Joshua Wais

Wharton Undergraduate Student 2011
Panel Director

Josh is currently the founder and CEO of Crave Mobile, a mobile social networking startup. Prior to Wharton, he worked at QUALCOMM as part of its data service division's Strategic Business Development team, which is largely involved in managing innovation for the division. Josh focused on new media and social networking technologies. While there, he originated a new business/product concept.

Alla Tolchinsky

MBA Candidate 2009
Logistics Director

Prior to Wharton, Alla worked at IBM as a project manager for Storage Software for 3 years, and had a 2 year stint as a software developer. She was involved in the IBM New Hire Network, and loved coordinating all the logistics for department events.

Alla holds a B.A. from UC Berkeley, where she majored in Cognitive Science and Computer Science.

John Moore

MBA Candidate 2009
Coordination Manager

John Moore is a Wharton Undergraduate hoping to concentrate in Finance and Entrepreneurship. At the age of 16, John started a corporate consulting company that provides high-level multimedia content, website design, and pre-press work to a select group of Fortune 50 companies. In his continued desire to realize his entrepreneurial goals, presently he is working on three new startup projects.

Fouzan Ali

MBA Candidate 2009
Sales and Marketing Director

Prior to Wharton, Fouzan worked as an IT consultant at I-flex Solutions Limited, a technology solutions provider for banks and financial services institutions. Fouzan holds a BTech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India.

Jothiram Athreya

MBA Candidate 2009
Sales and Marketing Director

Prior to Wharton, Jothiram worked as a Design Engineer for a high-tech start-up in Silicon Valley. Prior to his work at the start-up, he ran a processing business in India.

Jothiram holds a BS in Mechatronics Engineering from Madurai University and a MS in Electrical Engineering from University of Cincinnati.

Jessica Butler

MBA Candidate 2009
Creative Director

Jessica is an undergraduate architecture student in the School of Arts and Sciences who works in many fields of the arts, including graphic design and photography. She has worked with several organizations in branding and publications and hopes to continue her education and career in both architecture and the arts.high-level multimedia content, website design, and pre-press work to a select group of Fortune 50 companies.

Zarja Cibej

MBA Candidate 2009
Media Director

Zarja won several national championships in downhill skiing and worked as a certified ski instructor and ski school manager in her native Slovenia while pursuing a law degree at the University of Ljubljana, from which she graduated magna cum laude. She went on to earn a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Chicago Law School before practicing corporate law in Slovenia and Austria and starting a sole proprietorship focusing on providing small Slovenian businesses with legal and tax advice. Since she was a teenager, Zarja has helped built their family business in software development. At Wharton, Zarja is majoring in Strategic Management.

Carlin Yuen

MBA Candidate 2009
Technology & Communications Director

Carlin is an undergraduate student of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Penn. He is working towards a BSE in Digital Media & Design, and does freelance web design and development on the side.

Jothiram Athreya

MBA Candidate 2009
Sponsorship Director

Prior to Wharton, Jothiram worked as a Design Engineer for a high-tech start-up in Silicon Valley. Prior to his work at the start-up, he ran a processing business in India.

Jothiram holds a BS in Mechatronics Engineering from Madurai University and a MS in Electrical Engineering from University of Cincinnati.

Anu Hariharan

MBA Candidate 2009
Sponsorship Director

Anu is a first year MBA student at Wharton majoring in Finance and Strategic Management. She graduated with a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2004, after which she worked at Qualcomm Inc. in San Diego. She loves to travel and spends her time raising awareness for the American Heart Association.

Allwin Agnel

Conference Advisor - Senior Technology & Communications Director

Allwin Agnel, a second year MBA student at the Wharton School is a serial entrepreneur who has founded two startups - Neutral Web, a global web hosting company and PaGaLGuY.com – India's largest MBA site. In his free time he yearns to get back to the sky so that he can either jump off aircrafts or fly them.

Elfreda Lau

Conference Advisor

Elfreda Lau is a second year MBA student at Wharton majoring in Marketing and Management. She worked in strategy, operations and technology roles in the Financial Services industry prior to Wharton, and began her career as a management consultant after completing her Industrial Engineering degree at the University of Toronto.

Maz Sharafi

Conference Advisor

Maz is a second year student at Wharton, majoring in Marketing, and is very involved with several technology and leadership initiatives.  He is currently a Co-President of the Wharton Technology Club and will join Google full-time in August.