1999 Shawn De Haven (B.A., World Language and Cultures) went to Japan in 2011 and earned a master’s degree in comparative culture. He also married, had two boys, and started working as a teacher at universities in the cities of Tokyo and Chiba. De Haven currently teaches at the International University of Health and Welfare, a medical university in Narita, Japan.
2000 Nicole Mendoza (B.S., Telecommunications, Multimedia and Applied Computing) received a master’s degree in higher education administration from San Jose State University. She is currently assistant registrar at Stanford University, creating a degree audit system for the campus. She has two children.
2003
Steven Hall (B.S., Telecommunications, Multimedia and Applied Computing) is a data scientist who just celebrated his 20-year anniversary at Cisco Systems. He began his
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career at Cisco while still attending CSUMB and taking Cisco Networking Academy courses. His work at Cisco has taken him to Costa Rica, India, Canada and Australia. It has also allowed him to work from home wherever he happens to live (currently in Las Vegas, Nevada) and has been far more rewarding than he could have imagined. Julio Cardona (B.A., Human Communications) started in his new position this past winter as assistant dean for Student Affairs and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
2008 Alex McDermott (B.S., Business Administration) currently lives in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He works in real estate as assistant business manager for Alliance Residential and manages 400+ multi-family units. In addition, he has recently been active in the fight against multiple sclerosis by volunteering across the country to help find a cure for the disease.
2009 Chris Ponce (B.A., Teledramatic Arts & Technology) has worked for Quality Home Services for more than three years. As a surveyor, he consults with clients about
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their water conditioning system needs. In January, he received a certificate of appreciation from the company.
2010 Adam Flynn (B.S., Business Administration) celebrated his third anniversary in January 2020 as Director of Business Development with BlackStar Group (BSG), a network service provider designing, building, securing, and managing demanding networks for events and facilities with critical operational needs. The majority of BSG’s clients are related to esports (professional video gaming) and festival/ experiential marketing events. He has worked with industry leaders including Major League Gaming, Electronic Arts, and Activision Blizzard Entertainment. Fynn said he still finds himself pleasantly surprised at how often he uses the knowledge and skills he learned at CSUMB. “It’s incredibly rewarding to be able to put my education, and my investment of time and money to work by helping to build a company excelling in an industry I’m passionate about,” he said.
2011 Dominick Guglielmo (B.A., Teledramatic Arts & Technology) is working for Deutsch ad agency as
a post producer for the in-house, post-production team. He finished 2019 with a big series of H&R Block spots for broadcast. Guglielmo also did some fun domestic traveling in 2019, including visiting the Cheers bars in Boston and exploring Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
2012 Steven Macias (B.S., Business Administration) is the founder of Monterey County Camaros Car Club. In February 2019, Macias became the senior administrative assistant for nonproliferation expert William Potter at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. He was most recently employed at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca as the executive administrator to the CEO. In his downtime, he manages his multiple stock portfolios and provides pro-bono start-up consultation. Paige Newbury (M.A., Education) is an educator in the Scotts Valley Unified School District. She credits CSUMB as the reason why she is in education today. Newbury says she gained a great deal of excellent experience at CSUMB, and has fond memories of the fantastic education department.
