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John Bain ’03 founded Houston-based Bain Geophysical Services, Inc., which provides integrated geophysical/geological interpretation solutions to the worldwide exploration community.
and wife Sarah are proud to announce the birth of twins on Feb. 13, 2009. Tate Conrad and his sister, Emerson Browning, each weighed 6 lb and 1 oz, and were 21” long. Aaron is a senior director at Alvarez & Marsal, a consulting firm headquartered in Houston. He specializes in dispute analysis, forensic analysis, valuation, economic analysis, and damage calculations.
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Eric Baca ’00 joined
Emory Investment Management at Emory University as manager of Investment Risk Analysis in 2008.
Henry Ahn ‘01 is program manager of Technology Funding Programs at Maryland Technology Development Corporation in Washington, D.C. Gregory Broussard ’01 is
director of Global Commodities Trading at Citi in Houston.
John Andell ’02 is vice president at John Hansen Investment Builder in Houston. Derek Anderson ’02 is an IT business analyst at Shell Trading in Houston.
Walker Barnett ’02 is senior vice president at Colliers International, in the Houston office.
Peter Andronaco ’03 is a commercial advisor at ExxonMobil in Houston.
John D Almon ’04 is chairman and CEO at Lone Star Industries in Houston. Alejandro Avendano ’04
is global commercial manager, Subsea Systems at FMC Technologies in Houston.
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Kelly Duman ’04, her
husband Ryan, and proud big brothers, Brayden and Preston, welcomed Colton Richard into the famil. He was born on June 29, 2009 and weighed 7 lb and 2 oz. The Duman’s currently reside in Denver, CO. In addition, Kelly joined the University of Phoenix faculty, teaching marketing.
Rajat Aggarwal ’05 is
senior associate at PROS Revenue Management, a provider of pricing software and margin optimization software products, in Houston.
Doug S. Aron ’05 is
executive vice president and CFO of Frontier Oil Corporation, an independent oil refining and marketing company headquartered in Houston.
4 Kory Brendsel ‘05
and his wife Karin celebrated the birth of their son, Kolton Anthony Brendsel, on May 6, 2009. Kolt
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5 Jay Hawthorn ’05
and his wife are proud to announce the birth of James Franklin Hawthorn, Jr. on July 16, 2009 at 3:35 p.m. James Jr. was 7 lb and 7 oz and 20” long. Everyone is doing great! Jay is currently vice president of Investment Banking at Barclays Capital, where he focuses on mergers and acquisitions in power, utilities, and infrastructure.
Inaki Orozco ‘05, president and CEO of Houston-based tequila company, Riazul Imports, plans to expand his liquor brand into New York, Illinois, Florida, and California. Raju Adwaney ’06 is senior internal auditor at Direct Energy in Houston.
Zameer Bade ’06 is senior
strategy consultant in the Industrial Strategy & Change Practice of IBM Global Business Services in Houston.
Sean Burnett ’06, who recently served as director of MBA Programs at the Jones Graduate School, joined Sugar Land-based Freed Advertising to lead its account management and planning efforts. Seth Barrett ’07 is vice
president of Live Oak Capital, Ltd, a principal investment firm specializing in middle-sized businesses, in Houston.
Scott McLean ’08 is
business development manager of Saxon Drilling LP, an international oilfield services company. His office is located in The Woodlands, Texas.
6 Marcelo Cisneros ’09
and wife Ana are happy to announce Alana as the newest addition to the family. Marcelo, whose current assignment is in Miami, is the Latin America Supply Chain Project Lead of Johnson & Johnson.
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