Business School Names New Director of Career Management Center.Business Editors STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 2001 Andy Chan has been named Assistant Dean and Director of the Career Management Center at the Stanford Graduate School of Business The Stanford Graduate School of Business (also known as Stanford Business School or Stanford GSB) is one of the professional schools of Stanford University, in Stanford, California. It is one of the leading business schools in the United States. . An alumnus ALUMNUS, civil law. A child which one has nursed; a foster child. Dig. 40, 2, 14. of both Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. ('84) and the Business School (MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration '88), Chan has broad experience in the field of career development and recruiting, drawn from five years at the helm of two career development companies. He is immediate past president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of eProNet, one of the nation's leading online recruiting and career networks, featuring exclusive relationships with the alumni associations at 22 top universities including Stanford. Prior to eProNet, Chan led the online career development startup MindSteps for more than three years as president and CEO, growing the firm from 6 to 35 employees. At the educational software maker The Learning Company, Chan rose from director of corporate marketing in 1991 to vice president of online services in 1995. He has also held marketing positions at The Clorox Company, the hotel reservation startup WorldRes Inc., the educational video and audio publisher Syber Vision Systems, Inc., and Dole Packaged Foods Corporation. Prior to earning his MBA, Chan was a consultant at Bain & Company's San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden office. "We are delighted to welcome Andy as a key member of our management team," said Robert Joss, dean of the Business School. "He brings both functional and managerial experience to a critical role at our school. And his being an enthusiastic GSB GSB Graduate School of Business (Stanford) GSB Graduate School of Business (Chicago) GSB Government of the Student Body (Iowa State University, Ames, IA) alumni is an added bonus for us and our students." Outside of his active professional career, Chan makes time to give back to his community, a passion that bloomed during his undergraduate years when he took on the responsibilities of Senior Class president, Theta Xi fraternity president, and varsity swimmer. In addition to volunteer leadership positions in his church, he continues to support Stanford athletics. He was active with the Stanford Buck/Cardinal Club Athletic Scholarship Fund for five years in the early '90s, and he is former chairman of the Stanford Athletic Board. |
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