by freemanschool | Jul 26, 2018 | - Summer 2018 -, My Brilliant Career
Film producer Scott Niemeyer (BSM ’87) helped create some of the biggest hits in Hollywood, including My Big Fat Greek Wedding and the Pitch Perfect franchise. Now the Louisiana native is hoping to bring more of that business back home with a new project that could...
by mark | Aug 16, 2017 | - Summer 2017 -, Alumni, My Brilliant Career
Bowling alleys typically evoke images of warm beer, cold fries and ugly shirts, but one Freeman School alumnus is turning that perception on its head. Justin Amick (BSM ’04) is co-founder of the Painted Pin, a boutique bar, bowling and entertainment venue that in the...
by mark | Sep 28, 2016 | - Fall 2016 -, Alumni, My Brilliant Career
When David Heikkinen (MBA ’98) retired from energy investment bank Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. in 2012, he wasn’t quite ready to sail off into the sunset. Heikkinen had devoted nearly 20 years of his life to energy, starting out as an engineer with Shell and...
by mark | Dec 3, 2014 | - Summer 2014 -, Alumni, My Brilliant Career
When Wally Boston (MBA ’78 ) became president and CEO of American Public University System in 2004, he realized it was time to go back to school. At the time, APUS was experiencing growing pains. As a provider of online learning programs for more than 2,000 students,...
by mark | Mar 19, 2013 | - Winter 2013 -, Alumni, My Brilliant Career
When David M. Brain (A&S ’78, MBA ’79) was about to graduate from Tulane, the placement office asked him to fill out a form stating his career objective. Brain thought for a minute and then wrote, “To never wear socks again.” “If you never have to wear socks, two...
by mark | Aug 27, 2012 | - Summer 2012 -, Alumni, My Brilliant Career
After graduating from Tulane and earning a law degree from Stetson University, Beth Houghton (N ’77, MBA ’78) worked on the staff of Arthur Andersen & Co. for seven years, rising through the ranks to become a tax manager in the firm’s Tampa, Fla., office, but she...
