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International career success comes naturally to FIU Business alumnus.

His father’s job as a rabbi brought Henri Rojzman from Argentina to South Florida in 2007. Already fluent in Spanish and Hebrew with a strong foundation in English, the younger Rojzman was always...

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Shifting careers, alumnus Mauricio Angarita mines the social media power of...

Mauricio Angarita’s digital communications firm, The Thumb Fighter, is a playful reference to the mini version of arm wrestling, as well as the thumb’s ties to our text-based online world. For the FIU...

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Starting a conversation: FIU Business alumni share their careers in sales.

Research, empathy, problem solving: these are tools of a successful salesperson. The “sales pitch” is more of a conversation than a lecture, and learning how to bounce back from “no” is key to a...

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FIU Business alumnus leads business partnership to help local workers...

FIU Business alumnus Javier Herran (MSMIS ’02) is driving an initiative that’s coming to the aid of employees at two of Miami’s iconic names in the food businesses, Sedano’s Supermarkets and...

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Office space: new strategies, from architecture to technology, emerge amidst...

From raising questions about shared offices and open floor plan designs to increased telecommuting and new means of client and employee interaction, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt the...

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FIU Business Dean Li and other women business leaders share guidance for...

Survival: will I make it? A new venture: should I go for it? The answers are still unknown for many business owners and entrepreneurs impacted by the economic crisis and the continued uncertainty...

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Six FIU Business alumni honored as Forty Under 40 outstanding professionals.

Six FIU Business alumni have been recognized among the 2020 South Florida Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 Award winners. The annual award recognizes outstanding professionals under the age of 40...

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From decades of FIU Business roots, growing a culture of accounting success.

Members of the leadership team of Coral Gables accounting firm GEMRT share a unique connection: all seven are graduates of FIU Business, some holding multiple degrees from the college. Today, they...

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Claudia Prado: business education, gratitude fosters a drive to “give back”...

The day Claudia Prado (MBA ’19, BBA ’16) started college was the same day she began her career at Univision – a career that’s lasted nearly a decade. As senior director of corporate responsibility, she...

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Looking for a different kind of accounting career? This FIU Business alumnus...

Back in 2015, Richard Laviña (MAcc ‘13) was rising through the ranks at accounting giant PwC. He was offered a job at the firm’s national headquarters in New Jersey, required for all partnership...

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FIU Business alumnus finds niche, wins top prize with Lien Library.

Growing up in Haiti, Macdeur Alabre (MBA ’21 BBA ’19) – known to most as “Mac” – was pretty sure he would be a doctor. After all, law or medicine were family traditions. But then the entrepreneurial...

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