Our Alumni Mentors

Our alumni are always willing to give back to students. They are open to helping with networking, resume review, interviewing, and career advice.

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Sprout Social: Sales Development Manager

Meet Jake Boria! He graduated from DePaul's undergraduate program in 2017 with a Major in Marketing with a Sales Leadership concentration. During his time at DePaul, Jake interned with Program Partners, 3M and Colgate. After graduation, Jake jumped into the Chicago tech scene by starting as a Sales Development Representative at Sprout Social. During his 6 years at Sprout, Jake has worked as an Account Executive and now manages one of their Business Development teams. Sprout Social is an all-in-one social media management platform that helps organizations across the globe reach their full potential on social.

Jake has a passion for coaching and developing talent and is open to helping students with career guidance, interviewing prep and networking!

LinkedIn

Contact Jake: jake.boria@sproutsocial.com

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Cisco: Global Account Manager

Meet Gracie! After completing 2.5 years of her declared Biology degree, Gracie found herself pondering how she could blend her love for STEM with a future career outside medicine. It was then that Gracie consulted with the excellent mentors and program directors at the CSL to declare a minor in Sales Leadership. Gracie served as an inaugural CSL Ambassador in 2015-2016 and was hired into 3M’’s coveted Frontline Sales Program in the Food Safety division. Upon graduation, she began her professional career with 3M Food Safety and later with Intuitive Surgical selling medical device solutions in the Raleigh-Durham markets. Gracie is currently a Global Account Manager at Cisco Systems, managing a Fortune 100 business relationship for Cisco. Through her journey in both the College of Business and Health and Sciences, Gracie highly valued the development and focus of exceptional communication and business skills that she credits her successful career in sales in different STEM industries. Gracie motivates her mentees to think out of the box and get creative to differentiate themselves to their customers and their companies.

Gracie is open to helping students with networking, interviewing and industry specific careers and opportunities.

LinkedIn

Contact Gracie: mcgee.gracie@gmail.com

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ADP: Enterprise Sales Manager

Meet Jeremy Paul! A dynamic professional with an exceptional ability to establish rapid rapport with customers. Jeremy graduated from DePaul University in 2015 with a Bachelors of Science in Marketing and a Sales Leadership concentration.

After graduation, Jeremy dived into the corporate world and joined ADP as a Sales Development Representative. With his relentless dedication, he quickly ascended the ranks, becoming an Enterprise Sales Manager. Jeremy's achievements include being selected four times for the President’s Club and twice for Board of Directors, the top award at ADP.

In addition to his professional accomplishments, Jeremy brings valuable insights into interviewing for a job, enterprise account management, and customer relationship management. He is open to supporting students with career guidance, interviewing preparation, and networking.

Jeremy is a mentor willing to share his wealth of knowledge with any DePaul student that has the time to connect.

LinkedIn

Contact Jeremy: Jeremy.paul@adp.com

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Google Education: Regional K-12 Program Manager

Danielle graduated from DePaul's undergraduate program in 2017 with a double Major in Marketing with a Sales Leadership concentration and Hospitality Leadership. While at DePaul, Danielle interned with The Walt Disney Company, Molson Coors and a local startup. After graduation Danielle spent time continuing to work in the startup space and in April of 2018 transitioned into a Business Development role within Google, where she worked for 2 years and then transitioned to the Google for Education team. Currently Danielle works with mid-sized school districts to help enable technology usage within K-12 districts. Outside of Google Danielle lives with her partner in Chicago and her two dogs, Ellie and Willow! Danielle has a deep passion for learning and helping students thrive; outside of Google you can find her taking a comedy class at Second City or cooking up a fun recipe! Danielle is currently working on getting her MBA at Northwestern in Chicago.

Danielle is open to providing students support such as career guidance, interviewing prep and networking help.

LinkedIn

Contact Danielle: dpinta@google.com