Davon Roberts ’06 credits his engagement in the Friday Night Youth Program at Bible Baptist Church of Hasbrouck Heights with steering him towards college.  He is working on developing an evening program to keep youth safe in Paterson, New Jersey.  Mr. Roberts received his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from UConn, his MBA from University of Hartford and is on his third year in earning a law degree from Rutgers University.  He currently works as a risk manager for Japanese multinational Ricoh USA.

Gregory D. Smith, ’03, ’09 JD has been named Chief Operating Officer of Cutler Capital Management LLC, an investment management firm.  Mr. Smith previously served as Director for Alternative Investments at Barings LLC, an investment management firm owned by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., where he focused on product development and portfolio management.

James M. King, ’01, ’08 MBA  has been promoted to President of Eljen Corporation.  After serving two tours in Iraq, Army veteran James King got his MBA at UConn and then joined East Hartford-based wastewater management firm Eljen Corporation.  His first major initiative as Eljen’s top executive includes expanding the company’s footprint to the West Coast.  Eljen’s workers are his most prized commodities, King said. The staff of about 50 consists mostly of U.S. military veterans and refugees of conflicts in countries, including Bosnia and Myanmar.

John W. Marchetti ’00 MBA has joined the firm of Stifel Financial Corp (NYSE: SF) as Managing Director and Senior Analyst covering the applied technology and communications infrastructure sector.  Mr. Marchetti is based in Stifel’s New York office.  He comes to Stifel with more than a decade of sell-side equity research experience.  Prior to attaining this position, Mr. Marchetti served at Morgan Stanley and Cowen & Company.  Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President for Strategy and Business Development at Cloudbus, a privately held NaaS company.  He also served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps for four years.

Marc Hudak ’06 MBA has been named president of CarePartners of Connecticut, Inc, a partnership between Hartford HealthCare and Tufts Health Plan.  Mr. Hudak most recently served as the market president for Evolent Health of Arlington, VA.  Previously, he was vice president of care integration and innovation at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island.

Sean P. Palleschi ’02 has been appointed Vice President, Financial Operations and Controller for Defense Business for Cubic Global Defense, business division.  Mr. Palleschi will be responsible for the general and cost accounting activities for CGD and will be the key financial advisor to the business division president.  Cubic is a market-leading, worldwide technology provider of integrated solutions for transportation and defense.

Peter J. Sena II ’05 is the Co-Founder, CEO, and Chief Creative Officer of Digital Surgeons, the cutting edge Elm City innovation and marketing firm. Digital Surgeons is moving into District New Haven, a former bus garage, which been transformed by an investment of $19 million and aims to bring the spirt and style of Silicon Valley to Connecticut. The project will be complete, with the restaurant open and events happening in the amphitheater, by summer.

Lauren E. Miller ’03 is now a Certified Gallup/Clifton StrengthsFinder coach. This strengths-based approach to management and leadership powers the greatest teams in the world’s most successful organizations. In addition to applying this certificate to her role at Salesforce, one of the largest and most respected tech companies in the country, Ms. Miller is also accepting new clients who seek leadership development coaching. You can find out more at LaurenCMiller.com.

Brian E. Tims ’05 ’08 JD was admitted as a partner to the Connecticut-based law firm, Halloran & Sage. Based out of their Westport office, Mr. Tims is a member of the Firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Labor & Employment, Commercial Litigation, and Criminal Defense Practice Groups. He has been recognized perennially as a “Rising Star” by Connecticut Super Lawyers since 2013, and was honored as a “New Leader of the Law” by the Connecticut Law Tribune.

Ted P. Ammon ’06 is now the Director of Sales at Privy Inc., a fast-growing eCommerce tech start-up in Boston. Mr. Ammon is responsible for defining go-to-market strategy for direct sales. Previously, he worked at inbound marketing tech giant, HubSpot, where he was part of the sales organization and helped to build out their eCommerce division.