Christopher T. Calio, ’00 JD/MBA, former Pratt & Whitney president, has been named CEO by RTX. RTX has 180,000 employees and $67 billion in annual sales, making it the largest aerospace company in the world.

 

Pete J. Sena ‘05, co-founder, CEO & chief creative officer of Digital Surgeons LLC, and an Entrepreneur in Residence at UConn, has opened The District in New Haven – a 108,000-square-foot coworking space housing dozens of startup businesses.

 

Stanislaw “Stan” Jankowski ’02 MBA, vice president and chief information officer for the Hospital for Special Care, received the Hartford Business Journal’s 2023 C-suite Award in the Chief Technology/Information Officer, Nonprofit category.

 

Christopher Delello ‘03 MBA was named associate vice president for Human Resources at the University of Buffalo. Most recently, Delello served as chief human resources officer at UConn.

 

Joseph Olin ‘08 has joined Chicago-based Dayton Street Partners as director, acquisitions. Olin was most recently vice president of acquisitions at Banyan Street Capital in Miami.

Linda De Jesus ’01 EMBA has been appointed global vice president and general manager of Integrated DNA Technologies. De Jesus previously served as senior vice president and chief commercial officer at Azenta Life Sciences.

Dennis Nash ’04 MBA has been selected Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Nash is president and CEO of Control Station, a company recognized as a leader in process analytics and optimization.

Tom Orkisz ’09, chairman and CEO of Inline Plastics, has been named among New Haven Business Journal’s Power 25 – Class of 2023. Inline Plastics specializes in creating clear, recyclable plastic food containers and Orkisz is being recognized for his recent efforts involving the innovation and expansion of the company. He has worked at Inline for more than 32 years.

Christopher Calio ’00 MBA, ’00 JD has been elected president of Raytheon Technologies Corporation. Calio most recently served as Raytheon’s COO. Prior to Raytheon, Calio served as president of Pratt & Whitney.

Colin Rosenberg ’09 has been recently elected by CohnReznick as partner, effective February 1, 2023. Rosenberg is one of nineteen professionals who have been selected due to their strong commitment to the company.