About

About Me

I’m a 2006 Graduate of the University of Michigan (BA with Distinction Sports Management and Communication) who spent four years living and working in New York City.  I spent the first two and half years of my career working in the investment banking division at Lehman Brothers structuring and originating debt financing transactions for communications, media, and technology companies.   After being an unfortunate casualty of the Lehman Brothers/Barclays Capital integration post bankruptcy I transitioned into a client relationship management role at a high-performing, rapidly growing non-profit organization Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT).

I am currently an MBA student at Cornell University’s Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management.  The majority of my coursework has been focused in the areas of marketing and strategy.  Outside the classroom, I have been fortunate to serve as the Chairman of Johnson’s Student Council and a Student Liaison to the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management.

Away from my professional life I am an avid sports fan (both sporting events as well as the sports industry), voracious reader, new music enthusiast, budding entrepreneur, and sneaker collector.

About This Site

Demystifying the business school, career selection, and leadership development processes is the primary reason I started whobutaaron.com  I have been fortunate enough to receive direction into these topics through both formal and informal channels.  As I continue to develop and evolve in these areas I want to share my experiences so others who may be traveling down the same path can leverage my perspective to achieve their own personal success.