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GBA Student Learns Lesson in Leadership
During His Time at Fordham
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Cedric Stier
Photo by Bruce Gilbert |
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By John DeSio
For Cedric Stier, one time around at Fordham University wasn’t enough.
Stier, a graduate of the University of Munich in Germany, earned a master’s degree in computer science at Fordham in 2001. He then went on to work for Microsoft, helping to develop the company’s diagramming software Visio. A desire to advance his career led him back to Fordham in 2005 to pursue an MBA.
“Having a technical degree was not enough, and I wanted to grow and add to my career,” said Stier, whose degree from the Graduate School of Business Administration (GBA) has a dual concentration in finance and management.
Stier credits GBA and the lessons he learned during his two years at Fordham with honing his business acumen to complement his technical knowledge. He will enter a two-year training program at GE Commercial Finance in the company’s Risk Management Leadership Program in Chicago.
“I got the whole spectrum [at GBA], from marketing to finance to management,” Stier said. “When I started, I didn’t know anything but at the GBA I got all the skills I needed.”
Not only did Stier excel in the classroom, but he also was active outside of it. Given his ties to Germany, Stier founded the European Business Club and played a leadership role in organizing GBA’s upcoming study tour of Germany.
For Stier, international exposure and experience is important in an increasingly globalized business world, and he is proud to have played a role in developing ties between GBA and his native Germany. Stier was also active in promoting strong ties between students and GBA alumni.
With his organizing skills and international focus, Stier became at leader at GBA. That quality, more than any aspect of his education in business, is what Stier feels he learned during his second stint at Fordham, thanks to a strong faculty and an engaged student body.
His grateful for the lessons he has learned at Fordham and for the various opportunities he has had during his two years at GBA. It is that flexibility to take on leadership responsibility and create opportunities for fellow students that to Stier sets GBA apart.
“If you want a flexible program, the GBA at Fordham is the best place to go,” he said. “I don’t know of any other business school that is so flexible.” |
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