"I need to reinforce my intuitive business skills and understand the current trends in managing a technology company. This degree is vital to reaching my goal."

Profile - Shanker Subramaniam
• Technical Director, Consolidated Engineering Company
• MBA-MOT Class of 2007
• BS Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 1979; MS Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, 1989

After seventeen years in the United States, Shanker Subramaniam's aspiration is to return to his home country, India, to independently run a division for Consolidated Engineering Company (CEC), his current employer. "I need to reinforce my intuitive business skills and understand the current trends in managing a technology company," explains Subramaniam. "This degree is vital to reaching my goal."

In the meantime, Subramaniam is putting his new knowledge to work in his current role. "My team chose an initiative at CEC for the organizational analysis project, and we will be presenting the recommendations to our CEO," says Subramaniam. "This could mark a turning point in the management of our company."