Education
Schreyer Honors College at Penn State
B.S., Finance, Industrial Psychology
2009Columbia University
M.S., Applied Analytics (Data science/ Business Intelligence)
2018Podcasts
57:41522: What It’s Like To Do Financial Planning for Naval Sea Systems Command With Brett Bergen, NavSea [Main T4C Episode]
Brett Bergen is a Financial Planning & Analysis professional for the U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C. where he works with a team to manage multi-billion dollar budgets for the U.S. Navy’s Radars, Electronic Warfare, & Lasers to keep America’s Navy #1 in the world. He also..
Career Path
Interview Highlights
“Getting that personal reference could put your resume on top of the pile, or even just cut you right through the process, right into an interview.”
Best Career Advice
“Never give up. Use relationships as your primary source for finding internships and jobs.”
Career Challenge
“I was on the job for about a year, and for the first three years we were in a probationary period, which means that any given point HR management could snap their fingers and we’re laid off. So you’re very vulnerable for those first couple of years in that rotation, you really have to bring your A game all the time.”
Skills
Strategy, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, Project Management, Government, Finance, Business Analysis, Change Management, Accounting, Financial Analysis, Market Research, Management, Cost Analysis, Public Speaking, Team Building
Professional Interests
Jack Welch, BBC News, University of California, Los Angeles, Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia Alumni Association Network, Crowdfunding Joint Venture Startups: Help Kickstarter & Indiegogo Campaigns, Penn State Sapphire Leadership Academic Program, Achievement First, Harriton Senior High School, Penn State University
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