emlyon business school has adapted its MBA program to deliver experiential learning at a distance since COVID-19.

Jacob Westrum was most recently a $35M technology sales and operations leader with 3+ years of leadership experience with Verizon Business where he was responsible as a Senior Manager in Business Sales for driving sales, operations, employee development, and marketing strategic solutions. In total, Jacob has more than 11 years of sales, 6 years of technology, and 3 years of leadership experience. His focus is on building cohesive and productive teams around vision. Jacob moved from the United States to Lyon with his wife and baby daughter to join the International MBA at emlyon business school and shares some of his highlights from the program so far.

When you choose to move from a country such as India with a population almost double that of the entire continent where you are continuing your studies, you should be prepared for quite a shock. Not so for Anupaul Debnath, for whom the contrast was an opportunity above all else. He recounts his very conscious search for the intimacy and diversity of Europe, France and Lyon and his current city of residence and work, Berlin.

An Australian (Anna Kang), a Frenchman (Edouard Doucet), a Costa Rican (Alejandro Alfaro) and a Mexican (Lorena Garza Flores). These are the four nationalities that represent our culturally diverse team for our Entrepreneurial Learning Project (ELP) with ADP France.

A graduate of the emlyon business school’s International MBA in 2019, Quentin Ankri, currently the Head of Project Management at Euronews, has forged a career spanning a wide range of positions, industries, and countries. He tells his professional story, and the impact that emlyon has made and continues to make in his professional life.

 International MBA student

Jacob Westrum

From pursuing an International MBA to ordering a café, what happens when you put an American in France in the middle of a pandemic? Just ask Jacob Westrum, MBA student (Class of 2021) who lived this experience and came out stronger, smarter, and ready to take on the leadership challenges of tomorrow.

In total, Jacob has more than 3 years of leadership, 6 years of tech, and 11 years of sales experience. Formerly, he was responsible as a Senior Manager in Business Sales Marketing Strategic Solutions at Verizon Business Group and presently, he is working at Aircall with experience in: CCaaS, UCaaS, SaaS, PaaS, IoT, Information Technology, 5G, Telecommunications, Hosted VoIP, Device & Enterprise Mobility Management, Fleet Management.

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