After several management jobs at corporations including L’Oreal and many startup experiences, Ehsan Shariati Varnosfaderani (MElEngr) co-founded the Functionland corporation. The company provides open-source technology to help users create their own personal server. 

Posted Nov. 5, 2021

Two-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Jamie Boyle (Film’10) released a feature documentary, Anonymous Sister, which premiered at Doc NYC — America’s largest documentary festival — in New York. Shot over 30 years, it tells the story of her mother and sister's opioid addiction. The film was also shown at the Denver Film Festival with an accompanying panel featuring leaders of the local and national efforts to end the opioid epidemic, including Colorado’s attorney general.

Posted Mar. 11, 2022

A former environmental journalist based out of Colorado and Arizona, Emery Cowan (Jour, Span’10) now works as program coordinator for the Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition, nonprofit that works with collaborative conservation and natural resources policy, in Hood River, Oregon. The position closely aligns with her interest in the environment.

Posted Mar. 11, 2022

Corbin Clement (Mktg’10) is a digital analyst for the ecommerce team at Specialized Bicycle Components. The new position allows him to return to the Denver area after spending two years at Salomon’s North American headquarters in Ogden, Utah.

Posted Jun. 21, 2022

Judd Shader (EthnSt’10) is founder, board member and CEO of Leeds West Groups (LWG), based in Greenwood Village, Colorado. He launched the company from his apartment while a junior at CU Boulder. LWG is a management platform capitalized by family office funds that acquires, owns and manages national automotive repair franchise brands including Midas, Big O Tires and SpeeDee Oil in addition to a national real estate portfolio and other outside investments. Today, he has more than 1,000 members on his team across 117 automotive retail locations and operates in 18 states.

Posted Nov. 7, 2022

Michelle Tamayo (AeroEngr’10; MS’10) has worked as a dynamics engineer at United Launch Alliance (ULA) for 10 years. She worked for four years on the integration for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which launched from ULA’s Atlas V rocket to the International Space Station in May. She also has spent seven years working on development for ULA’s Vulcan rocket.

Posted Nov. 7, 2022

In late 2022, Cody Hawkins (Hum’10), CU Buffs quarterback from 2007 to 2010, was named head coach of Idaho State University. He previously served six seasons as a football coach at University of California, Davis, the last three of which he was the  offensive coordinator.

Posted Mar. 6, 2023

Judd Shader (EthnSt’10), founder and CEO of Leeds West Group, an automotive repair franchise management platform, joined the Javonte Williams Foundation’s executive advisory board. The Javonte Williams Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to providing youth in the Denver metro area foster care system with essential resources and life-changing experiences. Judd will provide strategic direction for the foundation’s key fundraising campaign efforts. He lives in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Posted Mar. 6, 2023

In January, law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck promoted Zach Siegel (IntlAf, PolSci’10; Law’15) to shareholder. A member of the firm’s Denver real estate department, Zach leverages an understanding of his clients’ businesses to achieve their strategic goals. He has expertise in complex acquisitions and dispositions and leasing and development projects. His work spans asset classes including multifamily, retail, office, industrial and mixed use transactions.

Posted Mar. 6, 2023

Carolyn Kenney (IntlAf’10) joined the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) as an adjunct research staff member in the Joint Advanced Warfighting Division of IDA’s Systems and Analyses Center. IDA is a nonprofit corporation that operates three federally funded research and development centers, and answers the most challenging U.S. security and science policy questions with objective analysis. Carolyn received her master’s degree in international human rights from the University of Denver in 2014.

Posted Jul. 10, 2023

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