Last Year's Winner
Lally Announces ESP Competition MBA Scholarship Winner
Congratulations to incoming MBA student Jason Doran, winner of the Lally School’s first ESP (Economic Stimulus Package) MBA Scholarship Competition! Jason’s proposal, entitled, "A Business Venture That Co-Develops and Brings to Market the First Technologically Advanced Decontaminant Products in Nearly a Century," identified the public health problem of Healthcare Associated Infections and their cost to society, and outlined a product line of next generation surface decontaminants to address the issue.
Jason Doran, ESP Winner
Jason’s entry was selected as the winner after extensive review by a faculty judging panel that included MBA professors Jeffrey Durgee, Andrew Corbett and Shyam Kumar, and Lally Assistant Dean Jill Terry. Within a highly competitive pool of entries, the judges were impressed by how Jason’s proposal and solution applied technology for social good.
“I was glad for the opportunity to compete and I feel honored and privileged to have won," said Doran, interviewed by phone during a break from his summer job as a fly-fishing guide on a ranch in Colorado. "I believed in this idea enough to submit it to the competition. Although the technology is still in its early stages, it would save a lot of lives and human suffering.”
In addition to receiving a prestigious tuition scholarship, Jason will receive mentoring and support to develop his concept at Lally, within a support structure designed to foster entrepreneurship and grow new ideas.
In his Lally MBA application essay, Jason wrote: “The current economic crisis has inspired me to leave the world of finance, leverage my quantitative background and passion for entrepreneurship, and launch a new career in technological innovation and creative design. At Rensselaer, and Lally in particular, I look to combine my background with Lally’s expertise in this area to accelerate my change of career. . . .Professor Lois Peters has advised me that, if accepted into your MBA program, the concentration in Technology Commercialization and Entrepreneurship offered at Lally is the ideal program for me personally and professionally.”
Jason brings significant business and entrepreneurial experience to Lally. He worked for two years at a software startup, MSDSPro, and was also an Investment Analyst at Capital Source Finance. Jason holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia, and has worked as a boating and fly fishing travel guide. He is also fluent in Spanish.
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