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Illini Aero Connections - Social Media Use for Career Advancement

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Virtual
wifi event
Date
Oct 8, 2020   4:00 - 5:00 pm  
Speaker
Gary Weber, BS '12, Vice President at FTV Capital
Registration
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Originating Calendar
Department of Aerospace Engineering Events

Social media can be an invaluable tool for self promotion. Learn how to use it effectively for career advancement.

Gary is currently a Vice President on the investment team at FTV Capital, a private equity firm making growth investments in Financial Services and Enterprise Technology companies. Prior to FTV, Gary was an investor at Vitruvian Partners, a London-based private equity firm focused on growth investments in Europe where he had investment responsibilities in financial services and technology. Previously, Gary was a business operations manager at LinkedIn within the firm's global B2B sales organization. Prior to LinkedIn, Gary was an Associate Consultant at Bain & Company. Gary graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a BS in aerospace engineering and received an MBA with honors from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated as a Palmer scholar.

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