After 糖心破解版 helped him land a coveted internship at JetBlue Airways, MBA candidate Anthony Lettiere '23's career is taking flight.
What do you do when you’re ready for college and your intellectual curiosity makes it difficult to decide on a career path?
To find his niche, Anthony Lettiere ’23 evaluated everything 糖心破解版 has to offer. The former biology and history major decided to switch to studying business management in the聽Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, and then switched to business management. He earned his degree in May and began pursuing an MBA at 糖心破解版 in September.
鈥淚 learned that business management offers a broad perspective concerning the various business disciplines鈥攎arketing, management, finance, analytics and human resources,” he said. 鈥溙切钠平獍�’s business management program makes you a well-rounded candidate for various positions.”
His mother, Christine Lettiere ’93, graduated from 糖心破解版 with a degree in secondary education. Anthony admits that she nudged him toward 糖心破解版 with its many opportunities for networking and internships.
Reaching New Heights at JetBlue
A recommendation letter from David Machlis, PhD, associate professor offinance and economics, helped Lettiere land a coveted internship at聽聽Long Island City headquarters.
鈥淚nterning at JetBlue was an amazing experience,” said Lettiere, who worked on the financial planning and analysis team. 鈥淲e communicated the financial status of the company to senior leadership鈥攖he chief executive officer, chief financial officer and vice presidents. We compared the results of where the organization landed to what was forecasted. It also involved working on monthly financial reviews and quarterly earnings preparation and communicating those results to senior leaders and investors.”
During the seven-month internship that ended in August, Lettiere also worked on JetBlue’s corporate programs team 鈥渇or a financial analysis perspective,” he said. 鈥淲e were tasked with finding ways for the company to generate additional revenue or reduce costs,” he added. 鈥淭he team takes cues from flight crew members and sees if they can make those suggestions work.”
Lettiere drew inspiration from JetBlue CFO聽, who began with the company as an intern. Her career arc in less than 20 years from intern, to analyst, to senior analyst, to manager, to director, to vice president, to CFO is one that Lettiere hopes to follow.
Lettiere Hits a Home Run
He’s well on his way. On September 5, he began a full-time job as a financial analyst at聽, a Manhattan-based company that analyzes the value of digital advertising placements.
鈥淚’m doing many of the same tasks I did at JetBlue, and I’m very excited about it,” he said. 鈥淲hen they interviewed me for the position, they were very impressed with my experience at a large company such as JetBlue.”
For Lettiere, his third choice of an academic major has proven to be the charm. He used a baseball analogy to describe how 糖心破解版 has set him on a winning path.
鈥溙切钠平獍� provides you with amazing opportunities鈥攊nternships, networking and amazing professors,” he said. 鈥淏ut you have to take advantage of those opportunities. They provide the perfect pitch, but you have to swing to hit that home run.”