“We have businesses all over the world, so my day is filled with phone calls, emails and meetings with people in different time zones and countries. The job doesn’t stop at 5:00, but Carnegie Mellon prepared me really well for that kind of experience.”

Josh Kimball (HS 2001)
Senior Project Manager, Mellon Financial

During Josh’s time at Carnegie Mellon, he built many lasting relationships with classmates, members of the faculty and football teammates. He was even able to serve as a teaching assistant for a Nobel laureate professor.

“There are just so many opportunities here that I would not have found elsewhere,” he says.

After graduation, Josh began working with Mellon Financial. He quickly expanded his role and took on new responsibilities within the technology side of the business. Now, he is working in a group that is focused on re-engineering for the bank.

“We are an internal consultancy,” he says. “We look at businesses that we own and analyze questions like ‘how can we enhance operating leverage, improve existing products and services, or remain competitive?’ We have businesses all over the world, so my day is filled with phone calls, emails and meetings with people in different time zones and countries. The job doesn’t stop at 5:00, but Carnegie Mellon prepared me really well for that kind of experience.”

Josh explains that the multidisciplinary and international culture of Carnegie Mellon, especially when exchanging ideas and perspectives in classes like economics, was paramount to shaping his global perspective.

“Certainly, globalization is upon us and the companies, people and markets that I work with are exceedingly diverse. The relationships and interactions that I had at Carnegie Mellon help me understand different cultures, communicate more effectively and possess a different level of empathy. I understand that what makes a person or a business tick here in the United States does not necessarily work in another country.”

Why does Josh, a new donor, give back to the university?

“First, the Carnegie Mellon football team and all the athletics programs, certainly have a need,” he says. “Secondly, if we want to keep great faculty and we want to keep winning Nobel prizes, then dollars are necessary to help make that happen. Lastly, I have a real sense of loyalty. Whether it is the academic programs or the athletics or the student life here, I feel loyal towards Carnegie Mellon.”

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