Smalrus
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Student |
| Occupation | Marketing PhD Student |
| Location | Northampton, MA, United States |
| Introduction | After graduating from McGill University in 2004 and not finding employment in Canada, it was time to return back home to Connecticut. For two years, I worked as a Senior Teller at NewAlliance Bank in Vernon. In Fall 2006, I started a full-time MBA program in International Business and Marketing at St. John's University, Queens, NY, graduating in 2008. After being laid off at the end of 2008 by AllianceBernstein, I was fortunate to return to UMass-Amherst in Fall 2009 to start a PhD in marketing. I Any chance I can get to travel is one that satisfies me. |
| Interests | 127 rue Prince Arthur est, ARSENAL Football, Café Dépôt (specifically the 24-hr one on the corner of St-Laurent/Prince Arthur, MTL), Cafe Grumpy (NYC), Computing, Corporate Social Responsibility, Downhill Skiing, Euro-style coffeehouses, Geopolitics, Guitar, HABS Hockey, International Political Economy and Business Debate, Joe the Art of Coffee (NYC), La Belle Ville de Montréal, L'équipe de France de Football, Macro-trends (i.e. Tipping points, Long Tails, Black Swans, etc), Montreal CANADIENS Hockey, Olympique LYON Football, Pepe's Pizza (New Haven, CT), Poetry, Politics, Poutine, Songwriting, Starbucks, Sustainable Business, Triple Bottom Line, Urban Rapid Transit Systems (Subway, 'T, ' Metro, Metropolitain, Tube, Underground, etc...), Watching low-flying airplanes, Waxing philosophical Research: Consumer Behavior, Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability, Marketing Communications, Brand Management, International Marketing, Decision Theory/Heuristics (e.g. Elaboration Likelihood Model), Need Theory, Consumer Packaged Goods, Coffee, Nordic & Western European Business Models |
| Favorite Movies | Fight Club, Amélie, 24 Hour Party People, Black Sheep, Boondock Saints, The Bourne Trilogy, A Clockwork Orange, The Corporation (documentary), Gladiator, I Am Trying to Break Your Heart - A Film About Wilco, Lord of the Rings, Matrix, Millions, π (Pi), Requiem for a Dream, School of Rock, Slumdog Millionaire, Star Wars, Stranger Than Fiction, Tommy Boy, V For Vendetta, Wallace and Gromit, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, anything with the Three Stooges or the Marx Brothers |
| Favorite Music | Top Six: Rane, Radiohead, Sigur Rós, Wilco, U2, Coldplay Alternative/Rock: The Album Leaf, Andrew Bird, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Badly Drawn Boy, The Beatles, Beck, Bloc Party, Brian Eno, Broken Social Scene, Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, Doves, Duffy, Elbow, Engineers, Feist, The Flaming Lips, Franz Ferdinand, The Hives, Interpol, Kaiser Chiefs, Kings of Convenience, Kings of Leon, The Kooks, Leaves, Maxïmo Park, Modest Mouse, The Music, My Morning Jacket, The National, Oasis, Pearl Jam, The Postal Service, Ra Ra Riot, The Rapture, Razorlight, Renata, Sam Roberts Band, Santigold, Sea and Cake, Sean Lennon, Sly and the Family Stone, Spoon, Stars, The Stills, The Strokes, Super Furry Animals, Thom Yorke, Travis, Vampire Weekend, The Walkmen Francophone: Capitaine Révolte, Les Cowboys Fringants, Dumas, Jean Leloup, Malajube, Noir Désir, Stefie Shock, Tricot Machine, Les Trois Accords Jam: Addison Groove Project, Galactic, John Butler Trio, John Mayer [Trio], Medeski Martin Wood, moe., Nero, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Sound Tribe Sector 9, String Cheese Incident, Trey Anastasio Electronica/DJ/Dance: Chemical Brothers, Clint Mansell, Cut Chemist, DJ Logic, DJ Shadow, Four Tet, Jamiroquai, Manitoba/Caribou, Moses Mayes, The New Deal, Particle, Rinôçérôse, Röyksopp, St. Germain, The Thievery Corporation, Tiesto Hip-Hop: Beastie Boys, De La Soul, Digable Planets, Dizzee Rascal, Jay-Z, Jurassic 5, Kayne West, The Knux, Mos Def, Public Enemy, Nas, Rahzel, Run DMC, The Roots, The Streets, Talib Kweli Jazz: The Bad Plus, Art Blakey, Charlie Mingus, Dave Brubeck, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Movitz!, Thelonious Monk, etc... World: Amadou and Mariam, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, João Gilberto/Stan Getz, Seu Jorge |
| Favorite Books | Fiction * Brave New World - Aldous Huxley * Fight Club; Survivor - Chuck Pahlaniuk * The Fuck Up - Arthur Neresian Non-Fiction * The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable - Nassim Nicholas Taleb * Capitalisme Contre Capitalisme - Michel Albert * The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order - Samuel Huntington * Democracy in America - Alexis de Tocqueville * No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies - Naomi Klein * On Liberty - John Stuart Mill * Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time - Howard Schultz * Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America - Giles Slade * Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs - Chuck Klosterman * Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life - Robert Reich * The Theory of Moral Sentiments - Adam Smith * any from the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year award shortlists ( http://www.ft.com/bookaward ) Childrens' * Curious George - H.A. Rey * Harold and the Purple Crayon - Crockett Johnson * The Hockey Sweater (Le Chandail de Hockey) - Roch Carrier * Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel - Virginia Lee Burton |