John Battaglia

John Battaglia’s position as a sales representative of the Consumer Products Group of Honeywell International requires a lot of travel. His day-to-day responsibilities include working with customers in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and parts of southern New Jersey. Now in his sixth year at Honeywell, Battaglia decided that 2006 would be the year to start anMBA program in order to advance in the company. He looked at area programs to determine which one best met the demands of his hectic schedule, and credits the UB/Towson program with being “the most student focused and flexible.”

“I shopped around and got the impression that some places only seemed to care about filling a seat,” he explains. “I talked to a few administrative coordinators from the UB/Towson program who said they would tailor my role as a student more to what I’m doing professionally.” Battaglia, who is specializing in entrepreneurship, adds that the professors in the program have been just as accommodating. One semester, an exam fell on the same week that he had to attend a meeting at Honeywell’s headquarters. Battaglia recalls the relief he felt when his business statistics professor allowed him to take the exam a week in advance.

“I would definitely recommend this program to someone interested in getting an MBA,” he says. “It’s difficult to work full-time, travel and attend classes; but institutions that are willing to work with you—like Towson University and the University of Baltimore— make the experience worthwhile.”

	John Battaglia, Sales Representative
	Justin Jones-Fosu, Speaker / Corporate Trainer
	Lauren Morandi, Marketing Supervisor
	Laura Lokey-Flippo, Env. Engineer