Name: Alejo Ferreira Barboza
Age: 26
High School: Pedro Leandro Ipuche (Treinta y Tres)
Major: Bachelor's Degree in Management and Administration
Year of graduation: 2008
Employment history: Trade Marketing Analyst at Kraft Foods Uruguay
Interview published in June 2009.
In 2001, she began her bachelor’s degree in Management and Administration at ORT University. In 2006, she began working as a Cost Analyst at SEG Ingeniería. She currently works as a Trade Marketing Analyst at the multinational company Kraft Foods Uruguay.
Alejo chose to study at ORT University because of its “academic reputation and faculty.” In 2000, he began pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering at the School of Engineering, but during his third semester, he decided to change his major and chose to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Management and Administration.
I found the program to be very interesting and enriching, both in terms of the course content and all the support services.
Alejo highlighted, among other things, the school's facilities, its location, and the teachers.
Throughout his studies, he formed a group of friends with whom he remains in contact. “The work methodology plays a big role in this, since it constantly encourages teamwork.”
In 2006, he began working as a Cost Analyst at SEG Ingeniería. “The job was recommended to me by the Graduate Coordination Office of the School of Administration and Social Sciences.” He currently works at Kraft Foods. “I’m doing an internship that I also secured through the Alumni Office. My current position is Trade Marketing Analyst.”
Alejo wants to continue developing his skills and is considering pursuing a Master’s in Business Administration in Spain.
He has very fond memories of his time in the program and believes that ORT is an institution “that improves day by day for the benefit of its students.”