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Extracting Value from Difference: Native American Alumnus Ron Brien Shares How His Journey Through The Consortium Informed His Life Philosophy

Consortium for Graduate Study in Management / Published Q4’2024 / November 18, 2025

When Ron Brien joined The Consortium over 25 years ago, he sought to jumpstart his career, see the world, and be a role model for other Native Americans and minorities.

Since then, Brien has seen his goals come to fruition. After graduating with his MBA from the University of Rochester’s Simon School of Business in 1999, he joined Dell Computers as a corporate financial strategist. A few years later, he switched gears and jumped into the internet startup boom, finding his stride leading marketing for venture-backed SaaS startups, which were experiencing extraordinary growth.