Concentration: Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management
Year: 2023
Bio: A little over 1/4 of the way through my MBA at Chicago Booth, focusing predominantly on entrepreneurship and strategic management. Have done tech sales for Tock (recently acquired restaurant-tech startup in Chicago) for the past 2.5 years, with hopes of getting back in with an early stage tech startup as head of sales for my next role. Started playing real money poker online when I was about ~13, with my favorite story being when I won back to back No Limit Omaha tournaments that had 80-100 people in each. Unfortunately it wasn’t quite enough to retire at 16…
Brooks Barnhouse
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Concentration: MBA
Year: 2023
Bio: Moved to Chicago after attending UT Austin to work in Construction Management. Now attend Chicago Booth with an aim to pivot into Management Consulting
Aashish Chuttani
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Concentration: Finance, Entrepreneurship, and Strategy
Year: 2021
Bio: I’m a current MBA student at Chicago Booth with concentrations in finance, entrepreneurship and strategy. My background is in data science working for a health tech startup and in quantitative trading as a trader and developer within options space.
Ashwin Mahavadi
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Concentration: Business Administration
Year: 2022
Bio: Currently enrolled in Part-Time Evening MBA. I currently work as Sr.Software Engineer/Digital Transformation Lead helping clients transform their legacy software systems using new latest technologies. I have been playing poker on and off for 5 years.
Anthony Patricelli
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Concentration: Finance and Accounting
Year: 2022
Bio: I am a student at Booth on classes 13 and 14 (out of 20) starting this upcoming Fall. I have five years of credit experience, I am currently an underwriter for CIBC Bank USA. Earlier this year I won a charity poker event for the benefit of Mercy Home Chicago. The grand prize was a week long stay in a villa on St. John, US Virgin Islands. This is my second year participating in IPA and I am excited for another fun, competitive season. Good luck to all!
Ravi Wadhwani
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Concentration: Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Year: 2021
Bio: I’m studying business at Chicago Booth and expect to graduate in 2022 with concentrations in strategy and entrepreneurship. I started my career in technology sales at CDW and have close to a decade of professional experience in business development & relationship management. In my current role I work in institutional sales at Sustainalytics, a Morningstar company and leading provider of ESG research.
Colton Weiss
Hometown: Tampa, Florida
Concentration: Finance
Year: 2022
Bio: I am a student at Booth on classes 8 and 9 starting this upcoming Fall. I have seven years of experience in structured finance and currently an AD at Fitch Ratings, where I focus on new issue CLOs.
