CIBU has been providing top notch education for sometime now and we’ve decided to start spotlighting one alumni per month showing where they are now and how CIBU helped them get there. This months alumni spotlight features Benjamin Koch from Germany.
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Name: Benjamin T. Koch
Where are you from (origin)? Germany
Where are you now? Germany
What year did you graduate from CIBU? 2010
What degree(s) did you earn there? B.S. International Management
What other degrees do you hold? MA Hospitality Management (ongoing)
Your career position now (title or short description): Chief Executive Officer
What is the name of your company? What do they do? The working title of my business is Yavin until approved and officially registered.
The range of projects reaches from event management, marketing / communications, to radio- and tv productions, artist and VIP management and other entertainment services.
Where did you like to go in Southern California? I lived in Pacific Beach, but I loved to go to OC (especially Huntington) and the LA surroundings like Redondo and Hollywood.
What are your hobbies? Baseball, Surfing, Scuba Diving and Beach Volleyball Family.
Why did you choose CIBU? CIBU was (and still is) one of the partner schools of my university back in Germany. In combination with the amenities of SoCal and San Diego, and the opportunity to spend one year abroad in the US to put my English to good use my decision was made.
What is the best thing about attending classes at CIBU? I appreciated the small class sizes and various student activities my friend Lisana organized. In addition the downtown location of CIBU is very businesslike and offers many advantages, such as the short way to e.g. the harbor.
In terms of teaching CIBU’s faculty offers industry professionals from all over the world, that are able to teach real-life business, and not only theory from secondary literature.
What career path do you want to take? My goal is to extend my little start-up business into a company with few employees, as well as shifting business projects from Germany to international destinations (and also back to California).
My personal career development should expand more into the music business, if possible into Artist & Repertoire.
What do you want CIBU to know? I would love to come back to CIBU in the near future as a guest lecturer, speaker or professor, to teach a special course such as e.g. a two week seminar, or a study tour together with my mentor and good friend Brian.
Also I love to (re)connect to staff- and faculty members, and to be available for all current students via my online contact data. We can connect on XING, LinkedIn or twitter, or stay in touch via my business facebook page: www.facebook.com/benjamintkoch.page How can we help you now? If CIBU could act as a contact between me (and other students and alumni), it might be possible to achieve my goals to get in touch with special companies in California.