Every Kogod student commits to a business discipline at some point during their education. But as their passions evolve, so, too, can their career paths and futures as business leaders.
Three distinguished alums, graduates of Kogod’s MBA, MS in Analytics, and MS in Accounting programs, each embarked on a transformative career journey driven by their passions. Through self-exploration, hard work, and tenacity, they have each found a career path informed by both their past experiences and their future goals—which, in all three cases, have changed over time. The one thing that remains true? A Kogod education helped them figure it all out.
When Kevin Gold started his first job after undergrad doing sales and account management with Gold Pure Food Company, he’d never truly considered a career in real estate. But as he discovered his strengths—and explored a career transition through Kogod’s MBA program—he realized real estate might be the perfect industry fit.
“Real estate, especially commercial, combines many different things: sales, finance, marketing,” says Gold. “It is also very focused on relationship-building, which is probably my greatest strength. I felt like I finally found a field that incorporates my different experiences and strengths.”
Now a senior field research analyst for CBRE, a global commercial real estate services and investment company, Gold investigates market trends and insights to inform clients’ decision-making. He’s currently focused on both local office and retail properties.
“It’s my job to know what’s going on within the market,” he says. “I gather information and share it with our brokers, which gives them data to leverage when negotiating sales and real estate deals.”
He emphasizes that his success hinges heavily on developing trusted client relationships—an art he fine-tuned while at Kogod. Gold notes that the MBA program taught him how to leverage his connections to fulfill business outcomes authentically.
Moving forward, Gold will continue researching commercial real estate trends—such as today’s “flight to quality” for office buildings in cities across the US—and staying current on the latest tech for his job. He’s currently learning to navigate Ellis, CBRE’s recently launched multi-LLM generative AI platform, to organize and analyze market data.
“I'm very happy with where I am right now,” he says.