Here’s a picture from a great event yesterday at a great drum store here in NYC, Steve Maxwells Custom & Vintage drums. Thank you for letting me take over the Northeastern Alumni instagram account this week and I hope you enjoyed my posts. Go Husky’s !!! #northeastern_alumni #huskys #zildjian #cymbals

Day six of my instagram takeover!! I’m at Steve Maxwells Vintage & Custom drums today for a Zildjian cymbal sales event. #northeastern_alumni #northeasternuniversity #northeasternhuskys #cymbals #zildjian #drums

Heading to NYC for a in store sales event tomorrow for Zildjian. If your a drummer and want to try some prototype Zildjian Cymbals come out to Maxwell’s Custom and Vintage drum shop on 242 West 30th street. #northeastern_alumni #northeasternhusky #cymbals #zildjian #zildjiancymbals #zildjiancompany #stevemaxwelldrumshop #travelingforwork

Day four of my instagram takeover! There are days where the engineering studies come in handy when reviewing drawings for new shaping dies. #northeastern_alumni #northeasternuniversity #engineering #zildjian

It’s great to have an employer that lets you have a flexible schedule. I’m here with my son at an 8th grade honor roll celebration breakfast. #futurehusky #school #honorroll #northeasternuniversity #northeastern_alumni

Day two of my instagram takeover!! Part of my job allows me to work with famous drummers. Here I am with Bill Stewart who is in town playing at Scullers with John Schofield. We’re working on cymbal sounds that Bill needs for his gig. #northeasternalumni #northeasternuniversity #cymbals #zildjiancymbals #engineering #huskies #drums @cymbalcraftsman

Hello Alumni!! I have the honor of sharing with you this week about me and what a week in my life is like. This first post is where I work. I’ve been working for the Zildjian cymbal company since 1988. Within that 30yr time frame I made the time to go back to school at night at what was the Lowell Institute school to study Engineering. I graduated in ‘07. My job at Zildjian is Director of Cymbal Innovation. I head up the Research and Design/Development for all new and existing Zildjian cymbal models. #northeastern #engineering #cymbals #zildjian #huskies #drums

My boyfriend and I love living in Long Island City and are excited that Amazon will be moving in to our ‘hood soon!
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Thanks so much for following along with me this week! Have a happy and healthy holiday season to all! Bundle up, tell your loved ones you love ‘em and be merry! 🥂💕🤗
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#northeastern #takeover #micdrop #happyholidays #peaceout #funtimes #bemerry #happyhuskies #brr #amazoncity

It’s officially December! 🎄 Which means license to put up the Christmas tree and decorate all 650 square feet of my NYC apartment. I didn’t grow up celebrating Christmas (or Thanksgiving for that matter) so ever since I moved to the U.S. in 2008, I’ve really embraced the holiday season. Plus, those presents 🎁 don’t hurt either! 😉🤗 Are you getting into the holiday spirit?
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#northeastern #takeover #december #huskies #tistheseason #tobejolly #falalala #christmas #hanukkah #whatayear #almostawrap #2018youweregood

Happy Friday Huskies! Being back in the office (with the comfort of dual screens!) 👩🏻‍💻 🖥 strangely felt good after 10 back-to-back meetings in Canada. Having most of my team in the NYC office is definitely a big plus. We make it a priority to grab lunch as a group where we bring it back to the office and sit together around a table. We also spend a lot of time discussing ideas in person instead of communicating through email threads. Sometimes I wonder what working from home would be like and if I, being such a social person, would handle it well and have the discipline. Do you work from home, in an office, or both?
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#northeastern #huskies #womeninfinance #happyfriday #standingdesk #officelife #team #privateequity #workfromhome

7 meetings down, 3 to go on this Canada 🇨🇦 trip. Out of those 7 meetings, I met 11 men and 1 woman. That one woman happened to be a managing partner who told my male manager: “Thank you for bringing a female colleague - it’s rare that we see that.” 👩🏻‍💼(I wanted to thank her for paving the path!)
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Diversity is a major issue in financial services. While increasing workplace diversity has been a primary objective for many firms, we still have a long way to go. Some of the ways I am helping to tackle this is through recruiting, mentoring and being a member of my division’s Diversity Council. ✊ Do you consider your workplace diverse? If not, how can/do you help change that?
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#corporatelife #northeastern #womeninfinance #diversity #diversityandinclusion #getinvolved #wallstreet #changeneedstohappen

One of the best things that ever happened in my career was finding a “work wife.” 👯‍♀️Your work wife is your work BFF and confidant. Your work wife will also decorate your desk with balloons and hilarious memes the night before your birthday! (See last pic and spot her and my NEU husky paw sticker!) She’s a Husky that you already know - @andrea_masca who did the alum takeover last week! While we’re no longer deskmates, we still talk everyday!
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We founded a blog called At Her Desk 👩‍💻👩🏻‍🎓👩🏾‍💼to serve as a collaborative platform for professional women in male-dominated industries to share stories and to get advice/inspiration. It is truly a joy to build a community focused on empowering women! Follow us on @atherdeskco and let us know if you’d like to be featured to share some career wisdom!
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#NUWomenWhoEmpower #atherdesk #atherdeskco #girlboss #bloggers #community #workwife #confidant #womenempoweringwomen #womeninfinance #doubletrouble #teamworkmakesthedreamwork

Day 1: Vancouver. The funny thing about work trips is that you only get to see the insides of hotels and office buildings. So here’s what I saw when I say I went to Vancouver 🤦🏻‍♀️ (hey at least it’s blue skies!) I’ve never been here before (hear there’s a great Chinatown!) and wish there was time to appreciate the city, if only for a short moment! My manager and I had two meetings today and now we’re off to Toronto. While my team is global, my focus is on North American investments. I’ve definitely come a long way since my first investments class at 8 AM in sophomore year!
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#alwayslearning #worktravel #roomservice #northeastern #huskiesonthemove #takeover #privateequity #womeninfinance

Hi Huskies! I’m Natasha Shazana, a @northeastern DMSB’13 grad, living in NYC (but proudly rocking my #redsox cap!) I’m originally from Malaysia but grew up in Singapore, UK, Australia, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. I was one of those international students! As a finance and marketing major, I spent a lot of time at Dodge Hall while at NEU. My interest in financial services led me eventually to Morgan Stanley, where I am currently a private equity associate. My work takes me to Canada this week, so stay tuned!
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#northeastern #huskies #damoremckim #NEU #takeover #womeninfinance #internationalstudent #huskiesinnyc

The east coast has been so good to me this week. There’s truly nothing like time with loved ones to make you feel recharged! Highlights include my HS reunion and Thanksgiving with my family!
I love you, New York, but I’m ready to be back in the Cali sun ☀️ #LAbound #eastcoast #westcoast #traveldiaries

I attended my 10 year high school reunion last night and it was such a blast! I’m lucky to still be close with about 20 of my friends from high school but I loved reconnecting with so many more people!
#oceansidehighschool #gosailors