Corporate Sponsors

Merrill Lynch Overview

About:

Bank of America is one of the world’s largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk-management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving more than 59 million consumer and small business relationships with more than 6,100 retail banking offices, more than 18,000 ATMs and award-winning online banking with more than 25 million active users. Bank of America offers industry leading support to more than 4 million small business owners through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. The company serves clients in more than 150 countries and has relationships with 99 percent of the U.S. Fortune 500 companies and 83 percent of the Fortune Global 500. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Following the combination with Merrill Lynch, Bank of America has become:

  • The largest brokerage in the world, with more than 15,000 Financial Advisors and approximately $2.2 trillion in client assets
  • A leading provider of global corporate and investment banking services, including commercial lending, global high-yield debt, global equity and global M&A
  • A global leader in wealth management, private banking and retail brokerage
  • Bank of America owns approximately 34% of the economic interest in BlackRock, an independent, publicly-traded investment management firm

Baker Tilly Consulting Overview

Baker Tilly at a glance:

  • Offices throughout the Midwest and East Coast
  • More than 1,300 professionals
  • 169 Partners and 518 CPAs
  • 16th largest accounting firm in the US*

About:

Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP is one of the oldest and largest certified public accounting and consulting firms in the U.S. As an independent member of Baker Tilly International, the world’s 8th largest network of accounting firms, Baker Tilly brings you access to market-specific knowledge in 120 countries.

Baker Tilly’s management consulting team solves a wide range of business challenges, from enhancing operational performance to achieving strategic goals. Baker Tilly specialists identify root-cause issues, analyze specific problems, provide candid insight, develop fact-based alternatives, and help clients implement solutions. Baker Tilly tailors their consulting engagements for each client situation and then deliver services in a style which enables client ownership of the solution.

Expertise in the following areas:

  • Strategic Services
  • Performance Management
  • Go-To-Market Solutions
  • Business Technology
  • Risk Services
  • Project Services
  • CFO Advisory
  • Operations Improvement
  • Human Capital Services

General Mills Overview

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General Mills is one of the largest food companies on the planet, with global net sales of $16 billion, including their proportionate share of joint venture net sales. They’re also the name behind some of the world’s most recognized brands – from Cheerios to Nature Valley to Betty Crocker and many more. Their products are in more than 100 countries on more than six continents, and they rank first or second in every category they’re in.

In fact, Fortune magazine named them one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. They encourage a healthy work/life balance, and you’ll have ample opportunities to give back to the community. It’s time you joined a company that’s as exceptional, driven and as fun as you are.


Thomson Reuters Overview

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Thomson Reuters Corporation provides intelligent information for businesses and professionals in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, healthcare, science, and media markets worldwide. The company operates in two divisions, Markets and Professional.

The Markets division offers sales and trading services comprising information, community, trading, and post-trade connectivity requirements for the trading floor activities of buy-side and sell-side clients in foreign exchange, fixed income and derivatives, equities, and other exchange-traded instruments, as well as in the commodities and energy markets; and investment and advisory services, such as analytics, content, and workflow tools, including fundamentals, estimates, economics, ownership, broker research, deals data, fixed income, fund data, filings, real-time exchange data, tick history, and time series data for decision-making. This division also provides enterprise information products that deliver real-time instrument prices, price histories, tick-by-tick trading data, evaluated pricing, terms and conditions, corporate actions, and analytics; and media services, such as news and information services for media and business professionals.

The Professional division offers critical information, decision support tools, and software and services to legal, intellectual property, compliance, and business and government professionals; and technology and information solutions, and integrated tax compliance and accounting software and services to accounting, tax, and corporate finance professionals. This division also provides information, tools, analytics, and decision support solutions for the healthcare and science sectors.

The company was formerly known as The Thomson Corporation and changed its name to Thomson Reuters Corporation as a result of the acquisition of Reuters in April 2008. Thomson Reuters Corporation is headquartered in New York, New York.

Prudential Company Overview

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Prudential Financial, Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers various financial products and services in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. The company operates through three divisions: The U.S. Retirement Solutions and Investment Management, The U.S. Individual Life and Group Insurance, and The International Insurance and Investments.

The U.S. Retirement Solutions and Investment Management division provides individual variable and fixed annuity products, as well as offers retirement investment and income products and services to retirement plan sponsors in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. This division also provides investment management and advisory services to the public and private marketplace.

The U.S. Individual Life and Group Insurance division offers individual variable life, term life, and universal life insurance products; and group life, long-term and short-term group disability, long-term care, and group corporate-, bank-and trust-owned life insurance products to institutional clients. This division also sells accidental death and dismemberment, and other ancillary coverages, as well as provides plan administrative services; and offers preferred provider and indemnity dental coverage plans to clients.

The International Insurance and Investments division provides international individual life insurance products in Japan, Korea, and other foreign countries; and offers proprietary and non-proprietary asset management, investment advice, and services to retail and institutional clients internationally.

In addition, the company engages in real estate brokerage franchise business, which involves marketing its franchises to the real estate companies. Further, it provides institutional clients and government agencies with various services in connection with the relocation of their employees. Prudential Financial, Inc. was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Newark, New Jersey.

Dell Company Overview

Dell Inc. provides integrated technology solutions in the information technology (IT) industry worldwide. The company designs, develops, manufactures, markets, sells, and supports mobility products, including laptops, netbooks, tablets, and smartphones; desktops PCs; and servers and networking products. It also offers storage solutions comprising storage area networks, network-attached storage, direct-attached storage, disk and tape backup systems, and removable disk backup

At Dell Financial Services (DFS), our mission is “To deliver financing solutions that enable and enrich the Dell Customer experience.” Founded in 1997, DFS facilitates Customer financing of products and services sold by Dell through consumer and small business revolving loans and fixed-term business loan and lease financings in the U.S. and Canada.

DFS focuses on delivering value at every step of the Customer experience. DFS’ high degree of integration with Dell has enabled streamlining of the financing process for Customers such as eliminating many manual, paper-oriented processes and delivering financing products and services Online. This includes:

• Technology road mapping and asset management to support Customers’ technology transition plans

• Web-enabled solutions from placing finance orders, viewing and accepting finance documentation, as well as obtaining information and reports to streamline the financing process for Customers

Johnson Controls Rotational Program

For the fourth year, we are excited to announce that Johnson Controls is holding its Finance Rotational Program. This program was recently honored with a Merit Award for the fiscal second quarter of 2011.

Participants in the program can look forward to the following:

• A two and a half year finance leadership program where each participant has the opportunity to contribute to five six-month rotations covering a broad range of finance assignments

• High visibility to Senior Management

• An opportunity to hone leadership skills

• A diverse workforce

• The opportunity to participate in international rotations in Brussels, Bratislava, or Mumbai

• A challenging, and rewarding experience