Alex Orn
- Investment Professional
- Parallaxes Capital
School Information
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College Major: Business
Years at College Works: 2003 to 2004
Career Information
Working For: Parallaxes Capital
Title: Investment Professional
Industry: Finance
Brief Description of Duties / Responsibilities:
Leading alternative asset manager focused on corporate tax as an asset class
College Works Career Impact
In one sentence, what has CW meant to you?
Good foundation of sales experience. You’re constantly “selling” yourself wherever you go and in every facet of your life.
How did your CW experience impact your career? Immediately after graduation? Now?
My College Works Painting experience helped me develop a strong work-ethic, time management, and communication skills. Working while at school is not an easy task.
What was the greatest lesson you learned from your CW experience?
Importance of being very strong mentally. Most people will quit because it gets too hard.
Advice
What advice do you have for potential CW participants? Current CW participants?
Learn from every experience. Grow from it. Build something you’re proud of.
What’s your best advice for someone interested in entering your career field?
Be passionate about something and look to solve a real problem.
What’s your favorite memory from CW?
Getting my piercing in Cancun.