Director of Food Science and Technical Services,
Brown International Corporation
Winter Haven, Florida
Master of Business Administration ’20
Master of Business Administration ’20
Clarissa Albarran has been named a 2020 Business Leader of Tomorrow by Online MBA Report. Nominated by their university, recipients are recognized as being among the top online MBA students from across the nation. Below is her profile as posted on the Report’s website.
Undergrad College and Major
University of South Florida, BS Chemical Engineering
What makes Clarissa a Business Leader of Tomorrow?
It would be difficult to imagine the state of Florida without its famous oranges and other citrus products. For more than a decade, Clarissa Albarran has been an engineer with Brown International Corporation, which specializes in industrial fruit and citrus processing. Starting as a process engineer performing plant audits, Albarran rose through the management ranks to her current post as director of Food Science and Technical Services. She now leads a global technical team carrying out the company’s research and development of new processing products and equipment and manages the pilot plant and laboratory. Albarran said pursuing FSU’s fully online MBA program while working full time has given her the opportunity to immediately apply new knowledge and skills on the job. Her trajectory of increasing responsibilities at an internationally known company and her willingness to embrace new career challenges secure Albarran’s distinction as a Business Leader of Tomorrow.
Clarissa’s post MBA career plan
Clarissa is the director of Food Science and Technical Services at Brown International Corporation. With her MBA degree from the Florida State University, she plans to obtain a senior management position at Brown.
Clarissa's description of her Online MBA experience
My online MBA Florida State experience was challenging; however, extremely rewarding. It was difficult to balance working full time, traveling for work, raising two daughters and going to school. However, I really enjoyed the flexibility of being able to complete my schoolwork from anywhere and at anytime. I enjoyed learning from people with different backgrounds. The professors were amazing and very patient as they answered all my questions. Having a background outside of business and accounting was terrifying at first, however, I quickly learned that diligence and determination is what I needed to move forward in the program. One of the things that I like the most was being able to immediately apply the new learning to situations that were going on at work. I know that the best in my career is yet to come thanks to the FSU Online MBA program!
