The UC Davis Graduate School of Management has given me an unprecedented opportunity to work with highly motivated individuals. In my first year, I worked on more than a dozen projects that ranged from ad hoc class exercises to the seven-month Big Bang! Business Plan Competition.

Student Leadership

• Big Bang! Business Plan Competition finalist; team won kudos—and cash—for a business model for a parcel shipment pick-up service through a network of self-service kiosks.
• With two classmates, built a course- rating website that collected almost 300 reviews from Bay Area Working Professional MBA students in first week (August 2011).

Previous Degree

B.S., Business Administration, University of Alabama

Fast Facts

• Unexpected bonus of UC Davis MBA program: “Learning how to create a participatory environment where people are not afraid to voice their ideas.”
• Global citizen: Speaks English and Russian; has travelled to the U.K., the Netherlands, the Ukraine, China and Argentina in past year.
• Holds Certified Supply Chain Professional designation from the Association for Operations Management.
• Mountain biking enthusiast; frequently seen on single tracks in Marin County.