Kevin Mello
Lecturer
Master of Education (M.Ed.), Johns Hopkins University, 2020
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Arizona State University, 2008
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Accounting, Santa Clara University, 1996
Meet Our 2022 Commencement Student Speakers
Six new grads share inspirations, memories and what’s next
We asked our six soon-to-be grads speakers about their experiences before their commencement addresses to the largest graduating class in school history
The Power of Networks: Professor Hargadon Shows How Networks Drive Innovation
New, radical, disruptive ideas have long been considered the foundation of innovation; but, according to Professor Andrew Hargadon, ideas need a network to be successful.
Startups Make a Splash at the UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition
Held in person for the first time since 2019, the 22nd Annual Big Bang! Business Competition presented over $100,000 in prize money and in-kind awards to early-stage startups in the food and agriculture, health, energy/sustainability, and social enterprise sectors.
Celebrating the Largest Graduating Class in School History
75% increase from five years ago
This year’s graduating Class of 2022 contains a record-breaking 449 graduates, including two program-highs.
Becca Litman MBA 22 Honored as a ‘Leader and Change Agent’ for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
A recipient of the 2022 Chancellor’s Achievement Awards for Diversity and Community, Litman served on the School's Faculty Committee on Diversity and as a leader in the Action for Diversity initiative.
Clean Robotics
Clean Robotics is a clean-tech start-up developing AI-powered trash-bots for automated waste management.
CleanRobotics Market and Customer Analytics
This project presents the students a unique opportunity to develop real-world data analytics around CleanRobotics flagship product "TrashBot" and its software system. This project also offers the student an opportunity to gain experience in standing up commercial processes with an early-stage company experiencing rapid growth.
EdCast
Known as the “Spotify of learning”, EdCast helps organizations to aggregate internal and external content (e.g., from learning and human resource management systems as well as Coursera, Pluralsight, Harvard Business Review, etc.) to optimize the professional experience journey for each employee, a journey that typically spans learning, skilling, and career mobility. EdCast recently identified a significant enhancement to the analytic capabilities of its learning platform.
Veritec Solutions
Veritec is an innovation-led pricing and revenue management solution consulting firm specializing in non-traditional and emerging application domains. One such area has been self-storage. Veritec's solutions optimize both pricing for new customers as well as rent increases for existing customers of self-storage facilities. Veritec offers state-of-the art dynamic pricing methods that allow self-storage operators to offer multiple prices for inventory for which only a single price traditionally applied, often with automated day-to-day adjustments.
The student team is exploring extensions to Veritec's pricing methodology for new customers that incorporate supply and demand signals, specifically evaluating the impacts of competitor pricing actions relative to a target company.
Pittsburgh Knights
The Pittsburgh Knights are a pro esports team and gaming lifestyle startup based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that develops innovative products to inspire competition and create community in partnership with the Pittsburgh Steelers football team and the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball ownership group, Wiz Khalifa and the Pittsburgh Penguins’ hockey star Evgeni Malkin.
Knights Eye: Understanding the Fan