UC Davis alum John Bissell’s eco-friendly bioplastics firm, which transformed through the Mike and Renee Child Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, will go public in a nearly $1 billion deal with SPAC Artius Acquisition Inc.
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More than 215 students have signed up to earn industry-recognized certifications from Google and Amazon.
In a review of Traveler's Auto Insurance, Associate Professor Ashwin Aravindakshan details the average insurance consumer decision-making process from assessing customer reviews to finding deals.
At this year's Stifel’s Virtual Transportation & Logistics Conference, GSM Lecturer and Wrightspeed CFO Suzy Taherian says we are witnessing a once-in-a-generation transformation, noting a five-fold increase in electric vehicle use this decade.
Professor Hemant Bhargava becomes the only UC Davis academic named to the top-100 list by CDO Magazine.
Finance Manager, Amazon
An alumna of the UC Davis MBA Class of 2017, Ana is a finance manager at Amazon. She has served in leadership roles in finance department of various multinational companies include Mars Petcare and Procter & Gamble.
Business Intelligence Analyst, Google
2020 MSBA alumna, Swati Vaishampayan is currently a Data Scientist at PayPal, focusing on Collections Strategy. She has previous experience as a Risk Analyst at PayPal India and Business Analyst at ZS Associates. During her time at UC Davis she was actively involved as an Executive Student Assistant and a member of the Directors’ Student Advisory Council. In her free time she enjoys hiking, playing board games, and singing Indie and Bollywood.
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Data Scientist, Collection Strategy, PayPal
Swati Vaishampayan MSBA 20 is currently a Data Scientist at PayPal, focusing on Collections Strategy. She has previous experience as a Risk Analyst at PayPal India and Business Analyst at ZS Associates. During her time at UC Davis she was actively involved as an Executive Student Assistant and a member of the Directors’ Student Advisory Council. In her free time she enjoys hiking, playing board games, and singing Indie and Bollywood.
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Client Solutions Manager, eCommerce, Facebook
Equipped with a Masters in Business Analytics, Sonic Prabhudesai currently works at Facebook as a Client Solutions Manager supporting Facebook’s advertising clients by helping them market themselves better using data. Prior to this he worked at the intersection of business strategy and analytics for world's largest brokerage firm, Charles Schwab. He graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from BMSIT, Bangalore, India during which he co-founded a student career platform called Campus Diaries. He was also a professional badminton player until his early 20s.
Data Science Lead, Square
Anna Shen is currently a data science lead at Square, working on growth and measurement science. Prior to her current role, she started the centralized data science team at Curology and successfully scaled it to a team of 8. Shen was also the first growth marketing hire at Curology, and one of the early marketing hires at Instacart. Professionally, her passion is to be the bridge between business problems and technical solutions. She obtained her M.S. in Business Analytics from UC Davis in the inaugural class of 2018 while working full-time.