Professor Hemant Bhargava Recognized among Top 100 Academic Data Leaders in the World
Professor Hemant Bhargava becomes the only UC Davis academic named to the top-100 list by CDO Magazine.
Ana Pinaya
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.
Mei Yang
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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Swati Vaishampayan
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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Sonic Prabhudesai
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.
Anna Shen
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.
Ashwin Suresh
Data Analyst, Epic Creations Inc.
Ashwin Suresh is a passionate and enthusiastic data analyst with over 2 years of industry experience. He is currently working as a product data analyst at Epic for kids, where he is focused on helping grow the teacher side of the product. Before this, he worked in the data team of unicorn start up Bird, working on service center efficiency. Prior to that, he graduated from UC Davis with a Master's degree in business analytics where he was in top 10 of his class. During his engineering days he managed to start a couple of ventures of his own.
Peilun (Ann) Liu MSBA 21
DSAC Community Committee
“I came to the MSBA program because I had a wonderful year at the GSM when I was in the MPAc program. When I decided to study analytics, I knew that the MSBA program would provide the practical coursework and caring environment that would set me up for success.”
Jessica Padolina MSBA 21
DSAC President and Career Committee
“I chose the MSBA program because I wanted a curriculum that was both technically rigorous and practically applicable. The year-long practicum was a major draw because of the possibilities in projects and skills I can pick up alongside the normal curriculum. Besides that, it’s hard not to pick my alma mater when I already know how great the school’s culture and passion for learning is.”
Yuthika Agarwalla MSBA 21
DSAC Career Committee
“I chose the MSBA program at UC Davis because of the carefully curated curriculum that focused on imparting the knowledge in a cohesive way. It’s very systematically created so that everything ‘clicks’ into place at the end. That click is highly gratifying.”