Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, Ana Parra Vera is an analytics professional with a passion for diversity and opportunities in STEM. She currently works in an analytics team at Google that helps engineers improve hardware products (i.e., Pixel, Fitbit, Nest, etc.), and organizes outreach events with scholars and alumni from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.
MSBA Executive Student Assistant
" I chose the MSBA program because the balance between curriculum and practical experience was extremely appealing. The opportunity to develop your career as a business analyst in San Francisco; it doesn’t get better than that!”
MSBA Executive Student Assistant
" I chose the MSBA program at UC Davis because of its well-rounded curriculum, practicum experience and networking opportunities available in the Bay Area.”
MSBA Executive Student Assistant
"MSBA offers a perfect experience to grow both personally and professionally. It hones the analytical and technical skills you need in the workforce today by giving a holistic view of the rapidly growing analytics field.”
Co-Founder, Chairperson of the Board of Directors for Good Nature Agro
"Davis fueled my creativity through access to world-class nature, food, wine, and cities, while being a welcoming community that provided quiet space for academic rigor."
Founded by Christy Serrato, PairAnything is creating a platform that helps customers connect with wineries through guidance on wine and food pairings. PairAnything won the $10,000 Food + Ag Sector Award in the 2019 Big Bang! Business Competition.
I spent eight years at media planning at advertising agencies in both Santa Barbara and San Francisco. We focused on advertising campaigns for commodity foods, restaurants, and CPG clients.
Professor Kimberly Elsbach’s eight-week online leadership course named among the top 15 certificate programs to boost your career by CIO.com. Program begins Oct. 16.
Professor Kimberly Elsbach's eight-week online leadership course named among the top 15 certificate programs to boost your career by CIO.com. Program begins Oct. 16.
Instructional Operations Manager, Bay Area MBA Campus
Sergio Esquerre joined the School as a student assistant in July 2012. He was promoted to instructional operations specialist in November 2017. With seven years of experience assisting the Project and Instructional Resources team, Esquerre was named as the instructional operations manager for the Bay Area MBA campus in July 2019.