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Denim Deep Dive: Fashioning Insights for Lucky Brand
MSBA practicum project delivers for top clothing retailer
Bohemian blue jeans retailer a perfect practicum fit for MSBA team to optimize inventory and analyze customer segments. Student Ashwin Suresh blogs about the project.
Building a Network at Work
Folsom’s PRO Unlimited attracts growing team of UC Davis MBA students
As a business analyst at PRO Unlimited, Sacramento MBA student Julie Sauer thrives in a culture of collaboration, relationship building and elevated thinking—and she’s helped hire several of our grads.
5 Questions with Engage3 Data Scientist, Practicum Lead
MSBA team partners on machine learning models for retail pricing
Engage3 Data Scientist Sahar Pirmoradian shares the benefits of the MSBA practicum project experience with student team member Abhinav Chatterji.
Navigating Your Business Analytics Job Search
Panelists from Google and People.ai offer advice, tips, lessons learned
Many opportunities await business analytics grads. MSBA alum Ashwin Suresh says stay calm and interview on—and prepare for your first day on the job.
Building Beautiful Algorithms for Walmart
My journey with Engage3 led to a new role with Walmart
With data-driven online retailing heating up, MSBA grad Beverly Huang heads to Walmart as an advanced analytics specialist to help the global retailer’s ecommerce business.
Breaking Down Barriers to an MBA
Plan ahead as you begin your graduate business education journey
What’s holding you back from making an investment in your future? Senior Director of Admissions Andrea Shaw offers an easy-to-follow roadmap to take action toward pursuing your MBA and career dreams.
5 Job Search Tips: What it’s “Like” at Facebook
“Practice your skills, network and don’t stress,” says MSBA alumnus Sharad Jain
In a Q&A with MSBA student Rohan Ranshinge, alumnus Sharad Jain shares advice from his career search and landing a role as a data specialist at Facebook.
Open Sesame: One-on-One with Alibaba’s Shanxing Gao MSBA 18
Advice, lessons for success after graduation
A business analyst for the world’s largest ecommerce company, alumnus Shanxing Gao brings his UC Davis MSBA and engineering experience full-circle at Alibaba.
How Our MBA Team Put Six Sigma to Work
Partnership with Gemini Bio-Products brings coursework to life
Sacramento MBA student Andrea Ellinghouse shares how her team collaborated with Gemini Bio-Products to streamline the biotech’s manufacturing processes.
How Faculty Encouraged My Ph.D. Pursuit
Finding career mentorship through MPAc
From KPMG to Ph.D., MPAc alumna Daniella Smith left a Big Four accounting firm to pursue her passion: a promising academic career to research and teach.
One-on-One with UC Davis Provost
Rare opportunity to shadow Ralph Hexter
MBA student Victor Moreno goes behind the scenes to spend a day with UC Davis Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Ralph Hexter as part of a new job shadow program.
Postcard from Switzerland: Future-proofing Logitech
Teaming up with grad students in Zurich to keep Swiss tech firm on bleeding edge
UC Davis MBA students and grad students in Zurich strategize with their global partners at Logitech to keep the company on the forefront of digital innovation.