After graduating from the University of Virginia, I moved to San Francisco and developed post-sale customer training programs at two startups in the city. I also spent a year living in Hamburg, Germany. Since enrolling at UC Davis, I have worked in the legal departments of HM.CLAUSE, Udemy, and the California Franchise Tax Board.
Co-founder Shrimply Blue
"The Graduate School of Management helped me reset my career at a pivotal point. It helped me re-brand myself from a science major to a pragmatic business professional."
"UC Davis has been an amazing mix of applied teamwork, self-discovery, and learning to see the world from a management perspective."
MSBA Executive Student Assistant
"The UC Davis MSBA program puts the human factor back into analytics. The curriculum is designed to equip students with both technical capabilities and business acumen."
DSAC Curriculum Committee
“As a top-ranking program, I felt confident that the MSBA coursework and practicum project would
prepare me for a successful career in analytics. The demonstrated efforts to increase diversity within
the field and the support I felt from the team also greatly attributed to my decision to attend UC Davis.”
DSAC Curriculum Committee
“I chose the UC Davis MSBA because of the opportunity to develop industry experience while honing my analytical abilities through the practicum project.”
“I chose the UC Davis MSBA program because of the rich curriculum it has to offer. It provides an intersection of business and technical skills that companies are looking for. Being able to have the opportunity to work on real world problems and create an impact within a business in a yearlong practicum project was unheard of and invaluable for me.”
MSBA Executive Student Assistant
"I chose UC Davis MSBA because the program has a “golden ratio” combination of Business, Statistics and Coding skills; Also, an optimal choice to pursue data related career in Bay Area.”
Sacramento Part-Time MBA Student
"UC Davis selected the most wonderful, hard -working, and kind business-minded individuals. I feel privileged to learn and create joyful memories with incredible individuals with a vision to positively impact our society and enterprise through innovation."
"While at the GSM, I enjoyed being out of my comfort zone and becoming more independent, proactive and confident.”
"My time at UC Davis has been something that will positively impact my life forever. This school has set me up for success and opportunities I did not know I would have."
"The best part about the MBA program is learning from my classmates. Their unique backgrounds and experiences have added so much value to my time here. "
"At UC Davis, you do not grow and learn alone, but together with the entire community."
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.
After graduating with honors and obtaining her B.S. in computer science from Stevens Institute of Technology, Parra Vera worked on a data science team at a financial firm in Boston, where she grew her desire to learn more about analytics
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."
My career has been focused on environmental and social good.
I spent 12 years in nonprofit management
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.
"UC Davis is a wonderful place to study at the crux of California's agricultural industry and the tech