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From blogs to breakthroughs, Go Beyond is your gateway to the heartbeat of UC Davis GSM—a fully searchable content library showcasing first-person voices, school and faculty news and engaging videos that bring our community to life. Dive in, discover insights and fuel your ambition.

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Alumni Spotlight: Michael Mayall MBA 17
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Alumni Spotlight: Michael Mayall MBA 17

Program Manager at Intel

Now thriving in supply chain management at Intel, alumnus Michael Mayall MBA 17 shares his thoughts on global collaboration and offers advice for new business students.

I'm a Program Manager at Intel. I focus on Strategic Supply Chain capabilities

5 Ways to Become a Design Thinker
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5 Ways to Become a Design Thinker

Human-centered design starts with empathy for yourself

IBM design thinker and Part-Time MBA student Justin Owens helps global Fortune 100 companies transform their businesses to meet customers’ needs.

Tiago Cavagnaro: From Chile to UC Davis
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Tiago Cavagnaro: From Chile to UC Davis

Entrepreneurship academy helps UC Davis alumnus reconnect and build his network

Graduate School of Management alumnus Tiago Cavagnaro MBA 10 returned to campus to attend the 2019 Food, Ag + Health Entrepreneurship Academy. While in Northern California he also met with other UC Davis alumni, angel investors and venture

Career-Switcher: MBA Student Meghan Laffin
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Career-Switcher: MBA Student Meghan Laffin

With the skills and knowledge she learned in the Sacramento Part-Time MBA, career-switcher Megan Laffin made the jump from the high-pressure CBS newsroom producer to her new business of buying, training and selling horses.

4 Questions with MSBA Alum Dane Hamlett
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4 Questions with MSBA Alum Dane Hamlett

We ask MSBA alumnus Dane Hamlett about work, school, tips for students and more.

"Storytelling is the most important skill."

I recently caught up with Dane Hamlett, a Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) alumnus of the charter class in 2018 and a senior business analytics leader at Adobe.

His transition from a full

True Grit: New Passion Leads to Accounting Career
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True Grit: New Passion Leads to Accounting Career

"At 12, I declared I would one-day be an NCAA D1 swimmer"

As a child I was single minded. My parents often tell stories about my childhood, when I would make a “decision” to do something and would never back down. Fear or failure were not options. I attacked my goals and never backed down.

When I was

Terry Exner MBA 09 Receives GSMAA Outstanding Service Award 2019
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Terry Exner MBA 09 Receives GSMAA Outstanding Service Award 2019

Hear from Terry Exner MBA 09 who earned the 2019 UC Davis Graduate School of Management Alumni Association Outstanding Service Award and shares about collaboration, networking and more.

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Michelle Leyden Li JD 93 MBA 95

2019 GSM Alumni Association Distinguished Achievement Award

A Silicon Valley semiconductor industry marketing executive for more than 20 years, Michelle Leyden Li JD 93 MBA 95 shares how her UC Davis MBA prepared her for a successful career at Intel, Qualcomm and GlobalFoundaries and the growth in tech

Louis Biggers MBA 08
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Louis Biggers MBA 08

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Louis Biggers MBA 08 reflects on industry challenges and collaborative solutions. As a senior application engineer at Intel Corp., UC Davis MBA alumnus Biggers is helping the chip giant move into a data-centric world. He's working on enabling sensor

Alfonso Patiño Nava MPAc 13
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Alfonso Patiño Nava MPAc 13

Deloitte

Now thriving at Deloitte, Alfonso Patiño Nava, alumnus of our Master of Professional Accountancy program, shares the biggest challenges in the industry, his most valuable course at UC Davis and his advice for new business students.

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Student Entrepreneur Wins Startup Pitch Competition at National Conference

Sara Howard MBA 19 accelerating digital therapeutics startup

Digital therapeutics startup Cognivive, based on UC Davis research, is on a roll with seed funding.

Sara Howard MBA 19 recently won a national pitch competition with "digital medicines you want to take," the mission of a medtech startup she helps lead

Jesse Rosales Climbs K2 Like It’s His Job
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Jesse Rosales Climbs K2 Like It’s His Job

MBA Alum: It takes management skills, process-oriented goals and a strategic vision

Jesse Rosales didn’t climb a mountain in a day.

Summiting the second highest peak in the world—a feat more consuming and dangerous than scaling Mt. Everest—took years of preparation, perseverance and every project management skill in his toolbox.

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