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Jenny Hebets Pursues Career in Supply Chain Sustainability
Jenny Hebets MBA 16 discovered international development as a teenager, but didn’t know it yet. Hebets’ high school required her to volunteer. So for four years, she would truck down to the same community in Tijuana from her Southern California home
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Jeff Ansley Builds a Soaring Solar Career
Jeff Ansley embarked on his planet-saving career in 1993 in East Africa, where he installed remote photovoltaic systems and taught residents how to install and service solar equipment. Today he is president of Natron Resources Inc., a Moraga, Calif
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Blazing New Trails in Brazil with Fabiana Alves
Assuring sustainability and financial health south of the equator
After a decade in Brazil’s food industry, agronomist Fabiana Alves and her husband, Andre Zeitlin, a veterinarian, were ready for new horizons. In 2004, Andre left his practice to enter the UC Davis MBA program, uprooting with Fabiana and their two young sons from São Paulo to Davis.
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Alumni Spotlight: Benigno Salazar MBA 98
Marketing Analytics Strategist, Rabobank
Now at Rabobank, Sacramento MBA alumnus shares about marketing analytics in the financial services industry, including his 12-years experience at Wells Fargo.
Now at Rabobank, alumnus Benigno Salazar MBA 98, shares about collaboration as a
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Building Beautiful Algorithms for Walmart
My journey with Engage3 led to a new role with Walmart
Earlier this month, I was offered an exciting opportunity to work as an advanced analytics specialist at Walmart eCommerce in San Francisco. Fresh from the Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) program, I’ll now have the opportunity to offer
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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.
A world leader in consumer technology for digital experiences, Logitech has grown into a
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Spotlight: Ted Reiterman MPAc 16
Audit and Assurance In Charge, Deloitte
Ted Reiterman MPAc 16, shares about collaboration in the accounting industry, the biggest challenges and his tips for new business students.
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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
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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.
Empathy is at the core of human-centered design—in other words, having a design-thinking mindset
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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
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Career-Switcher: MBA Student Meghan Laffin
Part-Time MBA student Megan Laffin made the jump from the high-pressure CBS newsroom to her new business of buying, training and selling horses.
Megan Laffin quickly moved up the ranks to associate producer at CBS News, handling the high-pressure
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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