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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

Should Investing Be Left to Machines?
Understanding biases can help investors improve decision-making and identify irrationalities. Professor Brad Barber says such bias can cost investors up to 4% annually.

Breaking Down Barriers to an MBA
Plan ahead as you begin your graduate business education journey
“Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time and energy needed to develop yourself.”
— Denis Waitley, The Psychology of Winning
Advancing your personal and career journey takes more than just desire. It requires the

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
We had the opportunity to meet with Shanxing Gao, a Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) alumnus of the charter class in 2018. He spoke about his work experiences, his takeaways from the MSBA program and job and interview tips.
After

How Our MBA Team Put Six Sigma to Work
Partnership with Gemini Bio-Products brings coursework to life
The best way to learn is by doing—applying your new knowledge in a real-world situation.
As a Sacramento Part-Time MBA student, I benefited from this maxim nearly every day as I put what I learn in the classroom into practice in my work at the

Faces of Metro EDGE (F.A.M.E.) – Anna Palmer
Meet alumna Anna Palmer MBA 17, our Sacramento MBA associate director of admissions and member of Sacramento Metro EDGE, which we support as the Platinum Sponsor.

Crying at Work is Uncomfortable, and That’s OK
Professor Kim Elsbach explains her research around crying at work, what co-workers think when they see you cry, how to save face and why a good work cry is so stigmatized in the first place.

How Faculty Encouraged My Ph.D. Pursuit
Finding career mentorship through MPAc
Two years after I graduated with a UC Davis Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc) degree, I was working in the San Francisco Bay Area as a senior associate at KPMG—a Big Four accounting firm. Going to UC Davis helped me land that opportunity.
Gr

From Knockdowns to Startups (and Everything In Between)
Aggie Square’s chief innovation officer has held many titles: doctor, lawyer, NFL linebacker. The Sacramento Business Journal takes a look at Jim Kovach’s storied career.

One-on-One with UC Davis Provost
Rare opportunity to shadow Ralph Hexter
What is it like overseeing the day-to-day operations of one of the world’s most comprehensive research universities—literally a 5,300-acre city unto itself—with nearly 40,000 students, 4,700 faculty and 17,000 staff?
I recently had the privilege of

If You Don’t Save Enough, Perhaps You Have ‘Exponential Growth Bias’
People with exponential-growth bias tend to underestimate the long-term cost of debt and are more likely to take on expensive loans, according to cited research by Professor Victor Stango.