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Hinna Aftab
Hinna Aftab
MBA 10
Hinna Aftab

Hinna Aftab
MBA 10

Manager, Performance Assessment
Warid Telecom, Ltd.
Lahore, Pakistan

"No one can do everything on her own. Haas gave me skills I needed to work well with my peers and to motivate the people who report to me. Those skills are just as important as accounting and other subjects."

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Vandana Agarwal Verma
Vandana Agarwal Verma
MBA 08
Vandana Agarwal Verma

Vandana Agarwal Verma
MBA 08

Product Manager
Snapfish by HP
San Francisco, California

"It's exciting to know that something real will happen as a result of the work we did in Haas@Work."

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Millicent Anglin
Millicent Anglin
MBA 08
Millicent Anglin

Millicent Anglin
MBA 08

Assistant Vice President
Bank of America Merril Lynch
San Francisco, California

"Being on the UT Austin Real Estate Challenge team was a great way to meet people and an opportunity to wrestle with a practical problem in the area that interests me."

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Yossi Bachar
Yossi Bachar
MBA 85, PhD 87
Yossi Bachar

Yossi Bachar
MBA 85, PhD 87

Former Director General
Israel Ministring of Finance
Tel Aviv, Israel

"UC Berkeley was the first place in which I felt I was under pressure to study hard. During my first ten weeks at Berkeley, I studied more than in all of my undergraduate studies put together."

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Gonzalo Balarezo
Gonzalo Balarezo
MBA 09
Gonzalo Balarezo

Gonzalo Balarezo
MBA 09

Market Analyst
Overtone, Inc.
San Francisco, California

"I started my MBA wanting to explore different industries and functions. Haas opened my eyes to so many opportunities that I didn't even know existed, especially in the technology sector."

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Bengt Baron
Bengt Baron
BS 85, MBA 88
Bengt Baron

Bengt Baron
BS 85, MBA 88

Former CEO
V & S Group
Stockholm, Sweden

"My Berkeley MBA gave me a solid foundation to take on business challenges of various sizes and shapdes."

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James Bender
James Bender
MBA 10
James Bender

James Bender
MBA 10

Product and Retail Management
Amazon
Seattle, Washington

"I think amazing minds coupled with the willingness to lend a hand sets Haas apart. These are without questioning the defining Haas characteristics that enables Haas grads to empower employers."

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Stuart Bernstein
Stuart Bernstein
BS 85
Stuart Bernstein

Stuart Bernstein
BS 85

Global Head and Partner
Clean Technology and Renewables Business
Goldman Sachs & Co.
San Francisco and Menlo Park

Stuart Bernstein is the global head of the clean technology and renewables business for Goldman, Sachs & Co., the firm he joined after graduating from Haas in 1985.

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W. Michael Blumenthal
W. Michael Blumenthal
BS 51
W. Michael Blumenthal

W. Michael Blumenthal
BS 51

Former US Treasury Secretary Director
Jewish Museum Berlin
Berlin, Germany

"I developed a reputation for telling the president things he didn't want to hear."

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Sebastien Boifort
Sebastien Boifort
MBA 07
Sebastien Boifort

Sebastien Boifort
MBA 07

Investment Analyst
Passport Capital, LLC
San Francisco, California

"The school's network is simply amazing. Guest speakers, including managers of leading mutual fund companies and hedge funds, routinely visit classes to talk about their investment strategies."

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Tracy Cheung
Tracy Cheung
MBA 08
Tracy Cheung

Tracy Cheung
MBA 08

Associate
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
San Francisco, California

"What I valued most about the MBA curriculum at Haas was its practicality and the fact that the concepts were taught so that I could apply them in the workplace."

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Thaili Chi
Thaili Chi
MBA 10
Thaili Chi

Thaili Chi
MBA 10

Associate, Real Estate Private Equity
Partners Group
Singapore

"It was great to take my first real estate elective at the end of my first year. It provided a coherent framework for understanding...every step of the real estate investment process.

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