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Big 3 with Dean H. Rao Unnava: February 2024
A New Lifelong Learning and Community Platform, MBAs Team Up with Sacramento Kings on Mentoring, Does It Really Matter Who Delivers Your Online Orders?
Dean H. Rao Unnava's February 2024 edition of the Big 3 features a look at our new exclusive online community, MBA students partnering with the Sacramento Kings' Fastbreak Mentoring Program and the value of e-tailers investing in their own delivery fleets.

From Retail to Deloitte: Ascending to Audit Associate
Networking and building connections led to my Big 4 job offer
After four years at Banana Republic, MPAc student Catherine Jaber looked to start a new chapter. Within weeks at UC Davis, she secured offers from all Big 4 firms and will join Deloitte as an audit associate this fall.

Switching My Gameplan: Pursuing a Career in Accounting
How I landed a job as Tax Associate at KPMG in San Francisco
As a UC Davis undergrad, MPAc student Kendall Lorraine Richards realized she was more a “numbers” person and discovered a passion for accounting. She’ll start as a tax associate at KPMG in San Francisco this fall.

Takeoff! The Business of Flight with Chris Wimsatt, CFO of Sacramento Airport System
netWORKed Podcast: Episode 4
Chris Marshall speaks with Chris Wimsatt, Deputy Director and CFO, about the dynamic advancements at Sacramento International Airport, and their efforts to elevate the traveler experience and serve the local community firsthand.

Investment Banking to Data Analytics: Leaving My Comfort Zone as an International Student
My journey from Mexico to San Francisco and joining a new community
Leaving behind her corporate finance job and roots in Mexico, Daniela Mallard Juarez blogs about her experience as an international student and charting a new career path in data analytics.

Getting Down to Business: Pursuing My Biotech Passion with an MBA
Collaborative environment and Industry Immersion pave the way
Kathy Truong MBA 24 highlights how a UC Davis MBA alum’s encouragement and the unique Biotechnology Industry Immersion program attract her to the Bay Area MBA—and how she is thriving in the collaborative environment.

Game-Changing Mentorship: Leading with Collaboration
Sacramento Kings and UC Davis MBAs team up for Fastbreak Mentoring Program
MBA student Jack Schaufler benefitted from mentors in his journey, and blogs about paying it forward as a mentor in the Sacramento Kings Fastbreak Mentoring Program pairing MBAs with local college students.

Does It Really Matter Who Delivers Your Online Orders?
UC Davis study shows e-tailers with their own fleets boost trust and sales
Online retailers like Amazon and JD.com in China have invested billions on their own fleets of vehicles, planes and even drones to ensure smooth deliveries. Is it worth it? Marketing Professor Prasad Naik took a deep dive into the data to find out.

Boost Your Personal Brand: Four Effective Strategies for a Career Change
Following the E.P.I.C. Personal Branding Strategy
Transitioning from high school chemistry teacher to women’s healthcare advocate, Full-Time MBA Allison Judy shares her success with the E.P.I.C. Personal Brand Strategy, crafted by UC Davis Lecturer Vanessa Errecarte.

Poets&Quants Thought Leadership Video Series: Professor Ayako Yasuda On Impact Investing
An internationally recognized financial economist, Professor Yasuda's pioneering research focuses on venture capital, private equity and impact investing. Hear about her journey from Stanford to Goldman Sachs to academia in a Q&A with Poets&Quants.

What’s the Difference Between an MBA and Master of Management?
Weighing options for your academic and professional goals
Explore how a UC Davis Master of Management can prepare you to be a collaborative business leader ready to make a positive impact on the business world.

How India Gave the U.S. a Generation of Business School Deans
Dean H. Rao Unnava: "We share information and guidance."
The Financial Times reports a growing presence of senior Indian academics in the U.S., inspiring a new generation of Indian students to attend U.S. business schools. Dean H. Rao Unnava keeps in touch with 80 US-based Indian deans and other senior