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BerkeleyHaasFall 2017 1 0 HAAS LEGEND 16 MAPPING THE FUTURE 22 PROPHET SHARING Prof. Emeritus Raymond Miles pioneered new John Hanke, MBA 96, alters how we interact Scott Galloway, MBA 92, extends a hand concepts in organizational strategy with the world, creating cultural phenomena to students from immigrant families

Lifetime Achievement Award Winner THE ALCHEMIST OF INNOVATION MANAGEMENT Knowledge-management pioneer Relive the best of your Berkeley-Haas experience! Ikujiro Nonaka, MBA 68, PhD 72, Catch up with classmates, listen to engaging has transformed how people lectures, make new connections, and bring your drive innovation together family back to campus. It’s everything you love about business school—without the exams.

haas.berkeley.edu/reunion #haasreunion #haasalumni Redefine Berkeley-Haas alumni enjoy Fall 2017 their first EXECUTIVE EDITOR 30% off FEATURES AND DEPARTMENTS THE PIONEERING IDEAS ISSUE the Future of open-enrollment Ute Frey program, then UP FRONT MANAGING EDITOR Amy Marcott 15% off every Business program thereafter. DESIGN Cuttriss & Hambleton, Berkeley UC Berkeley Executive Education Announces the Contact us for more details: STAFF WRITERS 2018 Program Calendar Laura Counts, Valerie Gilbert, executive@ Kim Girard For our full list of programs, visit executive.berkeley.edu berkeley.edu Dean Rich Lyons goes on tour CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Michael Blanding, Eric 2 Haas List Butterman, Charles Cooper, Connie & Kevin Chou Hall Krysten Crawford, Nancy Davis opens for business (students) Kho, Andrew Faught, New Programs 4 Haas News Kate Madden Yee, Mike Alumna improves diversity Rosen-Molina, Pamela Tom, and inclusion at Haas Sam Zuckerman 6 Power of Ideas PHOTOGRAPHY How the sharing economy Noah Berger, Jim Block, benefits manufacturers Sue Hudelson, Tomohiro 8 Power of Ideas Ohsumi, Manali Sibthorpe, Turning ordinary citizens into Vero Suh, Anthony Upton superforecasters

IN THE BACK BerkeleyHaas magazine is published by the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. For PHOTO: VERO SUH PHOTO: further information, contact: John Hanke, MBA 96, creates cultural phenomena at the forefront of technology’s most dominant trends: mobile, maps, social media, and gaming. His company’s Pokémon Go game sparked a BerkeleyHaas Magazine Editor worldwide sensation, bringing gamers together in the real world. This fall, Hanke is being awarded Haas School of Business Berkeley-Haas’ Leading Through Innovation Award. Page 16 University of California, Berkeley 2001 Addison St., Ste. 240 Berkeley, CA 94704 [email protected] 10 Strategic Thinker CNN International Correspon- dent Erin McLaughlin, BS 04 BerkeleyHaas Fall 2017, An early pioneer in strategic management, Professor Emeritus The Product Management Studio (online!) Number 96. Advanced Executive Presence Raymond Miles defined human resource management styles 18 Haas Network December 11–13, 2017 January 22–March 16, 2018 commonly taught today. Alumni from CNN, Stitch Fix For change of address, email Men, Better Ventures, Decker A Storytelling Workshop to Command Your Leadership Stage Design, Build, and Manage Products That Customers Love [email protected] Communications, Blackhawk Join Faculty Director Mark Rittenberg, a Distinguished Teaching During this eight-week online experience, Faculty Director and Earl 12 The Alchemist of Innovation Genomics, and Netskope Fellow at the Haas School of Business, and employ the art of F. Cheit Faculty Fellow Sara Beckman will show you how to improve 22 Investing in Our Future presence and impactful storytelling through faculty coaching. your storytelling, develop a portfolio of customer experiences, and Management Scott Galloway, MBA 92, apply innovation capabilities to new product ideas. IDEAL FOR: Senior executives, directors, vice presidents, and senior Knowledge-management pioneer Ikujiro Nonaka, MBA 68, PhD 72, helps students from managers who are managing divisions and individuals who are IDEAL FOR: Experienced professionals focused on designing, has transformed how people drive innovation together. immigrant families moving into a management role. managing, and launching products as well as engineers interfacing 24 Worldwide Events with product management. Bay Bridge bike ride connects 16 Mapping the Future alumni across the decades John Hanke, MBA 96, the mastermind behind Pokémon Go and 26 Alumni Notes Google Earth, Maps, and Street View, has forever altered the way we 39 In Memoriam Interested in a custom program for your company? Together with our interact with the world. 40 Personal View esteemed faculty, we’ll work with you to create programs that fit your Intrepid adventurer Emilie organization’s distinct needs. Cortes, MBA 02, tackles her greatest fear: financial executive.berkeley.edu | CONTACT: +1.510.642.1304 Cover photo: Tomohiro Ohsumi/AP Images For Berkeley-Haas instability Fall 2017 1 Up Front Haas List

Centers & New Programs Social Impact Institutes Business Data Base Abroad Empowering In the era of 5 Starting in 2 2018, a select group of big data, analytics skills are crucial. undergrads will embark Refugees But rare are the business Founders on a new international One hardship facing Syrian refugees is a leaders who can both Feeding program that will have translate statistics into 3 them spending their first challenging and uncertain asylum pro- Unicorns strategy and lead teams full semester abroad. The cess. Many do not know they can legally using this knowledge. Unicorns thrive at Global Management Pro- Enter the Fisher Center for Berkeley-Haas. We’re one gram will be the second replace a translator or review interview Business Analytics at of 10 schools globally that Haas program offered transcripts for inaccuracies, and some Berkeley-Haas. Formerly can claim three or more to high school seniors 70 percent receive negative decisions, known as the Fisher founders of startups applying to UC Berkeley leaving them in limbo pending the appeal Center for IT, it will explore valued at a billion dollars (along with M.E.T., see how data science creates or more, aka “unicorns.” #8). First-year students process outcome. Students business value and train The data were compiled will spend eight weeks on Four Berkeley MBA students—Sarrah students to be fluent in by UK software research campus in the summer Nomanbhoy, Jerry Philip, Peter Wasser- Fearless both analytics and firm Sage. Berkeley-Haas, completing preparatory management. The with three unicorns, tied coursework then travel as man, and Srinivas Vaidyanathan—are Center, funded by the for sixth on the list. a group to the UC London working on a crowdsourced information Leaders for Fisher family, also Harvard Business School Center. The four-year platform, called MarHub, which provides supports faculty research. topped the list with 23. program awards a BS in the Future business administration answers via Facebook messenger related and prepares students as to the asylum process. MarHub team Want to know who the tech leaders of tomorrow are leaders in the multina- members visited the Greek mainland in going to be? Look no further than the inaugural class tional workplace. of Berkeley’s new Management, Entrepreneurship, & June, interviewing refugees and testing Technology (M.E.T.) program. These first-year a prototype of the chatbot, which also students will earn bachelors’ degrees from both Entrepreneurs enables refugees to connect to legal aid Berkeley-Haas and the College of Engineering that will provide the business and technology skills that With the opening of Chou Hall, the full-time MBA class grew from about 250 Females volunteers for addi- entrepreneurs, CEOs, and Silicon Valley leaders need to 284 students and will expand to 300 next fall. Graduate and undergraduate Found Here tional assistance. The students are enjoying tech-enhanced classrooms and abundant meeting spaces. to succeed. Less than 3 percent of some 2,500 If you’re a suc- MarHub team expects applicants made it into the program, and enrolled cessful female entrepre- to pilot service in the fall. students are already accomplished. Arvind Sridhar Transforming Our Campus neur, chances are good used high-level computer code to analyze tissue- you went to UC Berkeley. regeneration projects for organ replacement and Intern Ramah Awad, Jerry Philip, MBA 19, The university ranked founded a nonprofit promoting geographic literacy in #2 in the number of and Sarrah Nomanbhoy, MBA 18, at the Ritsona refugee camp on mainland Greece. schools. Abhi Samantapudi served as state president All In 4 companies founded by of Michigan’s DECA business club for high school undergrad women— More than a decade in the works, state-of- students, worked as a business analyst at startup Revolution Foods Co-Founders Kristin Groos Richmond and 115—since 2006, Hindsight, and founded a tutoring nonprofit for the-art Connie & Kevin Chou Hall has Kirsten Saenz Tobey, MBA 06s according to PitchBook’s Detroit public school kids. opened to students—and is on track to be the country’s 2017 Universities Television Report. Harvard tied greenest academic building. Features such as efficient with Berkeley; Stanford Faculty Giants heating, cooling, and lighting systems; rainwater cisterns; Alumni on Today topped the list with 146 and 24,300 square feet of exterior windows make it the When NBC’s Today show aired a back-to-school segment companies. For MBA Ollie’s Day in September on how school food is being disrupted by alumnae, PitchBook Members of the Berke- first academic building in the U.S. designed for both healthier—and affordable—options, producers turned ranked Berkeley at #9, ley community are well aware of LEED Platinum certification and WELL certification, a exclusively to two Berkeley-Haas startups: Revolution but a Financial Times the plum parking spots reserved distinction given to buildings that promote user health Foods and Back to the Roots. global ranking that sur- on campus for Nobel Laureates. and well-being. Rev Foods, founded by Kristin Groos Richmond and veyed full-time alumni Turns out they get their own day, Kirsten Saenz Tobey, MBA 06s, each week ferries two from the Class of 2013 too. Dean Rich Lyons, BS 82, Chou Hall will also lead the way on waste reduction. million fresh lunches, made with whole grains, veggies, put Berkeley-Haas as declared July 12, 2017, as Oliver E. Students were given reusable water bottles to replenish and lean proteins, to 2,000 schools in three dozen cities. the #2 program with 35 Williamson Day at Berkeley-Haas. at filling stations. Compost and recycling bins replace Back to the Roots, founded by Nikhil Arora and percent female found- Lyons presented the Nobelist landfill bins. The goal is to divert 90 percent of waste Alejandro Velez, BS 09s, started with mushroom- ers. Northwestern’s and professor emeritus with a growing kits. Their organic, low-sugar cereals provide Kellogg School of Man- certificate commemorating the and achieve zero-waste certification by summer 2018, breakfast to all of New York City’s public schools, the agement, at 37 percent, event and facilitated a Q&A with Prof. Emeritus becoming the first business school in the country to do so. world’s largest public education system. ranked first. the Haas academic star. Oliver Williamson

2 BerkeleyHaas Fall 2017 3 Up Front Up Front Haas News Transformation Diversity DEAN’S LETTER Seeker Champion The Alumna returns to Haas to lead Development Award-winning volunteer promotes & Alumni Relations inclusion at Haas Leslie Schibsted, After Prop 209 banned affirmative action in California Berkeley BS 86, became schools, Monica Stevens, MBA 96, felt like a drought assistant dean had hit Berkeley-Haas. “I was saddened that the best for Develop- public business school in the world did not reflect the Leader: ment & Alumni rich and diverse population of California,” says Relations at Stevens, who recruited Berkeley MBAs for Wells Fargo. Berkeley-Haas So she encouraged Dean Lyons to rejoin the earlier this Consortium for Graduate Study in Management, which year, marking a connects talented diversity leaders with top business homecoming for schools. Haas rejoined in 2010 and has since enrolled Live! the undergrad more underrepresented minority students. alumna. She Stevens was inspired. She founded the Alumni takes over for Diversity Council in 2012 and, since that time, Haas Michelle McClel- has woven diversity and inclusion throughout its with Dean JIM BLOCK PHOTO: lan (now Berke- strategic business plan, hired a director of diversity Dean Rich Lyons, BS 82, speaking to undergrads at their August orientation. ley’s associate initiatives, and added courses helping students Rich Lyons vice chancellor manage diverse teams. of university de- The Council, led by Stevens and vice chair Brett velopment) and Conner, MBA 12, has grown to 20 alumni members New Thinking for the A celebration of the brings a wealth across all academic programs. They discuss high- of fundraising level initiatives and how to impact current students. New Economy impact and achievements experience to Council members also engage with fellow alumni to As business evolves, so too does Berkeley-Haas Haas. Schibsted increase participation and encourage networking with of our rock star dean and previously served Leslie Schibsted, BS 86 current students. Stevens, a senior VP for Wells Fargo Take a look at the Berkeley-Haas homepage and you’ll see this phrase: New chief purpose officer as the associate Merchant Services, hosts an annual alumni reception thinking for the new economy. What we mean by this is largely due to the vice president for development at San Diego State as part of the MBA Diversity Symposium to connect profoundly disruptive nature of tech. It’s no longer a sector, as it was in the University (SDSU), leading the development team as with prospective students. 1990s. We’ve seen the rise of marketplace, or platform, businesses: Uber/ the school concluded its $800 million campaign. For her efforts enhancing diversity and inclusion Lyft, Airbnb, Blockchain, and others. These are transformations that have December 12, 2017 – Tokyo Prior to joining SDSU, she served as the interim at Berkeley-Haas, Stevens is being lauded with the no similarly scaled analog. associate vice president for development at Raymond E. Miles Alumni Service Award, the school’s Now, tech as a separator of winners and losers is pervasively important December 14, 2017 – Seoul California State University, Chico, where she helped highest volunteer honor. She is the first African- across all industries. Witness CEOs of airlines stating that they are tech launch the school’s first-ever comprehensive American woman to receive it. companies with wings, or Jeff Immelt of General Electric predicting it will be a January 24, 2018 – Los Angeles top 10 software developer by 2020, or the importance of data science in driving campaign. Earlier in her career, she counseled competition across companies. These are not changes that will be reversed March 14, 2018 – San Francisco more than 60 nonprofits as vice president and with a tough business cycle—they are here to stay. senior consultant at The Focus Group, a fundraising March 20, 2018 – London Monica Stevens, CEOs these days need to be digital and tech savvy. They need to be able to consultancy. MBA 96 interrogate the company’s analysis around technology. And they need to March 27, 2018 – New York City “The key to fundraising for public institutions is appreciate how technology can drive future competitive conditions to be able to frame it not in terms of need but in terms of im- to set direction effectively. April 10, 2018 – worldwide pact on people’s lives,” Schibsted says. “We all know Why new thinking? I’ll bet you never learned about the economics of networks the value our Haas degrees have afforded us and or the economics of information and information goods in Econ 1. The reality is April 28, 2018 – Berkeley that Haas has launched so many amazing careers, that the economy is less and less about goods and more about services and companies, and startups. We’re eager to invite phil- information. The fundamentals still apply, but we have to advance our thinking anthropic partners to invest in our people at Haas to these new tools. so they can have a transformational impact And to think: This business school, in this place, and this time in world history. on the world.” Can you imagine a more interesting time to be a part of Haas? Schibsted, who earned an MA in education lead- For tickets to the show visit: ership and development from CSU, Chico, says that Go Bears! haas.berkeley.edu/alumni/deanstour Haas prepared her well for this new role. “What I bring to the table is a data-driven, systems-based approach that is built on a strate- #thanksrich @berkeleyhaas gic plan, which I credit to my education at Haas,” she says. “It’s an honor and a privilege to now serve Rich Lyons, BS 82 Haas in this role.” [email protected] | @richlyons

4 BerkeleyHaas Fall 2017 5 Up Front Up Front

Watch Maura O’Neill, BCEMBA 04, discuss the importance of owning up to Power of Haas Ideas narrow-mindedness: insights.haasalumni.org/narrow-mindedness

PEER-TO-PEER MARKETS ASST. PROF. JOSE GUAJARDO Narrow- fit with what we already of researching the know, or think we problem. Michigan, for Mindedness want to know, our example, laid off most of The necessity and brains enable us to its human claims reps, Fair Shares shortcoming of our make decisions quickly instead using big data to universal myopia and efficiently. discover fraudulent The sharing economy can benefit That’s the good news. claims for state unem- manufacturers, says Asst. Prof. Jose Guajardo On the downside, ployment insurance. A according to O’Neill, mistake in the algorithm our narrow-mindedness produced a 90+ percent The rise of Uber and Lyft has taxi companies running scared, can lead to bad choices error rate resulting in while Airbnb is encroaching on hoteliers. Should firms that based on too little 20,000 job seekers make cars or bikes also fear a sales drop as peer-to-peer rental information. Often, wrongly punished. In apps make it easy to borrow wheels on demand? we overlook key data Florida, a sentencing Not necessarily, says Assistant Professor Jose Guajardo. In a deliberately or uncon- benchmark intended to recent working paper, he suggests emerging peer-to-peer rental sciously. Take, for predict recidivism markets represent more opportunity than menace for manu- instance, the taxi proved to be wildly facturers. That’s because the existence of these markets might industry’s failure to inaccurate because of tip the scales for ambivalent buyers who know they can re- recognize how smart- misguided assumptions. coup some money from a big purchase—and also because these phones could revolu- The primary problem, markets open new opportunities for companies savvy enough to tionize ride-hailing she says, is that statis- Distinguished Teaching Fellow services. Other times, we tics are used to predict exploit them. Maura O’Neill, BCEMBA 04 Peer-to-peer rental companies like Turo for cars and Spinlis- think about a problem future events based on ter for bikes allow regular people to rent out their rides—simi- too narrowly, like Uber’s past patterns—without lar to what Airbnb has done for home owners—creating a world It’s no secret that we live belief that its treatment considering other in which consumers are not only customers but potential in an era of information of workers and regula- possibilities. “If we don’t competitors as well. overload. How do we tors would not impact its get the algorithms right, Guajardo and his co-authors from Carnegie Mellon University function amid the business reputation we’re setting ourselves built a model to analyze this rental market’s effects on manufac- deluge of email, 24/7 and growth. up for failure,” says turers. They found that whether these companies are hurt or news, and social media? “Sometimes we pay an O’Neill, who also serves helped depends critically on how often people use the products. We rely on a primal skill inconsequential price as faculty director of the Take car sharing, for example. Guajardo’s model showed that loaded with negative for our narrow-minded- UC Berkeley Executive in a scenario where nearly all drivers use their cars with about connotations: narrow- ness,” says O’Neill, Leadership Program. the same frequency, manufacturers are better off without peer- mindedness, says Haas whose three decades in She’ll present the latest neuroscience to-peer rentals, which might cut into sales. In a scenario where Distinguished Teaching business and govern- findings on leadership— some car owners do a lot of driving and others just a little, a com- Fellow Maura O’Neill, ment include a stint as including narrow- pany’s best option would simply be to sell to frequent drivers and BCEMBA 04, who the chief innovation mindedness and how to rent to occasional motorists. explored the phenom- officer of the U.S. overcome it—in the It is when there is a moderate disparity in driving habits within enon in her interdisci- Agency for International Development under Berkeley Executive a marketplace that manufacturers can benefit from peer-to-peer plinary PhD dissertation President Obama. “And Leadership Program, rentals. The explanation is simple: If you’re considering buying a in psychology, biology, other times these Nov. 6–10, 2017. car, even though you don’t plan to use it every day, the presence and business at the University of Washing- decision-making errors To minimize the of an active car-sharing market—and ability to make back some ton. O’Neill drew on can lead to catastrophic negative effects of of the price by renting it out on non-driving days—may convince more than 60 years of results.” She cites as narrow-mindedness, you to make the purchase. In this way, the peer-to-peer market research and theories in examples the collective O’Neill outlines a gets some middle-range users to buy and enables infrequent neurobiology and failure ahead of 9/11 to deliberate process based drivers to rent, boosting overall consumption. psychology to describe conceive of terrorists on the latest cognitive Guajardo and his co-authors say they believe their paper is the how human memory turning hijacked planes research. But it starts first to highlight variation in usage as a key factor determining contributes to what she into weapons and with self-reflection. peer-to-peer market effects. He says he hopes the research dem- calls “cognitive myopia.” missed warnings in “Until everyone onstrates the benefits available to manufacturers, which can Specifically, we rely the years leading up recognizes that we are exploit this new market by adjusting their business models and heavily on our long-term to the 2008 global all narrow-minded, we investing in or starting their own peer-to-peer operations. memory to make financial crisis. are not going to over- It’s a lesson not lost on some of the nation’s largest corporations, decisions, and that’s While big data holds come it,” she says. “And especially in the auto industry. Ford has invested in bike sharing— where errors in judg- promise to unearth new the remedies to the most recently rolling out a fleet of Ford GoBikes in the Bay Area. Tesla ment begin. solutions, it also comes pressing business CEO Elon Musk has declared that his company will let Tesla owners “It allows us to take with huge risks of problems or in govern- tap a button on their phones to rent out their vehicles, generating in- shortcuts when we are aggravating our narrow- ment or in our own come that could make the pricy electric cars more affordable. bombarded with so mindedness, accounting personal lives are Meanwhile, peer-to-peer markets can save consumers money much sensory data,” for even more spectacu- going to require new whether they’re owners or renters. “It can be a win-win situa- she says. By blocking lar mistakes. O’Neill is innovative solutions.” tion for both manufacturers and consumers,” Guajardo says. information that doesn’t now in the early stages —Krysten Crawford —Sam Zuckerman ILLUSTRATION: ADOBE STOCK 6 BerkeleyHaas Fall 2017 7 Up Front Up Front Power of Haas Ideas

SUPERFORECASTING PROF. DON MOORE Judging Moral complying with the “The two dimensions request, or by refusing were correlated at .87, Character it? Critcher’s work which means the two are Assoc. Prof. Clayton shows that even people almost the same thing,” Predicting the Future Critcher who think the CEO Critcher says. “What Prof. Don Moore helps turn ordinary citizens into A matter of principle, should hand over the makes moral traits not good deeds data to the government special is that their accurate forecasters of geopolitical events consider him to have absence is a deal breaker, better moral character even when compared if he does the opposite to qualities that the Forecasters often overestimate how good they are at predicting geopoliti- and adheres to the participants deemed cal events—everything from who will become the next pope to who will win privacy policy. just as positive.” the next national election in Taiwan. “For the CEO who But did people see But Berkeley-Haas Professor Don Moore and a team of researchers sticks to a moral rule— these traits as essential found a new way to dramatically improve forecast accuracy by training or- even when we think a because they were dinary people to make more confident and accurate predictions over time deviation could be seen to be moral? The as superforecasters. justified—we are more research team answered The team, working on The Good Judgment Project, tested its future-pre- confident he will behave that question by leading dicting methods during a four-year, government-funded geopolitical fore- in sensible, principled people to construe casting tournament sponsored by the United States Intelligence Advanced ways in the future,” the same trait as either Research Projects Activity. The tournament, which began in 2011, aimed Critcher says. moral or nonmoral. to improve geopolitical forecasting and intelligence analysis by tapping Critcher’s research Research participants the wisdom of the crowd. Moore’s team—which combined best practices Assoc. Prof. Clayton Critcher also found that what were shown 13 traits that from psychology, economics, and behavioral science from researchers na- differentiates the the researchers deemed tionwide—proved so successful in the first years of the competition that it People may instinctively characteristics of moral ambiguously moral. bumped the other four teams, becoming the sole remaining funded project. know right from wrong, character (from positive Some participants were The study was unique in that it examined accuracy in forecasting over but determining if yet nonmoral attributes) first exposed to traits time, using a huge data set: 494,552 forecasts by 2,860 forecasters predict- someone has good moral is that such qualities are that were clearly ing the outcomes of hundreds of events. character is not a non-negotiable in social nonmoral; afterward, Study participants, a mix of scientists, researchers, academics, and other black-and-white relationships. they found the professionals, weren’t experts on what they were forecasting; rather, they endeavor. “Judgments about ambiguous traits morally were educated citizens who stayed current on the news. According to new moral character are relevant. In contrast, Their training included four components: considering how often and un- research by Assoc. ultimately judgments other participants who der what circumstances a similar event to the one they were considering Prof. Clayton Critcher, about whether we trust first saw traits that were clearly moral deemed took place, averaging across opinions to exploit the wisdom of the crowd, people can do what is and would be willing to the ambiguous traits using mathematical and statistical models when applicable, and reviewing considered the wrong invest in a person,” says as not morally relevant. biases in forecasting—in particular the risk of both overconfidence and ex- thing but actually be Critcher. His findings, Inducing people to see cess caution in estimating probabilities. judged to be moral for “What Do We Evaluate these 13 ambiguous Over time, this group answered a total of 344 specific questions about that decision. That’s When We Evaluate Moral Character?” qualities as moral also geopolitical events. All of the questions had clear resolutions, needed to be because we evaluate co-authored with Erik caused them to deem resolved within a reasonable time frame, and had to be relatively difficult others’ moral Helzer of the Johns these qualities as more to forecast. character—being honest, Hopkins Carey Business essential for their social The majority of the questions targeted a specific outcome, such as “Will principled, and virtuous—not simply by School, are forthcoming relationships—in short, the United Nations General Assembly recognize a Palestinian state by their deeds, but also by in the Atlas of Moral good moral character September 30, 2011?” or “Will Cardinal Peter Turkson be the next pope?” the context that Psychology (Guilford justified a social The researchers asked participants to self-assess whether they con- determines how such Press, 2017). investment in a person. sidered themselves experts on questions. By the end of the tournament, decisions are made. In one experiment, “When people first researchers found that on average, the group members reported that Consider a social Critcher asked 186 meet someone, they tend they were 65.4 percent sure that they had correctly predicted what would media company with undergraduates to to give them the benefit happen. In fact, they were correct 63.3 percent of the time. access to its clients’ evaluate 40 positive of the doubt when it In addition, as participants gathered more information, both their confi- personal information personality traits by comes to morality,” dence and their accuracy improved. In the first month of forecasting during and interactions. The rating them on two says Critcher. “It’s an the first year, confidence was 59 percent and accuracy was 57 percent. By government wants dimensions: how much adaptive optimism— the final month of the third year, confidence had increased to 76.4 percent access to the user each trait reflected one that encourages us and accuracy reached 76.1 percent. database for terrorist- moral character and to operate on enough “What made our forecasters good was not so much that they always surveillance purposes, whether the participants faith that we can at least knew what would happen, but that they had an accurate sense of how but the CEO must decide would or would not be learn whether they are much they knew,” the study concluded. “We see potential value not only whether to violate the willing to have a social worthy of a social in forecasting world events for intelligence agencies and governmental company’s privacy relationship with investment—until they policy-makers but for innumerable private organizations that must make code. Is he considered a someone who lacked prove us wrong.” important strategic decisions based on forecasts of future states of the more moral person by that quality. —Pamela Tom world,” the researchers concluded. —Kim Girard

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8 BerkeleyHaas Fall 2017 9 early pioneer in thinking about how companies could A Fluid Strategy Miles’ gift, Lincoln says, lay in synthesizing ideas align their strategies with the goals they were trying Out of those observations, Miles developed his found in the theories of organizational strategy and to accomplish. breakthrough 1978 book, Organizational Strategy, making them accessible to practitioners. “A lot of Most of Miles’ supervisors on the railroad seemed to Structure, and Process, written with his former stu- what Ray has done—and the field has needed—is to trust coworkers at their own level or higher, but didn’t dent Charles Snow, PhD 72. They argued there were pull these ideas out of the academic literature and trust their subordinates or solicit their feedback. As three distinct types of successful companies, each bring in case studies and real-world examples so a result, Miles says, everything he and his fellow line with its own management style: prospectors, defend- that management practitioners and students can workers did was harder than it needed to be. “I saw ers, and analyzers. (And one unsuccessful type, re- understand what is going on,” Lincoln says. machinists with a seventh-grade education who un- actors.) Once a company figured out which class it Miles proved the validity of his management derstood management better than the foremen did,” belonged to, it could design its management structure strategies as dean of Haas between 1983 and 1990. Miles says. His desire to explore that disconnect led and processes accordingly. Furthermore, the authors During his tenure, he helped secure funding for and him to earn an MBA at UNT (after marrying, training wrote, companies could change over time in response oversaw the design of the current buildings where as an Air Force pilot, and serving in the military dur- to their environments. Haas is housed today. He helped grow the Cal Busi- ing peace time) and then a PhD at Stanford thanks to a The book helped resolve a debate at the time be- ness Alumni Association (now known as the Berke- scholarship. Eventually he landed in Berkeley, where he tween business theorists who felt that every compa- ley-Haas Alumni Network) into an active, thriving embarked upon a 50-year career in research that helped ny was unique and therefore needed a unique strat- community. And he doubled the number of endowed to crystalize the concept of strategic management. egy and those who felt there was a one-size-fits-all chairs at the school to 24, recruiting such luminaries prescription for success. By delineating a menu of as Nobel Laureate Oliver Williamson. The Emergence of Human Resources clearly defined options, Miles and Snow helped popu- In later research, Miles and Snow expanded their When Miles first arrived at Berkeley as a new pro- larize the notion of strategy classification, in which notion of organizational strategy to look at network fessor in the Organizational Behavior and Industrial the types of strategy companies could pursue were organizations and the design and management of Relations group in the fall of 1963, the concept of not infinite, nor were they limited to just one. global supply chains. In the last decade, he has strategic management was in its infancy. To test his The book has become a classic in the management turned his lens on innovation. His 2005 book, anecdotal experience from the railroad, he surveyed strategy field and is still regularly cited. “Of the several Collaborative Entrepreneurship, written with Snow managers in different industries. As he suspected, he strategy classification systems introduced over the past and Grant Miles (his eldest son), examined how found a double standard. They managed subordinates 25 years,” wrote Penn State Professor Donald Hambrick companies could form networks with other firms to with a goal of keeping them happy and improving mo- in 2003, “the Miles and Snow typology has been the most create innovative products and services. In 2009, rale but did not regard them as strategic resources that enduring, the most scrutinized, and the most used.” the authors expanded on the idea, identifying a man- could improve the company. At the same time, these In later research, Miles continued to explore new agement structure they called the innovation form managers desired to be treated by their own bosses concepts in the field of management strategy, cre- or I-form, consisting of a networked community in a way that would help them reach their full poten- of firms, specifically suited to innovation in chang- Professor Emeritus and ating the notion of “fit” that would help companies HAAS LEGENDS tial and prove valuable to the company. His insights, determine the best company strategy and how to ing markets. Former Dean Raymond published in a 1965 article, Miles was one of the early Harvard Business Review create their structure and process accordingly. “He With more than five decades of research and man- contributors to the idea “Human Relations or Human Resources?” led manag- was at the forefront of thinking on this,” says Glenn agement experience behind him, Miles, now 84, has of human resources as a Strategic Thinker ers to think differently about how to utilize people in Carroll, a former Haas professor who now teaches at come a long way since his accidental night school ed- strategic function. their organizations. Stanford. “That underlying idea of having the right ucation on the railroad. In his ability to extrapolate An early pioneer in strategic “Ray was one of the early contributors to the idea of strategy and structure for the market environment,” larger lessons from the academic realm and real- management, Professor Emeritus human resources as a strategic function,” says James he adds, “is still front and center of what every busi- world companies alike, Miles is the rare thinker who Raymond Miles defined human Lincoln, the Haas Mitsubishi Chair in International ness school teaches in MBA courses on strategy and can operate on the levels of both theory and practice. Business and Finance Emeritus, who worked with organizational design.” And Berkeley-Haas is all the better for it. resource management styles Miles at Berkeley’s Institute of Industrial Relations. commonly taught today “Instead of thinking about employees as personnel, he put forth the notion that human assets are as impor- By Michael Blanding tant as the financial and physical assets of a company and need to be managed in a strategic way. Of course everyone thinks that now, but back then, it was new.” “Ray was one of the early contributors to the idea of human resources Not content just to criticize poor management, Raymond Miles got a crash course in business manage- however, Miles in the next decade studied how orga- as a strategic function. He put forth the notion that human assets are ment when he was just 22. Attending the University nizations could improve. He found a prime example of North Texas (UNT), he paid for his BA in journal- in the textbook publishing industry, which was then as important as the financial and physical assets of a company and ism by working nights for the Gulf, Colorado & Santa rapidly adapting to new computer technology to boost Fe Railroad. There, he says, he learned hard lessons performance. Not all the companies were doing it in need to be managed in a strategic way. Of course everyone thinks that about how managers should best supervise their em- the same way, however. Some were rapidly expanding ployees—and how they shouldn’t. Those musings led to into new fields, some were more efficiently improving now, but back then, it was new.” a lifetime of inquiry into strategic management, mak- their specialties, and others were effectively analyz- ing Miles, Haas professor emeritus and former dean, an ing the market to do both. —James Lincoln, Haas Professor Emeritus

10 BerkeleyHaas Summer 2017 11 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNER THE ALCHEMIST OF INNOVATION MANAGEMENT Knowledge-management pioneer Ikujiro Nonaka, MBA 68, PhD 72, has transformed how people drive innovation together

BY MICHAEL BLANDING

hen Ikujiro Nonaka first came to Faculty Director of the Tusher Center for the Manage- UC Berkeley’s business school to ment of Intellectual Capital, says the Lifetime Achieve- study marketing in 1965, he barely ment honor speaks to Nonaka’s ability to translate eso- spoke English. His advisor, Profes- teric theories into practical knowledge. “This award is sor Francesco Nicosia, suggested he a recognition that intellectual ideas and management read Hemingway. “I wondered, ‘Why practice really do live together,” he says. WHemingway?’” Nonaka recalls. “Later, I realized that Hemingway’s writing style—simple, direct, and un- FROM EAST TO WEST adorned—was the essence of academic writing. I ended Nonaka’s breakthrough came with the publication in up spending a good chunk of time reading Hemingway’s 1994 of “A Dynamic Theory of Organizational Knowledge short stories.” Creation,” in Organization Science. The article helped Nonaka has come a long way since “The Snows of establish the field of knowledge management as a dis- Kilimanjaro” and “Hills Like White Elephants.” One of cipline. Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi, MBA 71, PhD 77, the world’s top theorists in the field of knowledge man- an alumnus turned Harvard Business School Professor, agement, he writes in a style that is clear and direct, to followed up in 1995 with the book The Knowledge-Cre- be sure, but also philosophical and profound, pioneer- ating Company: How Japanese Companies Create the ing theories about the key role that knowledge man- Dynamics of Innovation, which remains a highly influ- agement plays in fostering innovation. Before Nonaka, ential business book for its explanation of the role that companies looked at information as a commodity that Japanese philosophy could contribute to Western busi- could be neatly codified and transmitted; he, instead, ness. Central to their thesis was that knowledge gave envisioned knowledge as a living and breathing entity companies competitive advantage and that knowledge that had to be shared between workers to reach its full was contained within a company’s people—a holistic vi- potential. If not the creator of the field of knowledge sion that over the years has come to infuse business in management, he is its intellectual father and one of its the U.S. and Europe. greatest philosophers. Ironically, when Nonaka first came to Haas, it was For his accomplishments, Nonaka will be celebrated with an eye toward the opposite: bringing Western on November 3 with a Lifetime Achievement Award business ideas to Japan. “In my eyes, Japan’s own man- from Berkeley-Haas, only the fifth person to receive the agement style at the time was already getting quite honor and the first academic. Haas Dean Rich Lyons, BS outdated,” he says. “I noticed that most new theories 82, calls Nonaka’s impact on the business world a last- and methods were coming from the U.S.” He became ing one. “Applying a humanistic lens and practical wis- interested in American theories of management while dom to his research,” Lyons says, “he has developed new working nine years for Fuji Electric, beginning on the frameworks for how organizations can transcend sim- factory floor and moving up to various roles in human ply managing data to using the knowledge within their resources, marketing, and finance. Fearing an upcom- By applying a humanistic lens and practical organizations to create better outcomes.” ing crisis in Japanese industry, he attended an Ameri- wisdom to his research, Ikujiro Nonaka, MBA Nonaka’s close friend and colleague David J. Teece, can business school to help his home country remain

68, PhD 72, has developed new frameworks for BERKELEY-HAAS FOR IMAGES OHSUMI/AP PHOTO:TOMOHIRO the Thomas W. Tusher Professor in Global Business and competitive and “win” the global war of capitalism. how organizations can transcend simply managing data to using the knowledge within their organizations to create better outcomes. Fall 2017 13 TACIT KNOWLEDGE TACIT KNOWLEDGE

Nonaka appreciated Berkeley’s focus on a theoretical intuition, and past experiences. A LIFE RECOGNIZED Socialization Externalization approach to management rather than using case stud- Haas Adjunct Professor Henry Chesbrough, PhD 97, Over the years, Nonaka has contin- ies. He is fond of calling Berkeley “the Athens of the Pa- the faculty director of the Garwood Center for Corpo- ued to introduce new philosophical EMPATHIZING CONCEPTUALIZING cific,” crediting that philosophical approach to much of rate Innovation, counts Nonaka among his mentors and concepts to help explain and facili- Tacit knowledge shared Expressing tacit knowledge his later work. “Attending Berkeley helped me to build likens tacit knowledge to that of a chef in a restaurant tate the flow of knowledge within through common through dialogue and a great academic foundation—especially a theoretical versus the explicit knowledge contained in a recipe. organizations. One of the most experiences: i.e., reflection: i.e., group one,” he says. “You can make a dish at home, but it doesn’t quite come important—and difficult to trans- apprentices directly brainstorming, discussing, Under his advisor Nicosia, Nonaka used an informa- out the same way,” he explains. late—is the concept of ba, a term he learning from masters, evaluating, and organizing TACIT KNOWLEDGE TACIT

tion-processing model to study how customers make appropriated from Japanese phi- informal lunch meetings info using images, symbols, EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE decisions, supplementing it with courses in sociol- BREAD AND KNOWLEDGE losopher KitarŌ Nishida, which with colleagues and language ogy with Neil Smelser and Arthur Stinchcombe. After Nonaka made the explicit and tacit knowledge dis- means a shared space that allows graduation, he returned to Japan and taught at Nanzan tinction the centerpiece of a 1991 Harvard Business a community to share context and University and later at the National Defense Academy. Review article co-written with Takeuchi, “The Knowl- create knowledge. “It is a temporary In 1982, he took an appointment at Hitotsubashi Uni- edge-Creating Company,” in which he argued that only container for creative interaction,” versity outside the city part of Tokyo where, along with by a sharing of both tacit and explicit knowledge by Nonaka says. “The space could be Internalization Combination Takeuchi, he began researching innovation at Japanese individuals can innovation occur. As one example, he physical, virtual, mental, or any com- companies including Fuji, Xerox, Honda, and Canon. In used Matsushita Electric’s attempt to build a home bination of them, and it emerges and EMBODYING MODELING return visits to Berkeley as a visiting scholar, he bonded bread-making machine. Despite months of scientific disappears in real time.” Nonaka first Practicing and exploring the Organizing and integrating with Prof. Teece, who had a long-standing interest in analysis, engineers were unable to get the machine to presented this concept with Noboru model or strategy to create relevant concepts into a innovation and business strategy. They co-taught UC knead the dough correctly. It was only after one de- Konno in a 1998 article in California routine, organizational know- prototype, model, system, Berkeley Executive Education courses for Japanese signer observed an experienced bread maker and the Management Review. how, and culture and arriving or narrative to distribute companies in Japan and the U.S. They also shared com- way she intuitively kneaded the bread (and turned this By working to create ba, an organi- KNOWLEDGE TACIT at new tacit knowledge: i.e., across the organization: EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE mon ideas and research interests. understanding into a mathematical model) that they zation helps its members work toward formal practices, routines, i.e., strategic planning were able to solve the problem. a shared purpose and transfer tacit and subroutines DECIPHERING JAPANESE BUSINESS When the article came out, it caused a sensation. “Part knowledge. “Through empathy and Nonaka found that the information-processing model of the alchemy he performed was to transform a very old sympathy, these people understand he had learned couldn’t fully account for the opera- idea of knowledge into something that was much more the subjectivity of others and share EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE tions of Japanese companies, which saw business as relevant and practical and valuable today,” says Ches- experience, which spurs the creation more than just processing information inputs and out- brough. “He looked at how knowledge was created but of new knowledge,” Nonaka says. The puts. “The managers of Japanese companies I studied also how it was transmitted and acted upon within orga- idea is widely spread in Japan. The concept is featured in ever business professor asked to do so. Nonaka is perhaps best viewed management as a way of life, not just as a way nizations.” Indeed, Nonaka’s article inspired the concept the Nikkei New Office Award, an accolade that spreads Now 82, Nonaka continues to push forward philo- known for his creation of the to maximize profits,” he says. Nonaka first proposed the of creating spaces for designers and developers to rub and promotes “comfortable and functional” offices to sophically based new ideas to help improve the ability of SECI model (Socialization, concept of “information creation” to explain how they elbows together outside of traditional teams—a standard improve knowledge creation at workplaces. The award businesses to function. One of his most recent concepts Externalization, Combination, Internalization) to explain operated, but that too seemed inadequate. practice in innovative companies today. has 30 years of history and has been supported by Japan’s is phronesis, a term Aristotle used to connote wisdom how firms can best generate By 1984, Nonaka realized that what was important Nonaka enlisted Takeuchi to further expand ideas Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry. devoted to practical purposes. Nonaka, Ryoko Toyama, knowledge and understand- was not information, but knowledge. “Unlike informa- about knowledge creation in The Knowledge-Creating Notable among academics, Nonaka remained on and Toru Hirata introduced it in the 2008 book Man- ing and bring new products tion, which is an objective property, knowledge is about Company. The book won the 1995 Best New Book of the boards of several leading Japanese companies aging Flow as well as Nonaka and Takeuchi in the 2011 to market. SECI favors a cycli- subjective belief, meaning, and value and is created the Year for business from the Association of Ameri- for many years, where he had a close-up view of how Harvard Business Review article “The Wise Leader.” cal flow of tacit and explicit through social interaction,” he says. can Publishers and was for years Oxford University knowledge and innovation interact within companies. In it, they argue that phronesis, rather than mere intel- knowledge between groups Using their research on Japanese companies, Non- Press’ top-selling business title. Based on Nonaka’s Beyond the realm of private enterprise, a Japanese ligence of leadership, is essential for synthesizing the and individuals, which the aka and Takeuchi famously described the process of 1994 Organization Science article, “A Dynamic The- government organization incorporates his ideas in its increasing complexity of social and economic forces in model indicates can better product development in Japan as “rugby not relay.” “In ory of Organizational Knowledge Creation,” Nonaka organizational and leadership development programs today’s society. “Phronetic leaders have the ability to lead to the development of innovative products. Western companies, people pass the baton back and and Takeuchi crystalized their ideas about tacit and for the governments of Asian countries as well. He has dynamically balance between two seemingly irrecon- forth between each other,” says Takeuchi. “But in Japan, explicit knowledge into a framework for innovation also continued to be active at Berkeley-Haas. In 1997, cilable ways of thinking or concepts—such as science they use a scrum, passing the ball back and forth to each they called the SECI model—Socialization, Exter- Fuji Xerox and Xerox together endowed the $1 mil- and humanity, objectivity and subjectivity, and ideal- other as they move down the field together.” nalization, Combination, and Internalization—to lion Xerox Distinguished Professorship in Knowledge, ism and pragmatism—and apply them to particular Nonaka shifted his focus to how knowledge is creat- describe the spiral through which knowledge moved making Nonaka the first professor in the world dedi- contexts,” Nonaka says. ed socially within firms, reading ancient and contem- from outside and within a company (see illustration cated to the study of knowledge management. As Nonaka has evolved in his thinking from informa- porary philosophy, particularly focusing on the writ- on p. 15). For five years after that appointment, he and Teece tion to knowledge to wisdom, he increasingly pushed ings of Hungarian philosopher Michael Polanyi, who Crucial to their hypothesis was the importance of hosted a Forum on Knowledge and the Firm, which for a more humane form of leadership that uses unique distinguished between the idea of “explicit knowl- middle managers. At a time when many U.S. compa- helped to spread the ideas of knowledge management human capacities to innovate for the good of society. “I edge,” which can be captured in language and figures, nies were downsizing and laying off middle managers worldwide. At the same time, the two taught a seminar believe we are at a time when the business world and so- and “tacit knowledge,” which is tied to the body, senses, as a cost-cutting measure, Nonaka defended them as on knowledge management. Since then, Nonaka has ciety need more ideas and practices of ‘human-centric’ crucial to the knowledge process, serving as a conduit continued to visit Berkeley-Haas regularly and to facili- management,” he says. “I hope that I have made some between the vision of top executives and the realities tate exchanges of students to Japan to study Japanese contribution to pushing and promoting that idea.” faced by front-line workers. “In our notion of middle- management philosophy. Given where he started, coming to Berkeley with “I believe we are at a time when the up-down management, top management creates the Along the way, Nonaka has been honored in both the almost no English and with a patriotic view of help- vision and core values of the company and plays a East and West. In 2013, he was one of the first 10 man- ing Japan compete, he says, “it is absolutely beyond business world and society need more benevolent dictator role, but middle management cre- agement leaders to be inducted into the Thinkers50 my imagination that I am receiving this award from ates concrete concepts that front-line workers can Hall of Fame by the prestigious London-based ranking Berkeley-Haas.” Even after a lifetime of achievement, understand,” says Nonaka. “Therefore, the role of mid- organization. In Japan, Nonaka has earned a Purple however, he remains a student always, not about to rest ideas and practices of ‘human-centric’ dle managers is to facilitate the knowledge-creation Medal of Honor from the government for his contribu- on these laurels. “With all the humbling thoughts and process rather than dictate and use their authority to tion to academia and delivered an Imperial New Year’s gratitude in mind, I do not take this award as the last management.” —IKUJIRO NONAKA, MBA 68, PHD 72 control front-line workers.” Lecture by invite of the Emperor of Japan—the first- stop but rather as a step forward to take another jump.”

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the 2017 Leading Through Innovation Award from and encourages group engagement. “It’s not sitting at Berkeley-Haas in November. The accolade honors home typing at each other on Facebook,” says Hanke alumni whose ingenuity redefines business. of Ingress’ collaborative gameplay. The audience re- action to Ingress, which had seven million players by Crafting a Worldview 2015, was intense. “People formed groups and clubs For Hanke, Pokémon Go embodies three things that and used Ingress as a springboard,” says Hanke. Fans have fascinated him since childhood: geography, have told him that by playing the game, they expanded gaming, and storytelling. “I was a bored kid grow- their social connections and traveled to places they’d ing up in a small West Texas town, and I always never before been. had an idea that I wanted to see the wider world,” In 2015 Hanke came to a career junction where a Hanke says. map might have come in handy: whether to continue That interest was stoked when a neighbor gave with Niantic Labs under the Google umbrella, benefit- Hanke and his sister a stack of old National Geo- ting from the parent company’s vast resources and in- graphics. “We spent hours pulling out maps and look- frastructure, or to spin the company off, gaining more ing at the photos,” Hanke recalls. “Those magazines flexibility and a return to Hanke’s entrepreneurial roots. may have planted the seeds of my interest in discov- The many factors that went into Hanke’s ultimate ery, travel, and exploration as much as anything else.” decision to take Niantic independent that year, with By middle school, Hanke was learning basic pro- sizable outside investments from Nintendo, the gramming from his math teacher and reading science Pokémon Company, and Google, were later documented fiction at the encouragement of a local librarian. He “I saw an in a case study by one of Hanke’s former professors, John Hanke, MBA 96, says that was drawn to the idea of creating imaginary worlds opportunity Jerome Engel, founder of Haas’ Lester Center for users have shared with him how on the computer in the context of a fictional game, a Entrepreneurship (now part of the Berkeley-Haas important Pokémon Go is to passion that was reignited at Berkeley-Haas. to use Entrepreneurship Program). When Engel presented them—stories of losing weight, Hanke enrolled at Haas after graduating from the technology the Niantic case study in a Berkeley Executive Education recovering after a serious illness, University of Texas at Austin and working in the for- program called “The Innovation Organization,” Hanke and repairing relationships with eign service in Myanmar for a few years. Soon after to help people was sitting quietly in the back of the classroom to listen children, siblings, and parents. beginning his MBA, Hanke joined a startup that took in on the discussion among students who were un- root at the school—Archetype Interactive, a video get out into aware of his role with the company. game design company founded by Steve Sellers, MBA the real world. When it came time for students to vote on whether 96. Hanke and Sellers created Meridian 59, the first Niantic should stay or go, Hanke recalls, “Virtually 3-D massively multiplayer online role-playing game People were every one of the students said spin out. That sur- (MMORPG). hungry prised me.” Given the continued worldwide success of After the pair sold Archetype Interactive on gradu- Pokémon Go, the first product release from an inde- ation day in 1996, Hanke continued to work on online for that.” pendent Niantic Labs, it seems both Hanke and En- games for a time, then returned to his youthful map gel’s students—who were surprised and delighted fascination, co-founding geospatial data visualiza- —John Hanke, MBA 96 when Hanke’s identity was revealed—made the right tion firm Keyhole in 2001. “Keyhole was a radical de- billion-dollar bet. parture from online maps that had come before,” says Hanke. Media companies used its sophisticated 3-D Do Well and Do Good technology to provide context for their on-air report- By any measure, Hanke’s accomplishments have earned ing during the 2003 Iraq invasion. Google took note him the right to preen, but the only attitude on display is 2017 Leading Through Innovation Award Winner or much of the world, Pokémon Go de- and acquired Keyhole in 2004 for $35 million. the humility that he asserts is an important characteris- fined the summer of 2016. Players of As vice president of product management for tic for a Berkeley Leader. Hanke says, “If I think about the all ages raced around neighborhoods Google’s Geo division, Hanke led the evolution of quality of the people who study at Haas, if I think about “catching” Pokémon characters with Keyhole into products like Google Earth, Maps, and my own classmates while I was there, I’m very happy to their mobile devices in the augmented- Street View, giving people everywhere easy access to be recognized with this award. It’s a great honor.” reality (AR) video game designed to en- virtual models of the planet. By 2010, Hanke sat at the Of an impactful moment that shaped Hanke’s world- courage physical movement and social helm of a 2,000-person division. view, he recalls an ethics lecture at Haas, in which the Mapping engagement while enmeshed in story. But the lure to explore struck again and manifested speaker reminded his audience that it’s possible to do FLaunched last July, the game, created by Niantic Labs, when Hanke founded a skunkworks gaming division well and do good simultaneously. “The idea of a compa- was downloaded 650 million times by February 2017, within Google that year called Niantic Labs. ny pursuing both social and business goals is something and its players have walked more than five billion miles we’re trying to do with Niantic,” he says. It’s a message in pursuit of Charmanders, Squirtles, and Bulbasaurs. Encouraging Sincere Engagement he imparts as a Haas Executive Fellow, returning to Pokémon Go surprised the gaming industry, says With Niantic, says Hanke, “I saw an opportunity to use campus regularly to speak to and inspire students to fol- the Future Niantic’s founder and CEO John Hanke, MBA 96. “Vir- technology to help people get out into the real world. low where ingenuity leads them. tual reality used to be the dominant discussion,” he says. People were hungry for that.” His interest in melding After all, Hanke says, it was a particularly meaning- John Hanke, MBA 96, the mastermind behind Pokémon “Pokémon Go opened people’s eyes to what AR can do. It technology with social interactions came, in part, from ful Haas guest speaker, Silicon Graphics founder Jim Go and Google Earth, Maps, and Street View, has forever has the potential to connect people out in the real world.” being a father. “My son was an eighth grader at that Clark, who gave him the courage to go out and pursue Indeed, the game almost instantly became a cultural point and getting deep into games, and I was torn,” he his own goals. “After Clark spoke,” Hanke says, “eight altered the way we interact with the world phenomenon. It’s just the latest success for Hanke, who says. “I’d gotten so much out of computers as a kid, but or nine of us had dinner with him, and it was the most also led the development of Google Earth, Maps, and as a parent I wanted him to develop in other ways.” amazing thing, to connect what you imagine out there in By Nancy Davis Kho Street View. For successfully guiding teams at the fore- Niantic raised its flag in the gaming industry in 2012 the world and make it real and tractable.” Or, in Hanke’s front of technology’s most dominant trends—mobile, with Ingress, an augmented-reality, location-based case, to augment what’s real and create a global phe- maps, social media, and gaming—Hanke is receiving game that uses a science fiction narrative structure nomenon in the process.

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STUDENTS ALWAYS The Right Fit merce operations where, Selke to parlay his busi- among other initiatives, he ness acumen into a new Mike Smith, MBA 98 led the rollout of in-store career. “I wanted to do General Manager, pickup services—a huge something that would Eyewitness to History Erin McLaughlin, BS 04, has Stitch Fix Men feat given the logistics help change society for reported on some of the world’s San Francisco of delivering products the better, so I started Global correspondent conveys the biggest stories, including sold online-only to one of thinking about how I could terrorist attacks, aviation Walmart’s 3,500 loca- do that,” says Selke. “I kept world’s stories disasters, and Britain’s exit tions. At the time, no other coming back to business. from the European Union. Erin McLaughlin, BS 04 retailer had attempted in- I know and like business, International Correspondent, CNN store pickup at that scale. and I could leverage the London Smith, who once cov- skill set I had already built.” ered sports for The Wash- To that end, Selke was At age nine, Erin McLaughlin was not pretending to be a doctor or ington Post, credits Haas drawn to Haas by its a rock star. Instead, she was posing as a journalist and creating her with helping him combine impact-investing cur- own newspaper—about the history of Iraq and the 1991 Gulf War. his entrepreneurial ambi- riculum. He interned at “I read it to my neighbors,” recalls McLaughlin, who grew up tions with his strong sense social enterprise invest- of how to work with others. ment firm Good Capital in the East Bay and is now a rising-star correspondent at CNN Good thing Mike Smith “Haas is very big on during his first summer at International. “I was lucky in that I knew early on what I wanted to doesn’t like to sit still. He collaboration and I con- Haas, eventually leading do with my life.” She’s covered some of the network’s biggest stories, joined Stitch Fix as one nected with that,” he says. to a full-time job. He later among them Britain’s exit from the European Union; terrorist of its first employees five “It’s not about me. It’s moved on to start his own attacks in England, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin; and a series of years ago, and since then, about ‘How can I work as business, Better Ventures. aviation disasters, including the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines the online retailer has a member of a team to Better Ventures backs Flight 17 over Ukraine. become so successful make this product bet- high-growth startups But McLaughlin’s path from childhood passion to real-world that even Amazon is trying ter and shape company solving some of the success wasn’t always so certain. As a Berkeley freshman, she to catch up. culture?’” —KC world’s most pressing approached the Graduate School of Journalism with an offer to At Stitch Fix, shoppers problems, from economic work for free, only to discover that the program had more aspiring receive a personalized inequality to climate reporters volunteering their services than it could handle. “I quickly assortment of clothing Mission-Driven change. One example realized journalism was going to be a tough road,” says McLaughlin. that they buy or send Investment is SunFunder, which On the hunt for a Plan B, she took introductory economics and back, without the hassle Wes Selke, MBA 07 provides loans to off- was sold on business, with an eye toward a future in marketing or of credit card refunds Managing Director and grid solar companies in consulting. At Haas, she thrived when she was out of her comfort or return shipping fees. Co-Founder, Better sub-Saharan Africa. With zone, including during courses on negotiations and statistics. In her In September 2016, the Ventures Better Ventures’ backing, spare time, she wrote for The Daily Californian and was part of the company launched a sub- Oakland, Calif. SunFunder has enabled team covering the 9/11 terrorist attacks. scription service for men three million people to Through it all, her journalism dream lived on—just not in the and tapped Smith, then get clean affordable way she had envisioned in her youth. “Print journalists were COO, to lead it. energy. Before back- getting fired, not hired,” says McLaughlin, who graduated Phi The role has been a ing companies, Better Beta Kappa. She turned to television news, where she parlayed perfect fit. With a deep Ventures assesses not an internship in CNN’s San Francisco bureau into a job as a e-commerce background, just a startup’s team and researcher on the international assignment desk at the company’s Smith helped Stitch Fix market but also its ability Atlanta headquarters. She’s been based out of CNN’s London Men scale within six to solve a fundamental bureau since 2010. months to the size its human need. Today, McLaughlin wakes up most mornings not knowing where women’s line reached “Some people are she will sleep that night. Once, she was sitting on an Italy-bound after three-and-a-half skeptical about making flight for an assignment when she got a call from a CNN producer years. As the head of a market rate returns in who told her to de-plane and race to France, where a Germanwings startup within a startup, Wes Selke was working impact investing,” says co-pilot had just crashed a jet with 150 people on board. “I was Smith has been able as an investment banker Selke. “But we’re back- dressed for Rome but ended up in the Alps,” says McLaughlin. to take risks that yield in Chicago when the ing startups that are She was in Australia when a flap from missing Malaysia Airlines insights benefiting the church he was attending leveraging their mission Flight 370 washed ashore. Thanks to the statistics expertise she women’s line, too. organized a volunteer trip to outperform the mar- gained at Haas, she says she knew instantly that it was unlikely that Scaling fast is in Smith’s to Mexico. Over several ket. These founders are more debris would appear in the same location. blood. In 2003, he was visits to orphanages in intrinsically motivated to Other reporting assignments have taken her as far as Moscow, recruited by three Haas Baja California and Oax- succeed, they can attract Seoul, and Jerusalem. “I love the variability and intensity of this classmates to work at aca, Selke helped with and retain top talent, job,” says McLaughlin. “I feel an incredible sense of privilege to be Walmart.com, a then- construction projects, particularly Millenni- able to talk with people who are facing profound tragedy—and to tell fledgling division of the re- led kids in guitar lessons, als, and everyone from their stories.” —Krysten Crawford tail giant. He rose through and served meals to suppliers to customers the ranks to become COO migrant farm workers. wants to do business of the company’s e-com- The experience inspired with them.” —MRM PHOTO: ANTHONY UPTON/AP IMAGES FOR BERKELEY-HAAS

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Speaking Up existing leaders is about neurial ventures,” she CONFIDENCE WITHOUT ATTITUDE finding out what unlocks says. “At Haas I found the Kelly Decker, MBA 04 potential in them and encouragement to push President, Decker that empowers them,” past traditional ways of Sanjay Beri, MBA 06, is a pioneer Communications Decker says. doing things.” of technology that protects online Securing the Cloud San Francisco She recalls one senior Her current enterprise retailers and financial institutions. marketing leader who is Blackhawk Genomics, He’s also one of the few Canadian- Entrepreneur pioneers data-protection emerged from a training a consulting firm that Americans to create a billion-dollar software with a clear aha moment. helps health care provid- venture in the U.S. “At the end of it she said, ers develop, market, and Sanjay Beri, MBA 06 ‘I can’t believe that I’ve offer genetic testing to CEO & Founder, Netskope been giving away my patients. Los Altos, Calif. power all these years,’” “Genetic medicine isn’t Decker says. currently something pa- When the world’s most successful businesses began moving five years ago It was one of many tients have wide access to cloud-based computing—storing and accessing data on the Internet satisfying moments to unless they’re wealthy,” rather than on hard drives—chief information officers posed a vital for Decker and further Tatum says. “What we do question: How can sensitive information and my users be protected? backed up her belief When it comes to com- at Blackhawk is help our Sanjay Beri gave them their answer. As founder and CEO of Netskope, about a leader’s possibil- municating persuasively, clients bridge the gap be- Inc., Beri pioneered the development of cloud access security brokers, ity. “Great communicators Kelly Decker is an expert. tween genetic technology or CASBs, that monitor and govern cloud traffic while also erecting are made,” she says. “Not And as the head of a and actual patient care.” “guardrails” to screen out harmful malware and ransomware attacks. born.” —EB company that coaches Blackhawk isn’t Tatum’s The technology uses policies, algorithms, and heuristics to prevent business leaders in effec- first rodeo. Over the data theft and threats so organizations can use the cloud. tive communication, one Democratizing course of her career, she Beri’s data-protection technology is much needed. “People in your of her most important DNA has participated in the own company, nation-states, hacktivists—all of them want to exploit Human Genome Project, your company in order to achieve monetary or political gain or to lessons is to be yourself. Tootie Tatum, EMBA 15 held a tenured professor- advance their social cause or personal cyber-reputation,” he says. “It’s like talking in your CEO, Blackhawk ship at Texas Tech Univer- Netskope’s CASB, the Netskope Active Platform, works in real backyard at a barbecue. Genomics sity, and acted as director time—interpreting, analyzing, and securing all cloud applications in That’s what’s likable and Lubbock, Texas engaging about you,” at Lawrence Berkeley the world—a count that exceeds 25,000 today. Decker says. “People go National Laboratory’s Netskope was recognized in the 2016 Forbes 100 as one of the top into business mode and Joint Genome Institute. cloud companies in the world and has earned numerous awards, will be really serious. They Now, in addition to her including the 2016 New Product of the Year Award in the loss think they have to be. Don’t work at Blackhawk, she prevention category by Security Products magazine. To date the lose yourself. Be yourself. manages five commercial company has raised close to $250 million from top investors including It’s just about dialing a few clinical genetics labs Accel and Lightspeed. things up or down.” nationwide and serves Privately held Netskope doesn’t reveal its clients, but Beri says they That being said, Decker, on the board of directors represent a wide range of Fortune 500, 2000, and 5000 companies in co-author of Communi- for Pharmazam, a data sectors that include health care, financial services, energy, retail, and cate to Influence: How analytics firm focused tech. Since Beri launched Netskope in 2012, it has grown to more than to Inspire Your Audience on making personalized 400 employees, and he is one of the few Canadian-Americans to create medicine a reality—think to Action (McGraw-Hill Tootie Tatum has no pa- a billion-dollar venture—according to some sources, Netskope has a using a person’s DNA to Education, 2015), also tience for the status quo. $1.25 billion valuation—in the U.S. assess whether a medi- reminds clients to be It’s an unlikely outlook An engineer early in his career, Sanjay transitioned to product, cation will actually work. audience-focused. “It’s for a scientist—she has marketing, and sales roles and at Haas further developed into a All these efforts are not just about what you a PhD in biomedical sci- business leader, learning about financial modeling and gaining an even part of her mission to say but how you say it,” ences—who needs to hew broader perspective on business building. The experience gave bring DNA science to she says. “Our focus is to to particular rules in pur- him another critical exposure as well. everyday people, which make this as applicable suit of empirical evidence. “Haas helped me see other perspectives from a marketing side,” he requires a willingness to to clients as possible.” But as an entrepreneur, says. “I was able to understand the fundamentals more deeply.” go beyond convention. Key to Decker’s success Tatum has learned how to Netskope marked a natural career progression for Beri. In 1999, he “I don’t like it when is a trademarked method- translate scientific break- co-founded Ingrian Networks (since acquired by information security people say, ‘That won’t ology called the Decker throughs into workable giant SafeNet), which was one of the first efforts to develop enterprise work,’” she says. “I’m a Method, which includes business ideas. data protection. Having been Ingrian’s founding engineer and the head scientist, yes. But that interactive exercises “Even though scien- of product management, Beri is considered a trailblazer of technology doesn’t mean I always and instruction geared tists are always asking that continues to protect online retailers and financial institutions. have to toe the line. You’ve to helping individuals questions and chal- “I love building, scaling, and moving companies in an agile way,” Beri got to be able to probe transform their commu- lenging conventional says. “When I started Netskope I thought, ‘I’m going to build an iconic past what’s always been nication habits. “The cool- wisdom, they tend to be stand-alone security company. I’m going to do it by building a great cul- done in order to generate est thing about working risk averse, which doesn’t ture—no bureaucracy or politics—and I’m going to bring some of the best new ideas.” —KMY with these emerging or lend itself to entrepre- minds together and apply it to a great problem.’ That’s what drove me.” —Andrew Faught PHOTO: SUE HUDELSON 20 BerkeleyHaas Fall 2017 21 In the Back In the Back Investing in Our Future

Question the Status Quo UPCOMING EVENTS haas.berkeley.edu/ Acting on Inclusion alumni/calendar Prophet Sharing A generous donation from Scott Center for Gender, Equity & Leadership launches Galloway, MBA 92, honors his own Homecoming October 21 Scott Galloway, MBA 92, extends a hand to educational experience by funding Statistics point to a troubling Berkeley scholarships and fellowships for and persistent reality: just 6 students from immigrant families high-achieving undergraduate and graduate business students percent of Fortune 500 CEOs 16th Annual are women. The numbers show Haas Gala Not a lot of executives can get away with delivering a speech the way who come from immigrant families, as he does. scant improvement on November 3 Scott Galloway does. In 15 minutes flat, he’ll blow through a 90-slide companies’ boards of directors, San Francisco presentation and don a wig to lip synch a few bars of Adele’s “Hello”— where women account for 27 just to drive home a point. percent of total membership. How the Golden But Galloway’s on-stage antics aren’t the reason why more than a The newly launched Center State Became million people tuned in to one presentation alone that he gave last for Gender, Equity & Leadership Green with year. Galloway is almost single-handedly changing the way brands at Berkeley-Haas aims to Prof. David Vogel market in the digital age, much the same way he helped companies improve these trends. After November 7 recognize brands as assets in the 1990s with his company Prophet raising over $1.5 million in gifts, San Francisco Brand Strategy (co-founded with classmate Ian Chaplin, MBA 92) and the Center, which officially Emergence of later helped pioneer the rise of e-commerce when he co-founded Red launched on July 1, is working to Envelope, an online specialty gift retailer, in 1997. advance and improve equity in NYC Tech Today, Galloway, a professor of marketing at New York University’s the business world, which will Kellie McElhaney, the Center’s November 9 Stern School of Business, owes his celebrity in marketing circles to help bolster numbers of women in founding director and associate adjunct New York the advent of big data and the full-service business-intelligence firm executive ranks. professor in Haas’ Institute for Business 40th Annual he founded, L2, Inc., in 2009 to benchmark brands’ digital competence “As an American woman and and Social Impact, says there’s a proven Real Estate & in the age of social media. L2’s flagship product is the Digital IQ Index, business leader, I can imagine no more correlation that the more women are which collects millions of daily data points on the online presence engaged and succeed in business, the Economics important purpose,” says Larissa Symposium of some 2,000 brands across 11 of the world’s biggest consumer Roesch, MBA 97, vice president and higher the business returns. “Companies November 20 markets. Household names like Estée Lauder, L’Oréal, Procter & portfolio manager at San Francisco perform better financially, and it doesn’t San Francisco Gamble, Clorox, and Kimberly-Clark are among the companies paying investment management company involve getting rid of men. It’s when you between five and seven figures a year to access Galloway’s data- Dodge & Cox. She was one of 11 get more gender and diversity equity in 40th Annual Old driven insights into, say, how the gender of a CEO or the location of a founding advisory board members to leadership,” she says. “Men and women Blues Reunion & company’s headquarters affect a brand’s digital footprint. the Center and an inaugural donor. “It’s of all races and ethnicities must serve “We’re trainspotters,” says Galloway. “We collect all this data to see Luncheon not enough to believe in something and as allies.” December 7 where the patterns are.” Greater gender equality is also to support it verbally or even with Berkeley Earlier this year, L2 was sold to technology research firm Gartner, action. If women want to change things, associated with better education and which allowed Galloway to make good on a promise he made to UC we also need to make sure that we are health, higher per capita income, faster The State of the Berkeley. Galloway signed the university’s Founders’ Pledge, a com- contributing financially.” and more inclusive growth, and greater Hedge Fund Sector mitment of entrepreneurs to give back to Berkeley when they attain The Center will convene female international competitiveness. December 14 success. To date, some 265 founders have signed. leaders from the political and business Adds advisory board member Holly New York Galloway, the child of a single immigrant mother, credits many of sectors to generate dialogue and joint Liu, MIMS 03 (Information Management his accomplishments to an affordable education—first as a UCLA & Systems), co-founder of mobile 19th Annual action around issues of women’s Berkeley-Haas undergraduate and then at Haas—and to the doors that Berkeley empowerment and advancement. It gaming company Kabam, which sold in opened for him. “I was a remarkably unremarkable kid,” he says. “Cal also will conduct research to February: “There is not enough diversity Celebration in made what probably seemed, at the time, like an irrational bet on me. investigate ways in which women exert at the top, leading the way. I cannot Silicon Valley It changed my life.” power and influence differently from think of a better institution than UC February 7, 2018 Now, Galloway is paying his good fortune forward with a remarkable men. Additionally, the Center will target Berkeley to move the needle forward Atherton $4.4 million gift—the second-largest ever from an MBA-only alum. the specific challenges of mid-stage and have an impact in this space.” His philanthropy will create the Galloway Fellows Fund, scholarships Cal Big Give careers, a time when women are known Additional founding advisors include March 8, 2018 and fellowships assisting generations of high-achieving undergradu- Karin Bauer, MBA 94; Jamie Breen, to drop off the path to leadership roles. Worldwide ate and graduate business students at Berkeley-Haas who also come The Center’s work comes at a critical Haas assistant dean of MBA Programs from immigrant families. Fellows will meet with Scott and each other, juncture: women hold 30 percent of for Working Professionals; Donna 16th Annual to form a collective cohort of students with a shared experience. private wealth across the globe, Colson MBA 94; Stephanie DiMarco, Berkeley-Haas “I make no delusions about what are the pillars of my modest suc- according to Forbes. BS 79; Kathy Downing, MBA 86; Carrie Celebration in cess, specifically the big hand of government in the form of UCLA “There needs to be a recognition, Schwab-Pomeranz, BA 82 (political San Francisco and Berkeley,” Galloway says. “I want to ensure that hand remains especially within philanthropic science); Komal Shah, MBA 97; Allan March 14, 2018 extended for the next generation of aspiring business leaders who institutions, that women give for Spivack, MBA 79; and Tootie Tatum San Francisco come from immigrant families. I also hope this sends a signal to different reasons,” Roesch says. “When EMBA 15. There’s also a growing group current and future immigrants that most Americans remember where of pioneering supporters—people those aspects are recognized and Find The Berkeley Leader: we came from and welcome them to the land of opportunity.” donating to the Center before tapped into, the giving capacity is really Live! events at haas.berkeley. —Krysten Crawford December 31, 2017. —Andrew Faught breathtaking.” edu/alumni/deanstour PHOTO: JIM BLOCK

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SF Chapter's Women in Berkeley-Haas Alumni Network Bay Bridge Bike Ride Finance Panel 1 Panelists Rebecca Macieira- Kaufmann, Citigroup; Carrie Dolan, BS 87, MBA 97, Metro- mile; Sandra Bragar, Aspiriant; and Shiyan Koh, NerdWallet 2 Larissa Roesch, MBA 97 3 Angelika Ryan, Robin Lo, and Lisha Bell, BCEMBA 12 4 Shazia Virji, BS 11 1 2 3 4 EMBA Orientation 5 Neal Johnson, EMBA 18 6 Avi Taheripour and Chris Larocca, EMBA 18s 7 Nate Pollak, EMBA 18 8 David Prince, Laura Paxton Hassner, and Ajith Kota, EMBA 18s 9 Yusuf Ezzy, EMBA 18 Seattle Chapter 5 6 7 8 Culture Discussion with Dean Lyons 10 Ravi Vayuvegula, MBA 13, and Maiken Moeller-Hansen, MBA 08 11 Greg Greeley, MBA 98, and Haas Prof. Steve Tadelis 12 Poga Ahn, EMBA 18, and Kalyan Pentapalli, MBA 18 13 Dean Rich Lyons, BS 82 Sacramento Chapter’s 9 10 11 12 CALpital Connections Symposium 14 Sarah Kerber; Eleanor Newcomb; and Vicki Gorman, MBA 17 15 Destiny Haapanen and Randy Haapanen, BA 70, MA 73 16 Max Mathews and Maren Martinelli, MBA 14 17 Gurjeet Dosanjh, BS 04, and Brian Miller, MBA 07 18 Mark Beckford, MBA 96; Scott Dykes, BS 88; and 13 14 15 16 Rick Holmes 19 Barry Broome, Greater Sacramento Economic Council CEO; Darrell Steinberg, Sacra- mento Mayor; and Haas Prof. Ben Hermalin, UC Berkeley Vice Provost Faculty/Alumni Dinner in Greece 20 Yannis Galanakis, MBA 97; Haas Prof. Panos Patatoukas; Forging Connections Across the Decades Christos Andritsoyiannis, 17 18 19 20 MBA 91; and Alexander East Bay Chapter hosts bike-and-brunch event Kostopoulos, MBA 04 Dean’s Speaker Series The Berkeley-Haas Alumni Network stays vibrant in part because of Shown (from left): Dean Suzuki, MBA 69; Matthew Hahn, MBA/ 21 John Chambers, executive the community-building efforts of our alumni chapters and regional MPH 17; Katie Ellgass; Stefano Paoletti, MBA 93; Susan Rockwood, chairman & former CEO, Cisco representatives, currently numbering 28 and 112 respectively MBA 89; Deborah Lau, BS 81; Monique Baylocq, MBA 96; Christine 22 Brad Smith, president & worldwide. In general, Berkeley-Haas events happen six days a week. Miura; Sean MacMannis, MBA 19; Steven Terusaki, MBA 89; chief legal officer, Microsoft 23 Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, high On a Sunday in June, grads from the ’60s to current students gathered Richard Wilson, EMBA 15; Frank Rockwood, MBA 93; and Sarah commissioner for human rights, for a Bay Bridge bike ride from Oakland to Treasure Island on the Rockwood, BS 19. United Nations newly opened bike trail. Riders enjoyed brunch on the island before Find your local chapter, subscribe to an email list, and view a 24 Alexa Koenig, executive 21 22 23 24 director, Human Rights Center heading back over the bay. listing of events: haas.berkeley.edu/chapters at Berkeley Law PHOTOS 22-24: MANALI SIBTHORPE

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UNDERGRADUATE as a nationwide radio trusting in God and very nonprofits. I’ve become chief financial officer, undergraduate research host and public speaker. optimistic, together we a managing partner at Ingredion, Inc. Ingredion at Azusa Pacific Univer- 1950 His new book, Retire Tax vowed to beat this dis- Ravix Group, where we is publicly traded under sity, in addition to her role ANNOUNCING ease. Our lives will never INGR and is a Fortune Mimi (Mary Renard) Free, tells what happens employ more than 40 as associate professor of when you retire and begin be the same. God bless consultants supporting 500 company operating Latin American history. Knox, Walnut Creek, my wife, Winnie.” in more than 40 countries Calif., announces, “The withdrawing money from more than 150 Bay Area Earlier this year, I listened your IRA, 401k, and clients. If you or anyone worldwide. to my first-ever TED Berkeley Class of 1950 will enjoy 1985 lunch at the University pension and paying the is in a startup and need talk—watching my wife Club at the stadium for taxes. Jim warns: “You speak live on the TED our 68th class reunion, could have your benefits stage while six months BEGIN Wednesday, May 18, taxed and lose part or all pregnant.” 2018. Watch for your of your Social Security BE UC Berkeley’s new invitation!” retirement check.” 1999 Kathryn Cicoletti is the Berkeley ateway Gateway to Innovation 1963 Michael Daley, BS 80 1954 founder of Ms. Cheat to nnovation Now entrepreneurs can more easily birthday. Merlin L. “Bud” Henry Jr. Mike Wood, Honolulu, Sheet, an education in- connect with Berkeley’s robust network reports that 2017 will be served on the Board of vesting platform for indi- of innovation courses, incubators, ac- Directors of the Orange the 11th year of his 25- viduals and corporations. year commitment to pro- She started her career in celerators, funding, and social networks. County Alumni Club, Think of it as a one-stop shop to the representing the vide track and field schol- the hedge fund industry Admissions Office at arships to Cal men and and has more than 10 Berkeley innovation ecosystem, to help community college fairs women student athletes. Jim Gray, BS 88 years of experience in innovators move their startups forward. and high school college To date, he has provided Tara and Dave Rochlin, BS 85s (right), with sons Alex (the lone the asset management nights for 35 years, as 40 scholarships, totaling Bruin) and Bradley, new Haas grad industry. Kathryn’s new $120,000. In addition, he 1990 book, Little Red Ms. Cheat well as on the Board of Dave Rochlin and Tara finance, HR, and ac- Directors of the California and his wife, Joanne, built Jill (Darcangelo) Godsey, Sheet on Investing, is begin.berkeley.edu Ho’omalu O Na Kamali’i Ryan Rochlin write, “We counting support, I look available at Amazon. Alumni Association from forward to hearing from Lafayette, Calif. See MBA (Safeguarding Our were excited to watch our 1996. 1994 to 1997, receiving son Bradley Rochlin cross you! Also, I have many op- its Excellence in Service Children), a transitional Scott Orn, San Our Defining home for abused and the stage as part of the portunities to reconnect Francisco, Principles Award in 2000. He was Haas undergrad Class of with Cal, as my oldest started my own law 2007 from NYU Stern’s neglected children on the Winnie Wing-Kei Tso-Curé, runs opera- Beyond selected for the Class of 2017. A second-generation daughter became a Cal Yourself firm, primarily handling James Bao, New York full-time MBA program. leeward coast of Oahu. BS 84 tions at Kruze 1954 Hall of Fame. “I am family affair! Bradley Bear two years ago.” business litigation and City, announces, “My Soon after, launched a firm believer in giving To date, the nonprofit has Consulting, appeals. Previously, I was kofunds, a provider of successfully transitioned joined AB InBev this a fast-growing company, Pixel Inc., was back to the community,” 1984 Our Defining a partner at Doll, Amir & crowdsourced consumer more than 1,100 children Principles summer, and we’re look- startup CFO consulting recently commissioned to Bud writes. “I am a Winnie Wing- ing forward to receiving Eley LLP and an associ- create a next generation lending data for long-time reader at my into permanent homes Beyond firm that works with more ate at Gibson, Dunn & comparing loans and Kei Tso-Curé, Yourself shipments of vanilla porter e-commerce experience church, served two terms or back home to an than 160 startup clients. Crutcher LLP and served facilitating refinancing. improved family setting. Fremont, Calif., instead of tuition bills.” In his spare time, Scott co- for NERF. It’s surreal to on the Tustin Unified successfully took Dave teaches and runs as a law clerk in federal get a chance to work Got married to Rebecca School District Board of Also, 2017 will mark the founded Ben’s Friends, an district court and then Park at Redeemer 35th year that the Woods four companies public several programs at Haas, internet patient support with a brand that defined Education, and the during her career, two as and Tara is a Lamorinda- the federal appeals court. our childhood. Also, I’m Presbyterian Church in Orange County Grand have provided financial community for people with For big law firm experience New York City.” assistance to the Haas controller, one as global based real estate broker. rare diseases. celebrating my third year Jury. As an Army Reserve controller, and the last and talent at affordable as a board member of the officer I was the Orange School of Business. “Go rates, contact me at will@ Cole Truay, San Fran- Bears!” one as chief financial of- 1986 Aaron Schweifler, Oak- Center for Asian Ameri- County admissions ficer (CFO). Her husband, whelawfirm.com.” can Media, a publicly cisco, reports, “It’s been coordinator for the U.S. Timothy Yee, BS 90 land, Calif., is COO and a an incredible ride the last 1965 Robert Curé, announces, partner at Sports Base- funded institution that Military Academy from “It is with great heart- 2002 ensures Asian-American two years at late-stage E. Brian Peach, Gadsden, Timothy Yee, Alameda, ment. He has also served 1975 to 1986 and served ache and sadness that Kevin Chou, founder of stories come to light; I startup Tanium. The Ala., passed away sud- Calif., president of Green for seven years as an on many congressional I inform the alumni that Gary Lentz, BS 86, with grand- Kabam (which he sold couldn’t be prouder.” Campanile is visible from interview committees to denly on April 26, 2016, Retirement, Inc., cre- executive board member our offices in Emeryville, my beloved wife, Winnie, daughters and future Golden for Girls on the Run of the this year to Netmarble nominate candidates for at his home in Gadsden. passed away to God on Bears, Maeve and Lucy ated a custom fossil-free so I’ve been fortunate target date fund suite for Bay Area. and Fox), has launched 2008 the major service Surviving are his wife, a the morning of July 21, a new venture. He is now to stay local. Author academies. I retired in daughter and son, and six 2017, at our home. Winnie Gary Lentz, Santa Rosa, corporate and nonprofit Gretchen Rubin said it so retirement plans. 2000 chairman and CEO of KSV 1986 from the U.S. Army beloved grandchildren. fought valiantly against Calif., has become one eSports, a collaboration well: ‘The days are long, Reserve at the rank of cancer for 15 years and of the top residential James Wedewer, Fremont, but the years are short.’ 1993 between Silicon Valley and colonel. Am still feeding 1967 20 surgeries, which were mortgage bankers in Calif., announces, “In June, Seoul, aimed at creating The decade’s bookends of the homeless at Mary’s Herbert Tully, Ross, Calif., all major and very pain- the North Bay and, more Juan Barrera, Playa Del I received my MBA from and guiding homegrown a Haas graduation in May Kitchen. I retired from reports that he is retired. ful. In August 2016, her importantly, is expecting Rey, Calif., reports, “I have Santa Clara University and Korean eSports teams ’08 and a May ’18 wedding Santa Ana College after left arm was amputated his fourth grandchild in been with City National was fortunate to celebrate are so exciting, humbling, Kathie Lee, BS 86 into champions on the 29 years as a professor of 1979 above the elbow. We were December. Bank since 2010 and am by taking my family to international stage. Chou and empowering. Looking marketing.” told she was cancer-free currently a VP-senior Europe for a month this forward to the days and Brad Howard See Ron Kathie Lee, Sunnyvale, bought the Seoul franchise and Winnie was planning 1987 credit risk review of- summer. I continue work- of Blizzard Entertain- decades ahead.” Jim Jorgensen, Camas, Roderique, MBA 58 Calif., announces, “After ing as a strategy manager on going back to the cor- Carrie Dolan See MBA ficer. In June, my wife ment’s Overwatch League, Wash., chair of the 60th porate world. However, many years working for and I welcomed our son with Ross Stores in Dublin.” 2009 1980 HP, Agilent, and eBay, I 1997. a professional eSports reunion, writes that the within three months it Vicente into the family league for the multiplayer Nikhil Arora and Alejan- class is looking forward Michael Daley, Green- was back, this time in decided to work for start- to the delight of sister 2001 ups and love the variety 1988 online first-person shooter Yoonki Lee, BS 08 dro Velez, the founders to the 65th! Now retired, brae, Calif., returned to her lymph nodes. After Rosario and brother Will Edmonson, West video game Overwatch. of Oakland, Calif.-based he writes books on taxation with Andersen in surgery to correct that, and growth that come Jim Gray, Chicago, was Antonio. In 2016, my wife, Hollywood, Calif., writes, Chou’s company will be , New York Back to the Roots, were personal finance and 2015 and climbed Mount the cancer spread to the from supporting clients promoted to execu- Dr. Verónica Gutiérrez, “I am excited to an- Yoonki Lee in biotech, mobile, and based in both Silicon Valley City, writes, “Graduated featured in HuffPost in continues a long career Fuji to celebrate his 60th brain and lungs. Always tive vice president and was appointed director of nounce that I have and Seoul. July talking about how

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Undergraduate 2012 2013 tech-enabled next assembly for Korean Wonjun Yun, Seoul, South $2B community bank biotechnology commu- cont. Talia Caldwell, European generation pet food Main Battle Tank and Korea, started a new job headquartered in Novato. nity, I moved back to pro basketball player, company. Our total wheeled armored at seed accelerator Combined with the 10 Berkeley in 2015 to join joined the Golden Bear funding is now more than vehicles. I’m a director at Sunbo Angel Partners. years I spent on the board AncestryDNA in San they turned a simple coaching staff on June 1 $10 million and we’re the strategic business of Silicon Valley Bank, Francisco. I am now SVP idea into a new food as an interim assistant hiring aggressively. unit and work for new that’s a lot of banking for and GM Consumer movement. Watch the coach for the women’s Please send any smart projects.” this vintner. I’m eager to Genomics at Centrillion behind-the-scenes look basketball team while dog lovers or food take on a consumer in Palo Alto. Having fun at how they’re impacting the head coach and as- manufacturing experts products or services reconnecting with my homes and classrooms sistant coach were on our way!” company board. In the Haas MBA classmates!” nationwide: http://haas. maternity leave. Caldwell meantime, my husband, org/bttr-video. In other was a key contributor in 2014 Gregory, and I continue to 1986 news, the pair’s indoor Cal’s run to the Final Four Jason Bellet writes, “I grow and bottle small Steve Blech- gardening kits won the wanted to share exciting amounts of outstanding , Hunting- Our Defining in 2013. Ron Roderique, MBA 58, and Brad Howard, BS 79, at a Rotary man Principles Most Innovative Product news coming out of Eko, a Napa Valley Sangiovese don Valley, Pa., conference in Arizona under our Villa Ragazzi Students Award at the Organic Guy Barnea, BS 12, and Olym- startup I co-founded updates, “After Always label. We also sell Produce Summit. pic champion Anthony Ervin, while a senior at Haas. 10 wonderful Ariz. Howard, a Rotary 1976 Cabernet Sauvignon BA 10 (English), during the Eko just received FDA International director, years in Princ- 2010 clearance on Eko Duo, a Neil Hamilton, Stockton, grapes from our Oakville eton University’s Office Maccabiah games in Israel Wonjun Yun, BS 16 was a keynote speaker at vineyard to Robert Nate Floyd Our Defining portable (handheld) Calif., is retired. of Human Resources, I Principles the event. Mondavi Winery. La vie found himself Guy Barnea writes, “In combined electrocardio- have moved on to a new Beyond Don Smith See PhD 1981. est belle. We recently atop some Yourself addition to being a Haas graph and stethoscope 2017 adventure with Workday, 1972 returned from the Finger rocks outside alum, student athlete, that will be prescribed to an amazing company Richa Namballa, BS 16, at the Grace Lee, UC Berkeley Lakes in New York, where his home in and Israeli Olympic heart disease patients Alex Krem, Boulder 1978 and an amazing set of Association for Computational Leadership Award we attended the very Boulder, Colo., a year and swimmer, I am now a and will enable their Creek, Calif., is a lawyer Anne Johnson, Berkeley, products and technol- Linguistics conference in Van- Scholar and student successful Women for a half ago “contemplat- proud business founder. clinicians to do full exams at the U.S. Maritime Calif., reports, “Co-devel- ogy. I am a senior HCM couver, BC, Canada body president of the WineSense 2017 Grand ing ‘How should I serve I recently launched a (listen to heart sounds Administration (Washing- oping with Jim Johnson consultant in the educa- Haas Business School Event, an organization I humanity?’ or, in Haas swimwear line for men and capture ECGs) ton, D.C.) and at Graham the ActionMap Toolkit, tion and government Richa Nam- Our Defining Association, was and James (Washington, helped found in 1990 that terms, go ‘Beyond My- called Weekends At remotely. The device is Principles an SaaS application practice and love having Christina Jones, BS 13 balla, San featured on CNBC as one D.C.), a commercial and is still going strong. The self’? Do I contribute my (https://weekendsat. designed to bridge the Question the for collaborative online the opportunity to a) visit Mateo, Calif., of the top 10 business wines were excellent, efforts to the front wave com). As a professional Christina Jones, gap between the constant Status Quo investment banker for meetings that deliver college campuses across graduated from majors graduating in especially the dry rosé, of technology—playing swimmer who has spent Williamsburg, Va., was cardiac monitoring 28 Bank of America (S.F., Better Faster Process the country and b) work a grad rotational 2017. She was originally Cabernet Franc, and a role in the inevitable the majority of my life in a appointed visiting million heart disease Tokyo, London, Cairo), an Change. The software is for a Bay Area-based program at SAP Labs, in profiled at Poets & Riesling. There’s a strong progression of AI? Or, as bathing suit, traveling for professor and director of patients receive in the investment banker for targeted for release in company!” Palo Alto and finalized a Quants as one of the farm-to-table movement the ‘water level rises,’ do competitions all over the the Parents Engaged in hospital and the com- NZI Bank (Auckland), an Q4 ’17—please visit full-time role as a data “best and brightest” of in the Finger Lakes, so I help others catch up world, I long ago realized Learning Equality (PELE) plete lack of monitoring investment banker for actionmap.com!” Pierre Frediere moved scientist for the Innova- her year and seeks to the food is outstanding with where humanity is the lack of affordable Special Education they receive when sent Admiralty Group (in 120 to Fresno in 1995 and tion Center Network break glass ceilings and too. Don’t miss a chance directed—that is, ‘how and fashion-forward Advocacy Clinic at home. We couldn’t have countries), a philanthro- Arun Sarin was appointed worked in real estate Machine Learning fight inequality as an to discover this up-and- to “swim” in this global options for men. That William & Mary Law done this without the pist at www.campingun- chair of the board of lending and investments. Incubation team. “I investment banker at J.P. coming wine-growing economy’? Thankfully, started me on a journey School. She teaches advice and mentorship of limited.org and www. Oakland, Calif.-based Son Maurice, a junior at represented SAP at the Morgan. region.” I found my current role to build the perfect men’s special education law the Haas community.” living-unlimited.org, and Globetouch, which pro- Rice University, interned Association for Computa- at iMerit where I get to swimwear brand. Since and guides law students is “working harder than vides global connectivity tional Linguistics serve both ends of the we launched in May, many in advocating for children 2016 ever,” he writes. “I have services for the connect- conference in Vancouver, spectrum,” he writes. A of my Cal friends (such as with disabilities so that worked in more than 70 ed car and the Internet of Woohyuk Lee, Our Defining Canada,” Richa writes, MBA social impact outsourc- Olympic Champ Anthony they receive the free, Principles countries and supervised Things. In his 30+ years Seoul, South “my first time as a ing company with 700+ Ervin) are wearing our appropriate public Students my companies’ projects of experience, Sarin led Korea, Always company ambassador at 1957 employees across offices swimwear and have education guaranteed in 50 more. Lovely wife some of the world’s larg- updates, “I an academic confer- in India, iMerit empowers been helping spreading them under law. Tom Fish writes, “Just Janet is English and est telecommunications have been ence—a valuable young men and women news about it globally. Tel wondering if any others now a New Zealander. companies. He served as working at Korea System experience filled with from marginalized com- Aviv has a vibrant tech Jonathan Regev, from the 1957 MBA class Three lovely daughters: global CEO of Vodafone Company, a defense new ideas and plenty of munities, many of whom scene, where it’s been Brooklyn, N.Y., reports, are still out there. I’m Christina, 30, gave me PLC from 2003 until 2008, company manufacturing global networking. My have escaped poverty particularly interesting “We’ve successfully at Black Butte Ranch, my first granddaughter holding a director posi- air conditioning and over favorite part, a workshop through employment to take a different kind of raised Series A funding Oregon; started (with son three weeks ago. She tion from 1999 to 2008. pressure equipment on Abusive Language there, while developing entrepreneurial approach for The Farmer’s Dog, a Gary) Deschutes Brewery runs Camp Krem, which Prior to joining Vodafone, systems and run-flat tire Online and how to computer vision, machine to business. I have my in Bend, Oregon, in 1988. will have more than 1,300 Sarin served as a direc- address it, [included] a learning, natural lan- experience at Haas to Hoping to hear from children and adults with tor for AirTouch before multidisciplinary slate of Michaela Rodeno, MBA 80 (center), co-founder of Women for guage processing (NLP), thank for all of this.” someone else in our first intellectual and devel- becoming president speakers, including Carol WineSense 2017, with other members of that group: Karla Barber, and other AI applications. class in what then was opmental disabilities and COO. Todd and Brianna Wu. national president; Karen MacNeil, keynote speaker; Jonjie Lock- “We label images and Kristen Lee, San Fran- the ‘new’ graduate school for over 6,000 days and This November, I will man, past national president; and Julie Johnson, co-founder videos so that cameras cisco, was one of five Bay of business at Berkeley nights. Charlotte, 27, is 1979 become an aunt! My in 1951.” now entering her last for autonomous cars Area women who received Doug Wholey See brother and my sister-in- year at Stanford Law with this summer and last at and augmented reality a 2017 Emerging Leader PhD 1984. 1983 35th Reunion Award from the YWCA law are expecting a baby 1958 an interest in interna- Houston City Hall in the systems know how to girl. I hesitate to say girl April 27–29, 2018 Silicon Valley to “recognize , a tional human rights. Department of Educa- interact and understand because, in true Berkeley Ron Roderique 1980 and encourage women longtime Rotary leader Katherine, 22, is major- tion and is a research the world around them, fashion, I believe that the who are within the first five in Arizona, met up with ing in math at Stanford. Michaela Rodeno, Napa, intern at the Baker as well as label text to baby will grow up to 1985 years of their current ca- at Happy to be alive, healthy, Calif., announces, “After Institute on Foreign help with NLP develop- choose its own gender Brad Howard (BS 79) reers but who show strong a Rotary district confer- and happy.” five years, I’ve stepped off Mike Henry, Berkeley, Relations. Daughter ment,” Nate explains. identity.” evidence of leadership ence held in Flagstaff, the board of Bank of Calif., reports, “After 20 Juliette, a sophomore at and executive potential.” Jada, Brett Podolsky, Budino, and Jonathan Regev, BS 13 Marin, a rapidly growing years in the Boston Clovis North High School

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MBA cont. high-impact projects 1989 century has to choose True to our Haas values, working in a small, highly is currently an executive focused on a venture’s between being gorgeous, the team is constantly innovative environment, vice president of innova- scaling challenge. “We beautiful, and comfort- challenging the status where I use all my finan- tion at RingCentral, Inc., a bring in Extreme Experts able,” he’s quoted as quo and looking to make cial services experience leading provider of global who have conquered that saying. tangible contributions making customers’ lives enterprise cloud commu- scaling challenge to society through this better every day. nications and collabora- (volunteers from places William Wilfong, Sparks, endeavor. I’d be pleased “I serve on the board tion solutions. like Facebook, Airbnb, or Md., writes, “After moving to speak with anyone who of directors of Super Google) who are moti- to Singapore two weeks wants to know more. As Stars Literacy, a nonprofit vated to help because after graduation, and committee chairman for based in Oakland that they want to contribute spending the past 26 the Boy Scout troop my delivers high-intensity their skills to a company years in Southeast Asia, I son belongs to here in literacy support to K-12 doing good in the world,” have returned to my Tokyo, my role is simply children, most of whom Doug writes. “We’ve native Maryland and am to support a group of are ESL learners, reading Josh Bersin, MBA 88 worked on 35 projects in looking forward to Virginia Rocha, MBA 92 (right), and classmates at the 2017 Alumni teenagers as they learn below grade level. Our 41 countries.” catching up with friends Reunion: Eric Zankman, Lori Benintendi, Isabelle Velde, and Jean outdoor skills, citizenship, students get 15 hours advising senior HR and Bill Cohen, MBA 89, WWII vet and classmates now that Frammolino—not shown: classmate David Okuji, who joined them leadership, and much of literacy and social- business leaders on their Shelly Guyer was and president of the Irwindale we are back.” for the day activities more. It’s a fantastic jour- emotional training every people, organization, and Pierre Frediere, MBA 86, on recently named CFO of ney to be a part of.” week after school. We are talent strategy and help- American Legion Lodge, hand- his 57th birthday with his genetic information ing a thank you trophy to Craig make me rich : ). Actually tackling economic and ing to lead our research 1993 25th Reunion daughter, Juliette company Invitae Furniss, MBA 89, owner of just missed the startup 1996 social justice imbalances on these always impor- April 27–29, 2018 Corporation. Guyer was 7th Street Development energy and innovation Jonathan Geurkink, Se- by giving these children Kira Makagon, MBA 96 and a superb vocalist, tant issues, including the previously CFO at creativity. Wish me luck.” the skills and confidence performed at the Disney emerging growth of citi- attle, launched Posses- Veracyte, Inc., a genomic Bill Cohen, of Los sion Point Partners LLC they need to graduate 1997 Concert Hall in Los zenship, well-being, and diagnostics company. Hilary Weber, San Fran- from high school and Angeles with the Idyllwild inclusion as top business Alamitos, Calif., writes, “I with University of Wash- Carrie Dolan, former CFO sold my business! After cisco, reports that 2017 ington Computer Science contribute positively to at Lending Tree, is now Arts Academy. Pierre is issues.” “has been a whirlwind our society.” a member of the Fresno 20+ years of building a Professor Mark Oskin to the CFO for startup Me- business and a brand so far. My innovation apply machine learn- tromile, a San Francisco- Rotary Club, which Laurent Dhollande, coaching and consulting Granular, a farm- celebrated its centennial Napa, Calif., announces, (HydraFacial MD), it was ing to the investment based company offer- time to move on. The business is growing— management process. management software ing pay-per-mile auto last year. “Aiming to raise $100 we’re focusing on gender platform startup led by million for the expansion business reached $50M He adds, “Just celebrated insurance. in sales in 75 countries. I diversity and inclusion our first anniversary of Sid Gorham, was acquired 1987 of the Pacific Workplaces training, a hot topic! I by DuPont Pioneer for and CloudVO businesses don’t miss the stress, but the partnership.” Peter Wilson, MBA 91, and co-founded a second $300 million, according to Ajoy Khandheria, writes, I founded, both of which I sure miss the people. Ellen Wilson company, a social impact AgFunderNews. Gorham, “I currently live in New are in the shared office Staying in touch has Jill (Darcangelo) Godsey, Delhi, India, and do a been important as it organization in India Lafayette, Calif., writes, president and CEO, will space industry. Moved Peter Wilson, Piedmont, with a special focus on continue at the helm fair amount of business from the Peninsula to really was one big family “I’m head of operations in Myanmar as well. We business! Thanks to Rich Calif., reports, “I am women. To top it off, I’m and service and the BSA of Granular while also Napa to bring us closer a Bay Area chair for now working with the overseeing digital agricul- relocated to India a few to Tahoe, where we built Lyons for your time and Perry Gershon, MBA 93, for (anti-money launder- years ago for professional thoughts during my TIGER 21, a peer-to- Congress People Centered Internet ing) officer at a mobile ture for DuPont. Andrew a house and spend a lot peer learning and organization (founded Meyers, MBA 15, is VP of reasons. I am in various of time.” Kathi Pugh, MBA 88 transition. I now spend banking startup called businesses and an active my time investing and networking organization Perry Gershon, East by Vint Cerf and Mei Lin Varo Money, Inc. We are customer success and member of Young Presi- Kathi Pugh, assisting in startups, for successful wealth Hampton, N.Y., is running Fung) as lead for innova- Series A financed by Tamar Tashjian, MBA 11, dents’ Organization.” Berkeley, Calif., Our Defining volunteering with several creators. TIGER 21 for Congress in N.Y. CD-1 tion and entrepreneur- Warburg Pincus and have is VP of product at the Principles retired as the great causes, and groups meet once a (Eastern Suffolk County). ship. My pilot project will applied for a national company. senior pro bono Beyond month locally and once a be in Southeast Asia, 1988 30th Reunion Yourself partnering with one of The seat is currently oc- bank charter. We want to counsel at year globally to learn cupied by two-term Re- centered around finan- Kira Makagon, Hillsbor- Michael Kan, MBA 97 April 27–29, 2018 our alums, Craig Furniss. help millennials manage Morrison Our development and discuss personal publican Lee Zeldin but cial inclusion for women their finances using lots ough, Calif., has been Foerster, where she donated the local topics regarding was previously held by a and other underserved of AI-learning and little to named to the Calix, Michael Kan passed Josh Bersin, Oakland, had served since 1990. American Legion Vets investment ideas, Democrat. After 25 years populations. At least I’m no fees. After almost 20 Inc. Board of Directors. away July 8. “One of the Calif., writes, “I’ve had She is now volunteering Lodge to the members. philanthropy, estate in commercial real estate getting time to write my years at Charles Schwab, Calix is a world leader in finest examples of an incredible five years with the pro bono Vets representing all the planning, and health and finance, this is Perry’s book, The Confidence Con most recently as SVP subscriber driven intel- everything we hope for in at Deloitte (to whom program at Berkeley Law wars from WWII through wellness—a fun and first foray into politics, Game, while I’m on all of operations, I am enjoying ligent access. Makagon a Berkeley leader is now we sold our business in and spends her week- Desert Storm were rewarding way for me to running as a business- these flights!” gone,” writes Rhonda 2012) and recently spent ends sailing on the San present. Sorry, Craig, I be a ‘Student Always.’ man better able to adapt Shrader (MBA 96). a week in India talking Francisco Bay with had to share your photo My wife, Ellen, and I to 21st-century problems 1994 “Michael died from heat husband, Josh, and have three kids, two in about emerging talent Laurent Dhollande, MBA 88 with our class!” than the current group of Bruce Deaner, stroke while leading a Westy, their golden college (Macalester Our Defining issues around the world. politicians. Please visit Tokyo, Japan, Principles training hike for a Boy All I learned at Haas has retriever. Watch her in 1991 and U. of Michigan) perrygershon.com for reports, “Over Scout troop of which his Doug Galen recently action at https://vimeo. and one entering high Question the helped me immensely in started RippleWorks, a Alexis Nasard was details. the past year, Status Quo twins were part. The news building our business and com/194091837. She school. Ellen works for I have had the was devastating and so nonprofit foundation currently serves as the featured in The Straits Achievers, an HR tech helping business and HR committed to driving Times as the new CEO Stefano Paoletti, opportunity to completely unexpected— leaders understand the vice commodore of the company.” Berkeley, Calif., writes, lead a team supporting he was a veteran who had innovative, scalable Bay Area Association of of footwear manufac- new world of work, new solutions to our biggest turer and retailer Bata. “Recently joined a Tokyo Governor Koike in served in Iraq and was models of leadership, Disabled Sailors and on 1992 promising, early-stage her effort to revitalize To- famous for his meticulous social challenges. the boards of Disability Nasard is credited with and the re-engineering RippleWorks helps giving the company an Virginia Rocha, San Fran- enterprise security kyo’s asset management planning. We joked through of organizations going Rights Education & cisco, attended the 2017 startup in Google-land sector and redevelop this tears at his memorial when fast-growth ventures Defense Fund and Bay infusion of swagger. “We on around the world. succeed by working with reunions (see photo). (Mountain View). Had amazing city into Asia’s it started exactly on time Area Outreach Recre- refuse the dictate that Jill (Darcangelo) Godsey, MBA 96, at Lair of the Bear with sons, Parker I’m continuing to love the CEOs to create a woman in the 21st one more startup in me leading financial center. with the crowd spilling ation Program. and this one clearly will and Logan—husband, Tom, BS 85 (mech. eng.), behind the lens out into the parking lot,

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MBA cont. Matthew and Benjamin dynamic, very eager to which boosted online of my twins was recently beta, online saving and Alison Oliveira school after attending Our Defining as well as his wife, lead globally, and very growth and offers us cast as Annie in a investing advice for 401k Wheeler, Principles local public schools for Washington, Susana.” open to best practices.” the new experience of professional production plan participants and Beyond the last few years. They retail in brick and mortar at the Berkeley Play- up-and-comer indi- D.C., was Yourself have excelled so far, but I just like he was there. Todd Morrill, faculty and direct contact with house, and the other viduals. And we’re giving named chief believe they will blossom “He was an absolutely director at the National 1998 20th Reunion customers. I learn from twin recently moved up back by doing financial marketing of- more in a freer learning devoted dad who took Science Foundation’s April 27–29, 2018 some customers or try to the optional level in literacy presentations for ficer of SOS Children’s environment that fosters time off after the twins I-Corps, was interviewed to help when a customer competitive gymnastics families and students at Villages, USA, part of an teamwork, creative think- were born to be a by The National about simply says, ‘What should at Cal.” schools—add a school international organiza- ing, and strong social stay-at-home dad. I don’t corporate innovation in I read to learn or to get to our list. As always, tion that builds lov- skills. With John’s recent hear of a lot of MBAs the Middle East. Morrill, out of worries?’ Morocco thanks to Haas staff and ing, stable families for promotion at Wells Fargo doing this, but he an innovation expert who is a quiet and pleasant alum volunteers! And orphaned, abandoned, and my new job, we’ll embraced it and gave so has supported the place in Africa. ‘Student remember to check out and other vulnerable likely be here for a few much to his community development of more Always’—when it comes Haas Insights videos for children in 134 countries. more years. Visitors are as a scoutmaster and than 100 successful Douglas Clark, MBA 98, making bricks to build toilets at elemen- to IT—as so many new booster shots, for your For nearly 70 years, SOS welcome! Email me: peiy- many other things. companies and taught tary schools on the island of Leyte, Philippines practices emerge; it’s a MBA+.” has been working to [email protected].” Serving others remained more than 800 teams of pleasure and a necessity, ensure that all children central to him. entrepreneurs and facilities around the astonishingly appreciative. a break from operational Sonja (Winckler) Velez, have the long-term 2002 “At the time of his corporate managers how world, I thought I would Typically, they put on a work. Yes, a dream job. San Francisco, writes, care they need to grow, Devan Cross, San Ra- death, Michael was a to launch profitable include this note. I have one-hour ceremony of “Felix, our son, is 6 “In May I returned to thrive, and reach their fael, Calif., was recently senior director of products and services, partnered with a local singing and dancing to say 1/2, and I am discovering California and joined The full potential. Through its promoted to president of operations at Visa. He is said that businesses in organization in the Philip- thank you at the ribbon how education can be San Francisco Founda- family support programs, MHN, the behavioral and survived by his sons the Arabian Gulf are “very pines to build ‘comfort cutting. I never guessed demanding for all; what a tion as CFO. I feel very schools, and voca- mental health care subsid- Chris Chan, MBA 98 (center), rooms’ for elementary that building toilets would pleasure to see him read a fortunate to be part of a tional training initiatives, Yosmar Martinez, MBA 00 iary for Centene, the largest with Jason and Clarissa at Cla- schools that still have no be such sweet work.” book for the first time ever, committed team working medical centers and managed care Medicaid rissa’s 2017 UCLA graduation. toilet facilities following when he couldn’t recog- to advance racial and emergency relief efforts, company in the country. the devastation of Julia Violich, Kentfield, nize a letter a year ago.” Yosmar Martinez, Miami, economic inclusion and SOS impacts the lives of Chris Chan, Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Calif., writes, “Saw class- Fla., forwards the follow- build strong communities millions of children and Peter Fiske joined Law- Our Defining We employ locals to make mates Torben Mottes, 2000 ing: “A labor of discovery in the Bay Area.” families. Alison leads the San Francisco, Principles rence Berkeley National inexpensive but sturdy Terry Fraser-Reid, JT and passion, Yosmar brand, communications, writes, “After Students Matt Kubo moved from Laboratory as the direc- decades of Always bricks out of Portland Klepp, Robert Shear, and Hong Kong to Tokyo in Martinez’s cookbook, 2001 and marketing teams, tor of its Water-Energy toiling the cement and sifted dirt, Mario Alvarez-Fernandez May. He is back at SPARX Tastes of Camino, was responsible for brand- Resilience Institute in hot fields of and use local volunteer in August.” (See photo.) Asset Management named Best in the World ing, public relations, a new position that Twentynine Palms, and labor to build the basic Co. as head of the CEO by the Gourmand World marketing partnerships, underscores the lab’s Mission Bay-S.F., I’m office and focused on Cookbooks Awards in the campaign manage- commitment to devel- happy to announce that AI and robotics-related self-published category! ment, digital marketing, oping solutions for the both of my offspring are startups. The book’s recipes repre- content strategy, and challenges associated now safely out of college. sent the food culture of resource development. with the interdependence Clarissa graduated from Rachel (Martin) the Camino de Santiago, of water and energy sys- Our Defining UCLA in June, and be- Long, Pied- Principles known as the ancient tems. He was previously cause she has a thing for mont, Calif., Question the pilgrimage route in the CEO of Richmond, stethoscopes she’s cur- reports, Status Quo Northern Spain.” Calif.-based PAX Water rently applying to various “Currently the Technologies, Inc. Watch med schools. Jason also vice president of Greg Patterson, Our Defining Peter’s 2017 HaasX talk, Do you use graduated as a Bruin, veterinary and canine San Francisco, Principles “The Accidental Entre- writes, “Every Confidence Mat Fogarty, MBA 01, and the in 2015, and after a gap operations at Guide without preneur”: insights.haasa- year (i.e., enjoying life liv- Dogs for the Blind with time I go to a Attitude Can of Bliss lumni.org/2017/06/01/ alumni ing off his parents) he will campuses in San Rafael, Haas event, haasx-2017/. be starting a job at a CPA I am inspired by Julia Violich, MBA 98 (center), with classmates Torben Mottes, California, and Boring, Mat Fogarty, Orinda, Ca- firm. (Yes, of course I tried other alums—thank you! Terry Fraser-Reid, JT Klepp, George Paparrizos, Robert Shear, and Oregon, I’m lucky enough lif., reports, “I’m working Mike Golden, Shanghai, email forwarding? to warn him.). Dad will be to put my education and Had a fun dinner with on designing the perfect reports, “Our 13-year-old Mario Alvarez-Fernandez in August trying to find things to experience to work a group of 2000’s a few packaging platform for Shanghai-based market- do to kill time before The helping blind and weeks back. From our cannabis flower. Can of ing agency merged with two-room facilities with Matthieu Malan, three kids I learn more Pei Yi (Peggy) Wu, MBA 01 To keep it going, or to set it up, you need Last Jedi comes out.” visually impaired people. Bliss is hitting California our Boston partner to sinks and flush toilets. We Casablanca, Morocco, I can also interact with than what we teach. Also dispensaries next month, form a new global agency: to get an @berkeley.edu email account. Eric Lu, San Jose, Calif., are based on these writes, “Still running the puppies and dogs. That’s now have a puppy—3 and we plan to scale the Pei Yi (Peggy) Our Defining Brandigo. The newly Principles announces, “My lovely self-help principles: (1) startup I co-founded what I call a win-win. a.m. housebreaking is brand as legalization rolls Wu, Singa- formed agency assists All alumni email addresses ending in The community must with my wife, Livremoi. lovely (kids agreed to pore, writes, Students daughter Emily Lu was Watching puppies grow around the globe. It’s a Always companies—especially mba.berkeley.edu, haasalum.berkeley.edu, accepted by Manage- provide the land, (2) The ma has been delivering up and become guide help, but guess how lot of fun working in this “We are still in B2B and health sec- community must be over two million books long that lasted!). The enjoying our life and alumni.haas.org will now be ment, Entrepreneurship, dogs is amazing but not rapidly evolving industry.” tors—with branding, & Technology (M.E.T.), willing to provide volunteer in French and English all as amazing as seeing Advisory Group is grow- in Singapore marketing, and com- managed through this @berkeley account. a two-degree program labor during the construc- over Morocco for eight our clients gain their ing, still independent/ Ravi Jagannathan, Cu- after four years, although munications. The new offered by Haas with the tion phase, and (3) The years and is still growing independence. unbiased guidance pertino, Calif., left Applo- I miss the U.S. a lot. I partnership means more College of Engineering.” community must sign an with double digits. We are “My three children are to fiduciaries/401k vin, a mobile ad network, am looking forward to chances to visit the U.S. agreement that those launching magazine sub- super talented and plans, families, and after it was acquired for starting my new job as for me!” VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION: Douglas Clark, of Salt receiving the comfort room scriptions and enjoying decent people. My eldest foundations/endow- $1.5B, and in 2016 joined head of marketing APAC Lake City, writes, “In light agree to keep it in like-new the surprising absence is a competitive ments—using the four Vungle, a rapidly growing for Aviva Investors in late haasalumni.org/email of National Geographic’s condition. The brick- of competitors. Three swimmer, runner, and Haas Defining Principles. mobile ad network fea- October. Lilia (10) and recent article on the makers are happy to have years ago we opened a Rubik’s Cube solver. One Ping me to be part of tured on Mary Meeker’s Kadin (8) are transition- major lack of sanitary jobs, and the kids are bookstore in Casablanca, our WealthStep.com 2017 report. ing to an international

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MBA cont. Trade company I started Kristin Groos Richmond and advocacy of the Omar Garriott, San establish our $150M with Priya Haji, MBA 04, forwards the following: highest ethical business 2008 10th Reunion Mateo, Calif., updates, NEXT investment fund but I guess I’m follow- “The Boston Globe re- practices. April 27–29, 2018 “I’m director of product in 2016.” ing the Haas principle of ported in July that Revo- marketing at Salesforce. 2003 15th Reunion ‘Student Always.’ lution Foods, founded by org, helping lead its first Toby Gardner and Eric April 27–29, 2018 “We spent the summer Kristin Groos Richmond Jit Bhattacharya was foray into K-12 education. Kuhn were featured in traveling in Scandinavia and Kirsten Saenz Tobey named CTO of Fenix, a More important, many a story in the Australian and Italy with our three while the two were at next-generation energy Haasies have provided publication Smart- Francesco Carantani, young children and got Haas, will take over the and financial services amazing support to me Company announc- Bergamo, Italy, updates, a chance to catch up preparation of breakfasts company working to over the past one-and-a- ing the launch of their “After 20 years at Italce- with Cristina Higgins, and lunches in most of deliver breakthrough half years as I’ve battled Melbourne-based fintech menti and living abroad, Francesco Carantani, Boston’s schools this fall. technology and products liver cancer and multiple startup Finch. The finan- I moved back to Italy and and Andrea Signoretti. The food will be made to sub-Saharan Africa. surgeries, including a cial app uses relationship changed companies. I’d love to catch up with fresh locally and not He is based in Uganda. recent liver transplant. metrics and targets mil- I joined the Phoenix Emily Walling, MBA 08 classmates and alumni MBA 04 alumni Rachel Fleet and Ross McConnell in July 2017, frozen, a change for the Previously, Bhattacha- I’m eternally grateful for lennials, taking a differ- Group (pharmaceutical ([email protected]).” school system.” rya worked as a senior our thoughtful, tight-knit ent approach to serving toasting a quorum for the MBA 2004 reunion in Wellington, N.Z. plemental), check us out distribution) as CEO of manager in the special community.” customers. Said Gardner at www.ladderlife.com. I the Italian subsidiary. It Balaji Thirumalai, Sara- Putri Pas- Our Defining projects group at Apple. in the article, “We allow more time in the U.S. (Cali newly minted EWMBA Principles also just became chair of is quite exciting to enter toga, Calif., who relocated cualy, Newport Robert Chatwani, MBA 07 Until 2014, he served as users to request money in particular) and to con- grads on their final stint in Students the Berkeley-Haas Alumni into a completely new back to the U.S. after 10 Coast, Calif., the CEO and president from friends, run tabs for nect with Cal alums who their journey at Haas. This Always Council for the next two sector! Also, after 15 years in India, writes, “I am reports, “My Robert Chat- of Mission Motors, a payments when traveling, are involved in pro sports, past month has been a Cal Our Defining years, after serving as vice years together Cristina now heading up Mindtree’s firm, PAAMCO, wani, Fremont, company that developed provide financial insights entertainment, and com- Bear month—very hon- Principles chair since 2015. If you Higgins and I decided to HiTech practice based out entered into a strategic Calif., writes, technology for the emerg- specifically around your munications sectors. We’ve ored to be selected to join Beyond have any alumni concerns finally tie the knot. Being of San Jose. Would love to partnership with KKR “I’m proud to Yourself ing electric vehicle sector. social life, [and] help just moved into our new the prestigious Cal Alumni or suggestions, please feel back in Italy provided a connect with companies Prisma to form one of join Atlassian, users understand where fantastic setting. It was family home in Auckland, Association Board for free to reach out!” driving digital transforma- New Zealand—built (liter- the next four years. Many the largest liquid alter- a global software Isabel Ge Mahe was all their money went last great to have our three tion, product engineering, native firms in the in- company, as its new chief named Apple’s manag- Friday night.” kids, Paolo, Isabella, and ally) by my amazing wife, thanks to Dean Lyons and 2009 and IT innovation across Hollie, with the support of Tenny Frost for their faith dustry. As a partner and marketing officer. This ing director of Greater Chiara, participate in the the high-tech and media portfolio manager, I’m is my first foray into the China in July. Mahe has Chris Giles became chief ceremony. We had a big friends and family mem- in me! Cannot wait to get space. And I am hiring, as bers in the trades. Sons started! It’s also been a fun excited about this new enterprise world. For led Apple’s wireless operating officer of the celebration and hosted we are always looking for development and how it the past 15+ years, my technologies software Oakland A’s in July. Giles family and friends from Niko (10), A.J. (8), and Jed two years at Ayasdi, where, smart, motivated account (6) are very happy with their as chief customer officer, creates an even stronger career has been defined engineering teams for will oversee organization- all over the world, includ- managers/sales folks to nine years, developing new abode and love to host my focus is to ensure liquid alpha provider for by work in the consumer Omar Garriott, MBA 09, bond- wide strategy and the ing a strong delegation join our team across vari- our clients. Early this sector, predominantly at cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, guests from their extended banks and hospitals learn ing in the hospital with brother daily operations for from Haas!” ous locations in the U.S.” year I joined the Board eBay, where I also served Near Field Communica- the team’s revenue- Cal family, so please don’t how to move efficiently Kristofer, his liver giver be a stranger if you make it from more traditional of Directors for the Girl as CMO. My time at Haas tion, location, and motion generating functions, all the way to N.Z.!” approaches to new ones Scouts of Orange County. taught me the power of technologies for nearly including sales, market- that leverage advances in I was involved with GSOC business as a force for every Apple product. She 2010 ing, partnerships, PR, and 2005 AI using Ayasdi’s platform. via the STEM Consor- good. I’m proud to join a has also overseen the en- community engagement. tium, a joint venture be- purpose-driven company gineering teams develop- Giles was previously VP As reported in Bloom- We’re hiring Haasies, do check us out! Finally, while tween GSOC and leading such as Atlassian. For ing Apple Pay, HomeKit, of sales and marketing berg, Ben Allen, currently Orange County employ- example, our software and CarPlay. In China, she for the NFL’s On Location president of Parnassus being a Cal alum is great, we’ve been having a terrific ers to promote STEM has helped teams at has worked closely with Ali Butt, MBA 09, representing Experiences. Through Investments, has been interest and activity in NASA build and launch a Apple’s R&D team and Haas at the British 10K the 2015 NFL season, tapped to become the experience as proud Cal parents! Our son Neil is a tomorrow’s girl leaders. Mars rover, empowered carrier partners to de- Giles served as the San CEO next year at age 41, Ali Butt, computer science major It’s been an incredible teams at Tesla to create velop new China-specific Our Defining Francisco 49ers’ vice after current CEO and experience!” the Model S, and enabled features for iPhone and London, U.K., Principles president of sales and founder Jerome Dodson and a sophomore, head- Be The Match to speed iPad, including recently took over as Beyond strategy, where he was steps down mid-year. ing into an internship at Yourself Amazon. Looking forward Kirsten Saenz Tobey up the process to match announced iOS 11 fea- co-president of instrumental in opening Allen began at the com- See MBA 2006 note for bone marrow donors with tures such as QR code the U.K. Alumni Levi’s Stadium for the pany as an intern. to enjoying this new Newlyweds Francesco Carantani and Cristina Higgins, MBA 03s, perspective!” Kristin Groos Richmond. patients in need. We are support, SMS fraud pre- Chapter last San Francisco 49ers, with fellow classmates Adrienne Steinberg, Julie Holt, Marie also a founding member vention, and enabling the November and enjoys including overseeing Kelli (Chester) Nardis hosting fellow Haas, Cal, Claire Meisels, Andrea Signoretti, Geoff Crouse, Daniele Poggetta, 2007 of the Pledge 1% move- use of a phone number as Gary Coover, MBA 10 both team and stadium and her family moved in and UC alums. The high- Bob Basso, Dan Sherman, and Brian Renehan Joshua Atlas, Newbury ment along with Sales- an Apple ID. revenue streams. spring 2017 to Singapore, light of his summer, he Park, Calif., joined the force. We look forward Gary Coover, San where she has a new writes, was representing Global Board of Directors to expanding our team Emily Walling, Menlo Francisco, reports, “I Eric Kuhn See MBA 2010 Siddharth 2004 role at Facebook as head Park, Calif., announces, Haas on the University of Our Defining at IMA, The Associa- of Haas alums with even moved back to the Bay note for Toby Gardner. Sanghvi, Principles Carter Keller See EMBA of marketing science California Alumni team at tion of Accountants and more great talent from “I just started a new job Area from Korea with Oakland, Calif., Students 2014 note for David solutions and partner the British 10K and rais- Financial Professionals Berkeley!” (See http:// as head of consumer Samsung in 2013 to help Ian Lee, San Francisco, announces, “I Always Johnson. development for APAC. ing $6,200 for UC Study in Business. IMA has a haas.org/chatwani.) marketing for Ladder, an launch our incubation announces, “After three just started my Abroad Scholarships. “I global network of more up-and-coming startup and investment efforts at great years at Citi Ven- own real estate Ross McConnell writes, 2006 also had the pleasure than 85,000 members Ellon Xu is settling into his in the InsureTech sector. Samsung NEXT. I’ve since tures, Citigroup’s global investment company “I am back in startup of watching Federer Sangeeta in 140 countries and new role as vice president, Ladder is disrupting, focused on international venturing and innovation after being COO at one mode with my new venture Our Defining at Wimbledon and the Chakraborty, Principles supports the profession strategy, for Fosun Health- innovating, and improv- expansion, leading the arm, I recently left to for three years. We are fo- Blinder (www.blinderHQ. 2017 Cricket Champions Woodside, Calif., Beyond through research, the care Holding in Shanghai. ing the process of getting selection, establishment, pursue several new and cused on multifamily real com), where we’ve devel- Yourself Trophy Final at the Oval,” writes, “Just CMA® (Certified Man- Ellon traveled to Berke- life insurance so you can and launch of our Tel Aviv exciting opportunities. estate in the Bay Area, oped a platform for PR he adds, “following that returned from a agement Accountant) ley for the 10th reunion save time and make the office in 2015 and Berlin I’m joining IDEO as an especially the East Bay. managers of high-profile Munish Gupta; Sangeeta up with a family trip from relaxed and enter- program, continuing festivities last April and most of life. If you’ve been office earlier this year, executive in residence It’s quite different from teams. It’s giving me a Chakraborty, MBA 06; Keya Gupta; London to Venice. Go taining weekend at Sea- education, networking, enjoyed catching up with meaning to get on life while also helping to help grow and take to World of Good, the Fair great excuse to spend scape in Aptos, mentoring and Neil Gupta, BS 18 (comp. sci.) his classmates. insurance (initial or sup- Bears!” new heights the CoLab

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MBA cont. cisco. I am now a partner tions about technology Su on Sept., 24, 2016, at a director of strategy and Brands and Krave jerky, at a socially responsible pro bono—describes a Holly’s Ocean Meadow in business development according to the San investment firm and digital divide in which Fort Bragg, Calif. Class- for its specialty health Francisco Business manage its Asia Pacific the social sector severely mates in attendance business unit focused on Times, bought the So- (www.ideocolab.com), equity strategy. Last year, lags behind the for-profit included Benjamin Fer- acquisitions and noma Stompers Baseball an organization working I had a baby daughter as sector in investing in and rara, Johannes Koppel, partnerships. “After living Club in February to bring with leading organiza- an intentional solo gay fully utilizing technology. Dan Goldman, Carmela seven years in San semi-pro baseball to the tions such as Nasdaq, dad and documented my In the spirit of going “Be- Aquino, Willy Chu, An- Francisco,” he writes, “we wine country. The Stomp- Fidelity, Exelon, Ford, and surrogacy journey in a yond Yourself,” Jessamine drew Goodman, Andrew will be moving to our new ers, part of the Pacific As- others. I’ll also be joining television show. Beyond developed a practical Berry, Julia Silbergeld, house at the end of sociation of Professional a new investment firm work and parenting, I’m approach to engaging pro Jessica Hovick, Danielle September in the South THE BERKELEY-HAAS ALUMNI NETWORK TRULY IS THE POWER OF ONE ANOTHER Baseball Clubs, started currently renovating a , HIRE (www.daico.co) as a gen- bono talent for nonprofit Platt Erin Krueger, MBA San Francisco/San Bruno its season June 2. eral partner focused on fixer-upper in Noe Valley, capacity building. 17, and Sandeep Pahuja. area. If you live in this digital and cryptographic so welcome any advice area or work in the city, I assets such as Bitcoin and recommendations would love to grab lunch Sanjeev Sastry, EMBA 14, with and Ethereum. I’m also from classmates.” or coffee with a fellow wife, Vasudha, son, Kanishk, helping advise classes Haasie. Please reach out.” and daughter, Kanika at UC Berkeley this fall in Brandon Yahn, the founder of student loan Sanjeev Sastry, Our Defining financial technologies! Moses Lo, the founder Principles information website and CEO of Xendit, an San Ramon, Please email me at ian. Calif., writes, Question the Student Loans Guy, was Indonesian mobile Status Quo [email protected] if HAAS “I started a interviewed for a U.S. finance company, was you want to partner or get Looking for a job? Need to hire exceptional new role within involved!” News & World Report interviewed for Tech in article about MBAs in Asia about his experi- talent? Visit the Berkeley-Haas LinkedIn group Google, moving to Google ence as an entrepre- Cloud supporting Strategy neur and as the CEO jobs board, exclusively for Haas alumni. and Capacity Planning. of the first Indonesian Prior to that I worked at Google Fiber leading Y-Combinator firm. Lo is Rupam Shrivastava, Ken Fujiwara, MBA 13, Jin, Kou, and Tomoko celebrating their quoted as saying he went network deployment and SHARE YOUR JOB OPENINGS BCEMBA 11, on the Hobbiton operations. Haas Silicon children’s shichi-go-san through a paradigm shift set in New Zealand while getting his MBA at LINKEDIN.COM/GROUPS/113/JOBS Valley Immersion week Ken Fujiwara, Tokyo, Berkeley-Haas—from Rupam Shrivastava, and the Haas Defining reports, “I started my believing he could start a Jersey City, N.J., an- Principles of ‘Question the company UMITRON, a million-dollar company to nounces, “I am heading Status Quo’ and ‘Students data company for aqua- believing he could start business development Always’ prompted me to leave Chevron and Jacobs culture, last year and am a billion-dollar company. Entrepreneur Company institutional capital in its for Afrimax Vodafone, working with fish farmers “My dreams were not big BCEMBA/ EMBA helping launch the after 13-plus years of powered by IBM Watson, 12-year history. The funds energy industry experience to leverage ocean ob- enough,” he says. is launching the first AI- will be used to acceler- Vodafone brand across servation data for better 2004 various geographies in to dive into the tech world Ian Lee, MBA 10 (front row, middle), with Citi colleagues and part- based exchange-traded ate the deployment of and start a new career as a production. Also, Jin and Andrew Meyers, MBA 15, fund in the New York Joe Duran, founder and Medrio’s new software sub-Saharan Africa. I am ners at Nasdaq in New York City Kou had Shichi-Go-San, see Sid Gorham, MBA 96. CEO of United Capital looking to partner with novice. Every day has been Stock Exchange. It was applications and expand a true learning experience a Japanese event to featured in national me- Financial Partners, blog- its leadership position in Africa-focused investors 2011 the U.S. tech industry celebrate healthy growth Alastair Trueger, Champ ging on InvestmentNews, and strategic telco in this highly intellectual, dia: haas.org/equbot-1, the eClinical market. fast-paced environment! Jay Benson, Lexington, titled “Consider an MBA when children turn 5 and Suthipongchai, and haas.org/equbot-2, haas. offered his three big partners. Meanwhile my Concentration in Technol- 3 years old.” James Wang are about to takeaways from the 30th wife and I had an “The last couple of Mass., started a new job Parag Jhaveri, MBA 15 org/equbot-3. The com- 2005 months the kids were in July: vice president of ogy.” In the article, Yahn start raising their second pany’s algorithmic stock- anniversary of behavioral amazing road trip in New says that Haas’ proximity 2015 Parag Jhaveri started a venture capital fund, economics celebration Suzann Cabling, the CFO Zealand over winter! See away at their aunt’s house manufacturing and Lex- picking has been beating of Jackson Square Prop- in Florida, so my wife ington (Mass.) site head, to Silicon Valley as well as Andrew Lee, of Berkeley, new role at McKesson, a after the early success of index performance and held at Berkeley-Haas. the picture with the its strong alumni network Fortune #5 company, as their debut fund. Focused Among them: people erties, was interviewed Hobbiton set.” and I spent some quality Shire Pharmaceuticals, Calif., married Elizabeth garnering widespread by Online Education in time—something we had Biologics Operating Unit. in the tech industry make on deep technolo- press attention. typically overemphasize it a worthwhile investment gies that all three were what is in their line of June, and the conversa- 2014 forgotten about since hav- for MBA candidates. exposed to through Haas’ sight and ignore outlier tion turned to gender in ing kids—by visiting Vegas Laurie Peterson, Oakland, the workplace and her David Johnson and his and behaving like a couple Calif., the founder of Build collaboration with other events; also, your unrec- business partner, Carter schools at Berkeley, Cre- ognized weakness will be thoughts about a mostly of teenagers! When pick- and Imagine, secured a 2013 5th Reunion male-dominated field: “I Keller, MBA 04, recently ing up the kids we enjoyed patent for her company’s ative Ventures also works exploited for economic won a $50 million April 27–29, 2018 with Manuel Sescosse, gain. Read more at http:// use all of my strengths Orlando and Miami.” magnetic building sets and sometimes the soft- contract with their that inspire storytelling MBA/MPH 15, and counts haas.org/2tedlvi. startup, GigaGen. The several Haas faculty as ness that a woman can 2015 and promote STEM skills bring to a meeting, or the company develops novel for girls. Jessamine Chin, advisors. Mike Novotny, the found- therapies for cancer, Swaminathan “Vasan” San Francisco, Our Defining er and CEO of Medrio, an compassionate side can has been Principles immune deficiency, Srinivasan director of 2016 eClinical Cloud company be a benefit. We deal with elevated from COO to Tamar Tashjian, see note Beyond residents and increasing infectious diseases, and for Sid Gorham, MBA 96. the VMware Yourself Chida Khatua, Sunnyvale, designed to accelerate autoimmunity disorders. president of Terracon Con- Foundation, au- clinical research, an- rents, and there’s a hu- sultants Inc., an environ- Calif., co-founded EquBot man side to it. I can bring Johnson, GigaGen’s 2012 thored a research with Art Amador. EquBot nounced in May that the founder, president, mental and geotechnical paper titled “Transform- company had received that to the table.” firm ranked No. 30 on En- Billy Hwan writes, “After Newlyweds Andrew Lee, MBA 15, and Elizabeth Su with Andrew technology is disrupting and CEO, met Keller, ing Technology Pro Bono,” Berry, MBA 15; Julia Silbergeld, MBA 15; Sandeep Pahuja, MBA 15; the investment process Chida Khatua, MBA 16 a $30 million equity GigaGen’s COO, at the gineering News-Record’s a decade living and work- in collaboration with investment from Questa 2011 list of the Top 500 Design ing around the world, Danielle Platt, MBA 15; Charlotte Burgman; Chloe Brown; Jessica via a powerful AI that pro- annual Berkeley-Haas the Taproot Foundation. Hovick, MBA 15; Benjamin Ferrara, MBA 15; Carmela Aquino, MBA vides unique investment Capital Management. Jon Sebastiani, founder Celebration at the Firms, with $602 million I finally decided to put The paper—intended The investment marks and CEO of Sonoma in revenue and more than down roots in San Fran- 15; Dan Goldman, MBA 15; Johannes Koppel, MBA 15; Aubrey insights to investors. Menlo Circus Club. to advance conversa- Munoz; Willy Chu, MBA 15; and Andrew Goodman, MBA 15 EquBot, an IBM Global Medrio’s first infusion of 4,000 employees.

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BCEMBA cont. love it. Coming from a Services Tax (GST). Kelkar 1984 OBITUARIES deep immersion in corpo- chaired the committee Doug Wholey was rate psychology, negotia- that in 2003 proposed awarded the 2017 Keith tions, and operations, I the concept and design G. Provan Distinguished Mel Bacharach, encounter situations of the GST, a comprehen- Scholar Award from the Haas Accounting 2016 EMBA 1st Reunion daily where I draw on my sive indirect tax system April 27–29, 2018 Health Care Manage- BS 48, Levi Professor EMBA learning. Not only levied on goods and ment Division of the was my EMBA a critical services. Prime Minister Academy of Management Strauss Executive Alan Cerf, BS 44 integration phase for my Narendra Modi, when at their annual meeting & Philanthropist 25 years of management launching the GST from on August 8. Accounting Prof. Alan Robert experience, I shudder to the historic Central Hall Melvin Lewis Bacharach, a Cerf, who taught more than think of taking on such a of India’s Parliament, 1999 13,000 students over 62 years at high-growth and nonstop underlined that for the former executive vice president role without those pro- first time the proposed and a longtime board member Berkeley-Haas, died August 24 Neil Thompson, PhD 12 of natural causes at his home in fessors behind me. Just GST will fiscally unify Paul S. Otellini, MBA 74 of Levi Strauss & Co. and UC this week, I’ve applied India into a “one nation, Piedmont, Calif. He was 93. “Over the coming year, Berkeley supporter, passed away on August 19 at age 93. key learnings from game one tax” fiscal system. EDITOR’S NOTE: At press Bacharach rose to prominence at Levi’s beginning Cerf earned his BS when Berkeley’s business theory, statistics, and Modi hailed the GST as I’ll be on leave from MIT and will be a visiting time, we were saddened with his introduction of permanent press apparel to school was called the College of Commerce and negotiations. And this is a the most important fiscal to learn of the passing of design role.” reform since India’s professor at the Harvard the world. He was also instrumental in opening the began his academic career at the university in 1956. independence. Kelkar Innovation Science Lab.” Paul S. Otellini, MBA 74. doors of Eastern Europe to U.S. trade during the Cold His research focused mainly on taxation and Reshmi Singh Thakur, has been working for Otellini, the former CEO of auditing. Over the course of his Berkeley-Haas career, 2013 War era and considered the crowning achievement Kirkland, Wash., updates, over a decade toward the Intel, died in his sleep on of his career convincing then-communist Hungary he held prestigious positions and received several “I started independent adoption of the GST—ex- Mark Gorenflo, EMBA 16, Oct. 2. He was 66. to build a plant, solidifying Levis as an international key honors. He served as chairman of the school’s consulting part time for pected to further Otellini led Intel for eight charting a new course small businesses accelerate growth and brand and breaking down trade barriers that existed Accounting Group from 1978 to 1982. Cerf was the after Haas focused on environmen- employment in India— years, beginning in 2005, through the 1970s and 1980s. first director of UC Berkeley’s San Francisco MBA Jeffrey Bohn, PhD 99 the first non-engineer to Mark Gorenflo, San tal issues. This is a dream while serving in various After retiring from Levi’s, Bacharach, a veteran of Program, staffed by business school faculty, and the come true, made possible policy roles. In 2011, the do so. During his tenure, first director of the evening MBA. In 1984, he received Francisco, reports, “I’ve Jeffrey Bohn both WWII and the Korean War, went on to establish by my recent Berkeley- president of India Our Defining Intel generated more been the director of moved to Zu- Principles a venture capital company, International Business the Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and academics of the Evening Haas EMBA. I aspire to awarded Kelkar the revenue than it did during make the world a safe Padma Vibhushan, one of rich to head up Question the Sponsors. He also started and built several other com- Research from the California CPA Foundation. In & Weekend MBA Program Status Quo and better place by the highest civilian a new research the company’s previous 45 panies, including VMB, Inc.; Diamond View, LP; April 2011, he was honored with a Lifetime Achieve- at Haas since January division called helping businesses solve honors, for his distin- years. Earlier in Otellini’s and Au Bear Properties. ment Award for distinguished contributions to the 23, 2016, two days after the Swiss Re Insti- problems. Life in Kirkland guished and exceptional career, he led the intro- Haas accounting program. walking across the stage tute, a platform to show- In retirement, Bacharach put significant effort into to snag my MBA degree is great, and I hiked in services to the nation. duction of the Pentium A strong believer that exercise was a key to a long, Utah and Alberta, case the thought leader- UC Berkeley. He served on the Board of Trustees for the from Dean Lyons. It’s processor for Intel. A for- healthy life, Cerf was known for assigning a student to Canada, this summer.” 1981 ship, applied research, Pablo Hernandez-Lagos, PhD University of California Foundation and also as presi- great to be able to apply mer member of the Haas and collaborations with 13, giving a talk at the Institu- dent of the Bear Backers. Bacharach gave generously lead his classes in a quick round of calisthenics. It was what I learned at Haas by Don Smith, Dover, Mass., academic institutions tions and Innovation confer- School Board, Otellini was to Berkeley-Haas and to the Athletic Department. that enthusiasm, energy, and enjoyment for teaching working at Haas!” writes, “Still teaching of Swiss Re, the global finance at the Boston ence at HBS, a conference named Berkeley-Haas’ Many of his gifts—an improved wheelchair ramp at that impressed both students and faculty. PhD reinsurer. Bohn brings organized by Berkeley-Haas University Questrom with him his experience Business Leader of the Haas, access and seating for Memorial Stadium, and Cerf served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. alumni every year in October School of Business. My setting up an innovation Year in 2006. After the war, he returned to Harvard, where he earned 1970 new book is titled an elevator and walkway at Haas Pavilion—assisted lab for State Street Bank Pablo Hernandez-Lagos, Find a comprehensive obituary people with mobility challenges in honor of his wife, his MBA in 1947. He then worked at an accounting firm Valuation in a World of in San Francisco called in the spring issue and at CVA, DVA, and FVA: A upon completing his Vera, a Berkeley alumna who passed away in 1995. and later at his father’s haberdashery. He received his GX Labs. doctorate, joined the haas.org/news-otellini Tutorial on Debt Securi- Mel and Vera met at UC Berkeley and were happily PhD in economics from Stanford University in 1952. faculty of economics at ties and Interest Rate Cerf is survived by his wife of nearly 66 years, Lila 2012 New York University—but married for 45 years. Derivatives—it’s perfect Staff Spitzer Cerf; sons Robert, Douglas, Jeffery, and for CFA Level II candi- Neil Thompson, Cam- in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Bacharach is survived by two children, six grand- dates!” bridge, Mass., announces, Emirates. “When I was Jeanne Lew passed away children, five great-grandchildren, and his longtime Richard; daughter, Nancy; 11 grandchildren; and three offered the job,” he writes, in June due to complica- partner, Sandra Bacharach. great-grandchildren. “I did not know what to expect. These four years tions from surgery. Julien have been truly enrich- Brain, MBA 15, Palo Alto, Matt MacLaurin, EMBA 16 ing and rewarding. Abu Calif., writes, “Saddened Dhabi and Dubai have all and inspired leaving the In Memoriam the venture diversity and Matt Ma- Our Defining memorial service for our Barbara Wallace, BS 44 Robert Nicol, BS 49 Herbert Miller, BS 54 Jonathan Penn, MBA 67 cLaurin, San Principles Vijay Kelkar, PhD 70 eagerness of Berkeley and then some. I am part dedicated and passionate Gerald Crane, BS 45 William Flause, BS 50 William Tubbs, BS 56 Richard Baker, MBA 69 Francisco, Students Always of the StartAD initiative career coach Jeanne Lew Ronald Berryhill, BS 47 Robert Gilbert, BS 50, Lewis Demuth, BS 58 Philip Chew, BS 72 announces, Vijay Kelkar, former MBA 52 “Right after our chairman of the Finance to create an entrepre- with her family, friends, Melvin Bacharach, BS 48 Wendell Payne, BS 58 Winnie Wing-Kei graduation cere- Commission of India and neurial ecosystem here, and Haas community in Robert Hawes, BS 48 John Marconi, BS 50 Dieter Winkler, BS 61 Tso-Curé, BS 84 where the main advan- mony in January, I started former executive director San Francisco. Her com- Fern Katte, BS 48 Catharine Rising, BS 50 Paul Speer, BS 62 Winnie Yu, BS 91 tages are easy access to a new role as VP of UX at of the International passion, humor, and joie Thomas Peek, BS 48 Rushton Backer, BS 51 Michael Scranton, BS 63 Michael Kan, MBA 97 Indeed.com. With design Monetary Fund Board, capital and geographical de vivre (particularly since Howard M. Garrett, BS 49 Leroy Wigginton, BS 51 David Rubardt, BS 66 Lavanya Reddy, studios in Seattle, Austin, made a significant centrality. It would be George Nolan, BS 52 BCEMBA 05 S.F., and Tokyo, it’s the contribution to one of the great to connect Haas to she loved Paris) will be top Edwin Lee, BS 49 Robert Sternfels, BS 67 our initiative and perhaps William Johnson, Friend most I have ever traveled deep fiscal reforms in his Rescue greyhounds Dashell and Dolce with Don Smith, PhD 81, of mind with Haas alumni Edward Magnoli, BS 49 Lawrence Peterson, BS 52 Gerald Berger, MBA 67 partner up in some ways.” for work, but I absolutely country—the Goods and a finance professor as we mentor new classes.” Juan Samper, Friend

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Haas Personal View Emilie Cortes, MBA 02

drive was prompted primarily by fear Emilie Cortes, MBA 02, of financial insecurity. If I was the is returning to finance best, I could never become destitute! I after a five-year foray chose finance jobs originally because into entrepreneurship— they were safe and lucrative. I knew I first acquiring Call of the would be able to support myself. Wild Adventures, a In November 2012, I purchased a women’s-only interna- small women’s adventure travel tional adventure travel company called Call of the Wild. It company, then serving was affordable because it was a turn- as general manager around. I was excited. This was my of Duma Explorer chance to align my passion and my and Chaka Camps in profession—and I was finally facing Tanzania. She continued my deepest darkest fear. to serve as treasurer of Fast forward through partner em- the Compton Foundation bezzlement, government shutdowns, during that time to stay Yosemite wildfires, earthquakes in connected with impact Nepal, compressed margins, disin- investing and has termediation in the travel industry, returned to the field as and increased government regula- CFO of Toniic in San tion and fees, and I filed for Chapter Francisco. She continues 7 bankruptcy (liquidation) of Call of to pursue lofty moun- the Wild in January 2016. taineering objectives and I faced my fear, and yep, the worst to share the transforma- happened. Trust me, it sucked! How- tive power of the ever, I’m standing on the other side mountains with others. of this yawning crevasse, and I’m still alive. Business Peak to Valley school buddies, former colleagues, even former clients have kept me from falling in. The outpouring of support has been one of the most uplifting experi- to Peak ences during one of the most challenging times of An intrepid adventurer tackles her greatest fear: my life. financial instability I looked forward to the next challenge, returning to the corporate world, and wondered, like many I started my mountaineering “career” in 2003, soon af- who step out for all sorts of reasons, would I be able to ter business school. As a small woman, a little round at find my way back in? Would I be able to return to fi- the edges, it was incredibly transformative to push my nancial security? body to its limits in inhospitable environments and I did, and it was shockingly easy. A former colleague succeed! I carried backpacks over 60 pounds, pushed forwarded a unique job description to me—CFO Jennifer Lyons, MBA 96 up to altitudes nearing 7,000 meters, and endured sub- of Toniic, a startup-like impact investing network arctic weather…and I freaking loved it. effecting change more quickly through innovative Program Director, Math & Statistics, These experiences that I sought taught me to look at capital deployment. UC Berkeley Extension risk very differently back in my cozy corporate life. Networking works and safeguarding your reputa- There was no threat of avalanche, potentially fatal alti- tion is key. I started my new role in September in San Rich Lyons, BS 82 tude sickness, crevasse, or rock fall. Though fear of Francisco. I am excited and grateful. My second love, Dean, Berkeley-Haas public speaking or rejection is perceived as real risk, after mountaineering, is impact investing. I might you won’t actually die if you fall flat in a presentation just be able to have it all: excitement, challenge, Rich Lyons may be stepping down as dean in 2018, or don’t get the promotion that was a bit of a stretch. KEEP financial security, and the reward of making a differ- but he and his wife, Jen, are committed to ensuring Once I realized that the fear I felt in the office was ence in the world. that Berkeley-Haas continues to thrive as one of not “real,” it helped me push hard and fast in the Business people on the whole tend to be quite risk Berkeley-Haas at the top business schools. Which is why they made male-dominated world of structured finance and, averse. When it comes to our own careers, we plan, later, asset management. However, I always felt like we strategize, we methodically acquire skills, and we an unrestricted legacy gift to Berkeley-Haas, to be a bit of a fraud when anyone called me inspiring march up the corporate ladder. I feared that when I the forefront of used at a future dean’s discretion. “This institution or fearless. I was not facing my greatest fear in life— stepped out on a nonlinear path, it might be difficult to so profoundly shaped our lives,” says Rich. “We financial insecurity. return. I was more focused on avoiding risk but have wanted to ensure that it continues to evolve in That fear came from losing my mother when I was now come full circle. I believe wholeheartedly that we management education ways that meet society’s highest needs.” 12, being raised by grandparents who could not afford need to celebrate our failures as equally as our suc- to care for my sister and me, and then living with a dead- cesses, instead of sweeping them under the rug. beat father for a few years before I struck out on my own How might you be holding yourself back due to at the age of 17. I worked up to three jobs during my un- your own fear of failure? I invite you to join me on dergraduate years, somehow managing to graduate first the path of continuing to challenge our fears...and the in my class at American University. That intense status quo! INVEST in Berkeley and help build its future: planyourlegacy.berkeley.edu 40 BerkeleyHaas