FAR-FLUNG LEADERS Business on a Global Scale Opens the Door to Extraordinary Careers
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THE MAGAZINE OF THE HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY Summer 2013 3 TEE TIME 14 OB GAME CHANGER 20 BUILDING WORK-LIFE BALANCE Haas undergrad Michael Weaver becomes the Prof. Barry Staw has far-reaching infl uence on Real estate developer Carol Meyer encourages fi rst current Cal golfer to make the Masters the fi eld of organizational behavior women to pay it forward FAR-FLUNG LEADERS Business on a global scale opens the door to extraordinary careers Supreme Energy CEO Supramu Santosa, BS 80, MBA 81, at his company’s geothermal plant in Indonesia The Berkeley-Haas Advantage Step outside of your day-to-day and return to one of the most stimulating business environments in the world. UPCOMING PROGRAMS The Art of the Pitch September 16-17, 2013 Product Management September 23-27, 2013 Berkeley Executive Leadership Program September 30-October 4, 2013 Women’s Executive Leadership Program October 4-17, 2013 Financial Analysis for Non-Financial Executives October 21-25, 2013 Corporate Business Model Innovation October 28-29, 2013 All Berkeley-Haas alumni enjoy special pricing for open-enrollment programs. Find the right opportunity for you; contact: Kristina Susac, Director of Marketing and Open Programs +1.510.642.9167 | [email protected] www.executive.berkeley.edu Summer 2013 FEATURES AND DEPARTMENTS The International Issue EDITOR IN CHIEF Ronna Kelly, BS 92 UP FRONT EXECUTIVE EDITORS Richard Kurovsky Ute Frey DESIGN Cuttriss & Hambleton, Berkeley STAFF WRITERS Valerie Gilbert, Amy Marcott, Pamela Tom CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Victoria Chang, Mandy 2 Haas List Erickson, Kim Girard, Moira A newly remodeled Haas Muldoon, Christine Rohan, courtyard comes alive. Josh Sens, Mary Beth Warner PHOTOGRAPHERS 4 Haas News Jim Block, Ed Caldwell, Dean Rich Lyons lists fi ve Peter Capocao, Surbhit Dixit, easy steps alumni can Antoine Doyen, Paul Mason, take to help Haas. Genevieve Shiffrar, Martin Westlake ILLUSTRATOR Alex Williamson IN THE BACK Berkeley-Haas magazine is published by the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. For further information, contact: Berkeley-Haas Magazine Editor Supreme Energy CEO Supramu Santosa, BS 80, MBA 81, in Indonesia page 6 Haas School of Business University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-1900 6 Far-Flung Leaders 510-643-0259 20 Campaign for Haas [email protected] As business has taken on a more global scale, global business careers have Developer Carol Meyer, taken on increasingly varied forms. We share the stories of four alumni and one BS 69, MBA 71, encourages Berkeley-Haas Summer 2013, student who together highlight the diverse paths that global careers can take. women to pay it forward Number 83. Two alumni built successful businesses in their home countries of Poland and while building work-life Indonesia after earning their degrees from Berkeley. Two other alumni live in balance. For change of address, email the Bay Area but travel around the world for their jobs. And one student created [email protected]. 22 Worldwide Events a transformative train tour throughout his native India before coming to Haas. Alumni celebrate at reunion weekend. 12 Haas Alumni Around the World 24 Alumni Notes A map of the school’s representatives and notable alumni overseas. 37 In Memory 38 Personal View Haas values take shape 14 OB Game Changer in Africa. By challenging conventional thinking, Professor Barry Staw has had far- reaching infl uence on the fi eld of organizational behavior during his more than 30-year career. Cover photograph by Martin Westlake 16 Your Haas Network Profi les of alumni in Afghanistan; London; Berlin; Dallas; Bainbridge Island, Wash.; and Point Reyes, Calif. Summer 2013 1 Up Front Haas List MBA for Executives Class is 3 in Session Capital Campaign Dinner at the top of Memorial Stadium Courtyard with a Nobel Laureate surrounded by jaw- dropping views. A talk Comes Alive on design thinking by IDEO General Manager 1 Tom Kelley, MBA 83. And three intense days of coursework on economics, statistics, and accounting. Those are just some highlights of the first block of classes for the new Berkeley MBA for Students Executives Program, which 4Meeting the began May 15. The 19-month program Oracle of Omaha will feature courses Twenty Berkeley MBA in Washington, D.C., students flew to Omaha, Shanghai, and Silicon Neb., in April to meet Valley. Among the students with legendary investor in the inaugural class: Warren Buffett, CEO of executives from Southern Berkshire Hathaway. California, Virginia, New During a two-hour Q&A York, and Seoul, South session, Buffett predicted Korea; two high-level more bubbles and more military officers; an early buy opportunities in our Google employee; and a lifetimes, but said the veterinarian. ED CALDWELL trick is knowing whether a company has lost its edge permanently or is in Renovation of the Haas courtyard Executive Education temporary crisis. was completed in late April just in New CEO Brings “It was a once in a time to provide a welcoming space lifetime experience,” Consulting Chops says Bryan Wong, MBA for alumni at reunion weekend 14, co-president of the and new full-time MBA admits at Derek Dean joined the Center for Haas Investment Club 2 Executive Education (CEE) as CEO Days@Haas. and a Haas investment in April, bringing more than two management fellow, The new courtyard was envisioned decades of consulting experience who called Buffett by Dean Rich Lyons to serve as a to the position. Dean spent 20 “incredibly humble and lively hub to share ideas, mingle, years at McKinsey & Co., leading down the earth.” and socialize. The plaza-like space the firm’s global semiconductor One highlight of the practice for 10 years and then trip for Joanne Xu, is intended to foster more multi- managing its San Francisco office. MBA 14, was hearing disciplinary discussion among In 2010 he moved to The Exetor from the people who students, faculty, and staff from Haas Group, where he designed and de- run Buffett’s compa- livered development programs and nies, including jewelry and the entire Berkeley campus. coached executives and teams in such industries as retailer Borsheims and The renovation included replacing technology, advertising, and professional services. party supplier Oriental large planters with pavers in order to Dean’s arrival comes after CEE’s April 1 restructur- Trading Co. “People are ing into a self-supporting, affiliated nonprofit of the very loyal to him, and provide a larger gathering space as Haas School in order to grow faster and help meet he puts a lot of trust in well as planting several large maples the school’s financial goals. CEE’s profits help sup- them,” says Xu. and other landscaping improvements. port academic areas and operations at Haas. 2 BerkeleyHaas Learn more about courses offeredd by the UC Berkeley Center for Executiveutive Education at executive.berkeley.edu.y.edu. Rankings Students #1 in U.S. News 5 The Evening & Weekend Tee Time Berkeley MBA Program climbed to #1 in this year’s In April, with the semester in full swing,ng, U.S. News ranking. In a Michael Weaver, BS 14, set aside his separate ranking, the business studies and set out for a differ-fer Full-time Berkeley Students MBA Program ranked ent kind of course: the Masters, golf’s #7 for the sixth year in a prestigious springtime rite. row. The part-time MBA Weaver, the first current member of Lessons ranking focuses on a peer the Cal golf team to play in the tourna- 8 assessment and admis- from Batman sions measures, while the ment, parred the first hole of the opening full-time MBA ranking round. Round 2 fell on his 22nd birthday, How should Panasonic enter the smart-home market? also includes placement which he celebrated with birdies on two That was the question the electronics company posed success, a recruiters to evening-and-weekend MBA students as their final in survey, and starting of his final four holes. Though he missed their Problem Finding Problem Solving course in March. salaries. the cut, he looks back on the golf compe- The winning proposal focused on a new technology, tition as a sort of career day. dubbed “My Alfred,” to simplify people’s connected lives. “I didn’t feel like I didn’t belong there, “Everyone wants to be like Batman with cutting-edge technology, but Batman succeeds only because and that’s the most important take-away he has Alfred taking care of everything behind the for me,” he says. scenes,” explains Kim Cabot, MBA 14. “We proposed a Drawn to economics and investing, virtual butler that acts as a bridge technology to unite all the screens in your house, anticipate your needs, Weaver opted for a business major with and fit into the way you live.” Cabot and three other thoughts of a career in financial services. students are now helping Panasonic envision the first Though he now plans to turn pro after device to move toward creating a virtual Alfred. graduation, he’s realized the golf course Faculty and classroom have something in com- Responsible mon: “You get out of it what you put in. Business The harder you work, the 6 Leader more payoffs you see.” Kellie McElhaney, founder of Haas’ Center for Responsible Business (CRB) and now faculty director, received the Founder and Visionary Award from Dean Rich Lyons at CRB’s 10th anniversary March 20. Through CRB, McElhaney 7Michael Weaver, BS 14 Alumni has brought Haas to the forefront of the corporate London Calling social responsibility and Alumni gathered in London May 31 business sustainability to June 2 for a weekend of activities, movements. Indiegogo, a 9 including a one-day symposium fundraising platform focused on leadership.