Posts by International Business Development Program
IBD Blog “Dois dias no Brasil”
By Varstation Team Member, Dakota Campbell, MBA Candidate 2020 As a relatively inexperienced international traveler, I did not know what to expect when signing up for IBD other than that I’d stretch myself personally. As I was assigned to team Varstation in São Paulo, Brazil, I was excited to vi…
Haas in the World: IBD Students are currently in-country
“Our Embraer IBD team had an excellent first week in Brazil! After enjoying the beauty of Iguazu Falls, we’ve been well taken care of in São Jose dos Campos by Embraer, our client and the third largest aerospace manufacturer in the world. From a tour of the executive jet assembly […]
Berkeley Haas 2019 MBA Commencement, Patrick Awuah, MBA ’99
For the MBA class of 2019, Friday, May 24th, was an exciting day of celebration as Evening & Weekend and Full-Time MBAs crossed the stage at the Greek Theatre to accept their hard earned MBA diplomas. It was also a special day for the IBD program as former IBD student […]
IBD Welcomes Arman Zand to the Summer 2019 EWMBA IBD Program
Arman Zand is a very busy person. On his LinkedIn profile, he lists four positions that he currently holds: Head of Finance at Farmstead, Advisor at Eyelevel.ai, Advisor at SkyDeck, and Lecturer at the Haas School of Business. Arman is also a father of a three year old, and he […]
University Students from Ashesi Venture Accelerator in Ghana visit Berkeley Haas
Ashesi University comes to the Bay Area: Berkeley Haas and the IBD program hosted a group of 12 undergraduate students from Ashesi University on Thursday, March 7, 2019. Ashesi Faculty Advisor to the Ashesi Venture Accelerator, Associate Professor Gordon Adomdza, brought this group of inspiring st…
Interview with ‘19 MBA Libby Andrada; IBD Alum and now 2019 IBD Graduate Student Instructor
IBD is fortunate to have former ‘18 IBD Team Lead, Libby Andrada, join this year’s IBD program as a Graduate Student Instructor (GSI). Her role is to offer the IBD Staff and Faculty Mentors insights into the current student perspective on the IBD program. IBD interviewed Libby about her…
IBD Helps EWMBA Student Pivot to New Role: Interview with Shaun Hundle, ‘19
Evening & Weekend MBA (EWMBA) student Shaun Hundle, ‘19, is graduating in May. Shortly after that he will start a new role as the Manager in Consulting & Analytics division at Visa. Shaun was a 2018 Summer IBD student who spent two months working on a project with a financial [……
The IBD Big Reveal for Team Members
IBD Team Members Find Out Their IBD Projects: A significant day in the IBD spring program took place on February 14, 2019: “The Big Reveal”. This is the day during which all IBD students (Team Leads and Team Members) come together for the first time in their IBD class. It […]
“Big Reveal” Day for the Spring 2019 IBD Student Team Leads
Every year the IBD Faculty Director and staff spend hours looking over student Team Lead resumes and interview notes, as well as client project applications, with the goal of matching 16 student Team Leads to the right IBD projects and clients. It’s a painstaking puzzle that includes many iterat…
Jon Metzler Joins the IBD Faculty Mentor Team
IBD is excited to welcome our newest Faculty Mentor to the Spring IBD program, Jon Metzler. Jon is a Lecturer at Berkeley Haas, where he teaches competitive advantage in technology, telecom and media markets (Strategy for the IT Firm), and international business. He teaches MBA and undergraduate…