Tag: International Business Development
Welcome to Emily Lapham, MBA 22, IBD Graduate Student Instructor
March 29, 2021
The current IBD program welcomes former IBD student Team Lead and second year MBA student Emily Lapham as our spring semester Graduate Student Instructor (GSI). As GSI, Emily works closely with IBD Faculty Director Whitney Hischier to improve the…
IBD partners with Ugandan start-up Takataka Plastics
February 26, 2021
Over the past 29 years of the IBD program, it has been rare for an IBD project client to be a co-founder of an international start-up and a UC Berkeley student at the same time. This year the Berkeley Haas IBD program is collaborating on an…
An Interview with IBD Project Client Ross McConnell (MBA ‘04)
October 30, 2020
Working with Berkeley Haas alumni is always a privilege for an IBD team, especially when the project client is a passionate entrepreneur and co-founder of a New Zealand startup known as Blinder Ltd. In the spring semester 2020 IBD course,…
IBD Project Client Interview: Auli Parviainen, Maston Oy
August 31, 2020
This past spring semester, five Berkeley Haas MBA candidates (Cassandra Salcedo, David Brown-Dawson, Jennifer Lopez Ramirez, Fletch Vynne, and Saurav Ray) undertook an IBD consulting project with the Finnish company Maston Oy. Founded in 1968,…
IBD Alumni Conversations: Katharine Hawthorne, MBA ‘20
June 30, 2020
Congratulations to one of our IBD alumni, Katharine Hawthorne (MBA ‘20). In addition to her many career and life accomplishments, Katharine Hawthorne can add Berkeley Haas MBA graduate to her list. IBD met up recently with Katharine to talk…
The FTMBA IBD Team Member Big Reveal – What a Fun Day!
February 28, 2020
The Team Member “Big Reveal” event for spring semester FTMBA students is one of the most exciting and fun days in the IBD program. IBD team projects are kept secret until this class date of February 20th, when 64 new IBD Team Members find out…
Honoring Retired IBD Faculty Director Frank Schultz
February 26, 2020
Written by Danner Doud-Martin Our beloved IBD Faculty Director Frank Schultz has officially retired as of January 2020 from the IBD program, in addition to his other Berkeley Haas undergraduate and MBA teaching positions. Frank came to the IBD…
Say Hello to Nina Ho MBA ’21, Our Spring 2020 IBD GSI
February 24, 2020
The IBD program is thrilled to have second year Full Time MBA student Nina Ho contribute to the spring 2020 FTMBA IBD program as our Graduate Student Instructor (GSI). Previously, Nina was a student Team Lead for the Makerere University project…
Ananda Development Public Company Limited
October 17, 2019
Written by: Fay Yu, Paolo Casumbal, James Greff, Torie Dalton and Tyson Johnson Week 0 – SingularityU Exponential Manufacturing + Chiang Mai A few of our team members arrived a week ahead of time to attend the SingularityU Exponential…
Team HaAshesi – Educating Ethical, Entrepreneurial Leaders in Africa
October 10, 2019
Written by: Joseph Bird, Carolyn Henderson, Nicole Quinty, Jessica Slocovich and Nicholas Meyer Our client, Ashesi University, was founded by Haas alumnus Patrick Awuah in 2002 with the grand mission of educating a new generation of ethical,…
