Friday, March 28, 2008

Annual South Bay Alumni Networking Event

Dutta attended the South Bay Networking Event held at Menlo Circus Club and hosted by Steve Herrick, BS 60. For those who missed it here is an excerpt from Dutta's blog.

"Late last month the Haas Alumni Network hosted the Annual Haas Networking Event - South Bay. This was my second time attending the event and as usual it was completely sold out soon after it was announced.

The event is held at the Menlo Circus Club and hosted by Steve Herrick, BS 60. The event starts with a reception and networking. This provides students with a friendly environment to meet alumni and peers. It is a great opportunity to know more about any person and also learn about his or her career/industry. I tried to make rounds of the room specifically trying to apply some of the tips that I learned from a "how to" networking session hosted by the Haas career services...."

To read more on Dutta's experience goto: Dutta's Berkeley EWMBA Students Blog

Upcomming Alumni Events

Please mark your calendar for the following upcoming HAAS Alumni events.

Spring 2008 Events (Updated!)

Additional events are added every day, all over the world- please visit the Haas Alumni Calendar for more information:

www.haas.berkeley.edu/groups/alumni/events/events.html

April 22 & 23

Top Dog in the Courtyard, Sponsored by Haas Alumni Relations

7:15-8:30pm, Haas Courtyard

Join Meg Roundy, Assoc. Director, Student Alumni Relations, and the EWMBA Program Office for Top Dog in the courtyard! This event is free for all EWMBA students- please stop by for your Hot dog, chips and a drink during your class break, and catch up with Meg on all things alumni. Please come with questions, suggestions and concerns (well, hopefully not concerns).

April 23

BAY AREA ALUMNI – Q@Haas Alumni Networking Event

5:30pm - 7:30pm, San Francisco

Haas alumni are invited to the 1st Q@Haas Alumni Networking Event for 2008. Can you remember when you were a student at Haas scrambling to secure your internship and to pass those pesky exams? For a bout of nostalgia, and a chance to meet your classmates and current students, please join us for our 1st Alumni networking event in 2008 at Eureka Restaurant in San Francisco. RSVP to Ivan Ferko at ivan_ferko@mba.berkeley.edu.

April 26

ALL ALUMNI - Haas Alumni Reunion Conference – Clean Tech Innovation ~ A Berkeley Tradition

8:30am – 4:00pm, Haas School of Business

Join fellow Haas alumni and faculty, as well as other Berkeley faculty and industry leaders, for panel discussions and presentations about the energy and environmental landscape at Haas, UC Berkeley, and beyond. The environmental challenges we face as a society compel us to find new energy solutions. The Conference will feature a special keynote presentation and several alumni panels discussing energy markets and investments and climate change. After lunch in the courtyard, alumni can view our Energy Expo or participate in a career workshop. Registration: www.haas.berkeley.edu/alumni/conference. Registration is free for all current Haas students.

May 9

Dean’s End of Year Party

4:00-6:00pm, Haas Courtyard

Join Haas students, faculty and staff for the Dean’s end of Year party. Teaching Awards and student fundraising campaign results will be announced; food will be catered by Looney’s BBQ.
Excellence in teaching is recognized through the annual Earl F.Cheit Award.

This award is named after Dean Emeritus Earl F. Cheit, who made teaching excellence one of his top priorities as Dean. Panels of students choose the recipients of the Cheit Award based on nominations submitted by their fellow students. The 2008 Award winners will be honored at the Dean’s End of The Year Party on Friday, May 9, in the Haas School Courtyard.

May 13

BAY AREA ALUMNI - 15th Annual Business Forecast Luncheon

11:30am – 1:30pm, San Francisco

Cost: $25 for current students
Register: haas.berkeley.edu/alumni/bfl

Agenda:
11:30am - Registration opens, beverages available
11:45am - Seating begins
12:00pm - Lunch starts promptly
12:45pm - Professor Robert Reich
1:30pm - Lunch concludes

Content: Professor Reich's presentation, "How Unequal Can America Get Before We Snap?" examines timely questions: Inequality of income and wealth keep widening in the United States. The last time we witnessed this degree of inequality was in the 1920s, but by many measures we haven't been this unequal since the 1890s and the era of the "robber barons." Why is it occurring? Is it a problem? If so, what can be done about it?

The 15th Annual Haas School Business Forecast Luncheon at the Palace Hotel featuring Robert B. Reich with Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations, most recently as secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton. He has written eleven books, including “The Work of Nations”, which has been translated into 22 languages. In 2003, Reich was awarded the prestigious Vaclev Havel Foundation Prize, by the former Czech president, for his pioneering work in economic and social thought. Reich has been a member of the faculties of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and of Brandeis University.

Fall 2008 Events (Updated!)

Sept 11:
2nd Annual Taste of Haas (SF)

Oct 4 :
Homecoming (Haas School of Business)

Oct 23:
San Francisco Networking Event (San Francisco)

Nov 7:
Haas Gala (San Francisco)

Nov 22:
Big Game (Haas School of Business)

Dec 16:
Haas New York Winter Celebration

The EWMBA Alumni Affairs Team

Alumni Affairs Co-Chairs:
Ankur Agrawal and Satadip Dutta

Esteemed Alumni Affairs Committee Members:

Pinaki Mukherjee, Amit Parker, Maheswaran Rajasekharan,Jerome Alabado,
Kelly Kennedy,Sam Chatterjee,Bethanne Deuel,Marcelo Oiliveira,Brenda Charette,
Suresh Bala,Udit Shah


Alumni Affairs Communications:
Udit Shah

Member Introductions:
Ankur Agarwal
Product Marketing Manager with over 12 years of technology experience and second year weekend MBA student at Haas. My hobbies include running and training new runners for short and long distance races.

Satadip Dutta
After earning a graduate degree in Computer Science from Virginia Tech, Satadip joined Hewlett-Packard working in several leadership roles, each with responsibility for managing global teams. He is currently a Senior Product Manager working on software products in emerging technology markets like SOA and Web 2.0 and managing a cross functional international team based in Czech Republic, India, and Israel. He enjoys travel, and has participated in international study trips to Israel and South Africa to bolster his knowledge of global management practices. He also serves on the board of the Hemophilia Foundation of Northern California.

Udit Shah
Has been working at a leading online retail firm for the past 4+ years as a part of the Business Intelligence team. Prior to his current job, he was working as a Senior Consultant for a consulting services company where he was solely responsible for the company’s corporate accounts on the west coast and also helped the company sign many new contracts. He has over 7 years of experience in the field of Business Intelligence and has worked with clients such as Gap Inc, Safeway and Clorox to improve their Business Intelligence practices. He has a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Southern California. After work, he manages a Cricket club and is actively involved with the Marketing of the TCA organization.

More to follow!