Yong Tan is #1, Foster #5 in global ranking of information systems research
When it comes to information systems research, Yong Tan is #1 on the planet. Tan, the Michael G. Foster Endowed Professor of Information Systems at the University of Washington Foster School of Business, tops the global list of most productive IS scholars that is produced by the Association for Information Systems (AIS), the discipline’s preeminent... Read More
Poets&Quants Ranks Foster #24 of Best Undergraduate Business Programs
Poets&Quants ranked the Foster School #24, #8 among public schools (up from #11 last year), and #1 in the Northwest of 95 schools in the 2022 Best Undergraduate Business Programs. Rankings are a bit different this year as many universities have dropped standardized testing or made it optional. The three categories (admissions standards, alumni experience,... Read More
From MSBA to Wrestling with Messy Datasets
The last time we caught up with Prarthana Kejriwal, MSBA ’21, she was about halfway through her program and busy building her analytical skillsets. Fast forward to today: after graduating, Prarthana landed a job with T-Mobile as a Business Analysis Manager. Prarthana checks in with us about how MSBA set her up for success and... Read More
Students Deliver at 2022 Science & Technology Showcase
The 2022 Science and Technology Showcase (STS) provided an opportunity for student innovators at the University of Washington to embrace a key entrepreneurial trait: flexibility. The 15 teams (listed below) who participated in the 16th annual competition shifted into online presentation mode and wowed judges through a virtual platform many had never used before. By... Read More
Jouni Welander
Jouni Welander Vice President of Sales, New Media at Ateme I am a Vice President of Sales in a high-tech software company, leading a small team of sales directors. Our company is headquartered in Paris, France and I work with a team of diverse backgrounds making us stronger in global markets. I enjoy making new... Read More
Padmaja Vrudula
Padmaja Vrudula Vice President, Solution Innovation at Snowflake I run an innovation team focused on emerging tech at Snowflake, a cloud data platform. It is important to share experiences and build the next round of leaders. As a mentor, I excel at… Career development Leadership Tech strategy When I have free time, I… read. The... Read More
Daniel Stein
Daniel Stein Group Product Manager, Core Experiences at Brex I am a product leader with over a dozen years of experience coaching teams and building world-class productivity software. I love the mutual learning that occurs through mentoring conversations and I find it rewarding to look for & share patterns that help product leaders succeed. As... Read More
Sai Shankar
Sai Shankar Managing Director, Slalom Consulting I am a Global Technology leader at Slalom leading our efforts in Sales/GTM and Delivery for Slalom’s Integrated Business Applications and Technology Strategy capabilities. I am responsible for leading the intrapreneurship function and incubating new business areas for my organization. I love to be a resource as well as... Read More
Tova Scherzer
Tova Scherzer Senior Manager, Project Management, Enterprise Customer Success & Consulting at Autodesk I am a senior business leader with 20 years in the technology sector working with enterprise customers to deploy software. I am passionate about building our future leaders at all types of companies. As a mentor, I excel at… Customer success Product... Read More
Ajith Prabhakara
Ajith Prabhakara Senior Manager, Technical Product Management at Cruise I am an accomplished product management leader and engineer with 20+ years of experience in technology and innovation; I‘m passionate about incubating, nurturing, launching ground-breaking innovations, and building high-functioning product teams. I currently lead a team of product managers and designers at an autonomous vehicle startup.... Read More