Biotechnology Industry Immersion

Expand your network with trailblazing UC Davis alumni.

Our MBA alumni are highly sought-after and leaders at top biotech companies. You'll benefit from our business school community and UC Davis' global network of more than 314,000 campus alumni worldwide. 

Many of our MBA alumni stay connected as guest speakers, volunteers on our Advisory Council, as well as mentors for students, hosts of shadow days at their companies and staging mock interviews with our students to prepare them for their career search. These professional relationships are vital and can help catapult your career as you earn your degree and long after graduation.

Just a Few MBA Alumni in Our Biotechnology Network

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Travis Engelman

Travis Engelman MBA 09
VP M&A Business Development & Strategy, Danaher Corporation
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Sonny Johl

Sonny Johl MBA 10
Director of Drug Substance Manufacturing, Coherus BioSciences
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Jim Houk

Jim Houk MBA 11
Clinical Operations Portfolio Leader, Genentech
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Sarah Kleinberg

Sarah Kleinberg MBA 11
Director of Operations, Transform Health
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Gary Chiu

Gary Chiu MBA 16
Sr. Director, Facilities & Engineering, Sana Biotechnology
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Julia Wasielewski

Julia Wasielewski MBA 17
Commercial Business Intelligence Director, BioMarin
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Stephanie Soderberg

Stephanie Soderberg MBA 24
Manager, Program Management and Digital Transformation Office, Thermo Fisher Scientific
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Dr Vishu Gupta

Dr. Vishu Gupta MBA 22
Product Analyst, Amgen
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Fernanda Castro Villegas

Fernanda Castro Villegas MBA 22
Business Development Manager, Illumina
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Teri J. Slack

Teri J. Slack MBA 21
Associate Director of Business Development, Slingshot Biosciences
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Lori Tan

Lori Tan MBA 10
Sr. Director, Commercial Operations, Synthego
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Justin Smith

Justin Smith MBA 22
Director of Marketing, VGXI 
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Roger Halualani

Roger Halualani MBA 91
Founder & Principal, Epiphany Partners Inc.
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Jacqueline Jaszka

Jacqueline Jaszka MBA 10
Chief of Staff
(PD Regulatory),
Genentech
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Jiwon Yang

Jiwon Yang Ph.D., MBA 23
Principal Scientist,
The Jackson Laboratory
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Brian Soldavini

Brian Soldavini B.S. 02, MBA 07
Global Head of Finance for Supply Chain and Product Strategy, Roche
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