Meet the MSBA Advisory Council
The MSBA Advisory Council is comprised of industry leaders for the purpose of advising the MSBA staff on the development of the program. Council members serve as liaisons and advocates of MSBA students and offer advice and guidance to the curriculum.
Abhinaya (Abhi) Ananthakrishnan
Shuba Balasubramanian
Sanay Bhirud
Jodi Blomberg
Justin Bundick
Rene Carvajal
Amy Dang
Gina Difazio
Mike Flannagan
Terrick Green
Dallas Griffin
Jim Griffin
Jim Griffin
Director, Analytics Practice & Strategic Accounts, Robosoft Technologies
Rish Gosine
Rish Gosine
Managing Director, Head of Technology & Data Analytics, Pennbacker Capital
Saurabh Jha
Matthew LePori
Amar Lingam
Lufang Liu
Lufang Liu
Senior Associate, PwC
Justin Lo
Ryan Maas
Aizaz Manzar
Aizaz Manzar
Chief AI/ML & Data Officer, Worldwide Commercial Sales, Amazon Web Services
Josh Nguyen
Josh Nguyen
VP Data Strategy & Products, Levelset
Dylan Nikol
Pilar Odland
Pilar Odland
Sr. Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics, American Red Cross
Mahesh Pethe
Mihir Rajopadhye
Ron Romanowski
Jeff Russell
Joe Sagrilla
Brent Schneeman
Souradeep Sen
Michael Shepherd
Barrett Shipman
Ed Tonkon
Meena Vyavahare
Robert Welborn
Hunter Wilcox
From an MSBA Advisory Council Member
Master of Science in Business Analytics Advisory Council member Abhinaya Ananthakrishnan serves as an advocate for the program and offers her expertise to students. She shares her career journey and what drove her to apply to the program. Abhinaya’s company hires students from the MS Business Analytics program for two simple reasons: they are all smart and well-rounded.