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
Abhinaya (Abhi) Ananthakrishnan
Data Analytics Manager
Facebook
Junaid Ahmed
Junaid Ahmed
CVP, Corporate Planning
Applied Materials
Shuba Balasubramanian
Shuba Balasubramanian
Principal
Deloitte
Sanay Bhirud
Sanay Bhirud
Director - Advanced Analytics
NI
Jodi Blomberg
Jodi Blomberg
VP, Data Science
Cox Automotive
Justin Bundick
Justin Bundick
Managing Director, Data Science & Automation
Southwest Airlines
Rene Carvajal
Rene Carvajal
Senior Associate, Data & Analytics Product Line Manager
Booz Allen Hamilton
Amy Dang
Amy Dang
Associate
PwC
Gina Difazio
Gina Difazio
VP Pricing and Promotions Analytics
Whole Foods
Mike Flannagan
Mike Flannagan
Corporate Vice President, Customer Experience & Success
Microsoft
Terrick Green
Terrick Green
Director Workforce Strategy
Facebook/Meta
Dallas Griffin
Dallas Griffin
Director, Data & Operations
Clerk Retail
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
Saurabh Jha
Director, Data Science
Dell Technologies
Amar Lingam
Amar Lingam
VP, Head of Data Science and Analytics
CDW
Lufang Liu
Lufang Liu
Senior Associate
PwC
Justin Lo
Justin Lo
Head of Data Science and Analytics
Chevron
Ryan Maas
Ryan Maas
Senior Manager - Data Science
NetApp
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
Dylan Nikol
Co-founder & CEO
Prescene
Pilar Odland
Pilar Odland
Consultant
Mahesh Pethe
Mahesh Pethe
VP - Data and Analytics
Worldlink
Mihir Rajopadhye
Mihir Rajopadhye
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Rich Products Corporation
Ron Romanowski
Ron Romanowski
Director of Data Science
YETI
Jeff Russell
Jeff Russell
Partner
Armanino
Joe Sagrilla
Joe Sagrilla
Partner & Chief Strategy Officer
Clearsulting
Brent Schneeman
Brent Schneeman
Director, AI
PMG
Souradeep Sen
Souradeep Sen
Senior Product Manager
Tesla
Michael Shepherd
Michael Shepherd
Distinguished Engineer
Dell Technologies
Barrett Shipman
Barrett Shipman
Deals Transformation Principal
PwC
John Thompson
John Thompson
Global Head, Artificial Intelligence
EY
Ed Tonkon
Ed Tonkon
President, Zebra Retail Solutions
Zebra Technologies
Meena Vyavahare
Meena Vyavahare
Manager, Customer Insight Analytics
Fedex
Hunter Wilcox
Hunter Wilcox
Manager
Deloitte Consulting

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.