Santa Clara University

Lily Fu attended San Francisco State University where she received her BA in Finance and Accounting. She is now in her second year of the SCU MBA program concentrating in finance. Lily is currently working for GlobalFoundries as a financial analyst. Her primary areas of interest are portfolio management and investment banking. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, learning new languages and playing the piano.

Nicholas is in his first year of MBA program at Santa Clara University. He graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a degree in Economics and History. Currently he works for Verizon Wireless as an Account Manager overseeing some of the health care and technology accounts. He enjoys his job very much but he joined Finance Connexion because he is interested in moving into more of a finance and analysis type of role after he graduates. When Nicholas has a little time off, he loves to travel. Nicholas is excited about joining Finance Connexion and working with the team to continue a club that can benefit anyone in the MBA community.

Nasir holds a BS degree in Political Science from Northern Illinois University and is currently in his second year of the MBA program at the Leavey School of Business. During his first year at Santa Clara University, Nasir co-founded a mobile gaming company that was funded, incubated, and acquired by social gaming industry leader, CrowdStar, Inc. Prior to moving to the Bay Area in 2011, Nasir established an early career in the wireless/mobile retail industry, holding positions from sales to management and eventually to franchisee/partner of three wireless retail outlets in the Chicago area. As an experienced entrepreneur and MBA candidate, Nasir is looking forward to applying his practical and theoretical understanding of business to help resolve some of the most pressing social issues of our future.  

Monalisa graduated from Bangalore University (India) with a bachelors degree in business management. Currently, she is a first year MSIS (Information Systems) student at SCU's Leavey School of Business. Prior to joining SCU, she was working at IBM where she held a variety of different roles. Her most recent role included marketing IBM's offshoring capabilities and demonstrating cost savings for its Fortune 500 clients. In her spare time, Monalisa likes to watch movies, spend time with friends or just bake a yummy chocolate cake!

Doug is currently an MBA candidate here at Santa Clara. He earned his BA at Tufts University in Medford, MA while playing four years varsity hockey and two years varsity golf. While at Tufts, he interned for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Massachusetts State Senator Jamie Eldridge. Following graduation, Doug played professional ice hockey for 2 years in Sweden and Australia. He recently won the Australian Ice Hockey National Championship and has his name engraved on the Goodall Cup in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Currently, Doug works as an analyst in hockey operations for the San Jose Sharks concentrating on high technology and statistical analysis. In his spare time, he enjoys golfing, poker, competing in urban marathons (Oyster Race SF, Warrior Dash), and coordinating social events within the SCU community.