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Catherine Waite

Combining language and business skills in a double major

Catherine Waite '09
Business management and Spanish studies double major
Catherine Waite is majoring in both business management and Spanish studies at Santa Clara. Read the full profile »
Where business meets social justice

Where business meets social justice

Kyle Ozawa and Sam Baker '08
Sam Baker '08, B.A. finance
Kyle Ozawa '08, B.A. marketing
Kyle Ozawa and Sam Baker didn't want their fellow business students to miss the opportunity to learn from a foreign culture. Read the full profile »
Greg Dalli

Balancing music and numbers

Gregory Dalli '11
Accounting and jazz guitar double major
For Gregory Dalli, guitar and accounting go together like peas and carrots. Read the full profile »
Laster-Jones

Internships teach gamesmanship

Marcale Laster-Jones '09
Marketing major, finance emphasis
Marcale Laster-Jones uses skills learned from the Leavey School of Business at his sports internships. Read the full profile »
Professor George Chacko

The cost of having it now

Finance Professor George Chacko
Leavey School of Business
Professor George Chacko has developed a way to pinpoint the cost of doing business 24/7. Read the full profile »
Professor Sanjiv Das

The risk factor

Finance Professor Sanjiv R. Das
Leavey School of Business
Professor Sanjiv Das has developed more accurate ways to assess risks for investors. Read the full profile »
Nidhi Adroja

Discovering many career options

Nidhi Adroja MSIS '07
IT analyst, Cisco Systems
Studying at SCU’s graduate business school added many choices to Nidhi Adroja’s career path. Read the full profile »
Professor Hersh Shefrin

Revealing the illusion of control

Professor Hersh Shefrin
Leavey School of Business
Business Professor Hersh Shefrin examines how optimism and delusion can lead to bad business decisions. Read the full profile »
Professor Meir Statman

Is it right to do that?

Finance Professor Meir Statman
Leavey School of Business
Professor Meir Statman knows that ethical values can shift depending on your age, and where you are in the world. Read the full profile »
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Using information better

David Zimbra '03 MSIS '07
Doctoral student in artificial intelligence at the University of Arizona
We are awash in data. Business school graduate David Zimbra finds ways to put numbers to good use. Read the full profile »
Leanne Perricone

Chocolate-Covered Opportunities

Leanne Perricone '09
Management major
Leanne Perricone always knew she’d travel the world, and as a Santa Clara student, she has—twice Read the full profile »
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Denise "Didi" Melone '06
Account executive, OgilvyHealthworld, New York
Denise Melone says Santa Clara offers high quality education and a caring environment. Throw in some palm trees, and how can you go wrong? Read the full profile »
Manoochehr Ghiassi

Modeling the future

Professor Manoochehr Ghiassi
Operations & Management Information Systems
Predicting the future is easy for Manoochehr Ghiassi. All you need is the right algorithm. Read the full profile »
Tricia Bryant

Community makes the difference for marketing major Tricia Bryant

Tricia Bryant '11
Marketing major
Community makes the difference for marketing major Tricia Bryant. Read the full profile »

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Leanne Perricone
Leanne Perricone '09

Chocolate-Covered Opportunities

Leanne Perricone always knew she’d travel the world, and as a Santa Clara student, she has—twice

Read the full profile »
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