Updates from IBD Team Cemaco
FTMBA students Geoff Grant, Juan Casanova, Jordan Pearson, and Carina Serreze are currently working on an International Business Development project with CEMACO, a large retailer, in Guatemala City,...
View ArticleGetting started
To get a sense of the evolution of our project, one could start with the name of our team. Initially, we – Theo, Vaisakh, Josh, Asli, and myself (Cameron) – were assigned to groupelephant.com, a South...
View ArticlePresenting the IBD 2017 Spring MBA Team Leads!
For the second straight year, the IBD program has selected student Team Leads to spearhead work with their MBA peers on an international consulting project. In addition to providing leadership...
View Article2017 IBD Draft; Team Leads Select Their Four Team Members
A sea of resumes covered the IBD classroom tables on February 16th as Full-Time MBA Team Leads and their Faculty Mentors from four categories of IBD projects (Wild Card, Technology, Social Impact, and...
View ArticleIBD Teams United – The 2017 Full Time MBA IBD Program “Big Reveal”
017 Full Time MBA IBD Program “Big Reveal” Day Finally, the wait is over! The Spring 2017 IBD program Team Leads, faculty, and staff don’t have to stay quiet any longer. The IBD “Big Reveal” event...
View ArticleWhitney Hischier, Member of the “A Team” IBD Faculty Mentors
Whiney in Busan, Korea IBD Faculty Mentor Whitney Hischier spent most of her career in change management and system implementation consulting, primarily on international assignments. She is a...
View ArticleYoung Guru Academy (YGA) Partners with IBD for a Brighter Future
“IBD was the best experience I had at Haas.” One of the reasons we repeatedly hear this sentiment from our Berkeley-Haas alumni is because of the client/student project dynamic. The IBD experience...
View ArticleTackling the Youth Skills Gap in Uganda: An Update from Makerere University
Written By: Team Makerere, Hans Klinger, Elizabeth Foster, Matthew Hamilton, Jeannie Valkevich, and Carolyn Chuong Our sweet ride while in Kampala that we affectionately call the “Mute-mobile” (our IBD...
View ArticleAll Around the World; IBD Teams In-Country
Written by: Danner Doud-Martin, Assistant Director, Operations for the IBD Program When I introduced myself to the Full-Time MBAs on their first day of class for the Spring IBD program, I told them I...
View ArticleIBD Team’s Unique Opportunity to work with Crane and Material Handling...
Written by: Jose Vitor Ribeiro Dos Santos, Johnny Gutierrez, Jason Palacios, Hejar Oncel, and Jeff Neblett Background Visit to Cranedge, ElectroMech’s servicing, and maintenance subsidiary India is the...
View ArticleUpdates from the IBD – Team Tekes in Finland
Berkeley-Haas Full Time students Lauren Elstein, Javier Gunther, Natalie Osterweil, Mitch Plueger, and Matt Shelton are working on an IBD project with Tekes in Finland. The team learns about Finnish...
View ArticleDari Kita, Untuk Kita – From Us, For Us
Written by: Mackenzie Cooke, Anne Kimberley, Tyler Owens, Karin Schmidt and Nony Onyeador A poem by esteemed poet, Annie Kimberley: In the dark of night, we wake and depart, For beating a long commute,...
View ArticleUpdates from IBD Turkey – Touring Turkey with YGA and The Turkish Delights
Written by Amol Borcar, Annie Porter, Chelsea Harris, Jeanne Godleski, and Mariana Martinez The room was buzzing with three languages, and communication was a game of telephone. One of the Syrian...
View ArticleTeam IBD Japan Takes on a Timely Issue: Media and the US Market
Tokyo, city of 20 million people Written by Federico Alvarez Del Blanco, Diego Butrich, Kim Long, Angela Napit, and Kasey Koopmans The US media is having a moment. According to Donald Trump’s twitter...
View ArticleThe Adventure Begins, Team Ananda in Bangkok
Written by Kevin Cottle, Gian Gentille, Jordan Taylor, Mike Solarz and Elspeth Ong Lunch with fellow classmate and IBDer, Harsh. After a whirlwind week of finishing finals, packing up our apartments...
View ArticleUpdates from IBD Shanghai – ARM Accelerator
Written by Harsh Thusu, Jennifer Hoss, Justin Wedell, Chris Roberts, and Amanda Eller FTMBA students Harsh Thusu, Jennifer Hoss, Justin Wedell, Chris Roberts, and Amanda Eller traveled to Shanghai,...
View ArticleQue Alegre! Updates from Guatemala City
Written by Peter Wasserman, Ian Collazo, Kevin Schuster, Michelle Hernandez and Rachel Garrison FTMBA students Peter Wasserman, Ian Collazo, Kevin Schuster, Michelle Hernandez and Rachel Garrison...
View ArticleIBD Team Works with La Clinica Oftalmologica Divino Nino Jesus, a Non-Profit...
Written by Mark Angel, Robert Gutierrez, Megha Kansra, Tyler Saltiel and Sarah Evans As soon as we landed, the humidity knocked us out. Walking off the airplane, we immediately felt our clothes stick...
View ArticleTeam Flowers: A Flower Market Tour of China
Written by Leah Finn, Mary Harty, Anne Kramer, Laura Smith, and George Panagiotakapoulos A hydrangea greenhouse at Kunming Hasfarms Agripacific Holdings is a holding company that owns a number of cut...
View ArticleIBD Welcomes New Faculty Mentor David Evan Harris to the Spring 2018 IBD Program
David at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive exhibit of the Global Lives Project (2017) This year we are thrilled to welcome David Evan Harris as the newest member of our Spring IBD...
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