Stanford GSB Voices

What's it like to be an MBA student at the Stanford Graduate School of Business? Find out from second-year students who documented parts of a week during Fall Quarter 2011.

Anneke Jong, MBA 2012

  • Grew up in California, USA
  • BA in Economics & Government, 2005, Claremont McKenna College
  • Pre-MBA: Consulting Manager, Roll Global; Co-Founder/Co-President of Philanthro Productions; Consultant, Deloitte Consulting
  • My Profile | My Week

Ben Levick, MBA 2012

  • Grew up in Michigan, USA
  • BS in Computer Science, 2007, MIT
  • BS in Management Science, 2007, MIT
  • Pre-MBA: Senior Associate Consultant at Bain & Co., New York and Stockholm offices
  • My Profile | My Week

Clare Hunt, MBA 2012

  • Grew up in Quebec, Canada
  • AB in International Politics & Economics, 2005, Princeton University
  • Pre-MBA: Project Manager, R&D and Operations, KOMAZA
  • My Profile | My Week

David Lu, MBA 2012

  • Grew up in Massachusetts, Texas, and California, USA
  • BS in Mechanical Engineering, 2005, Stanford University
  • Pre-MBA: Engineer, Technical Team Leader, Program Manager at Tesla Motors
  • My Profile | My Week

Guy Assad, MBA 2012

  • Grew up in Haiti
  • BS in Electrical Engineering, 2007, Howard University
  • MS in Electrical Engineering, Control Systems, 2010 University of Southern California
  • Pre-MBA: Design Engineer II at Freescale Semiconductors
  • My Profile | My Week

James Tinsley, MBA 2012

  • Grew up in the Netherlands and Texas, and Washington, DC, USA
  • BA in Drama (minor in Computers and Intelligence), 2005, Colorado College
  • Pre-MBA: Account Executive at AKQA, a digital brand advertising agency
  • My Profile | My Week

Ji Gu, MBA 2012

  • Grew up in China
  • BS in Operation Research & Engineering, 2007, Cornell University
  • Analyst, Portfolio Analytics Group, BlackRock, New York
  • Analyst, Financial Institution Group, UBS Investment Bank, New York
  • My Profile | My Week

Maria Lambert, MBA 2012

  • Grew up in Texas, USA
  • BA in Accounting & International Studies, 2006, Southern Methodist University
  • BBA in Accounting, 2006, Southern Methodist University
  • Pre-MBA: Consultant at Bain & Co., New York; Consultant, African Leadership Academy, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • My Profile | My Week

Mia Mabanta, MBA 2012

  • Grew up in the Philippines
  • BA in Environmental Geography, 2005, Colgate University
  • Pre-MBA: VP Product Strategy, HelloWallet; Senior Research Analyst, Brookings Institution
  • My Profile | My Week

Michelle Paratore, MBA 2012

  • Grew up in California, USA
  • BA in Business Economics, 2007, Brown University
  • Pre-MBA: Senior Associate Consultant at Bain & Co., San Francisco USA
  • My Profile | My Week

Naama Stauber, MBA 2012

  • Grew up in Israel
  • BSc in Computer Science, 2007, The Academic College of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo
  • Pre-MBA: Technical Product Manager and Senior Software Engineer, ForeScout Technologies
  • My Profile | My Week

Naoko Shirota, MBA 2012

  • Grew up in Japan
  • BA in Economics, 2006, Keio University
  • Pre-MBA: Associate, Nomura Securities and Lehman Brothers Tokyo (Investment Banking Divisions)
  • My Profile | My Week

Pete Blaustein, MBA 2012

  • Grew up in California, USA
  • BA in Economics & Mathematics, 2004, Stanford University
  • Pre-MBA: Principal, Platinum Grove Asset Management
  • My Profile | My Week

Shaka Bahadu, MBA 2012/MD 2013

  • Grew up in Michigan, USA
  • BA in Biological Anthropology, 2004, Harvard University
  • Doctor of Medicine, 2013, Weill Cornell Medical College
  • Pre-MBA: 8th Grade Science Teacher, Teach for America
  • My Profile | My Week

Tilia Wong, MBA 2012

  • Grew up in Malaysia
  • BSc in Civil Engineering, 2008, San Jose State University
  • Pre-MBA: Project Engineer, Shimmick Construction
  • My Profile | My Week