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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 Ananthakrishnan Headshot

    Abhinaya Ananthakrishnan

    Data Analytics Manager
    Meta
  • Shuba Balasubramanian Headshot

    Shuba Balasubramanian

    Principal
    Deloitte
  • Jodi Blomberg Headshot

    Jodi Blomberg

    Senior Director, Data Science
    Waste Management
  • Justin Bundick Headshot

    Justin Bundick

    Senior Director, Data Science & Automation
    Southwest Airlines
  • John Damalas Headshot

    John Damalas

    Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
    Pacific Life
  • Amy Dang Headshot

    Amy Dang

    Senior Associate
    PwC
  • Mike Flannagan Headshot

    Mike Flannagan

    Corporate Vice President, Customer Experience & Success
    Microsoft
  • Terrick Green Headshot

    Terrick Green

    Director, Workforce Strategy
    Meta
  • Dallas Griffin Headshot

    Dallas Griffin

    Director, Data & Operations
    Clerk
  • Jim Griffin Headshot

    Jim Griffin

    Director, Analytics Practice
    Robosoft Technologies
  • Lynda Jarrett Headshot

    Lynda Jarrett

    Head of Digital Solutions & Technologies
    Amazon Robotics
  • Amar Lingam Headshot

    Amar Lingam

    Head of Enterprise Advanced Analytics & Data Science/AI
    CDW
  • Justin Lo Headshot

    Justin Lo

    Head of Data Science & Analytics
    Chevron
  • Ryan Mass Headshot

    Ryan Maas

    Senior Data Scientist, Technical Team lead
    NetApp
  • J. Scott Meier Headshot

    J. Scott Meier

    Director, Data Analytics Service, Financial Services Center
    Veterans Affairs
  • Josh Nguyen Headshot

    Josh Nguyen

    VP Data Products, FinTech
    Procore Technologies
  • Pilar Odland Headshot

    Pilar Odland

    Senior Director, Insights and Analytics
    Kendra Scott
  • Jeffrey Russell Headshot

    Jeffrey Russell

    Austin Office Leader & National Consulting Practice Leader
    Armanino LLP
  • Joe Sagrilla Headshot

    Joe Sagrilla

    Partner & Chief Strategy Officer
    Clearsulting
  • Jake Schmidt Headshot

    Jake Schmidt

    Machine Learning Engineer
    Recursion
  • Brent Schneeman Headshot

    Brent Schneeman

    Managing Director
    Thought and Memory LLC
  • Souradeep Sen Headshot

    Souradeep Sen

    Senior Product Manager, Charging
    Tesla
  • Doug Shaver Headshot

    Doug Shaver

    Chief Executive Officer
    ASP Global
  • Michael Shepherd Headshot

    Michael Shepherd

    Senior Distinguished Engineer, Services Chief Technology Office
    Dell
  • Barrett Shipman Headshot

    Barrett Shipman

    North Texas M&A Advisory Leader
    PwC
  • Brian Tapperson Headshot

    Brian Tapperson

    Global Finance Director, Electrical Markets Division
    3M
  • John Thompson Headshot

    John Thompson

    Global Head, AI, & Rapid Data Lab
    CSL Behring
  • Ed Tonkon Headshot

    Ed Tonkon

    President, Zebra Retail Solutions
    Zebra Technologies
  • Jackie Wallace Headshot

    Jackie Wallace

    Senior Executive, Digital Technology
    Baker Hughes
  • Robert Welborn Headshot

    Robert Welborn

    Head of Decision Science
    Meta
  • Michael Westerman Headshot

    Michael Westerman

    Financial Analysis, Corporate Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions
    Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
  • Hunter Wilcox Headshot

    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.