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CLASS PROFILE: ENTERING CLASS of 2007

Demographics
Size of entering class: 66
Median age: 36
Age range: 29–55
Median years of work experience: 12
Range of years of work experience: 6–30
Women: 26%
Students with advanced degrees: 32%
Students from outside San Francisco Bay Area: 23%
Other Locations represented: Southern and Central
California, Colorado, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington

Functional Expertise
General Management: 24%
Consulting: 12%
Marketing/Sales: 12%
Finance/Accounting: 11%
Project Management: 11%
R&D: 11%
Planning/Corporate Strategy: 9%
Engineering: 6%
Other: 4%

Industry Expertise
High Tech/Electronics: 20%
Biotech/Pharmaceuticals: 11%
Real Estate: 5%
Finance: 9%
Consulting: 12%
Consumer Products: 5%
Telecommunications: 6%
Computer-related Services: 9%
Retail: 6%
Public/Nonprofit: 6%
Advertising: 3%
Other: 8%

  Rakesh Donthineni MBA ’06
Rakesh Donthineni
MBA ’07
MD
Chief of Orthopedic Oncology
University of California, Davis Medical Center

“This program gives us two schools of thought, and the International Seminar is a fantastic opportunity to understand issues all over the world. I was born in India and educated in England, and I’m about to start a company with a fellow tumor surgeon in Turkey. We’re developing a system to distribute knowledge in our field and to implement what we learn from each other. I am learning new perspectives from students who are not in a health care field.”

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