Phil Puthumana MBA 2008

Phil Puthumana Director of Offshore Operations, Strategic Planning & Business Development, TechnoDyne, LLC, Bangalore, India

"My Berkeley-Columbia education prepared me well for my new role by giving me in-depth exposure to every area of business, which has given me the confidence to handle any business issue or problem which may arise. I had already started to run my own business coming into the program, and the program helped to alert me of pitfalls other companies have come across and how to avoid them in the future.

"The Berkeley-Columbia program also enlightened me on the truly global nature of business. Although I had a basic understanding before, the program allowed me to get a much deeper understanding of the economic trends which will be affecting us for years to come. The Professors who taught us and the curriculum we were exposed to enabled me to take the bold step of moving to India."