Meet our UBC MBAN alumni

"The UBC MBAN program has been thoughtfully crafted to allow students to build a strong analytics foundation, and springboard successfully into the workforce in a remarkably short period of time. The UBC MBAN program represents many roles on my journey to becoming an analytics professional: instructor, mentor, supporter, and network."

Past work experience

• Business Analyst, Omni Channel at Aritzia
• Technology Risk Consultant at KPMG Canada

"The career center goes above and beyond to connect and expose students to the industry, and the internship provides a jump start to one's analytics professional career."

Key accomplishments

• Reduced testing costs by 40% by developing a new performance strategy based in automation
• Successfully bridged gaps between client and technical team in 16 different projects

Past work experience

• Business Analyst, IT, Sopra Steria, Noida, India
• Quality Assurance, IT, Sopra Steria, Noida, India

"UBC Sauder equipped me with all the necessary knowledge, tools and provides a great platform to network with analytics professionals in a wide range of industries. It helped me immensely to get a foothold in the job market as a newcomer coming into Canada."

Key accomplishments

• Analyzed the effect of the launch of new mobile app, eCab (iOS & Android), on the key performance indicators (KPI) of customers and Vancouver based taxi companies
• Used geo-spatial machine learning algorithms and other clustering techniques in R to identify customer hotspots in Vancouver downtown
• Visualized hotspots in Tableau to devise roaming strategies for taxi owners to maximize their incomes

Past work experience

• Business Analyst at Electronic Arts (EA), Vancouver, Canada

"The UBC MBAN program brought together a rich diversity of different backgrounds and responsibilities, which [brought] a wealth of experience[s] to the program. I enjoyed being exposed to new ways of thinking."

Key accomplishments

• Completed in-depth research comparing the efficiency of US- and German National Parks using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
• Designed an effective data sampling technique for a cross-country comparison model
• Evaluated existing solution impetus and critical inputs during an important research project

Past work experience

• Research Assistant, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
• Research Assistant, 411 Senior Center, Vancouver, Canada

"[The] UBC MBAN cohort features well-balanced student profiles ranging from business practitioners to technical engineers. Along this exciting journey, I have discovered my inner strength[s], which prepared me to kickstart my career in Data Engineering as a technical enabler of data-decision making processes at RBC."

Key accomplishments

• Developed cloud-based dashboards and mobile applications to track order processing in 3 factories across China and Taiwan, reduced quality assurance inspection time by 50% and report preparation time by 80%.

• Reconciled financial discrepancies and created a data processing pipeline that saves the regional office a continued 10% savings on their annual budget.
• Founded an online reading platform, recruited over 1700 book lovers and built partnerships with 3 leading publishers.

Past work experience

• Business Consultant, Enbow Digital Enterprise, Tainan, Taiwan
• Alternative Military Service, Ministry of Finance National Property Administration, Hsinchu, Taiwan
• Engineering Lead, Association of Humanitarian Architecture, Hsinchu, Taiwan

"I learned how to use industry tools, robust methodologies, gained valuable experience managing different data structures and uncovering business insights while working with an engaging cohort. All of this set myself up to land my first job as [a] Data Specialist."

Key accomplishments

• Developed cloud-based dashboards and mobile applications to track order processing in 3 factories across China and Taiwan, reduced quality assurance inspection time by 50% and report preparation time by 80%.

• Built a forecasting model to predict sales and conducted store clustering with Python for optimum inventory allocation for a Canadian retail company
• Created a system for consistent monitoring of business performance using SQL and Tableau that reduced the client’s operating budget by 21%
• Developed a Transformation Plan for an organization, leading to an 8% increase in revenue, by collecting and analyzing data, tracking performance metrics and applying optimization techniques

Past work experience

• Business Consultant, Enbow Digital Enterprise, Tainan, Taiwan
• Innovation Consultant, Centre for Industrial & Technological Development, Singapore
• Financial Analyst, ENISA, Spain

"[The] UBC MBAN gave me a platform to experiment and learn new skills both technical and business related, which opened a plethora of opportunities and helped me to land the job role I was interested in."

Key accomplishments

• Worked with Paris-based Global Pharmaceutical Giant to develop and validate a model assessing the relationship between the magnitude of low density lipoprotein cholestrol and a cardiovascular event risk reduction for a lipid lowering therapy
• Evaluated the performance and status of clinical trials with competitors to recommend best practices for improved budget allocation
• Developed and automated decision-boards for tracking clinical trial progress in terms of patient recruitment and site activity for over six hundred users, enabling data-driven decisions which increased efficiency and ensured the timely completion of clinical trials

• Built a forecasting model to predict sales and conducted store clustering with Python for optimum inventory allocation for a Canadian retail company
• Created a system for consistent monitoring of business performance using SQL and Tableau that reduced the client’s operating budget by 21%
• Developed a Transformation Plan for an organization, leading to an 8% increase in revenue, by collecting and analyzing data, tracking performance metrics and applying optimization techniques

Past work experience

• Associate-Decision Scientist, Axtria Inc, Gurgaon, India
• Trainee Decision Scientist, Mu Sigma , Bengaluru, India

"The [UBC MBAN] program provided me with ample technical training, career coachings, and networking opportunities that enabled me to transition into my dream job as a data scientist."

Key Accomplishments

• Addressed profitability issues by using promotion data to realign marketing effort towards product range with high ROI. Improved the brand’s net contribution by 5%over a two year period
• Analyzed market and competitor data to implement launch strategy for natural sweeteners that boosted market share in the segment from 48% to 60%
• Recipient of multiple awards from UBC, including Joseph A Crumb prize for the best graduating thesis, using logistic regression to analyze the effect of minimum wage on education

Past work experience

• Product Manager, Sino Pacific Trading Co., Ltd, Thailand
• Research Assistant, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada
• Assistant Brand Manager, Sino Pacific Trading Co., Ltd, Thailand