Steve Hernandez, the director of career management for Wharton’s MBA Program for Executives on the West Coast, shares about the latest career resources at Wharton San Francisco.
What’s New in Career Management at Wharton San Francisco?
Student Experience
Wharton Gives San Francisco Student “30,000-Foot View” of Business
Paul Martin, president and founder of Intermountain Wind in Boulder, CO, decided to attend the Wharton executive MBA program in San Francisco because he saw it as a great opportunity to take a step back and gain a holistic view of business. With a background in finance and real estate…Read More
What’s it like to be an EMBA Student? NYC Attorney Shares her Wharton Experience
Elana Krieger, an attorney in New York City, came to Wharton’s MBA for executives program to further her education and expand her career opportunities. Now a second-year student at Wharton in Philadelphia, Elana is discovering many new interests and broadening her network. We asked Elana to tell us more about…Read More
International Development Officer Shares Wharton San Francisco Experience
Rana Bader Matly, international development officer for the Mayo Clinic based in San Francisco, says that the amount of information and knowledge gained at Wharton is transformative. She explains that “it’s like a reality check because you start seeing things you didn’t see before.” We asked Rana to tell us…Read More
Wharton EMBA Students Support Habitat for Humanity
Gregory Hagin, a liberal arts major who built a consulting career working with nonprofit organizations, came to Wharton’s EMBA Program to gain a formal business education. While in school, he’s also gained a lot of support for his work with Habitat for Humanity. We asked Greg, the corporate vice president…Read More
Wharton San Francisco Alumna Makes Leap to Launch Startup
Wharton EMBA alumna Sally Huang, WG’15, went from being an employee at Microsoft to full-time entrepreneur during her time at Wharton San Francisco. We asked Sally, the founder and CEO of Roominnate, which provides 3d visualization for the interior design and real estate space, to tell us more about this…Read More
Congratulations to Our Newest Wharton EMBA Graduates!
It's graduation season and we wish all the best to our recent graduates! The East Coast class of 2015 graduated May 16 with a ceremony on the Penn campus, featuring keynote speaker David Pottruck, C'70, WG'72, chairman of High Tower Advisors. The West Coast class of 2015 graduated May 3…Read More Students See Operations Concepts in Action on Steelmaking Facility Tour
Executive MBA students at Wharton organize all kinds of events ranging from social gatherings to company visits. First-year Philadelphia student Guilherme Daldon, electrical maintenance manager at Gerdau’s long steel business division, recently offered his classmates a tour of his company’s steel manufacturing facility in Sayreville, NJ. We asked him to…Read More
From Promotions to Job Changes: How All Students Can Benefit from Career Services
Whether students are looking for a promotion within their organization or to make a career change, our career management directors offer a variety of programs and resources to support students in this process. We asked Dr. Dawn Graham, career management director of the EMBA program in Philadelphia, to tell us…Read More
How to Change Careers with an EMBA
In just two years, you could earn the world-renowned Wharton MBA and move your career to new levels. The Wharton MBA Program for Executives gives you the business and leadership skills needed to achieve your goals. Wharton EMBA students who want to advance their careers have many resources throughout the…Read More Graduating San Francisco Student Reflects on International Exposure
When Raj Bharti ( @Raj_Bharti ), managing principal of Collaborate Consulting in Seattle, WA, was researching executive MBA programs, he was particularly interested in gaining international exposure and broadening his global perspective. At Wharton San Francisco, he found that the ability to customize his education allowed him to participate in multiple…Read More
EMBA Student Shares Tips for Having a Baby While in School
Executive MBA students have full plates with school, work and community commitments. The thought of having a baby in the middle of the program can be downright daunting. However, second-year Philadelphia student Garima Mathur, who had her first child last fall, says it’s not as scary as she expected. In…Read More
Calgary Entrepreneur Shares his Wharton San Francisco Experience
What is it really like to be an EMBA student at Wharton San Francisco? We asked first-year student Jory Lamb, president and founder of VistaVu Solutions in Calgary, Canada. Here’s what he said: On Impact: The best way to explain the impact of Wharton’s EMBA program is with the post-mortem…Read More
Wharton San Francisco Student Embraces Both Coasts
When Wharton San Francisco EMBA student Greg Vaisberg came to Philadelphia for a class session during his first term, he enjoyed being on the East Coast campus so much that he decided to come back. We asked him to tell us more about the experience of taking electives on both…Read More
From Prom to Scavenger Hunts: Social Chair Talks about Class Bonding
Like most students, Kelley McKee came to Wharton’s MBA for executives program to further her career. She wasn’t expecting to be in charge of things like scavenger hunts or proms. However, as the social chair of her East Coast class, she coordinates most of the Friday night activities on school…Read More