Student Experience

Students in the online Harvard Business Analytics Program build the skills to influence decisions at the top level of their organizations. Meet a few of our students—and explore why they chose this program and how they are using it to advance their careers today.

Gevorg Abrahamian

Director
Product Management, Oracle

Arun Shankri

Assistant VP
Global Business Insights, Chubb

Liette Ocker

Associate Professor
Sam Houston State University

Bharath Parlapalli

Sr. Software Engineer
Ascend Learning

Ann Cleland

Partner
HORNE LLP

Satish Rao

Chief Engineer
Business Analytics, IBM

Michelle Smilowitz

President
HydroGeo Group

David Samuels

Specialist Accounting Ops and Process Mgmt
United Technologies Corporation

Anferny Chen

Chief Growth Officer
IG Liaison

Surresh Rao

Senior Manager, App. Support, Digital Transformation and Development
T-Mobile, Inc., US


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