Profiles

Q: What initially attracted you to the MTM program?

Q: What made you want to enroll in the MTM program? 

A: I was an active-duty Air Force officer working at Los Angeles Air Force base and was selected to be a part of the Advanced Academic Degree Program. It is offered through the Air Force Institute of Technology. Only a few people in the Air Force are selected from my career field every year to take advantage of this amazing opportunity. 

I was so honored and humbled to have been asked to do this degree. 

Dan Hedden received his B.S. in Environmental Science from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and completed the MTM program in 2021. He is currently a Partner at Santa Barbara Venture Partners.

The following are excerpts from an interview conducted in Fall 2023.

Q: How did you find the UCSB MTM Program?

By Jamie Hu

Purav is currently a Product Manager at Teladoc Health.

Q: What attracted you to the MTM graduate program before you enrolled?

Joshua is based in the Bay Area and is a graduate of the inaugural MTM Class of 2016 and is currently a Strategic Solutions Engineer at Varonis, the leading Data Security Posture Management platform. He was previously a Go-to-market Customer Success Leader and Senior Director at Accelo, a professional service automation software startup.

Shelby currently works for Amazon Web Services and

Supriya is currently a Senior Software Engineer at Meta. She worked as a Software Engineer in India for seven years before joining MTM. 

Q: Why did you want to join the MTM graduate program?

Muhammad joined the MTM program after receiving his B.A. in Management and Information Systems from Ozyegin University in Istanbul, Turkey.

Q: Why did you want to join the MTM graduate program?

Jakov completed his undergraduate degree in Sociology and the undergraduate certificate in Technology Management at UCSB before joining the MTM graduate program.

Q: Why did you want to join the MTM graduate program?