Nootan Thangellapalli MSBA 27

Person in a suit, red tie, and glasses smiling in front of a UC Davis Graduate School of Management backdrop.

I love the art of business, I love people and I love making things happen, but I needed to know how to utilize existing information to breathe my visions into reality.

Humans have achieved the impossible many times with the support of small groups where everyone has similar goals, and being in ambitious environments like San Francisco. The MSBA program at UC Davis, located in San Francisco, ticked all my boxes.

Student Leadership and Experience

  • President, Directors' Student Advisory Council, UC Davis MSBA
  • Graduate Student Analyst, UC Davis MSBA

Previous Education

  • Bachelor of Science in managerial economics, UC Davis

Previous Work Experience

  • Operations Analyst, Aaria Dental

Fun Facts

  • You can't beat me at Connect 4.
  • I've flown a plane and jumped out of one. Separately.
  • My favorite sitcom is "How I Met Your Mother."

Editor’s note: This profile was created when the UC Davis Master of Science in Business Analytics program was located in San Francisco. Beginning with the incoming 2027 cohort, the program will move to our main campus in Davis. Learn more about the UC Davis MSBA.