From: Strategy & Operations Management Association
Date: May 25, 2020
Subject: [SOMA] Newsletter - 5/25



 


In the News
 

Contact tracing apps were thought to be the savior to the COVID-19 crisis, as people could easily identify when coming into contact with someone who was infected. Instead, there have been issues with privacy and surveillance and in the haphazard way in which the various apps have been developed, leaving these apps with low adoption rates and limited effectiveness.

Read more here!


Club Updates

 

SOMA/Andertech DataThon

Thank you to everyone who came out and participated in the DataThon this past Friday! We were impressed by the detailed analyses and recommendations of the current COVID-19 situation that each team put forth. Thank you to our SOMA board members Eddie McGolrick and Charlotte Fagan for helping to put together this successful event!

On behalf of SOMA and AnderTech, we would like to congratulate the winners of this year’s Datathon:

1st place – Team 3 – Pranay Singla, Sharad Jain, Henry Yin, Stephen Guerin

2nd place – Team 7 – Sikyun Lee, Qiumeng Yu, Taufeeq Rahmani, Hua Deng

3rd place – Team 6 – Stevie Rhim, Vyshak Sugunan, Arpit Arun Dhobale, Raffi Sahakyan


If you were not able to attend, click HERE to watch the recording!
 


Job Postings

Virtual Career Fair
The first ever virtual career fair is coming up on May 29th, 10am-1pm. There are more than 20 companies that will be represented and there are opportunities to sit in on live sessions with company recruiters and 1-on-1 chats. Click HERE to sign up.

SPOTLIGHT - MyCareer Alumni Job Postings
If you're looking for a summer internship, the Parker team has been hard at work on an initiative working with various UCLA Anderson alumni to source internship & project opportunities. This is a great opportunity to meet cool and interesting alumni and learn more about what they currently do. Click HERE to see the list of alumni job postings.

MyCareer Postings
Internship:
5/30, 11:59pm | Erewhon Market - Summer Intern, Strategy
6/1, 11:59pm | Elenita Mezcal - Business Development Associate
6/1, 11:59pm | Purlin - Machine Learning Commercialization in Real Estate Project
6/1, 11:59pm | Here Media - Summer Intern
6/1, 11:59pm | Jaxon Lane - Various Projects Summer Intern
6/1, 11:59pm | Oregon Symphony - Strategy Intern
6/1, 11:59pm | Chartmetric - Client Segmentation and Market Strategy


Full-Time:
6/1, 11:59pm | Stretto - VP, Strategic Initiatives
6/5, 11:59pm | Facebook - Strategy Analyst, Facebook Connectivity
6/12, 11:59pm | Meteorite Advisors - Program Manager
6/20, 11:59pm | Zeta Charter Schools - Director of Operational Strategy
6/30, 11:59pm | JETCOOL Technologies - Director of Business Development
7/1, 11:59pm | Uncommon Schools - Operations Fellow (NYC)

 

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