MBA

Alan Moazzam
Hospitalist - UC San Diego Health
Alan provides Hospital Medicine services at both high-volume, UC San Diego Health hospitals: Hillcrest and La Jolla – 808 beds in total. His experience includes delivering care in both community hospital and large academic center settings.
Alan is also an MBA Graduate Student at Rady School of Management. His primary interest is in developing expertise in areas such as healthcare economics, lab-to-market business strategy, new venture financing, product commercialization, and applied market research. Ultimately, he would like to work on a project from its inception as an idea to its fruition as a viable company.
Recreationally Alan enjoys reading, boxing, Judo, traveling, and spending time with his Rottweiler.
Vistage on Campus – Flex 24


Ali Montazer
Chief Technology Officer
Ali is a senior executive with an extensive background in directing technology and product groups. His industry experience is diverse and includes Healthcare/Sleep, Digital Health, Medical Devices, Retail, Fashion, Electronics, Computers and Telecommunication. Ali combines experiences from corporations to startups and is a big believer in lean methodology to address today’s business needs.
He practices the leadership philosophy of Leading by Example, with the goal of empowering and motivating teams. Ali believes a positive and enthusiastic attitude emphatically impacts a team’s morale which fosters high-performing teams throughout an organization. This increase in performance enables business growth.
Vistage on Campus – Flex 24


Chris Haynes
Sr Manager, Design Quality
Chris is currently pursuing an MBA while leading a Design Quality team responsible for Global Design Transfer Processes. He has expertise in Illumina SBS and library preparation technologies, troubleshooting and solving complex product performance issues in a “high mix, low volume” area and implementing lean principals to maximize utilization/throughput and minimize errors/waste.
Chris and the teams he leads are always striving to rapidly mature novel processes into sustainable practices. He formerly led a team of 20 high-performing QC scientists, process development and equipment engineers responsible for process improvement and sustaining in Quality Control.
Vistage on Campus – Flex 24


Christopher Rae
Principal, Worldwide Security Business Development @ Amazon Web Services
Strategic business development and global operations leader who has built and scaled customer-obsessed organizations from go-to-market (GTM) through hypergrowth and exit. Designed and implemented operations that accelerated startup revenue growth from under $1M to over $100M. Led diverse multinational sales, global operations, business development, strategic partnerships, corporate development, and customer success teams with domain expertise in cybersecurity and media & entertainment. He also serves as an angel investor and advisor to early-stage tech and media startups. He earned an MBA in Technology Commercialization from University of California, San Diego, and a BA in Journalism & Mass Communications from the University of Maine.
Vistage on Campus – Flex 11 (Alumnus Member)


Christina Shih
Journalism Sustainability | Business Development | Nonprofit Management
Christina’s currently pursuing an MBA at UC San Diego expanding her professional experience with formal coursework in product management, strategy and operations.
She most recently served as the Senior Vice President of Revenue at the News Revenue Hub, a nonprofit that has helped over 70 newsrooms raise over $70 million since 2016. From overseeing the business development pipeline to helping bring a SaaS product to market, she worked at every layer of the organization. In a previous life, Christina worked in art museums by planning major donor cultivation events and art collecting trips. She has a B.A. in Art History with an emphasis on Chinese Contemporary Art.
Vistage on Campus – Flex 23


Daisuke Beppu
Senior Manager - Kyocera
Daisuke works in Business Management at Kyocera for the Semiconductor Components group. He has experience in Production, Engineering, and Program Management roles across the Telecommunication, Automotive, and Microelectronics industries. He currently leads various functions, including Business Analysts, Data Science/Analytics, and Program Management. He is also a Flex Weekend 23 MBA Student at UCSD Rady School of Management. He and his classmates placed 3rd in the 2022 MIT OPSSIMCOM competition representing Rady in the global operations tournament. In his spare time, Daisuke enjoys teaching high school students at a local Japanese secondary school, playing tennis, snowboarding, and international travel.
Vistage on Campus – Flex 23


Eirik Torheim
Technology Strategy Manager
Eirik is currently undergoing executive MBA training at Rady School of Management, UCSD. He’s a life science professional with 15+ years of experience, a trained pharmacist and researcher with a PhD in immunology. Eirik looks to impact the world in a positive way, focusing on sustainable innovation and nature preservation.
Vistage on Campus – Flex 24






Ilo Neukam
Founder - The Collective SD
Ilo understands what it takes to bring a project in on time, on budget and most importantly, on strategy. She is proud to have worked with an array of brands including, ABC, Applebee’s, TGI Friday’s, Hooters, Buffalo Wild Wings, Tilted Kilt, the Liberace Estate and Buzztime.
She’s passionate about donating her skill set to the Junior League of San Diego, serving as their Vice President of Marketing. Ilo’s background in non-profit marketing extends beyond the Junior League to her work with the YMCA, Empower San Diego, WomanCare Global and more.
Vistage on Campus – Flex 23


Ioana Vladescu
Director of Special Events and Group Sales - Brich Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Ioana is an executive leader with experience in driving strategic communication and event management for leading non-profit, corporate, media, and educational organizations. She is highly motivated and passionate with a robust set of skills to support an organization throughout its development, management, evaluation/research and analysis as well as media/press operations.
Vistage on Campus – Flex 23


Itisha Deokar
Systems Engineering and Innovation Lead at Thermo Fisher Scientific
Itisha is an MBA Candidate 2024 at Rady, UCSD. She’s an experienced Innovator with 10+ patents, and has delivered 10+ products while working in the consumer electronics, medical devices and biotech industry. Her experience spans 17+ years with special skillsets in systems engineering with focus on data science, quantitative and statistical analysis, Electrical Engineering, software, Integrated Circuits (IC), Wireless Technologies, Testing, and Embedded Systems. She holds an MSEE and PMP.
Vistage on Campus – Flex 24




Ken Brooks
Electrical Engineer IV- General Atomics
Ken has experience in FPGA design using Verilog, in various aspects of the design and testing of consumer electronics hardware, and in PCB design for mobile technologies. He seeks to advance his career by staying up to date on current and emerging technologies.
Vistage on Campus – Flex 23


Kenneth Rienecker
Global Product Manager - LumiraDx
Kenny is leveraging his technical background to launch on a global scale, consumable products, and a molecular-based testing menu for a high complexity lab setting parenting without companies’ point of care device to impact the healthcare industry. Most notable is his involvement in companies’ adaption to both electronic lab notebooks and laboratory inventory systems.
He is a military veteran with a plethora of leadership experience who is eager to develop and grow his eclectic background. Kenny’s managed projects in both In Vitro and In Vivo settings, mastered techniques specializing primarily in immunoassays and virology-based work and he has worked in BSL-3 labs with a variety of viruses including SARS-CoV-2. He has a team-oriented mindset and relentless work ethic.
Vistage on Campus – Flex 23


Kush Kapila
CEO/Founder - Sterlings and Vistage on Campus - Co-Chair
Entrepreneur, Sales and Marketing professional with a technical background and an understanding of both science and business. International experience, working in hardware and software, for private and public companies in the life science and high tech industries. Adept at managing multiple priorities and delivering quality results under tight time constraints in both team and self directed environments. A recognized ability to work cross-functionally at both the strategic and tactical levels to solve complex, scientific and business problems.
Vistage on Campus – Flex 10 and Co-Chair


Marcus Hinckley
Senior Principal Project Management - Northrup
Marcus is a strategic leader and proven producer of top-performing teams around the world, with a keen ability to synthesize information into action guiding senior stakeholders’ decisions. He has more than 25 years’ experience gained as a military veteran of the United States Marine Corps.
Marcus takes an innovative approach to solving problems and finding efficient ways to improve processes. He is fluent in Spanish and possesses TS security clearance eligibility.
Vistage on Campus – Flex 23


Matias Beer Vuco
Founder & COO
C-level executive experienced in business development and growth in commercial areas, finance, technology, and operations. Acts as partner to high-level stakeholders, clients, and investors, to ensure business goals are met within scope and budget. Aged 29 he has successfully founded 3 independent triple-impact companies and directed teams of over 250 people officiating as interim-CEO for one of the biggest travel companies in Uruguay during the pandemic travel crisis.
Vistage on Campus – Flex 24


Milton Rubio
Leasing Manager - Arco Areas Comerciales
Milton Rubio is an accomplished professional in the commercial real estate industry with extensive experience in managing large-scale new developments. He possesses a deep understanding of the real estate market, including trends, best practices, and key players in the industry. As a skilled project manager, he is well-versed in site selection, market analysis, financial modeling, and risk management. Milton is also a natural communicator and relationship-builder, forging strong partnerships with clients, colleagues, and vendors. He has a proven track record in lease negotiations and tenant management, successfully attracting and retaining key anchor tenants.
Vistage on Campus – Flex 23


Scott Domsch
Group Manager at Solar Turbines
Scott is a proven leader with strategic focus and excellent analytic and process aptitude demonstrated through success across Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Engineering (development and sale order execution) as well as across component parts and prime products. He has a successful track record with developing product, individual, team and process capability that exceeds business objectives.
Vistage on Campus – Flex 23




Yi Wang
VP-Strategic Data & Analytics Mgr
Yi is a banking/lending credit risk analytics professional specializing in modeling and system implementation. He also serves as a data mining and quantitative modeling consultant.
Yi’s current working programming skills include SQL, EXCEL/VBA, SAS, R, Python and FICO Blaze system decision module. He brings past programming experience in MATLAB, C#, SAP Business Objects and QRM.
Vistage on Campus – Flex 24


Yun Hardiman
Vice President, FSP, Global FSP Operation - Parexel
Yun is a biometrics leader with 25 years of experience in all aspects of product development in a clinical study setting. Her experience is global, and she provides strategic leadership expertise from early through late-stage clinical development programs. Her current focus is on setting right culture and developing next generation of leaders within biotech industry and beyond.
Today, Yun manages a global team of statisticians and statistical programmers (APAC, India, US, UK) while overseeing global partnerships through FSP (Functional Service Partner) business model. She leads FSP initiatives in terms of innovation, workstream, leadership workshop, risk mitigation, crisis management, culture series, personal leadership program, and APAC strategy-Biometrics.
Yun also serves as a mentor for North America and Mexico Clinical Research Associates Leadership Programs.
Vistage on Campus – Flex 16 (Alumnus Member)