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Tim Gunderson
Tim Gunderson
MBA 08
Managing Director
NASDAQ West Coast
Menlo Park, California

Previous degree:
BA, University of Washington

Career Goal:
Career Advancer

Course Schedule

Fall Semester 2005
Economic Analysis [Microeconomics]
Organizational Behavior
Financial Accounting
Marketing
 
Spring Semester 2006
Introduction to Finance
Operations Management
Macroeconomics in the Global Economy
Leadership
Ethics and Responsibility in Business
 
Fall Semester 2006
Investments
Consumer Behavior
Nonprofit Boards
 
Spring Semester 2007
Creativity and Innovation in Marketing
Mid-program Academic Retreat
Managing Professional Services

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Summer Session 2007
Competitive Strategy
 
Fall Semester 2007
Strategy, Structure, and Incentives
Venture Capital & Private Equity
 
Spring Semester 2008
Mergers and Acquisitions
Seminar in International Business - Chile
Marketing in Web 2.0
 

Tim Gunderson's day-to-day job with NASDAQ West Coast is to make sure companies achieve their next level of success after their IPOs. He says his Haas coursework has helped him fulfill that role and get promoted along the way, from director to managing director.

"Before coming to Haas, I could talk executives through all of the milestones of going public. Now, I can also give them a real road map to success long after the bell stops ringing on their opening day of trading."

"The Strategy, Structure and Incentives class gave me an invaluable view into the organization of a company. When I'm talking with companies that are starting to structure themselves for an IPO, I use what I learned from Professor Leonard to talk with them about laying the best foundation for success over time."

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