David Coffman
MBA 10
MBA 10
Senior Business Analyst, Revenue Operations
Salesforce.com
San Francisco, California
Salesforce.com
San Francisco, California
Previous degrees:
BA, Economics
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
MS, Accounting
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Previous jobs:
Principal Financial Analyst
Oracle Corporation
Redwood Shores, California
Senior Accountant
Deloitte & Touche LLP
San Francisco, California
David Coffman has always found balancing and managing time for his work, volunteer, and personal responsibilities to be a challenge. However, as a part-time student, full-time employee, member of a nonprofit organization's board of directors, full-time husband, and most recently, a father of a baby daughter, he credits Haas with teaching him how to set—and fulfill—priorities.
"Haas is helping me become much more well-rounded. It’s preparing me to be a better manager and a better business partner across the board."
"As much as I enjoy accounting, I don’t want to be pigeon-holed. My Haas MBA is giving me the skills and perspective to broaden my knowledge and my career."
"Taking a variety of classes gave me confidence in my abilities. Now, I can sit in a meeting with marketing executives, for example, and really understand the conversation. I am much more fluent in subjects outside finance."
"My classmates realize that grades are not a zero-sum game. No one sits around guarding his notes or hoarding her expertise. We’re all trying to bring each other up to a higher level of learning and achievement."
"I really enjoyed the give-and-take of my Game Theory class. The professor let us take the class where we wanted it to go, which meant a lot of class debate, even arguments."
"I’m looking forward to going on one of the international trips. Although I could easily travel to India or Brazil on my own, Haas gives us such great access to businesses, factories, and banks. I would never get that on my own, and I would miss out on the camaraderie of being with my classmates."
"One of the advantages of being a part-time student is that my classmates tend to be older and more settled in their lives and careers. Because all are more likely to stay here in the Bay Area, I expect we’ll stay in close touch and be able to have long-term relationships with each other and Haas as alumni."
