B.A. Analytics

Pedro Traverso, MS IEOR ‘03, looks back at his time at UC Berkeley and the IEOR department with deep fondness and gratitude. His experience at Cal not only shaped the way he thinks about systems and problemsolving, but it also instilled a lasting sense of purpose and responsibility within him. The analytical tools and human…

Chisoo Lyons, MS IEOR ‘88, began her career at Fair, Isaac—the credit scoring company now known as FICO—which was then headquartered just across the Bay in San Rafael. She has maintained a strong connection to her Berkeley roots in several ways. She married fellow Berkeley graduate Norm Lyons, who earned his MS in Operations Research…

James Wang, BS IEOR ‘90, has been happily married for over 20 years. After spending 15 years in the airline industry, he made a career pivot away from IEOR and now works as a CFO consultant, following the completion of his Executive MBA at UCLA. James is proud that his daughter, Jocelyn, is now a…

Joel Effron began his career in the Industrial Engineering department at Trans World Airlines (TWA), where he developed a non-classical queueing theory model to staff ticket and gate counters based on dynamic passenger arrival patterns and fluctuating flight schedules. This innovative approach was adopted systemwide. Drawing on ergonomic principles learned at Berkeley, Joel also designed…