Haas Venture Fellows for 2007-2008
Alex De Winter, Ph.D
Alex is a second year MBA candidate. Before attending Haas,
Alex was a senior scientist at Pacific Biosciences, a biotechnology
start-up backed by Kleiner Perkins, Alloy Ventures and Mohr
Davidow Ventures. At Pacific Biosciences, he worked on the
biochemistry behind the company’s single-molecule DNA
sequencing instrument. He began his career as a scientist
at 454 Life Sciences (acquired by Roche), where he helped
to develop the GS20, 454’s next generation DNA sequencer.
Alex received a B.A. magna cum laude in Chemistry from Amherst
College, as well as a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Stanford University.
Kaan Ersun
Kaan is a second year MBA candidate. He has a background in high-tech entrepreneurship and management consulting. Most recently, he worked on marketing and business development at AdMob, a mobile advertising startup in Silicon Valley. Prior to Haas, he worked as a management consultant in the Risk and Finance group of BearingPoint, where he advised large financial institutions on strategy and risk management. Kaan started his career as an analog design engineer at Decicon, a semiconductor startup in San Jose, CA. At Decicon, he designed analog ICs and worked on product definition as well as technical marketing. Kaan graduated from Stanford University with a BS in Electrical Engineering, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He also holds dual MS degrees in Electrical Engineering and Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.
 Ty Henson
Ty is a second year MBA candidate. He has a background in
portfolio management and investment research within the venture
capital industry. Before attending the Haas School of Business
at Berkeley, Ty was an Associate at Saints Venture Capital,
a leading direct secondary investment firm, where he focused
on investment due diligence, valuation and fundraising activities.
At Haas, Ty is concentrating on entrepreneurship and the management
of technology. He holds a B.A. from Western Washington University.
Craig Klemp
Craig is a second year MBA candidate. Most recently, he was a Summer Consultant at L.E.K. Consulting. Before attending Haas, Craig was an Investment Analyst at Paladin Capital Group, a multi-stage venture capital fund that invests in companies with products and services that address homeland security issues and needs. Prior to joining Paladin, Craig was a Financial Analyst with Lockheed Martin Transportation & Security Solutions, where he provided financial management for Homeland Security programs and Federal Aviation Administration programs to modernize air traffic management systems. Craig received his B.S. degree in Commerce from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce with a concentration in Finance.
John Ryu
John is a second year MBA candidate. Most recently, he was an Associate at Prism VentureWorks, an early stage venture capital firm where he focused on digital media and online advertising. As a Venture Fellow, he worked with Morgenthaler Ventures to explore opportunities in mobile media. Before coming to Haas, he was the Director of Product Management at AdECN, an online advertising exchange that was acquired by Microsoft. Prior to that, John led the paid search products group at WhenU, a behavioral advertising startup founded by partners at BCG. John began his career as a management consultant at Cap Gemini and holds a BA in economics from Yale University.
Ahsan Malik
Ahsan is a first year MBA candidate. Most recently, Ahsan was a consultant to the executive team of YouSendIt, a leader in digital content delivery. Prior to joining YouSendIt, he was an Associate at Alloy Ventures, where he worked with the IT investment team on new investments and supporting existing portfolio companies. Previously, he was an Analyst with Credit Suisse’s Technology investment Banking Group, where his responsibilities included analyzing and executing a variety of financing alternatives and M&A transactions for public and private companies across all technology sectors. Ahsan received a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University.
 Ian Lee
Ian is a first year MBA candidate. Prior to Haas, Ian was a management consultant at Deloitte Consulting, where he focused on market entry, growth, and commercialization projects for technology and defense companies. Previously, Ian was an investment banker in San Francisco, where he advised tech clients on M&A, equity and debt financing. Ian has also worked for three internet-based startups and co-founded two companies. Ian received dual Bachelor degrees Magna Cum Laude in Design Technology and Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles.
 Hansoo Lee
Hansoo is a first-year MBA student. Most recently, Hansoo was a Senior Manager at Wal-Mart, where he founded, grew, and led the ecommerce logistics strategy and planning team. At Wal-Mart he managed a team of nine and had P&L responsibility of over $12MM. Prior to Wal-Mart, he was an Associate at Pulse, a technology start-up based in San Francisco. Hansoo has also interned at Lazard Freres. Hansoo currently serves on the Board of Directors of World Savvy, a national non-profit organization. Hansoo received his BA in Fine Arts and Economics from Amherst College.
 Elise Singer
Elise is a first-year MBA student. Elise is a board certified geriatrician and family physician. Most recently, Elise was the Director of Ambulatory Informatics at Cooper University Health System in Camden, NJ. She practiced medicine part time while managing the ambulatory arm of Cooper’s $30M system-wide electronic health record implementation. Elise sat on the board of the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians from 2006-2008. She is a co-founder of Hyoumanity, a web-based healthcare start-up. Elise holds a BA, magna cum laude, in Political Science from Middlebury College, an MD from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and a CAQ in Geriatrics from Jefferson Medical College.
 Feng Yuan Xu
Feng Yuan Xu is a first year MBA candidate. Most recently, she was a Product Marketing Manager for Google, where she sourced and managed strategic marketing partnerships for Google AdWords. In addition, she developed campaigns and programs aimed at increasing advertisers’ retention and spend. She started her career at Jefferies Broadview as an M&A analyst focusing on sell-side deals in the enterprise software space. Feng also has economic consulting experience valuating damages in antitrust lawsuits. She holds a B.A. of Economics from Harvard College.
Previous Haas Venture Fellows
Rohit Dube
Nader Ghafari
Alex Ortiz
Michael Berolzheimer
Brett Wilson
SeongGwang Choi
Nathan Dintenfass
James Vuong
Carolyn Wales
Keith Eadie
Kenneth Wallace
Rebecca Lynn
Kevin Kopczynski
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