Haas Events & Information

Berkeley Haas Food Innovation Studio Project & Venture Fair
Date / Time: December 3, 8:15 - 11:00 AM
Location: N540+544
Register here

Come join the Food Innovation Studio Project and Venture Fair on Tuesday, December 3rd. The day is structured as a project/venture fair where our teams present their projects and business plans to a panel of industry experts who will ask questions and provide feedback.
FIS is the capstone course of the new Sustainable Food Initiative at the Center for Responsible Business at BerkeleyHaas and is taught by William Rosenzweig and Adrian Rodrigues. The course is focused on enabling graduate students to identify and define pressing challenges and unmet needs in the broader food system. This course is all about systems level innovation in the food industry, with an emphasis on driving social and environmental impact as well. The goal is for students to work with or develop mission-driven, disruptive companies that address key challenges the industry faces and aligning strategy and execution tactics to address them. 

Transforming Food Systems Speaker Series: Sustainable Supply Chains
Date / Time: December 4, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Location: C220

This week's speaker series will focus on sustainable supply chains in food. Lotus Foods, Plenty, Imperfect Produce and Regrained will be in attendance.

Non-Haas Events

MBArk2Boulder Food Leadership Conference
Date / Time: January 2-4, 2020
Location: Boulder, CO
Register here

M2B is like a Net Impact Conference, TED talk, and natural products expo all rolled into one. Designed to help graduate students, recent MBA alumni, young professionals and undergrads accelerate their knowledge and advancement in one of the world’s most fulfilling and dynamic triple-bottom-line industries. MBArk programs include keynote addresses, food fair, workshops, field trip to food production and retail facilities, small group dinners, concurrent sessions, and plenty of peer-to-peer networking.

MBArk Core Program at Expo West
Date / Time: March 5-7, 2020
Location: Anaheim, CA
Applications will be available by December 1 here

The biggest networking opportunity in the industry, with more than 3,500 exhibiting food companies and 80,000 attendees.

Career Opportunities

AB Inbev - Beer Garage Innovation Internship
Deadline to apply: December 6
Apply directly on Careernet

At ABI, we are leveraging new technologies and digital transformation to better engage with and serve the needs of our consumers, partners, customers, colleagues, and beer lovers around the world. One of the ways we drive innovation and stay ahead of the curve is through dedicated research Labs and technology centers across the globe.
Beer Garage is our tech innovation Lab located in the heart of Silicon Valley and deeply embedded in the local eco-system. While working closely with the business to gain insights into the needs of our customers and consumers, Beer Garage is also scaling our existing capabilities in AI & ML, IoT, Cloud & Data Analytics, Automation & Robotics, and exploring emerging technologies such as Blockchain, AR & VR, and others. This helps us to create new occasions and experiences while supporting the growth of the beer category. 
If you love technology and have an entrepreneurial mindset then please apply to the Beer Garage Innovation internship. This internship is open to all. 
Additional information on Beer Garage here.
Sign up for a coffee chat here.
Contact Doug Massa for further information.

The Wine Group - Associate Brand Manager Internship
Deadline to apply: December 31
Apply directly on CareerNet

As a member of the Innovation team, the Associate Brand Manager is a full-time position based at our Livermore, CA location. Reporting to the Corporate Brands Brand Manager, the Associate Brand Manager will be primarily responsible for management of the existing “private label” wine portfolio (strategy, execution and support for 30+ brands). This person will have a strong grounding in CPG marketing best practices and will have a successful history managing alcoholic beverage and/or CPG brands.

Tyson Foods - Marketing Intern
Deadline to apply: January 6, 2020
Apply directly on CareerNet

The Summer Intern position is an internship with the potential to lead to a full-time Associate Brand Manager (ABM) role.  The ABM is a key contributor to the overall brand team, responsible for leading cross functional teams in the planning, execution and analysis of various business initiatives. The ABM role is a general management role with P&L responsibility and includes the development of strategic business and marketing plans to achieve corporate and brand volume, profit and share objectives. 

Danone - Associate Brand Manager Internship
Deadline to apply: January 8, 2020
If interested, please email Doug Massa

The Brand Management Intern assists in the development and execution of brand product strategy consistent with all aspects of the business, including new product development, financial management, marketing planning and tactical execution of plans. The Brand Management Intern will be based in either our White Plains, NY or Broomfield, CO office.  Please specify in your cover letter which location you prefer.

Terviva - Senior Food Product Manager
Open / Rolling / ASAP application
Apply directly on website

TerViva is a fast-growing food and agriculture technology startup, headquartered in Oakland, California, with operations in Florida, Hawaii, Queensland, Australia, and India. TerViva produces plant protein and vegetable oil by growing a non-GMO, sustainable tree crop called pongamia (Pongamia pinnata), which produces dramatically higher yields than other oilseed crops such as soybeans.
Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Commercialization, the Senior Manager of Food Products Commercialization will build TerViva’s food product commercial relationships with formulators, consumer packaged goods companies, ingredient suppliers, consumer facing brands, and other supply chain partners. 
If interested, please contact naveen.sikka@terviva.com and CC marc.diaz@terviva.com and emartinez@terviva.com or apply directly on the website.

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2019 Board

Club Advisor: Will Rosenzweig