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Sat, Mar 28, 2026
9 AM – 10 AM EDT (GMT-4)
Humanities Quadrangle
320 York Street, New Haven, CT 06510, United States
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Join a conversation with professionals who’ve made the leap beyond academia. Hear how they navigated new career pathways and learn how to pinpoint and express the strengths your academic work has already given you—especially the skills that resonate with corporate and financial‑services employers.
This event is part of the Where Do I Go from Yale? series for Graduate School students and recent graduates.
Speakers
Kitty Koo-Tse
Director of Global Wealth and Investment Management
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kittykootse/
Kitty Koo-Tse ('01 MS) is the Director of Global Wealth and Investment Management at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where she leads business strategy and key initiatives for Capital Markets in New York. She previously held senior leadership roles at Citigroup and Morgan Stanley.
As a member of the Yale GSAA Board, she enjoys mentoring students on career exploration, translating academic training into business skills, and navigating careers in corporate and financial services
Shayna Liberman
Strategy Director
Nike
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaylib/
Shayna Liberman is Director of Sportswear Strategy at Nike. Since 2021 she has worked with Nike's senior leaders to build integrated strategies in the Sportswear, Women's and Technology businesses. Prior to Nike, Shayna held marketing leadership roles at mission-driven startups, and worked as an independent consultant in strategy and design for nonprofits and small businesses. Shayna's research focused on the biochemical regulation of hormones, animal behavior, and evolutionary biology.
Ping-Yuan Wang '09 PhD History
Technical Writing Staff
Salesforce
www.linkedin.com/in/drpingyuanwang
A historian of early modern Europe by training, Ping-Yuan pivoted from a decade in the professoriate to the tech industry, with experience spanning video game localization, literary translation, and technical communication. Currently, Ping-Yuan is a Staff Technical Writer at Salesforce, crafting UI text, AI agent instructions, and technical documentation for software users. Ping-Yuan advises others on transferable skills, career exploration, networking, and non-academic job interviews.
Nivi Samudrala '17 PhD Engineering and Applied Science
Director - Data Science
Visa Consulting & Analytics, Canada
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nivisamudrala/
Nivi Samudrala (’17 PhD, SEAS) is Director of Data Science at Visa Inc., leading the data science team within Visa Consulting & Analytics in Toronto. She began her career as an individual contributor and grew into senior technical leadership roles while exploring different industries in the U.S. and Canada.
As a Yale GSAA Board member, she mentors students on career exploration, turning academic skills into industry experience, and navigating career transitions as an immigrant.
Hosted By
Co-hosted with: GSAS Professional Development, Yale Student Alumni Association, McDougal Center, Yale Office of Career Strategy (OCS) - GSAS & Postdocs, Graduate Student Assembly