In the words of the late Christopher Wallace, “I’m going going, back back, to Cali Cali.” Ever since making the decision to attend Anderson a few months ago, I am pretty sure that song has been playing on repeat in my head. I am so excited to return to my home state and start my journey at Anderson!
My name is James Huntington, and I am grateful for the opportunity to be one of the UCLA Anderson Class of 2016 student bloggers. I hope I can offer even a fraction of the insight that I was able to gain through reading the posts of bloggers from the Class of 2015, as well as other past student bloggers.
Anyway, a bit about me. I was born in Okinawa, Japan. My mother is Japanese and my father is from the U.S. Contrary to most assumptions, my father did not serve in the military. They actually met in Idaho of all places… and the rest is history. I lived in Japan for a total of about eight years. Other than that, I primarily grew up in Northern California.
In 2003, I moved to Provo, UT to attend Brigham Young University. I graduated in 2008 with a BA in Japanese. Post-graduation, I worked at The O.C. Tanner Company, an HR consulting firm in Salt Lake City as an International Operations Analyst for just over two years. I then transitioned into my current role at Goldman Sachs, where I will be for a few more weeks until we moved down to LA the beginning of August. I have been working as an Operations Specialist for a little over two years now, and have been focusing on risk management related to futures and options trading for the firm and our clients.
During the next several weeks, I will be sharing updates on our move, pre-orientation trip, preparations for school, and probably a few other things in between. I am excited to join Anderson’s Class of 2016 and looking forward to meeting everyone in the fall!
- James Huntington, MBA '16
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