Judy Chang

Vault Profile: Judy Chang
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Judy Chang graduated from the Anderson School at UCLA with a MBA in 2002.Her previous education included a BS and Master's in industrial and operations engineering from the University of Michigan.After college, she worked as a Program Manager for DaimlerChrysler to coordinate the launch of a particular program in the automotive plants.Judy said, "I would work on program launches for each car model year and style (for specific windshield specifications).I came to Anderson knowing that I wanted to do something totally different."Judy also says, "If you really want to change careers, getting an MBA is essential.
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Judy landed a summer internship in Planning at Macy's West.She worked there for three months in the summer and is now there full-time.

At Macy's West, Judy did two projects over the summer. (The department store Macy's is split into two regions and run completely separately.Macy's East is headquartered in NYC, while Macy's West is based in San Francisco.) To her surprise, Judy's operations experience was extremely relevant during the internship.Her first project was about handbag assortments.Her goal was to figure the optimum assortment level.Judy analyzed the number of styles bought for each cluster of stores, available table space for the handbags and discounted handbag sales versus regular stock.