Entrepreneur and Consultant
Greater Los Angeles Area
- Current
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- Senior Admissions Consultant at The MBA Exchange (R)
- Director of Special Projects at UCLA Anderson Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
- Principal at 64North.com
- Co-founder at myShape.com
- Board of Directors/ Chief Operating Officer at SmartWear
- Past
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- Admissions Consultant at Veritas MBA
- Professor at Marylhurst University
- Partner at Dahlia (dahliajewels.com)
- Volunteer Consultant at Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking
- Operations Manager at Us Boys
- Education
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- University of California, Los Angeles - The Anderson School of Management
- Fashion Institute of Technology
- University of California, Berkeley
- Connections
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360
connections
- Industry
- Marketing and Advertising
- Websites
Holly Han’s Summary
Holly Han has worked in consumer products, fashion and technology in San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles for the past sixteen years. She began her career at Vera Wang and later developed product for companies such as Bloomingdale’s, Victoria’s Secret, J.C. Penney, and Anthropologie. Ms. Han authored the Vault Career Guide to the Fashion Industry. As a consultant, she helped 7thOnline.com, rated Forbes Best B2B Sites, define their initial business model and pricing. During her MBA program at UCLA Anderson, Ms. Han received fellowships from the Young President’s Organization and Asian Business League and was a finalist in the Caltech and UCLA Business Plan Competitions. As COO of SmartWear, a company that is developing a new class of patented smart textiles and funded by grants from the NIH, NSF, Army, Navy, and Missile Defense Agency, Holly drove business development.
Holly Han co-founded Dahlia; their jewelry designs were featured in Modern Bride, National Jeweler, and Elegant Bride. As managing principal at 64North, Ms. Han worked with MIT, UCLA and Notre Dame on branding, websites and other media design. She is a co-founder of myShape, an innovative online retailer backed by venture capital firms Tenaya and Draper Fisher Jurveston that matches clothing to consumers based on their profile. myShape has been featured in the NY Times, Real Simple, The Early Show, and Newsweek. She holds degrees from UC Berkeley and the Fashion Institute of Technology with additional studies at Caltech. Ms. Han taught at the MBA Program at Marylhurst University and is a Director of Special Projects at The Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
Holly Han’s Experience
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Senior Admissions Consultant
The MBA Exchange (R)
(Privately Held; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
November 2009 — Present (1 month)
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Director of Special Projects
UCLA Anderson Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)
December 2005 — Present (4 years )
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Principal
64North.com
(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)
2005 — Present (4 years )
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Co-founder
myShape.com
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Apparel & Fashion industry)
April 2005 — Present (4 years 8 months)
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Board of Directors/ Chief Operating Officer
SmartWear
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Textiles industry)
March 1999 — Present (10 years 9 months)
- Project development costs for $3MM government grants in cash flow projections, growth strategy, and investor funding.
- Establish partnerships with UCLA Medical and others for $650k SBIR grants funded by the NIH, NSF, Army, Navy, NASA and MDA. -
Admissions Consultant
Veritas MBA
(Education Management industry)
2003 — 2009 (6 years )
Advise MBA applicants (later accepted to HBS, Wharton, Kellogg, Stanford), top billing consultant.
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Professor
Marylhurst University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
April 2004 — 2007 (3 years )
Teach Business Plan writing and E-Business Strategies to students in the MBA program
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Partner
Dahlia (dahliajewels.com)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Retail industry)
2003 — 2005 (2 years )
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Volunteer Consultant
Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
2004 — 2004 (less than a year)
Volunteered consulting to create marketing plan for public awareness.
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Operations Manager
Us Boys
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Apparel & Fashion industry)
1996 — 2000 (4 years )
- Created pricing model based on historical data to determine optimal profit percentages and product sales to retailers.
- Led initiative to reduce inefficiencies and improve the company’s purchasing (by 15%), requisition, and costing processes.
- Sourced, forecast, purchased, and coordinated $8M of raw materials and work-in-progress from vendors.
- Designed fabrics and analyzed yarn, knitting, and finishing for Limited, JC Penney, Federated, Kohl’s, Nordstrom and Sears.
Special Projects Director
- Managed a task force that planned and implemented online tracking of shipped goods and data mining for salespeople.
- Directed company’s trademarks, copyrights, and legal issues, asserting over $80k in claims from Kids R Us, Clothestime, etc.
Holly Han’s Education
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University of California, Los Angeles - The Anderson School of Management
MBA , 2000 — 2002
- Activities and Societies:
- VP of Management Consulting Assoc., 1st/ 2nd year Director, Computer Advisory Committee, Technology Columnist
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Fashion Institute of Technology
AAS , Buying and Merchandising , 1994 — 1995
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University of California, Berkeley
BA , 1990 — 1994
- Activities and Societies:
- Sigma Omicron Pi
Additional Information
Holly Han’s Websites:
Holly Han’s Interests:
Published: Vault Career Guide to the Fashion Industry, 2002, ISBN: 1581312016
Holly Han’s Groups:
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UCLA Anderson Alumni Network -
Taproot Foundation -
Asian American Leadership Network
Holly Han’s Honors:
Young Presidents’ Organization Fellowship
Asian Business League Scholarship
2nd place in UCLA Anderson Business Plan Competition
Finalist in Caltech Business Plan Competition
Holly Han’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
