Global Access Program

Chelsea Goossens

Executive Director, External Partnerships
Applied Management Programs

Chelsea began her career at UCLA Anderson in the Full-Time MBA Student Affairs office. From there, she transitioned into the Applied Management Research program where she served as Program Manager from 2016-2017, Assistant Director from 2017-2019, and Program Director from 2019-2020. In her current role as Executive Director, External Partnerships for all Applied Management Programs, Chelsea is responsible for identifying, recruiting, and onboarding prospective clients for the Applied Management Research, Global Access, and Strategic Management programs. Chelsea is a double bruin and received her MBA from UCLA Anderson as well as her B.S. in Chemistry from UCLA.

Scarlett Pinsker

Director,Finance
Applied Management Programs

Scarlett is the Program Manager, Strategy and Finance, of the Applied Management Research (AMR) Program at UCLA Anderson. Prior to joining the AMR team in March 2019, she worked at a non-profit in New York City where she managed two international exchange programs for young to mid-career professionals in the US, in addition to one associated alumni association. In her current role, Scarlett is primarily responsible for the student’s travel budgets and reimbursements. In collaboration with the rest of the AMR team, she also works on strategic aspects of the program.

Scarlett received her M.A. in American Studies from Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. During her graduate studies, she completed one semester at New York University.

Paulo de Rezende

Paulo has over 20 years of investing experience, both in Venture Capital and Private Equity. From 2000 to 2007, as an early-stage venture capitalist at Zone Ventures, where he co- managed investments in over 30 portfolio companies across 3 funds, securing successful exits with DivX (IPO) and NevenVision (sold to Google).

In 2008 he returned to his native Brazil, where he developed the investment thesis, solicited investors, and raised US$225 million for a growth equity fund targeted at the Brazilian energy supply chain (logistics, automation and control systems, capital goods and specialized services). The fund invested in offshore logistics providers with combined enterprise value of over US$2.5 billion.

For the last 4 years Paulo has been supporting the development of entrepreneurial ecosystems in Australia (Queensland), Brazil (Sao Paulo), and India (West Bengal) and has lectured in early-stage cleantech accelerators in Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, and Ukraine. 

Paulo holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

paulo.de.rezende@anderson.ucla.edu
 

Jeff Scheinrock

Assistant Dean and Faculty Director, Applied Management Programs

AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Corporate Finance, International Financial Markets

Jeff Scheinrock learned about entrepreneurship at an early age, primarily watching his parents manage their own electrical engineering business. Working for large companies post college graduation was not to his liking, so he started own accounting company. “I realized that if you wanted to make more, you worked harder. The outcome was in my hands, and I liked that. I guess I’m a risk-taker.”

Scheinrock’s initial connection with UCLA Anderson was as EMBA faculty advisor in 2006. The following year, he developed a class in business plan development before becoming a continuing lecturer in 2013 and faculty director of the Applied Management Research (AMR) program and the Business Creation Option (BCO).

A registered CPA, Scheinrock served from 2010 to April 2020 as an officer and board member of Originate, which invests capital and elite engineering talent and startup expertise into high-potential opportunities. The company, the result of a 2010 merger between Scheinrock Advisory Group and Originate Labs, builds products that define the future, utilizing expertise that includes software innovation (mobile/web development, artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency) and strategic consulting (turnaround, product development, market research). Originate partners with the innovation teams of Fortune 500 companies to create transformational software products.

Scheinrock is a former member of GKM Newport Generation Funds, a fund of funds that manages in excess of $950 million for investments into venture capital funds and private equity buyout funds. Prior to founding Scheinrock Advisory Group in mid-1997, he served as vice chairman of finance and strategic planning for Packard Bell NEC Electronics Inc., where he negotiated equity investments from Groupe Bull and NEC, and set up operations throughout Europe and Asia, successfully negotiating tax incentives from the different countries. He has also negotiated in excess of $1 billion in bank debt and $3 billion in trade credit from companies such as Intel, Microsoft, Panasonic, Tatung, Lite-On, Seagate and others, and handled the negotiation and structuring of all acquisitions, including Zenith Data Systems and Ark Interface Software.

Early in his career, Scheinrock was senior partner in charge of the entrepreneurial services group of Arthur Young and Company’s Los Angeles office, a company whose sales he increased from zero to $7 billion in six years. He has extensive experience in international financial markets, corporate finance and capital structure, acquisitions and strategic investment.

Scheinrock is co-author of the book The Agile Startup: Quick and Dirty Lessons Every Entrepreneur Should Know, which offers information on how to build companies that continually adapt to the real world.


Phone: (310) 206-3082
Email: jeff.scheinrock@anderson.ucla.edu

Education

B.S. University of Southern California