IESE AI Club

About the club

The next generation of leaders must speak AI.

Future business leaders must navigate both the strategic and technical dimensions of AI. Neither can be outsourced.

We connect IESE students with practitioners, current research, and hands-on projects. Sessions run weekly through the academic year.

Membership is free for all IESE MBA and Executive Education students.

Leadership team

The people behind it.

Eleven MBA candidates across product, energy, consulting, engineering, and venture.

Rajas Bhagat
President

Rajas Bhagat

Product builder who turns messy ideas into working things through curiosity, experimentation, and usually too much coffee.

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Emi Takeda
Corporate Relations & Finance

Emi Takeda

NTT DATA-sponsored MBA candidate; spent six years on its Global M&A team leading cross-border approvals and divestitures. Co-founded NTT DATA's Youth Council.

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Naisarg Gohil
Chief of Staff

Naisarg Gohil

Spent nine years at DTE Energy, leaving as Principal Engineer after leading a $35M+ Advanced Distribution Management System rollout across a 10,000-person organization.

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Khyati S. Kumar
Marketing & Operations

Khyati S. Kumar

Former MoEngage consultant, advising businesses on KPI-backed digital-operations strategies that turn automation into ROI.

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Jose Cimadevilla
Marketing & Operations

Jose Cimadevilla

Seven years across B2B sales, e-commerce, and digital marketing in financial services, travel, and health. Former Marketing Director at INCO Business Furniture & EST Hardware.

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Hernan Espinosa
Community Relations

Hernan Espinosa

Field and subsea controls engineer turned data analyst and project lead; worked across Schlumberger, BP, and FMC Technologies on three continents.

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Hanif Ramadhan
Community Relations

Hanif Ramadhan

Founded and scaled a VR-training company across Southeast Asian factories to $1M+ in founder-led sales. Focused on software adoption on the factory floor.

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Muhammad Maula Arif
Ecosystem Management

Muhammad Maula Arif

Three years at an early-growth startup shaping business strategy and product development through data-driven, cross-functional work.

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Radu Pană
Ecosystem Management

Radu Pană

Experience across sales, channel marketing, and data analysis at Honeywell, UiPath, and Nansen; now Business Development Manager at MigaLabs.

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Josh Clements
Knowledge & Skills

Josh Clements

Director and Head of Product at Betslip, a pre-seed AI-powered social sports-betting platform. Previously five years in advertising and one at a sports investment and advisory firm. Uses AI to cut busywork.

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Zachery Ballenger
Knowledge & Skills

Zachery Ballenger

Former pilot and diplomatic liaison; Co-President of the IESE Veteran's Business Club. Has 1,200+ hours in Claude Code, three live apps, two live websites, and a fintech startup in progress.

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Curious is enough.

Builders, strategists, and AI-curious students belong here.

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