Graduate (BBA) Programs
The Moody Center, May 7th, 2026, 5:00 – 8:00 P.M.
Deepica Mutyala
Founder & CEO of Live Tinted
Deepica Mutyala is the Founder & CEO of Live Tinted, the buzz-worthy clean beauty brand with
universal shades and purposeful formulas. As a South-Asian American entrepreneur, she is
dedicated to ensuring that everyone feels seen in the beauty industry through innovative
products, community engagement, and meaningful conversations.
Mutyala gained widespread recognition in 2015 when her YouTube video demonstrating a
beauty hack for dark under-eye circles went viral, amassing over 10 million views. Since then,
she has partnered with major brands like Estee Lauder, LVMH, and Unilever to advocate for inclusivity and representation, earning accolades from prestigious publications, including a feature in TIME Magazine as a Next Generation Leader in 2022. She’s also been at the forefront of various culture-shifting projects like creating the first-ever South Asian CEO Barbie doll with Mattel.
In January 2018, she founded Live Tinted as an inclusive beauty brand creating products with universal shades and purposeful formulas. The brand debuted its first product, HUESTICK, in May 2019—a versatile eye, lip, and cheek multistick designed to address dark circles and hyperpigmentation. It quickly became a cult favorite, selling out and amassing a 10,000+ person
waitlist, establishing Live Tinted as a brand committed to clean beauty, intentional shade ranges, and skincare-infused formulas.
Under Deepica’s leadership, Live Tinted has expanded into a full beauty and skincare brand offering products for the entire face, including lip, cheek, mascara, SPF, and more. All products are designed to complement every skin tone and complexion. The brand continues to break barriers in the industry and recently debuted its first commercial, It Feels Good To Be Seen, in
partnership with ULTA Beauty where it is the fastest-growing prestige cosmetics brand. Live Tinted has achieved major milestones, including partnerships with Barbie and Netflix and recognition from WWD, NewBeauty, and Allure, redefining beauty standards for the next generation.
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Programs
Gregory Gym, May 9th, 2025, 3:00 – 5:00 P.M.
Theodore T. Wang MBA ’96
Founder, Puissance Capital Management
Ted started his career at Goldman Sachs in New York in 1996 after getting his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and was named a managing director and head of US convertibles trading in 2002.
He became co-head of US stock and options trading, risk arbitrage, convertibles trading, and equity proprietary trading and was named a partner in 2006. In 2012 he became co-head of US equities trading and global co-head of stock trading, program and ETF trading, and equity financing and was named a member of the Goldman Sachs Global Risk Committee.
Since retiring from Goldman Sachs at the beginning of 2015, Ted co-founded six companies from financial services to biotech. Prior to joining Goldman, Ted co-founded Xeotron Corp., a company specializing in DNA biochips in Texas.
He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Minnesota, an MBA from the University of Texas, Austin, and a BS from Fudan University in Shanghai, China. Ted is a sponsor of Asia Society’s US journalist China visit program, a trustee of the Dunhuang Foundation, and a board member of Committee of 100.
He was elected to the Hall of Fame at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin in 2018.
Master of Science (MS) Programs
Gregory Gym, May 9th, 2025, 12:00 – 1:30 P.M.
Mark Huffstetler
Chief Credit Officer, Truist Bank
Mark Huffstetler is the Chief Credit Officer at Truist Bank, where he oversees credit governance for the seventh-largest bank in the United States. Mark built his career in investment banking, most recently, serving as Head of Capital Markets Origination for Truist Securities. Here, his teams led the execution of equity and debt capital-raising activities for Truist clients.
A proud alumnus of The University of Texas at Austin, Mark earned degrees in Economics and Psychology from the College of Liberal Arts. He has been a longtime Advisory Council member for the McCombs Master of Science in Finance (MSF) program, recently serving as Chair. His path into a career in finance without a traditional business degree is why he’s passionate about supporting the MS programs. The business courses he took at UT helped him land his first job in banking, and he recognizes that his diverse academic background was a major differentiator early in his career. He believes that’s what makes McCombs MS graduates so special.
His deep involvement in the MSF program reflects his passion for changing the world in his own way—by mentoring young professionals and sharing his experiences to help others learn from his journey.
Mark and his wife, Rachel, live in Atlanta, Georgia, and are proud parents of three Longhorn daughters—two McCombs graduates and a junior in the College of Natural Sciences.
He encourages today’s graduates to embrace adaptability, strategic thinking, and lifelong learning and they go forward to change the world in their own way.