- Hal R. Varian I am the Dean of the School of Information Management and Systems at the University of California at Berkeley. I am also a Professor in the Haas School of Business, a Professor in the Department of Economics, and hold the Class of 1944 Professorship. Accenture says I am number 9 on their list of the top 50 business intellectuals May 2002 Optimize article on Netting a Profit Links ...www.sims.berkeley.edu/~hal