Hi Paul,
Can you evaluate my profile please
GMAT : 770 (Q 51, V 42) -
GPA : First Class (62.5%) in Eng from a reputed university in India. Top 10 % of class
Work Experience :
Currently - Total 4 yrs - IT
1] 3 Yrs at a BPM and imaging company
A mid sized Indian IT company with offices in US and Europe.
A lot of client exposure and interaction with business users.Was promoted after 2 years (instead of the normal 3 years for peers)*
Most of the work was as a consultant for clients, with understanding the business requirements and turning them into technical specifications.
Helped design various BPM solutions for Clients which resulted in 30-50% cost-savings on the process
Worked mostly in financial domain, mostly with Citigroup Private Banking (New York)
Managed work of a small team of 3 developers
2] Currently - Since last 1 year at one of the world's largest IT Security company (Antivirus and data backup)
Exposure to the Information security domain
Actively involved in the design and decision making process
Leadership Experience
During my graduation I was involved with 2 businesses which provided me with significant exposure to the management side of things
1] Managed Family Business of Travel Agency and Car Rentals
Developed business plan, budgets, marketing feasibility study, and demand forecast for
various decision making processes like increase in manpower, increase in car-base,
expanding operations.
Expanded company's primary asset base (read cars) from 2 to 7 resulting in a 200% increase in profit and 300% increase in revenue.
Directed company’s entry into newer travel sector services like Air & Rail ticketing, Holiday packaging
by leveraging the company's existing manpower and office resources thereby increasing operational efficiency of resources by 60%.
2] Started Security Services business
Providing security staffing to various corporations
Other ECs
1] Since last 1 year actively involved in the Society Committee of our Housing society of 400 people. As part of it responsible for co-ordinating with residents of the society and other entities involved like government bodies, security vendors, society builder.
As recognition of the hard-work, recently elected the
Vice-President of the newly formed committee.
2] Since
last 2 years Actively involved in an NGO that helps people get access to various government documents, that makes them eligible for gov subsidies
3] Winner of a programming contest in college and was involved in various music and sports teams in college
4] In the first organization was actively involved in the company group intended to help out in education of the security and clerical staff.
My post MBA interest is mainly towards Management Consulting
Questions:
1] What according to you are the strongest points in my profile that i should focus on in my apps?
2] Do I have any realistic chance at H/S/W, considering the ultra-competitive demographic pool I belong to?
3] And how about the following schools
MIT,Booth,Kellog,NYU,Tuck,Ross,Duke,Fuqua
4] And could you suggest a couple of safety schools, considering my profile
Thanks