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Joined: 12 Nov 2012
Posts: 104
Location: India
Concentration: Healthcare, Technology
GPA: 3.6
WE:Management Consulting (Consulting)
Request for Profile and Target Schools Evaluation
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05 Aug 2015, 07:47
Hi,
Request you to analyze profile and provide your thoughts on schools I am targeting.
27 year Indian male with 4 years of full-time experience in Sales and Marketing consulting (Analytics).
GMAT1 – 710 (Q49 V38)
GMAT2 – 730 (Q48 V42)
Engineering graduate from a top10 Indian tech school (Non-IIT)
GPA 8/10 (Top 15%)
Worked for a niche consulting firm focused on Pharma sales and marketing.
Significant experience in innovation: wrote self-learning algorithm for a data science-based iPad app for sales reps that suggests what message he/she should give individual HCPs based on the HCP’s preferences. The app has been a huge success and the firm has managed to secure $2MM worth projects in just 2 months after completing the POC (featured in yahoo finance and multiple other media, multiple projects are in the pipeline)
Significant leadership experience – Have lead small (1-2 associates) to med size teams (5-6 associates) on multiple client engagements (most of the times I have managed multiple projects at the same time)
Collaborated with diverse teams – data science team and tech teams to develop the app
Additionally, I have worked part-time (~2 years) as a co-coordinator for an education startup, developing the curriculum for it using Learning Management System and Gamification. Helped it with the marketing strategy as well.
Currently working on my startup and launching in the next 2 months.
Extra-Cur : Chief coordinator of tech fest (attended by ~10,000 students from all over India) organized by grad school
Short term goal – Work in Management Consulting (MBB) advising hi-tech/tech startups on growth strategies
for a few years before taking an internal strategy role in a tech firm (facebook/google)
Long term goal – Start a tech based analytics firm to support sales and marketing problems for pharma/CPG/FMCG/tech firms
Target schools R1 – MIT Sloan, Darden, Tuck, Ross, UCLA Anderson
R2 - Fuqua, Kellogg MMM (If not possible in R1)