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FROM Tuck Admissions Blog: Tuckies Set Sail in Italy |
By Jane Shiverick T’15 Jane grew up in Bronxville, NY. She graduated from Trinity College in 2008 with a double major in psychology and Italian studies. Before Tuck, she worked in NYC in wine import and distribution. It can be quite hard to pull oneself away from the late September foliage that sets the Tuck campus ablaze with color this time of year, but even harder to turn down the opportunity to compete in an MBA sailing regatta in Italy with a group of fellow T’15 classmates. Embarking on this three-day adventure with my fellow classmates seemed like an appropriate way to put my past experience as a sailing instructor and my undergrad Italian major to work. A team of eight Tuckies traveled to Santa Margherita Ligure (near Portofino), Italy to represent Tuck in the annual Rolex MBA Conference and Regatta hosted by the SDA Bocconi School of Management in Milan. This annual event offers a memorable international MBA experience: networking and making friends with students from over 20 international business schools, engaging in good-spirited competition out on the water, and enjoying compelling presentations on innovation and management—set against the backdrop of the sun-drenched Italian Riviera. The Tuck boat took third place in the A Division. This was a true team effort in every sense. The sailboat racing experience is based on the same principles of leadership and teamwork that we exercise in the academic and work environment. Except with a tan. Racing a sailboat with a crew of eight is analogous to the work environment in many ways. In the fast-paced environment, teamwork and management skills are key: the crew scrambles to coordinate fine-tuned movements amidst the controlled chaos of tangled lines, an unwieldy twisted spinnaker, or other boats imposing their right-of-way causing a sudden change of course. Each team member had a dedicated role and had to execute their tasks under the skipper’s leadership in ever-shifting conditions. In an exhibit of top-class leadership, our noble skipper Adam Hewson T’15 made sure every team member was attending to their duties, and in moments that required rapid response, he was quick to act and make proper adjustments to keep everyone in sync. Just as in a company work setting, there are many moving parts that need to be coordinated in order to reach a common goal. This was a unique and unforgettable three days of Tuckie bonding abroad! |
FROM Tuck Admissions Blog: A Real Feel for Consulting: Boston Career Trek |
By Eric Fiegoli T’16 Eric grew up just north of New York City and graduated from Lehigh University with a bachelor’s in finance. Prior to Tuck, Eric worked in financial services at both Deutsche Bank and TD Securities. At Deutsche, he was an analyst in the Credit Risk Group, and at TD Securities he worked as an associate in debt capital markets and fixed income sales & trading. At Tuck, Eric is an active member of the Tuck Band and is looking forward to hitting the slopes with the Tuck Ski and Snowboard Club. After Tuck, Eric hopes to pursue consulting in the Northeast. Fall A is in the books! It’s been an incredibly busy four weeks of school. As the term wrapped up, over 100 T’16s trekked down to Boston to visit a host of consulting firms. We began the visits on Wednesday and finished up on Friday, making it a long but productive three days. I think most of us would agree that in the end, seeing these consulting firms in person, meeting with their employees, and hearing about their experiences gave us a much better sense of the field and the distinct culture at each company. We began the trip with a Tuck favorite: the Parthenon Group. We met representatives in their beautiful new offices on Rowes Wharf that overlook Boston Harbor. Given that founder of the firm Bill Achtmeyer T'81 is a Tuckie himself, and that many of the consultants are very enthusiastic about their two years up in Hanover, you can imagine that Tuck pride permeates the air. Everyone was interested to hear various members of the firm discuss Parthenon’s recent merger with Ernst & Young and how it might affect company culture and firm dynamics moving forward. For me, the highlight of the visit was when a Parthenon consultant gave a rundown of the analysis she completed for cases in three very diverse industries. Her presentation gave us a feel for the true breadth of work you can engage in as a consultant. Although it was raining in Boston, we still managed to visit three additional companies by the end of the first day. At each company, we were able to get a feel for the culture which differed based on consistency of weekly travel to the different industries in which the firm maintained a core competency. Many firms also start post-MBA consultants in a generalist model, allowing each consultant a taste of different industries before diving into a specialization later in his or her career. Consultants at each firm expressed the strong passion they had for their work as well as the strengths of the firm and why it was such a great place to develop a career. By Friday afternoon, we had already visited a range of firms with cultures that varied from extremely casual to more conservative. The people, work streams, and consulting styles all differentiated each firm from the other. Almost every firm contained at least one employee from Tuck, and it became apparent that consulting is one of Tuck’s deeply rooted strengths. Our three days in Boston not only helped me get a better idea of the style of each firm, the visits also allowed me to converse with a range of different consultants about their experiences and career paths after business school. Going through this process with my fellow classmates gave me the unique opportunity to engage in further discussions about the companies we just visited and take some time to reflect on my experiences. If consulting is the career that you want to pursue coming from business school, Tuck is clearly one of the best schools to help accelerate you down that path. |
FROM Tuck Admissions Blog: A Summer Internship to Cherish Forever |
By Arpitha Dhanapathi T’15 Arpitha is a second-year student at Tuck. Prior to school, she worked at Microsoft in Seattle, WA. Arpitha is from Bangalore, India and did her undergrad in BITS-Pilani, Rajasthan, India. Over summer 2014, she interned at Intellectual Ventures in Bellevue, WA. She is also co-chair for the 2014 Tuck Diversity Conference and works as an admissions associate, helping to lead the Tuck Venture Fund. She loves hiking, reading, writing, and night skies. Post Tuck, she plans to work in the technology industry. Over the summer, I was fortunate enough to have worked at Intellectual Ventures (IV) in Seattle, WA, one of the largest filers of U.S. patents. Since this was such a unique opportunity, I thought I’d share a few words about how I got there and what it was like to be there. My criteria for my summer experience was pretty clear:
I learned about IV while working at Microsoft—before coming to school—and felt it was a really cool company. They work in intellectual property (IP) and patents—sourcing, bundling, and licensing. They’ve created a marketplace for IP. What I found most interesting was that they do a lot of in-house research, develop interesting patents, and have even spun off of a few cool companies like Terrapower—a clean, nuclear energy firm which is backed by Bill Gates. I like that they are futuristic and willing to take long term bets which is quite hard to find these days. While searching for alums in Seattle, I came across John Boomgard, who is working at Global Good, IV’s sister organization. I kept in touch with John and he helped me get interviews with the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) team—the team that I worked with over summer. OCTO was a small group of approximately 20 very smart people led by Edward Jung, the chief technology officer and cofounder of IV. Innovation Mega Projects (IMP) group within OCTO was a cool initiative that enabled us to work on some of the world’s biggest challenges in innovative ways. Here are a few examples:
During my internship, I was introduced to energy markets in the United States in a deep way. I carried out analysis of U.S. energy markets—through the Energy Information Association (EIA) and other sources—and developed insight into how much energy is being used by buildings, problems analyzing data at a regional level, and a few places where possible efficiency gains could be realized. I also carried out research on a number of smart cities around the world in order to understand common patterns in technologies and governance that might help our project. Half my summer was spent envisioning how futuristic modular buildings would disrupt the way humans live. I was introduced to, and was surprised by, my own new found love for economic modelling. Finally, I delved deeply into the world of the construction and demolition, which I had little knowledge of before. There are billions of dollars in these fragmented markets! The crown jewel of my experience was getting to know all the extremely smart yet down-to-earth people and having the opportunity to work with them. I got to meet and talk to scientists, business development managers, lawyers, industry professionals—all in just three short months. My summer experience will always remain a memory I will cherish forever. For those looking to do off-campus recruiting, I would just say—go for it! There are a lot of cool companies out there. The Tuck alumni network is a strong group that you can always rely on. Make sure you connect the strings and reach out to your network as efficiently as possible. You will be amazed at the results! |
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