I am a BIM (Building Information Modelling) Architect in Workplace Strategy at JLL, a Fortune 500 real estate and investment management firm. I work in the APAC region on corporate workplace projects for clients, including Google, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, and Singapore Airlines in the AEC industry. My career evolved from executing design to understanding the capital decisions behind it, and I now want to complete that transition through an MBA.

I graduated from SPA Vijayawada in 2022, one of India's top architecture institutes, in a field where women remain underrepresented. Before graduating, I interned at DPA consultants, a Singapore-based MNC, working on the RMZ Ecoworld IT park, a $1.6 billion campus in Bengaluru (India). I supported preparing construction drawings, site visits, and execution coordination.
I then joined Dar Al Handsah to gain international exposure and build deeper BIM expertise on larger, more complex projects. At DAR, I joined in 2022 during the post-COVID construction surge in the Middle East, managing teams of 10-20 across two to three concurrent projects. Within four months, I was coordinating the BaAlGhaiylam Villas project, 1743 homes across three countries and six interdisciplinary teams. I identified the layouts using only 70% of the permissible floor area, proposed prefabricated structural systems, and increased net saleable area to 98%, directly increasing commercial yield. On the $272M Aljada central Hub, with Zaha Hadid Architects, I improved leasable efficiency by 35% and fire exit performance by 80%. On the Dubai International Airport Concourse D refurbishment, I standardized process workflows, improving efficiency by 60% and achieving a 92% quality audit score. Recognizing my technical potential, I was selected among the top 10 of 200 professionals for advanced computational design training.
I moved to JLL in 2024 because DAR taught me how buildings are made. I wanted to understand who decides what gets built and why, and to work closer to the asset lifecycle. This includes feasibility, investor strategy, capital deployment, and post-occupancy performance. In my current role, I supervise two BIM professionals and coordinate delivery across JLL’s Hong Kong portfolio. I was selected from a 30-member APAC team to join the Hong Kong studio and serve as a client-facing lead, serving on projects including Morgan Stanley, Kelett School, NCR Atleos, and CAIS. I improved delivery timelines by 25% and increased repeat mandates by 15%. I was also one of the five global representatives at an Indo-Australian BIM workshop. There, I developed an AI-enabled automation programme for the project Microsoft Canberra, reducing delivery effort by four months and costs by 15%. I led a 10-member team at Google Seoul, reducing design cycle time by 50% by incorporating Dynamo automation. On Singapore Airlines projects, I held ownership of critical buildings, contributing to securing project phases.
Across these experiences, I noticed a consistent gap. People deploying capital often lack insight into execution realities, while designers lack clarity into financial decision-making. My contribution is to translate between those two languages. An MBA will give me the tools to do this effectively.