Age: 27
GPA: 3.0 / 4.0 Economics, Top 10 university
GMAT: 730
Background: Perm resident, but international - Italian citizen, lived in Switzerland, Belgium, Italy and Washington DC. Fluent in English and Italian, some French. Work experience all US based.
Work exp: ~6 years, mortgage and consulting industry focused, youngest senior analyst at my firm of over 4000 employees, lead teams of 3-4 people, some great leadership stories to use in my applications. Interview candidates, assist in hiring decisions. Worked in both consulting industry (focused in financial services) and in the mortgage industry - roughly half and half - 3 years in each. Youngest and only non executive level professional invited to monthly strategic meetings. Some random key highlights: Identified unique solution to interest problem, net savings: $1MM. Identified cost reduction opportunities at a major global airline (during consulting), resulting in approx $30MM annual savings, exceeding goals by $4MM. Responsible for operations at 12 domestic and 3 international facilities. Youngest member of a twelve person "Furlough board" (for 150MM+ publicly traded consulting firm) in 2001 representing the interests of approx 300 furloughed employees to senior management.
Inbetween jobs for 3 months, I travelled to Honduras and started a underwater videography service which was quite sucessful - targeting visiting divers. Even did some work for the BBC.
Extracurricular:
Co-Director of 400 group alumni admissions council for my alma mater. Coordinate recruiting events, interview high school seniors for admission, etc.
Elected class representative, swiss boarding school. Plan reunions, events, fundrasing etc.
Event planner for an Italian Language club
Strategic Advisor to non profit school in Honduras, help fundrasing efforts.
Scuba Videographer, clients included the BBC.
Four Publishications in a magazine, circulation ~ 1.3MM
Developed independent film website in 2005, sold 12/05, ranked among 40,000 most visited sites on the net.
Older extracurriculars (pre professional life):
Guide, swiss alps. Lead students through hikes in the swiss alps.
Targets:
HBS
KGSM
CHICAGO
YALE
CORNELL
GEORGETOWN