MIT Sloan MBA Candidate, 2013
Specialization: Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Positions: Teaching Assistant - Entrepreneurial Product Development and Marketing
Awards:
- 2013 Harvard Business School New Venture Competition: Social Entreprise Track - 1st Place (Bluelight)
- 2013 MIT 100k Pitch Contest - 3rd place (BlueLight)
- 2012 Harvard Arab Weekend Pitch Contest - 1st Place (Bluelight)
- 2012 MIT 100k Business Plan Competition: Healthcare Track - 1st Place - (Podimetrics)
Semester-long venture capital project sponsored by Ideiasnet (Brazilian VC firm): Our team from MIT Sloan interviewed more than 20 venture capital firms and ecosystem players active in Brazil, synthesized their viewpoints / insights, and combined these findings with extensive secondary research. Based on this analysis, we developed a proprietary scenario framework to identify how Brazil's VC ecosystem could evolve in the coming years, and highlighted practical implications for venture capital firms who are fundraising / operating in this environment.
Created Customer Engagement Strategy to manage all customer interactions from first sales touch through signup, monetization, and maintenance.
Created and implemented scalable Customer Support Strategy to manage all support and information requests.
Led customer interviews to determine key marketable product features and inform marketing experiments.
Developed marketing experiment roadmap to quantitatively determine optimum marketing methods and messages.
Designed and conducted email marketing tests to create content and strategy for automated email marketing.
Managed offshore development teams to design, develop, and test TrustedStudents website.
Product Management, from design and requirements through development, testing, and launch.
Led design and deliverable production on a $100 million project for the advertising integration, digital rights management, and order management system of a custom media clearinghouse software solution for a global telecom company.
Managed 26 teams and coordinated 22 separate teams in a nationwide testing effort of a comprehensive insurance rate calculator. Interfaced with State, IT, and Underwriting teams to drive issue resolution and timely testing completion.
Led and supported client meetings and developed deliverables to redesign business processes and design a custom workflow-management software solution for major media post-processing firm. Achieved a projected: 90% improvement in on-time work order delivery, 75% improvement in CSR efficiency, resolution of 9000 back-logged invoices, and significant staff reduction due to efficiencies and automation.
Managed day-to-day responsibilities of five Oracle database developers and acted as deputy Data Architect to design and develop the data model for the State of California’s case management system. Developed and reviewed the data model, database functionality, and supporting documentation.
Managed three entry-level personnel to develop, QA, and approve forms design documentation for the State of California’s case management system. Designed novel forms generation technique using existing software in a non-traditional manner and managed proof-of-concept testing for the technique.
Designed and developed an online storage and versioning system for all documentation pertaining to data-exchange development in the State of California’s case management system. Redesigned 300 data exchanges with a focus on technical feasibility and accuracy. Achieved dramatically improved accuracy and client satisfaction while halving headcount on the project.
Taught LSAT test preparation class of 60 pre-law students. Tutored individual students in major test areas.