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May 19, 2026 12:37pm ET
Applying: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Cornell / Johnson, Duke / Fuqua, Georgetown / McDonough, Georgia Tech / Scheller, Michigan / Ross, NYU Stern, UCLA Anderson, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden, Washington / Foster, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2027
Pre-MBA Career: Infrastructure Analyst(Software Engineer)
Post MBA Career: Retail, Starbucks, Target, Walmart, Technology, Adobe, Amazon, Apple, Dell, Facebook/Meta, Google, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, Netflix, Oracle, Salesforce, Samsung, Service Now, Tik Tok, Uber
GMAT: 725
GPA: 8.23
Years of Work Experience: 5
Location: India
Post MBA Location: Austin, Seattle, or Anywhere
Notes:

I work in enterprise middleware / infrastructure engineering at DXC, supporting IBM MQ/MFT environments for large enterprise clients. My work extends beyond production support into automation, observability, systems optimization, and leading cross-functional technical initiatives.

Key impact areas include:
• Reduced service downtime by 10+ hours and eliminated 80+ hours of manual effort through centralized monitoring solutions using Dynatrace and Datadog.
• Led end-to-end resolution of a major mainframe transfer overload issue by analyzing system behavior, designing a multi-agent routing solution, coordinating testing, approvals, and phased production deployment mitigating ~$4M in potential revenue lost .
• Mentored 10+ junior team members and peers on MQ fundamentals, troubleshooting, and best practices, reducing dependency on senior engineers.

Post-MBA, I aim to transition into Technical Product Management, leveraging my experience solving complex systems problems, building scalable processes, and leading technical execution.

I would especially value feedback on:

1. Competitiveness for T10/T15 schools as an Indian male engineer applicant.
2. How admissions committees may view an enterprise infrastructure / middleware background relative to software engineering or product backgrounds.
3. Whether TPM / PM goals appear credible and well aligned with my experience.