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I want an MBA to access US/global opportunities in consulting and/or building and scaling ventures in the short-term, then return to Southeast Asia and build new businesses in the long-term.

Non-US citizen from the Philippines with 4 years of full-time work experience working at the HoldCo of a large conglomerate.

My area of expertise is internal corporate innovation and strategy consulting. I work closely with the C-Level of our portfolio composed of the biggest companies in the country, leading projects and engagements to form and inform innovation strategy across diverse industries. I also have extensive experience ideating and testing new business models and concepts, leading workshops, facilitating corporate-startup partnerships, and convening internal communities and fora composed of senior stakeholders and innovation professionals. I am also frequently entrusted by senior leaders with special projects, such as leading workstreams that showcase the company to foreign partners and consulting with and taking care of visiting M7 professors.

My recommenders are senior leaders and M7 alums that I have worked directly with over the years.

I graduated with a Political Economy degree from a university in the US with a 3.4 GPA, and have also worked frequently in summer and long-term (6 month) internships since my freshman year in a variety of roles and industries (renewables, asset management, management consulting, policy & foreign affairs).

-White, US and Middle Eastern dual citizenship.
-Why MBA: Automotive is transitioning in the next 10 years with EVs. I want to pivot from product engineering into product planning during this period. Having trouble breaking in without an mba or business background. Returning with MBA and an engineering background will make me a very strong candidate.
- 3.0 GPA in Mech Engr, struggling to get gmat past 690 (Q44,V40).
-Greenbelt certificate worth 96 hours towards PMI cert.
-Starting company Business Leadership certificate at state uni this upcoming year. Will receive an additional GPA for this.
- Lead engineer managing multiple multi million dollar projects at household name car company. Started on projects on production line equipment and transitioned to a lead product engineer managing prototype car deployment at factories. Exposure everywhere from production line to proposals to executives.
-Extracurriculars: Leading company diversity initiative to rewrite job postings for division and general volunteer work.

Have a MS in Civil English (3.74/4)
Pursuing a professional MS in Software Engg (3.9/4) and will be finished by next year
Work ex: 2 promotions in 5 years - currently leading a satellite office for my company in Univeristy Research Park of an R1 university - responsible for managing 40 interns in AI/ML space and developing relationships with the university ecosystem
Ethnicity - Indian but living in US for 8 years