Johns Hopkins Carey MBA Recommendation Questions

I have a diverse profile with 6 years of experience in Marketing Consulting for global CPG clients. I have a master’s degree in Economics, a side-by-side bachelor’s degree in Classical Music, and a long experience in debate competitions. While my musical sense helps me find rhythm in marketing and storytelling, my debating abilities shine through my clear and assertive communication. I work for a global beverage company for the Latin American markets (Brazil, Argentina and Chile) and very recently optimised their $150M budget to increase their return on investment by $0.15 on the dollar. Working across predominantly portugese/spanish speakers has taught me to adapt and acknowledge cultural differences and practice effective communication.

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.

I graduated in 2022 from MIT World Peace University (MIT‑WPU), Pune, with a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, achieving a CGPA of 8.6.
From an early age, I was exposed to entrepreneurship through my grandfather’s agricultural business, where I regularly assisted him. This experience sparked my long‑term interest in business, ownership, and value creation.

During my undergraduate years,I co‑founded two start‑ups with college peers—one venture did not succeed, while the other continues to operate successfully, although I am no longer actively involved.
Alongside academics, I served as the Publicity Lead for my college technical fest, where I:

Secured over ₹2 lakhs in sponsorships
Led promotions and crowd management
Coordinated operations for an event hosting approximately 10,000 attendees across 3 days

I am also a national‑level roller skater.

Between 2020–2021, during the COVID‑19 pandemic, I actively engaged in social impact initiatives:

Volunteered for over a year with an NGO, teaching underprivileged children during lockdown
Assisted at COVID‑19 vaccination camps, supporting on‑ground public health efforts

After graduation, I joined NielsenIQ, where I have been working since 2022 as an Incident Manager. In this role, I:

Manage complex, high‑pressure incident calls
Coordinate cross‑functional stakeholders and global teams
Exercise people management and decision‑making responsibilities, but no direct managerial exposure.

I have scored 635 in GMAT FE and 8 band in IELTS