Indian mail IT 710 GMAT should I retake ? is it late ?

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Hey Guys,

Posting my profile below. Should I retake GMAT ? if not which schools should I aim for ?
I am looking for a consultant to help me with :
Select schools
Help with essay
Help with scholar ships

Please find my profile below

Age 29-30

GMAT - Male

Nationality : Indian

GMAT score : 710 ( Q50 V35 )

Years of Experience : 8

Undergrad school : VJTI batch of 2006

About VJTI Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, formerly Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute, is located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, and one of the oldest engineering colleges in Asia and holds high reputation.

Academics : cumulative percentage of 4 years 63 % final year percentage 67 %.

Extracurricular : College social service secretary; managing a budget of over 8000 $ USD in 2005

Work ex :

Worked in IBM from 2006 out of campus to 2014 July. 4 Years in Pune in 4 Years in NY IBM World headquarters

Highlight of the IBM work ex

* Application architect for last 2 years. Technically Leading the team of 30 from 4 countries Philippines, India, USA and Mexico

* Worked 5 Countries

USA : 4 Years

India : 4 Years

Mexico : 1-2 Months

Brazil : 2 Weeks

Singapore : 2 weeks

* Both the projects I worked on were in finance : Credit application, and Treasury. Client facing Job in both the case.

Extra curricular activity

1) 3 Marathons ( but they were 7 years back )

2) Huge volunteer work in Undergrad school

MBA goal : To be Business Analyst in finance sector, which would leverage my IT skills too.

Questions I have at this movement :

I do understand that my GMAT score for Indian IT Male is low. But do I cover up for that with my international experience client facing experience ?

It is already August should I consider giving GMAT again ?
Which B Schools should I aim for ?

Looking Fw for an phone conversation.