Hello,
Curious to have some feedbacks on my application for the last round of the Jan17 Intake. I was originally planning for the Jan18 Intake, but some substantial events in my private life (family / health related) motivated me to give it a shot earlier.
Admission deadline on the 27th.
Currently 27 and will be 28 at the time of matriculation.
GMAT
To be passed on the 22th, I expect to have around 670-710.
Won't send my score and complete my application if below because then it would not be a moonshot but a sunshot.
If I understood well, only the Verbal and Quantitate part are used for the score, and I can provide my unofficial transcript to Insead (until they receive within 2 weeks the official transcript)
Education background
Quite complete curriculum in French "Grandes Ecoles"
* MSc in Engineering, Computer Science (got no official GPA on a scale of 4 with my transcripts and some of the grades were quite low for all students because of very complex exams, but when I requested one I had a 3.9/4.0 signed by the dean)
* Advanced Master in Marketing (1 year after my MSc - HEC Paris, official GPA 3.63)
Professional experience
* (geneva) 2 years in a boutique technology consulting company that got acquired by a McKinsey partner through LBO.
I made one year of consulting assignments (retail, banking - mostly on innovation) and then moved to product/engineering management for a fully owned spin-off developing a ticketing platform.
Got promoted twice from BA to Senior Consultant in two years.
The company sponsored my HEC tuition (20k) at the end of a successful 6-months internship (then followed by the 2-years of full time commitment)
* (geneva) 1 year as Lead PM / Head of Product Management in one of the most famed NPO (Davos..)
Leading 15-20 people mix of internal resources or external consultants (designer, software engineers, project managers, etc)
Numerous in-house achievements that got high-visibility.
* (paris/remote) investment of my free time in various start-ups and ventures at their early stage through a personally owned consulting structure, some of them having massive VC funding (25Mo+)
Essays
Ongoing, I will have some support for the proof reading.
I am more focused on who I am than business achievements for the essay.
Recommendations
* CIIO, Managing Director / Member of executive committee of my current employer (direct work relationship with him)
* Associate Dean, Technology and Strategy Impact from a prestigious american university (teamed up with her on a IA/Robotics projects)
* VP of Product from my former employer (for the optional reco letter)
Hoping to cover recommendations from non-profit, private and academic world this way
Language
French - Native
English - Fluent (I have a TOEIC with 975/990 from 5 years ago before I started working into an international context. Will not have time to pass the TOEFL even if I know results will be good... how to defend that?)
German - basic
Career plan
Long term, run my own technology/web company.
Short term, develop the necessary skills to work in corporate strategy / investment / product portfolio mgmt of a GAFA company or VC fund. A step at a Technology Practice at McKinsey or Bain is something I would consider as well. The idea is to pursue in product driven environment, but with more financial and strategy responsibilities.
I have a pretty clear idea of how I would take advantage of the INSEAD Programme structure (campus moves, electives, summer break, etc)
Thanks a lot !
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Curious to have some feedbacks on my application for the last round of the Jan17 Intake. I was originally planning for the Jan18 Intake, but some substantial events in my private life (family / health related) motivated me to give it a shot earlier.
Admission deadline on the 27th.
Currently 27 and will be 28 at the time of matriculation.
GMAT
To be passed on the 22th, I expect to have around 670-710.
Won't send my score and complete my application if below because then it would not be a moonshot but a sunshot.
If I understood well, only the Verbal and Quantitate part are used for the score, and I can provide my unofficial transcript to Insead (until they receive within 2 weeks the official transcript)
Education background
Quite complete curriculum in French "Grandes Ecoles"
* MSc in Engineering, Computer Science (got no official GPA on a scale of 4 with my transcripts and some of the grades were quite low for all students because of very complex exams, but when I requested one I had a 3.9/4.0 signed by the dean)
* Advanced Master in Marketing (1 year after my MSc - HEC Paris, official GPA 3.63)
Professional experience
* (geneva) 2 years in a boutique technology consulting company that got acquired by a McKinsey partner through LBO.
I made one year of consulting assignments (retail, banking - mostly on innovation) and then moved to product/engineering management for a fully owned spin-off developing a ticketing platform.
Got promoted twice from BA to Senior Consultant in two years.
The company sponsored my HEC tuition (20k) at the end of a successful 6-months internship (then followed by the 2-years of full time commitment)
* (geneva) 1 year as Lead PM / Head of Product Management in one of the most famed NPO (Davos..)
Leading 15-20 people mix of internal resources or external consultants (designer, software engineers, project managers, etc)
Numerous in-house achievements that got high-visibility.
* (paris/remote) investment of my free time in various start-ups and ventures at their early stage through a personally owned consulting structure, some of them having massive VC funding (25Mo+)
Essays
Ongoing, I will have some support for the proof reading.
I am more focused on who I am than business achievements for the essay.
Recommendations
* CIIO, Managing Director / Member of executive committee of my current employer (direct work relationship with him)
* Associate Dean, Technology and Strategy Impact from a prestigious american university (teamed up with her on a IA/Robotics projects)
* VP of Product from my former employer (for the optional reco letter)
Hoping to cover recommendations from non-profit, private and academic world this way
Language
French - Native
English - Fluent (I have a TOEIC with 975/990 from 5 years ago before I started working into an international context. Will not have time to pass the TOEFL even if I know results will be good... how to defend that?)
German - basic
Career plan
Long term, run my own technology/web company.
Short term, develop the necessary skills to work in corporate strategy / investment / product portfolio mgmt of a GAFA company or VC fund. A step at a Technology Practice at McKinsey or Bain is something I would consider as well. The idea is to pursue in product driven environment, but with more financial and strategy responsibilities.
I have a pretty clear idea of how I would take advantage of the INSEAD Programme structure (campus moves, electives, summer break, etc)
Thanks a lot !
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