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ashukumar27
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Please evaluate my profile, Indian Male + IIT + 4 yeras experience in leadership role at a successful startup + Non-Tech (Data Analytics consulting) background
Key Question: Is the profile competitive enough for Stanford or Harvard? What are the key things missing from my profile?
GMAT Score: Not Given, planned in July 2014
Target Schools: Stanford, HBS, Kellogg, Wharton, Sloan, Booth
Education:
"¢ Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Rank of 1477 out of 350000 students (<0.5%)
"¢ 5 years Integrated course :
o Dual Degree (B.Tech(Hons.) & M.Tech)
o CGPA 7.7/10
o Graduation year 2007
o Rank in class : top 25% (no official rank given)
Activities during College:
"¢ Winner of El-Matador event (Stock trading event in Annual Technology Fest) two years in a row, among top 150 college teams inIndia
"¢ Member of National Sports Organization for 2 years
"¢ Represented Hall in Tennis events in IIT
"¢ Coordination team head of en event 'Illumination' in 2006; Inter hall event involving participation of almost 800 Hall members, one of the 6 heads; result: Gold in the event
Employment: total work ex : 6.5 yrs
Current: Vice President at a very successful tech startup in India (2010-till date)
"¢ Entrepreneurial & Leadership Experience in a startup environment, joined at a very early stage
"¢ About the company : Started in 2009, Investors Sequoia Capital, NVP & Qualcomm; Currently operating in India, Mid East, Asia Pacific, UK, USA & South Africa; One of the most successful startup in Retail space, 10 to 400 employees in 4 years
"¢ Leadership Role: Handles the Analytics team, created the 60 member team ground up from scratch; hired, trained, mentored & lead each team member and built a world class analytics team;
"¢ Currently handling the international business of the company focusing on the growth markets in UK & USA
"¢ Responsible for all deliveries going out of India to all the international clients
"¢ Experience in strategy building, sales, account management & analytic role; have handled each function at one point of time
2009-2010 : Senior Analyst, UK's biggest retailer
"¢ Worked for supplier side business analytics and insights for Tesco UK. Built and standardized multiple analytics projects spread over promotions analysis, new product launch, store layout analysis and adhoc analysis projects
"¢ A part of company's Innovation team to work on new analytics products to be implemented for Tesco. Worked on creating a store section layout measurement analysis which was rolled out for Tesco's stores format in UK
"¢ Key Clients worked with: Nestle, P&G, Unilever, Tesco
2007 - 2008 : Business Analyst, working for US Pharmaceutical market
"¢ Worked for the pharmaceutical market in USA dealing in sample optimization, dashboard creation, Call planning and Incentive Compensation
"¢ Key Clients : Bristol-Myers Squibb, J&J, Pfizer
Awards & Honors:
"¢ 'Customer First' award at the previous firm for showing exceptional performance in delivering work to customers
"¢ Innovation Award at current firm for innovating at workplace to help the retail clients
"¢ One innovation filed for patent
Activities After College:
"¢ Worked for a major political party in India for their Election Analytics work for Assembly election and General Elections in 2014. One of the very few people in India doing this work
"¢ Trek lead for Himalayan Mountaineering Club: led three treks in the Himalayas, plan for two more this year
"¢ Run Blog on Analytics Education; trained and tutored college students for free in Analytics/Statistics who can't afford it
"¢ Articles, blogs & Interviews published in magazines
"¢ Hobbies: Traveling & Trekking, Photography ; Runs a photoblogging site,
Key Question: Is the profile competitive enough for Stanford or Harvard? What are the key things missing from my profile?
GMAT Score: Not Given, planned in July 2014
Target Schools: Stanford, HBS, Kellogg, Wharton, Sloan, Booth
Education:
"¢ Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Rank of 1477 out of 350000 students (<0.5%)
"¢ 5 years Integrated course :
o Dual Degree (B.Tech(Hons.) & M.Tech)
o CGPA 7.7/10
o Graduation year 2007
o Rank in class : top 25% (no official rank given)
Activities during College:
"¢ Winner of El-Matador event (Stock trading event in Annual Technology Fest) two years in a row, among top 150 college teams inIndia
"¢ Member of National Sports Organization for 2 years
"¢ Represented Hall in Tennis events in IIT
"¢ Coordination team head of en event 'Illumination' in 2006; Inter hall event involving participation of almost 800 Hall members, one of the 6 heads; result: Gold in the event
Employment: total work ex : 6.5 yrs
Current: Vice President at a very successful tech startup in India (2010-till date)
"¢ Entrepreneurial & Leadership Experience in a startup environment, joined at a very early stage
"¢ About the company : Started in 2009, Investors Sequoia Capital, NVP & Qualcomm; Currently operating in India, Mid East, Asia Pacific, UK, USA & South Africa; One of the most successful startup in Retail space, 10 to 400 employees in 4 years
"¢ Leadership Role: Handles the Analytics team, created the 60 member team ground up from scratch; hired, trained, mentored & lead each team member and built a world class analytics team;
"¢ Currently handling the international business of the company focusing on the growth markets in UK & USA
"¢ Responsible for all deliveries going out of India to all the international clients
"¢ Experience in strategy building, sales, account management & analytic role; have handled each function at one point of time
2009-2010 : Senior Analyst, UK's biggest retailer
"¢ Worked for supplier side business analytics and insights for Tesco UK. Built and standardized multiple analytics projects spread over promotions analysis, new product launch, store layout analysis and adhoc analysis projects
"¢ A part of company's Innovation team to work on new analytics products to be implemented for Tesco. Worked on creating a store section layout measurement analysis which was rolled out for Tesco's stores format in UK
"¢ Key Clients worked with: Nestle, P&G, Unilever, Tesco
2007 - 2008 : Business Analyst, working for US Pharmaceutical market
"¢ Worked for the pharmaceutical market in USA dealing in sample optimization, dashboard creation, Call planning and Incentive Compensation
"¢ Key Clients : Bristol-Myers Squibb, J&J, Pfizer
Awards & Honors:
"¢ 'Customer First' award at the previous firm for showing exceptional performance in delivering work to customers
"¢ Innovation Award at current firm for innovating at workplace to help the retail clients
"¢ One innovation filed for patent
Activities After College:
"¢ Worked for a major political party in India for their Election Analytics work for Assembly election and General Elections in 2014. One of the very few people in India doing this work
"¢ Trek lead for Himalayan Mountaineering Club: led three treks in the Himalayas, plan for two more this year
"¢ Run Blog on Analytics Education; trained and tutored college students for free in Analytics/Statistics who can't afford it
"¢ Articles, blogs & Interviews published in magazines
"¢ Hobbies: Traveling & Trekking, Photography ; Runs a photoblogging site,
