Experience

MR. MBA®

• United States
• Education Management

• Founder & Managing Consultant - Global Education Admissions & Career Management

  • Dec 2018 - Present

  New York, USA ★ USA 501c3 Non-Profit / Global Education Admissions / MBA / Masters / College / Career Management / Strategy / Marketing / Branding ★ MR. MBA® is a Premier USA 501c3 Non-Profit : We Help People Get Into The Top Schools (MBA / Masters / College) & Firms. >2,000 University & Career Offer Letters. 99.9% Success Rate! www.MrMba.org info@MrMba.org ★ Why Choose MR. MBA®? 1) Sponsorship with Harvard University's Crimson Newspaper 2) USA 501c3 Fully Registered… Show more ★ USA 501c3 Non-Profit / Global Education Admissions / MBA / Masters / College / Career Management / Strategy / Marketing / Branding ★ MR. MBA® is a Premier USA 501c3 Non-Profit : We Help People Get Into The Top Schools (MBA / Masters / College) & Firms. >2,000 University & Career Offer Letters. 99.9% Success Rate! www.MrMba.org info@MrMba.org ★ Why Choose MR. MBA®? 1) Sponsorship with Harvard University's Crimson Newspaper 2) USA 501c3 Fully Registered Non-Profit Org. 3) Save $Thousands in fees per school versus other For-Profit Admissions & Career Consulting firms 4) A Premier MBA/Masters/College Admissions & Careers Consultancy 5) Total >2,000 Top School & Firms Acceptances 6) 99.9% Acceptance Success Rate! 7) Global B-School/College & Company Coverage - USA, Europe, Asia, Canada, Australia 8) Exclusive 1on1 Service - We are with you from start to finish and beyond 9) Actual MBA M7/Masters/College Ivy League Program Experience 10) Actual MBA/Masters/College Admissions Committee Experience 11) Widespread Industry Career Experience & Expertise 11) Expert advice and unique MBA/Masters/College & Career Brand Identity creation per candidate (Formerly MBA ACCEPTED®) Show less



American Express

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Senior Strategist - Marketing, Tech & Opex Investment Management

  • Jan 2017 - Jan 2019

  New York, USA ★ Global Investment Management & Strategy / Marketing Investment / Tech Investment / Finance Opex Investment / P&L Management / Planning / Business Development ★ ✓ Owner of Amex Investment Management process, strategy and allocation of funding for 55 Programs’ Technology budgets totaling $303.7M for 2017, $338.4M funding across 26 products for 2018, and ongoing coordination/alignment with our business partners. ✓ Presenter to Senior Leadership Team in VP & Executive Senior Investment… Show more ★ Global Investment Management & Strategy / Marketing Investment / Tech Investment / Finance Opex Investment / P&L Management / Planning / Business Development ★ ✓ Owner of Amex Investment Management process, strategy and allocation of funding for 55 Programs’ Technology budgets totaling $303.7M for 2017, $338.4M funding across 26 products for 2018, and ongoing coordination/alignment with our business partners. ✓ Presenter to Senior Leadership Team in VP & Executive Senior Investment Review Committee meetings for all in-year allocations of Tech funding for Amex’s Programs (VP SIRC for <$250M funding, >$250M Exec SIRC). ✓ Director Assistant to my VP for all Tech/Opex funding issues, organizational changes to Amex and SLT meetings. ✓ Owner of the Amex Master Budget File, which tracks all Tech Budgets and changes throughout 2017 & 2018. ✓ Mitigated a $14.8M risk to the 2017 Amex P&L and strategically worked with Senior Leadership Team to reprioritize 55 Tech Programs’ budgets to mitigate risk; responsible for managing ongoing 20M in risks to our 2018 P&L. ✓ Host weekly Investment Management Review meetings with Amex Technology and Finance business partners to align on investment funding, risks and allocation of funds; helped facilitate a strong team and work culture. ✓ Responsible for tracking 2017/2018 Tech Programs’ performance, spend & forecasted dollars vs. allocated budget. Show less



GTA

• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• US Senior Strategist - Sales, Marketing & Planning Div (All US Project Management & Analytics)

  • May 2016 - Nov 2016

  New York, USA ★ Strategy / Project Management / Analytics / Advisory / Sales / Marketing / Planning / Global Business Development / Global & Local Team Management ★ ✓$$2Billion Annual Revenue Global Travel, Hotels, Hospitality & Technology Provider - "Powering Global Travel" ✓ Owner of Strategy and Business/Data Analysis for US Client Strategy Team and US Sales & Marketing Divisions. ✓ Manager of 6 employees (2 Sales Managers & 4 Business Analysts) in my direct team dedicated to supporting… Show more ★ Strategy / Project Management / Analytics / Advisory / Sales / Marketing / Planning / Global Business Development / Global & Local Team Management ★ ✓$$2Billion Annual Revenue Global Travel, Hotels, Hospitality & Technology Provider - "Powering Global Travel" ✓ Owner of Strategy and Business/Data Analysis for US Client Strategy Team and US Sales & Marketing Divisions. ✓ Manager of 6 employees (2 Sales Managers & 4 Business Analysts) in my direct team dedicated to supporting the Sales, Marketing and Global business model of GTA. ✓ Senior Project Manager for GTA's $24MM Inside Sales Project, the Virtual Account Management (VAM) Project- Head of Planning, Management and Strategic Growth/Analysis of 4 US Travel Bound Client Portfolios of 4,239 unmanaged clients ($24MM GR) and 2 Virtual Account Managers; Growth, performance tracking, results and lessons to be rolled out to Global Markets for other unmanaged GTA clients (UK, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, France, Italy, Australia) totaling >$100MM Global GR. ✓ Led Global Cross-Functional team for the VAM Project (US & UK) in aligning strategic initiatives, activities and insights & Responsible for all effective documentation: Project Plans, Accounts Analysis, Deliverables and Targets- reached All 3 month Project target goals well ahead of deadlines with Senior Management approvals. ✓ Delivered Weekly Executive Presentations to Global Senior Leadership Team on VAM Project & Client Analysis. ✓ Explore existing US & Global market opportunities and identify new, exciting avenues for growth. (GTA is currently undergoing a global restructuring initiative affecting teams in every major country) Show less



Mondelēz International

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Marketing Brand Manager, Entire Candy Portfolio Middle East

  • Jul 2013 - Sep 2014

  Dubai, UAE ★ Brand Management / Marketing Strategy / Brand Strategy / Advertising Strategy / Growth Strategy / Project Management / P&L Management / Planning / Business Development ★ ✓ Sole Brand Manager and Owner of the $$15Million Candy P&L for the Middle East- Saudi Arabia/KSA, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain. ✓ I was given an aggressive target to grow the business +40% in gross turnover year over year (high growth business goals for the region); I executed key financial, marketing and… Show more ★ Brand Management / Marketing Strategy / Brand Strategy / Advertising Strategy / Growth Strategy / Project Management / P&L Management / Planning / Business Development ★ ✓ Sole Brand Manager and Owner of the $$15Million Candy P&L for the Middle East- Saudi Arabia/KSA, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain. ✓ I was given an aggressive target to grow the business +40% in gross turnover year over year (high growth business goals for the region); I executed key financial, marketing and growth strategies to successfully overachieve this target and grow the business +47%, taking it from a $$10.2Million P&L to $$15Million. ✓ My brand portfolio included Halls, Halls XS (NPD), Cadbury Eclairs, and Cadbury Jelly Cola. ✓ Improved Candy category profitability by 30% by revising Price Models for every Candy SKU to reflect Gross Margins upward of +45%- worked with source and trade to decrease IBRs, decrease distributor margins and retail markups. ✓ Strategically Planned and Launched New Product Innovation (NPD) with Halls XS, premium version of Halls base, from new Turkey source for the Middle East in Jan 2014: $7MM NR to be realized over 3 years. ✓ Strategically Planned and Executed Halls In-Store Activation Plan across the Middle East with newly designed Point-Of-Sale-Material Innovations, including Large Accounts' Halls Free-Standing-Units, Small Accounts' Checkout Countertops, Hanging Parasites and Posters- boosted sales of Halls base and Halls XS by 20% YTD. ✓ Launching Halls Digital Media Strategy Q1 2015 (first Candy media campaign in region) via Facebook and YouTube- 100,000 likes target Facebook, 1Million views target YouTube. ✓ Created a team environment between my counterparties (sales manager, finance manager, purchase manager, operations manager) and myself by hosting weekly meetings for us that allowed for brainstorming and100% transparency in all dealings. Show less



Deloitte

• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Deloitte Consulting Case Competition - Northwestern Kellogg MBA Team Winners

  • Sep 2011 - Jan 2012

  Westlake, Texas ★ Consulting / Strategy / Business Development / Finance / Team Management ★ ✓ The Deloitte National Case Competition! Deloitte hosts the annual NCC, where students from top MBA programs are pitted against each other to test their critical thinking, business knowledge, and strategic problem-solving potential through case simulation for a week at Deloitte University, Westlake, Texas. https://uscpp.deloitte.com/mbaweb/generalui/generalindex.aspx ✓ I was Team Captain (for my Kellogg… Show more ★ Consulting / Strategy / Business Development / Finance / Team Management ★ ✓ The Deloitte National Case Competition! Deloitte hosts the annual NCC, where students from top MBA programs are pitted against each other to test their critical thinking, business knowledge, and strategic problem-solving potential through case simulation for a week at Deloitte University, Westlake, Texas. https://uscpp.deloitte.com/mbaweb/generalui/generalindex.aspx ✓ I was Team Captain (for my Kellogg team of 4) ✓ The strategy case, to be solved and presented to the Deloitte Partners, involved coming up with innovative solutions and a strategic plan to grow a family-owned beer company hailing from Boston, MA. The company came from humble beginnings and had done well in the past years, though it had seemed to cap its current market share in Boston using its current business model. Question: How could we make it grow? ✓ 1st Place Team in the Deloitte Consulting Case Competition at Northwestern Kellogg ✓ 4th Place Team in the 2012 National Deloitte Consulting Case Competition @ Deloitte University Show less



RCM GROUP INC. Dubai, UAE - Middle East Business Conglomerate

• Vice President (Owner) - Head of Sales & Marketing, Corporate Strategy, and Finance

  • Jan 2007 - Aug 2011

  Dubai, UAE ★ Entrepreneurial Management / Project Management / Finance/Strategy / Sales / Marketing / Business Development ★ ✓ $$35Million Annual Revenue, Diversified Family Holding Company That Deals In Wealth Management, Manufacturing, Trading, and Restaurants ✓ I headed Sales & Marketing, Corporate Strategy, and Finance for the Group. ✓ Executed 5-year plan to diversify $$2Million family manufacturing business: $$130Million total revenues for 2007-2010. ✓ Founded Wealth… Show more ★ Entrepreneurial Management / Project Management / Finance/Strategy / Sales / Marketing / Business Development ★ ✓ $$35Million Annual Revenue, Diversified Family Holding Company That Deals In Wealth Management, Manufacturing, Trading, and Restaurants ✓ I headed Sales & Marketing, Corporate Strategy, and Finance for the Group. ✓ Executed 5-year plan to diversify $$2Million family manufacturing business: $$130Million total revenues for 2007-2010. ✓ Founded Wealth Management Division and lead a team of 4 investment executives who invest the monies of private family businesses and high net worth individuals into HSBC and ICICI Infrastructure Funds. ✓ Managed a team of 20 senior executives overseeing existing manufacturing and trading business activities and headed corporate strategy, business development and marketing initiatives– increased company turnover from $$2Million to $$22Million by 2010 by capturing major clients (the UAE Royal Family, Dodsal Ptc). ✓ Executed $5MM Marketing and PR campaign targeting 30% penetration into Middle East industrial sector. ✓ Launched Restaurant Line and planned procurement, staff hire, business build-out and financial budget. ✓ Created a strong team culture at the firm by placing employees in teams, enacting the employee of the month program, and sporting events (cricket). Show less



Lehman Brothers

• Capital Markets
• 700 & Above Employee

• Equity Sales Associate (Strategy Sales & Project Management)

  • May 2003 - Jan 2006

  New York, USA ★ Strategy / Project Management / Account Management / Sales / Finance / Business Development / Analytics ★ ✓ Hired into Lehman’s Equities & Fixed Income Sales Trading And Research Training (START) Program after NYU Stern undergrad. Trained and Certified in NASDA /FINRAA Series 7 and 63 licenses before joining the Equities trading floor. My Managing Director Alan Sorkin (Harvard MBA) desired an analyst with an analytical mind and strong social, sales skills, and I was chosen for his… Show more ★ Strategy / Project Management / Account Management / Sales / Finance / Business Development / Analytics ★ ✓ Hired into Lehman’s Equities & Fixed Income Sales Trading And Research Training (START) Program after NYU Stern undergrad. Trained and Certified in NASDA /FINRAA Series 7 and 63 licenses before joining the Equities trading floor. My Managing Director Alan Sorkin (Harvard MBA) desired an analyst with an analytical mind and strong social, sales skills, and I was chosen for his group US Equity Account Management, a strategy sales and planning group for the Equities Division. ✓ Selected as Lead Analyst to manage the Group’s Senior Management Quant Reporting (quant data modeling/analysis and database design) for the Equities division, which was used to determine client profitability, find new business opportunities and resource/cross-selling opportunities. ✓ Identified million dollar business opportunities for Equities’ desks – US Cash Sales, Sales & Trading, Derivatives, Prime Broker – for Lehman’s top clients and created executive sales presentations for Equities Senior Management: Fidelity Investments ($$21Million), Citadel ($$10Million), DE Shaw ($$8Million). ✓ Led $$15Million Internal Equities Project- re-strategized Derivatives Division clients priority targeting and successfully identified $$15Million business opportunities- worked with my MD & Global Equities Head. ✓ Ranked Top 3 of 100 analysts in Lehman START Class of 2003 for all quant exams, virtual quant coursework and social group simulations. ✓ Appointed Business Diversity Recruiting Team Captain (International & Minority Prospectives) for 2003-2005. Worked with Capital Markets HR and lead a team of 20 analysts to travel the East Coast, lecture at schools and educate students on Wall Street and Lehman Capital Markets Division. ✓ Earned Associate promotion in June 2005 after successful completion of the Lehman START Program. Show less



SEO (Sponsors for Educational Opportunity)

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Career Program Recruiting Captain, Mentor & Class of 2002 Alumnus

  • Jun 2003 - Dec 2005

  New York, USA ✓ US Non-Profit Org. Places talented minority students in competitive internships and training across Financial Services, Consulting, Accounting, Technology and Media. www.seo-usa.org ✓ Career Program Alumnus of 2002 - Placed at Morgan Stanley New York. ✓ Career Program Recruiting Captain/Mentor: Interviewed and selected nation-wide prospective students from Tier 1, 2 schools, working with SEO management. Mentored 4 college seniors.



Morgan Stanley

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Analyst

  • May 2002 - Jan 2003

  New York, USA ★ Research / Quantitative Finance /Financial Modeling ★ ✓ Worked in the Financial Industry Research division ✓ Created valuation frameworks for internal research groups using Discounted Cashflow and IRR methodologies. ✓ Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Summer Internship/Part-Time Analyst



HSBC

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Banking Analyst

  • May 2001 - Jan 2002

  Mumbai, India ★ Quantitative Finance / Financial Modeling /Strategy / Project Management ★ ✓ Worked in the Investment Banking and Commercial Banking rotational programs ✓ Undertook financial modelling projects and presented to Senior Management ✓ Improved HSBC’s existing Checks-Payable-At-Par service by creating a novel, robust and secure money delivery system to clients



KPMG

• Brazil
• Construction

• Management Consulting Advisory Analyst

  • May 2000 - Jan 2001

  Dubai, UAE ★ Consulting /Strategy / Finance / Research / Project Management / Business Development ★ ✓ Worked as a Management Consultant analyst focusing on the Middle East financial services sector. I flew to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain to meet with top officials of the Central Banks and other National banks to: ✓ Authored internal paper covering the trends in the Middle East financial services industry– paper published.