Candidate:

Mr. African Manufacturing

About Me:

I have always been interested in business and manufacturing, and I have always seen myself combining both interests in my long term career. After 4 years of working in technical roles in manufacturing, I believe now is the time for me to pursue my business interest to enable me to gain the skills and knowledge to attain my long term goals.

Schools:

Target School: Harvard

Considering: MIT Sloan, INSEAD, Chicago Booth, Duke Fuqua

See More Profiles For: Harvard

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: York University

Undergrad Major: Mechanical Engineering

GPA: 7.3/9

GMAT: 720

Age: 26, Ethnicity: Black or African American

Extracurriculars: Medical Mission Non Profit | African school board of director | Soccer and traveling

Work History:

Title: Senior Product Design Engineer

Industry: Manufacturing

Company: Boutique Firm

Length of Employment: 4 yrs, 1 mos

Big Life Wins:

– Developed more than 2 times as many products than other engineers in the company.
– Led company’s expansion into two new sectors in the industry, said expansions increased revenues by more than 20%.
– Was promoted 6 times in a row and given a double promotion (a first in the company’s history).

Post MBA Goal:

Short term goal is to get into consulting. Long term goal is to leverage my experiences and connections from my manufacturing career, consulting career and MBA education to start an industrial manufacturing company in Africa that will make use of the of the vast natural resources and minerals in Africa to create wealth on the continent.