Candidate:

Mr. Fistball World Champion

About Me:

As a young teenager I was an avid reader, searching for different books to fill up my free time. Hoping to broaden my view, my parents challenged me to read non-fiction books, two of which had a deepening impact on me. The first Turning Sweat into Gold by Bernardo Rezende, Brazil’s most renowned volleyball coach, taught me the value of hard working and discipline over natural talent. The second was The Mormon Way of Doing Business, by Jeff Benedict, that covers the routine of top executives, showing how they balance their religion, family and personal values with a high-competing business world. These two books gave me a vision of what I would like to be, and how I could become that person. I was dazzled by the men it displayed, how they solved their business problems in an integer manner, still achieving high results and creating value to thousands of people, and I believed that if I worked hard enough I could be like them.

Schools:

Target School: Duke Fuqua

Considering: Tepper, Tuck

See More Profiles For: Duke Fuqua

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Undergrad Major: Mechanical Engineering

GPA: 3

GMAT: 625

Age: 31, Ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino

Extracurriculars: Fistball Athlete

Work History:

Title: mechanical engineering

Industry: Engineering

Company: Boutique Firm

Length of Employment: 1 yr, 5 mos

Title: Business Analyst

Industry: Consulting

Company: Boutique Firm

Length of Employment: 1 yr, 2 mos

Big Life Wins:

I was twice Fistball World Champion while I was in college.

Post MBA Goal:

My short term goal is to enter a corporate strategy team in a technology or energy company as an associate. I intend to develop my skills in order to achieve management positions after that.
In the long term, I aim to direct and conduct long lasting transformations within companies in Brazil and Latin-America, being able to combine an understanding of the root causes of many productivity issues that such markets face with the knowledge I would acquire on the best practices that are currently being implemented in the highly innovative and productive North-American market.