Candidate:

Mr. Lawyer Turned Tech Entrepreneur

About Me:

From a working class family in Brazil. Law background, but knew early-on I want to build, rather than just talk. Pivoted into tech 2 years into my law career. Have worked for 6 years in client facing roles and in the past 2 founded my own SaaS company, we’ve achieved breakeven in the first year and have clients in 4 different countries.

Schools:

Target School: Berkeley Haas

Considering: Tepper, Tuck, Duke Fuqua

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Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: Unicesusc (Brazil)

Undergrad Major: Law

GPA: 3.25

GRE: 319.5

Age: 32, Ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino

Extracurriculars: Created and lead personalized financial education program that has helped 7 individuals successfully transition from no investment experience to managing diversified portfolios, Coordinated diverse professional development initiatives for 500+ law students, including organizing events, seminars, lectures, and debates that connected students with legal industry opportunities and career advancement resources, Established university's first athletic organization, securing funding for competitions and organizing events for over 300+ students

Work History:

Title: Co-founder

Industry: Technology

Company: Start-Up

Length of Employment: 2 yrs, 6 mos

Title: Account Manager

Industry: Technology

Company: Fortune 500

Length of Employment: 2 yrs, 1 mos

Big Life Wins:

As a customer success manager, created a tech project with the countries’ largest municipal tax fraud investigation unit, which contributed to more than 50 million dollars being returned to the city from tax evaders.

Ranked 6th best oralist nationally on the Largest moot court competition in the world.

Post MBA Goal:

Short-term goal is to leverage the MBA to strengthen my analytical and leaderships skills, connect with technical talent and access the resources needed to grow my company from breakeven to global product-marker fit.