Candidate:

Ms. African Account Manager

About Me:

I am a little older candidate seeking to pivot my career with an MBA. I have worked within Fortune 500 multinational companies for 9 years now and currently managing a sales team. of 12. I have also managed several accounts within 10 African countries, I have travelled widely within Asia, Middle East and Africa in my various roles.

Schools:

Target School: Tuck

Considering: Duke Fuqua, Yale, Cornell Johnson

See More Profiles For: Tuck

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: Top 5 Kenyan University

Undergrad Major: Computer Science

GPA: 59 out of 100 (Second Class Honors)

GRE: 302 (Will Retake in November)

Age: 36, Ethnicity: Black or African American

Other Degree/Certification: PRINCE2 Project Management

Extracurriculars: STEM mentor for Girls at my former high school, Volunteer National Female Lead Photographer for my church, Volunteer for street families monthly feeding program.

Work History:

Title: Channel Account Manager

Industry: Technology

Company: Fortune 500

Length of Employment: 3 yrs, 4 mos

Title: Senior Executive - Product Sales and Marketing

Industry: Technology

Company: Fortune 500

Length of Employment: 3 yrs, 6 mos

Big Life Wins:

As a first born, first generation college graduate, I paused my undergraduate degree to work and help my siblings pay for their school and now they are both working for multinational companies. I later went back and completed my degree while still working.

Post MBA Goal:

Short term goal is to pivot into the software Tech space as a senior product manager or business manager preferably with a global multinational software company. Long term is to leverage the role to return to Africa and lead multiple regions within the continent and have a bigger impact within the continent.

Odds:

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mbaMission Odds Assessment: 10%

HI Ms. African Account Manager
Krista from mbaMission here. Thanks for posting.
B-schools don’t get enough African candidates so I’m excited to see you apply and see what happens. I also love your work experience and personal narrative of helping your siblings with their education. That being said, you are applying with 10+ years more experience than the average candidate, which may put you at a disadvantage. I highly highly recommend that you consider MIT Sloan Fellows, the one year MBA program targeted at people just like you. The great thing about this program is that you can apply to the regular MIT Sloan MBA but ask to be considered for Sloan Fellows in case you have too much experience for the regular MBA program. I …

HI Ms. African Account Manager
Krista from mbaMission here. Thanks for posting.
B-schools don’t get enough African candidates so I’m excited to see you apply and see what happens. I also love your work experience and personal narrative of helping your siblings with their education. That being said, you are applying with 10+ years more experience than the average candidate, which may put you at a disadvantage. I highly highly recommend that you consider MIT Sloan Fellows, the one year MBA program targeted at people just like you. The great thing about this program is that you can apply to the regular MIT Sloan MBA but ask to be considered for Sloan Fellows in case you have too much experience for the regular MBA program. I still want to see you apply to Fuqua, Yale and Johnson but I just want to make sure you have a backup option in case your age keeps you out of the running. I think you are doing the right thing by trying the GRE again. I’d love to see that score a bit higher.
I wish you all the best for this process,
Krista

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The Community Currently Rates The Odds At: 28%

45% | 3 years ago

Unclear as to current location. Would like to know where she is authorized to work, visa requirements, etc. Senior account executive is a reach, however I like seeing people pushing the envelope. I'm sure expectations are somewhere in between. Fortune 500 leaves a few questions. Having lived in Africa, and much of the 3rd world it can be challenging to relate all your hard work into "corporate jargon" so I applaud her for that. I believe account executive will be a bit of a stretch. I believe a more focused technology vertical targeted at specific companies in the global market for that skillet would really help get into a senior account manager position.. 02 cents and best of luck to this ambitious and clearly intelligent ...

Unclear as to current location. Would like to know where she is authorized to work, visa requirements, etc. Senior account executive is a reach, however I like seeing people pushing the envelope. I’m sure expectations are somewhere in between. Fortune 500 leaves a few questions. Having lived in Africa, and much of the 3rd world it can be challenging to relate all your hard work into “corporate jargon” so I applaud her for that. I believe account executive will be a bit of a stretch. I believe a more focused technology vertical targeted at specific companies in the global market for that skillet would really help get into a senior account manager position.. 02 cents and best of luck to this ambitious and clearly intelligent young woman!

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10% | 3 years ago