CAREER GOALS

Career goals

Career goals

1. Why is an MBA a critical next step toward your short- and long-term career goals? Why is Tuck the best MBA program for you? (If you are applying for a joint or dual degree, please

Explain how the additional degree will contribute to those goals.)

The need to help people make meaningful choices has always defined my career and my studies. After completing my master degree in computer sciences, while most of my peers were going towards specialists fields like research and development, I chose to work for IT services companies because I wanted to help organizations facing real issues. My career as an IT consultant at Cap Gemini in France and Infosys in the UK brought me to some of the biggest global companies and projects in the world and gave me some exposure to the senior management of companies working in different industry sectors.

At Cap Gemini, I really understood that the reason behind a change in IT was always related to a hidden business need and since then I started to develop a passion for the management consulting industry and how we can use IT innovation to solve real world issues.

At Infosys, after refusing a promotion as SAP Principal Manager I decided to gain more practical experience on how to setup a business. I successfully started my own IT services business and found customers across the world. In Europe, I am working as a SAP Freelance Technical Consultant and thanks to a Prince2 certification I passed during the summer 2008 I successfully applied to SAP Project Manager Roles as well. In Gabon, I helped a marketing company launch its business and made a partnership in order to provide an affordable open source solution that reduces greatly the total cost of ownership of local companies. ...