Johnson & Johnson
My first job out of Stanford Graduate School of Business was at Ethicon: a Johnson & Johnson company. I got a tremendous amount of diverse experience while with the good folks of New Brunswick, NJ. Some of my favorite projects included: leading global strategic planning for a $600MM+ division; leading strategy development & execution for my division’s largest brand; and traveling the globe facilitating one-of-a-kind training experiences in countries like Colombia, Brazil, Spain, and Belgium. what it taught me? At Ethicon, I learned…
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Mylinia
My first start-up. It’s like your first love: you never forget it. From a purpose standpoing: we were trying to empower people to transform into the best versions of themselves. From a business standpoint: we were creating passion-driven search. Although the company failed, the learnings will last a lifetime. what it taught me? The list is too long to rattle off here. But some of my biggest lessons include: the importance of rapid iteration, understanding that an idea is worth…
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MBA Jumpstart
This was my first taste of entrepreneurship. MBA Jumpstart was founded to serve as the intermediary between diverse MBA candidates who wanted jobs in banking & consulting and the companies that needed to increase their diversity representation. It was founded in 2004 and I was right there at the beginning, helping to launch it’s first offering. what it taught me? MBA jumpstart taught me that be an entrepreneur would be hard work. I worked all day for my paycheck and…
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Fuqua School of Business
I fell in love with marketing the second semester of my senior year at Duke University. Knowing, for the first time in my life, exactly what I wanted to do, I determined the best path was for me to work at the Fuqua School of Business where (1) I could be close to some of the best marketing professors in the world and (2) I could be close to an admissions office that could help me understand how to get…
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