PhD Student - Marketing @ From August 2012 to Present (3 years 5 months) MBA and MEM Student @ Candidate for Master of Business Administration degree, June 2012 Candidate for Master of Engineering Management degree, June 2012 From August 2010 to May 2012 (1 year 10 months) Intern @ Developed a marketing strategy and pricing model for a new digital media product concept. From 2011 to 2012 (1 year) Greater Chicago AreaRural Marketing Intern @ - Identified key consumer and distribution-partner insights through user interviews and observations in rural India. - Developed marketing channel and supply chain strategy for d.light’s product launch in Northern India From June 2011 to August 2011 (3 months) New Delhi Area, IndiaProgram Manager @ At Microsoft I was a Program Manager and was responsible for completing customer and market research, designing software based on customer needs, and then leading the engineering teams that built the software. In that role I delivered multiple high-profile features to market, such as Outlook Web Access Inbox Rules, and Live@EDU User Import. These features are now deployed in national and international datacenters and used by millions of people. I was also selected by Microsoft to represent products at software conferences and product launches. In that capacity I created presentations and delivered them to large groups (75+) of corporate and government customers. I held operational roles as well. At MSN Autos I analyzed millions of user impressions on the website to decide where to invest the team’s limited bug-fixing resources. I also organized and led a twenty-person team to move the physical hosting of the MSN Autos website from Washington State to Virginia. The move was successful and limited website downtime for our users. From August 2006 to May 2010 (3 years 10 months) Swim Coach @ Coach a group of 20 children (8-12 years old). Prepare them for competition and focus on having fun and teaching them to be better competitors and athletes. From September 2008 to April 2010 (1 year 8 months) Intern Software Developer @ I developed the payment pipeline for the jewelry website http://www.michaelcfina.com/ From June 2005 to August 2005 (3 months)

Masters of Engineering Management @ Northwestern University From 2010 to 2012 Master of Business Administration (MBA), Marketing @ Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management From 2010 to 2012 BA, Computer Science @ Columbia University in the City of New York From 2002 to 2006