EDUCATION
Darden Graduate School of Business Administration Charlottesville,
VA
University of Virginia
Candidate for Masters of Business Administration, May 2002
Study Abroad, IESE Business School – University of Navarra, Spain
Member, Consulting Club; Graduate Women in Business; Marketing Club
State University of New York College at Geneseo Geneseo, NY
B.A. Political Science, Magna Cum Laude, May 1996
Study Abroad, Budapest University of Economic Sciences, Hungary
President, Model United Nations Club
Recipient, Jefferson-Hamilton Scholarship and Edward G. Janosik
Leadership AwardEXPERIENCE
2001 Cap Gemini Ernst & Young New York, NY
Summer Intern, Strategy and Transformation Practice
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) project for major
pharmaceutical company
- Worked with a large team to define Siebel solutions for
business processes across multiple operating
companies.
- Developed a long-term communication strategy to facilitate
rollout of CRM applications over a
three-year period. Provided the client with an actionable plan to
manage technological change across
different companies.
IT cost reduction strategy for top financial services firm
- Benchmarked company against competitors in key areas:
middleware, platform management,
reusable web tools, help desk management, and market data
management. Provided client with
knowledge of best practices in critical IT functions.
- Identified strategic operating models for IT departments in
financial services firms.
Recommendations resulted in the adoption of a shared services
model for key technology functions,
leading to an expected reduction in IT operating costs and a strong
competitive advantage.
1998-2000 World Bank Institute (WBI) Evaluation Unit Washington,
DC
Evaluation and Communications Analyst
- Conducted evaluations to improve the effectiveness of WBI
training programs.
- Designed communications strategy to encourage internal
evaluation of WBI programs. Improved
accessibility to performance results for clients, World Bank staff
and external organizations.
- Created and authored monthly electronic newsletter,
establishing a worldwide readership base of
1,500.
- Co-founded a cross-divisional thematic group to streamline
World Bank evaluation practices and
procedures. Resulted in increased collaboration on Bank-wide
evaluation reports.
- Elected by staff to recommend organizational reform to top
management in preparation for fiscal
year 2000, resulting in reallocation of budget resources.
1996-1998 Debevoise & Plimpton New York, NY
Legal Assistant for firm’s largest corporate client and seven active
portfolios
- Collaborated with legal teams on large-scale mergers,
acquisitions and equity offerings across
diverse industries.
- Conducted corporate due diligence to identify key legal issues
concerning pending transactions.
ACTIVITIES
- Member, Women in International Trade.
- Member and tutor, Literacy Council of Northern Virginia.
- Language study: French (intermediate), Spanish (intermediate),
Russian (basic), Hungarian (basic).
- 1992 USWLA All-American Lacrosse.
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