David A.

David A.

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Let's tell your most compelling story | HBS, Wharton, Kellogg Admit

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Studied at Harvard Business School

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Worked at McKinsey & Company

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David's Coaching Offerings

Custom hourly · $69/hr

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David’s MBA Qualifications

HBS Class of 2028 | Wharton Admit with 100% Tuition Scholarship | Kellogg (1Y) Admit with Scholarship Understanding a school's brand and values, and connecting your authentic self to them, is the key to setting yourself apart in MBA admissions. I was fortunate to get into all three programs I applied to which I believe is due to how I carefully selected my schools and told my story to each. My specialties: Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA), MBA while married, MBA with children (I have 3 under 5), incorporating my faith in my application, choosing the right programs to apply to.

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Recommendations

Interviews

Cover Letters

School Selection

Secondary Review

Application Strategy

Essays

Resume

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About David

Finance @ BYU > McKinsey > Corporate Strategy > Harvard MBA From Toronto, Canada, now living in Cleveland, OH with my wife and three young children. I am passionate about helping people tell their stories in a compelling way, particularly to get into the consulting companies and MBA programs they aspire to.

Why do I coach?

Management Consulting and MBA applications are all about paying it forward. I was fortunate to have many great mentors that helped me to land my first internship at McKinsey after my Sophomore year. That drove me to work with 150+ students applying to McKinsey, Bain, and BCG. Having just recently completed my MBA application process, getting into my 3 dream schools, I feel the same desire to expand my efforts and pay-it-forward.

Work Experience

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Strategy Integration Lead

Westfield

April 2024 - Present

Westfield is a Property & Casualty insurance company with ~$11B in assets and 2,800 employees. I am part of a three-person corporate strategy team. Experiences include: ▪ Project lead development and rollout of management operating system for Standard Lines businesses (~50% of the company) ▪ Manage day-to-day work for enterprise-wide vision statement socializing and initiative development in direct partnership with C-Suite executives and senior leaders, including developing training and problem-solving sessions for their teams

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Business Analyst

McKinsey & Company

September 2022 - April 2024

Accepted full time role after Sophomore internship (2020). Select projects listed below: ▪ Implemented holistic growth strategy tracking to $150mm in net new growth at a Fortune 500 financial services firm – Oversaw the day-to-day implementation of a proprietary program management tool used by 200+ client leaders to track projects generating $4B+ in annual revenue as part of a company-wide holistic growth effort – Led reporting and analysis of growth program progress for C-Suite executives and board members, informing quarterly earnings calls and guiding allocation of $20mm+ across department projects – Tasked by McKinsey leaders to codify the project process for other clients due to unique personal project contributions ▪ Built growth-focused infrastructure to save ~$1B investment in a residential clean energy business – Spearheaded the deployment of a system to build, prioritize, and selectively advance investment-worthy projects from a pool of 150+ previously prioritized growth ideas as the main liaison between McKinsey and client leadership – Facilitated 4 training sessions for 100+ client leaders to develop cross-department growth objectives and KPIs, build business cases and implementation plans for prioritized ideas, and roll-out program progress tracking and reporting ▪ Set up a one-of-a-kind economic development coalition now at the center of Ohio’s federal funding competitiveness – Established regular meetings with business and government leaders from 6 regions of Ohio leading to the creation of a cross-state coalition supporting state-wide applications for $10B+ and counting in federal grant funding – Developed detailed report of 2,500+ federal grant opportunities distributed monthly to state- and municipal-government groups and businesses resulting in dozens of grant applications and engagement with 90+ large businesses in Ohio

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Business Analyst

Bryce & Company

May 2022 - August 2022

Bryce & Company is a boutique management consulting firm. During my internship, we served an Education Technology client. Select experiences include: ▪ Prepared a market landscape report and trend analysis of the EdTech industry, including technical multifactor analysis, leading to executive leadership M&A conversations and adjustments to company strategic goals ▪ Built annual strategy report for executive leadership retreat including company and product positioning recommendations

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BYU Marriott Student Council Co-President

Brigham Young University

April 2021 - April 2022

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Lead Finance and Accounting Analyst

Techdinamics

January 2019 - January 2022

Techdinamics is an e-commerce software business with ~80 employees in 6 countries. Select experiences include: ▪ Drove department-wide process improvements in payroll, financial reporting, company valuation, AR, and tax processing ▪ Managed processing of 300+ billing and data requests monthly across Uruguayan, Russian, Canadian, and US offices ▪ Transitioned payment collection system globally while maintaining 200+ customer billing accounts in 10 countries

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Sophomore Summer Business Analyst

McKinsey & Company

May 2020 - August 2020

David was also given offers to work at

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    PwC

Education

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Harvard Business School

MBA

2025 - 2028

Admitted for the HBS class of 2028

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Brigham Young University

Bachelor of Science, Finance

2018 - 2022

David was also personally admitted to

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    University of Toronto

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    The Wharton School (UPenn)

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    Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern)

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