
Dessy K.
5.0
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MBA Admissions Coach for International Applicants (M7 School focus)
Studied at The Wharton School (UPenn)
Works at TikTok
Available tomorrow at 4:00 PM UTC
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Dessy's Coaching Offerings

Craft Powerful MBA Essays
Craft winning MBA essays through brainstorming, drafting, and editing
Starting at $3605h+ of coaching

Comprehensive MBA Application Package — Land Your Dream Program
Expert help on your MBA essays, recommendations, resume, and more
Starting at $2,20020h+ of coaching

Nail the MBA Interview
Practice realistic mock MBA interviews with a trained expert
Starting at $2253h+ of coaching
Custom hourly
Get help with Financial Aid & Scholarships, Editing, and .
Dessy’s MBA Qualifications
Coaches professionally
50+ people coached for MBA
Welcome! I'm an MBA graduate from The Wharton School (Director’s List, SSF alumni) and a former international applicant myself. I know firsthand how challenging and rewarding, the M7 admissions journey can be, especially if you're navigating it from outside the U.S. With a global career leading product and strategy at companies like TikTok, Amazon, and AT Kearney, I bring a real-world perspective on what top business schools value. I’ve also been on the other side, crafting my own story, securing a full-ride scholarship, and translating that MBA into an international career across five continents (yeah I traveled too a lot). Now, I help international applicants unlock their own potential and tell their stories in a way that resonates with M7 adcoms. Whether you're aiming for Wharton, Harvard, Stanford, or another top program, let's work together to build an application that sets you apart.
Dessy can help with:
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Editing
Recommendations
Interviews
Ding Analysis
Waitlist Strategy
School Selection
Secondary Review
Application Strategy
Essays
Resume
Dessy also coaches for Career Coaching and Product Management. View all.
About Dessy
I am an experienced PM, specializing in eCommerce, Retail, and AdTech. I'm now working as Head of Product at TikTok in their Seattle office. I'm a former PM at Amazon and held an executive role at late-stage eCommerce startup Bukalapak (went public in 2021). I also have a background in management consulting and hold an MBA from Wharton. I have coached many PMs and aspiring PMs to get offers from their dream companies. Past mentees have gotten offers from Tiktok, Meta, Amazon, Visa and others. Looking forward to workng with you!
Why do I coach?
I’ve led PM teams across hypergrowth startups and big tech, from launching seller tools at TikTok to turning a marketplace division profitable at Bukalapak. Along the way, I found that one of the most fulfilling parts of my job wasn’t just building products, it was helping PMs and my team members level up, gain clarity, and operate with more confidence and impact. Coaching feels like a natural extension of that. I’ve been in their shoes before, navigated messy orgs and pivots, and scaled teams globally, so now I want to help others accelerate their journey without burning out or feeling stuck!
Work Experience
Head of Product
TikTok
October 2023 - Present
Hiring Manager
Manage a team of 10+ Product Managers to launch Seller/Creator tools that help them grow on Tiktok eCommerce (Seller recommendation, Marketing Campaign tools, Promotion tools such as Live Promotion, Discount, Coupon, Flash Deals & Affiliate Rewards) - Work with 1MM+ Sellers and Creators to incubate and launch 0 to 1 Promotion tools in US, EU and SEA - Adoption of our new seller tools was suboptimal—confusing UX, poor communication, and high churn. I led a full discovery and redesign effort, validating each change with sellers. Adoption jumped 5x, support costs fell, and sellers began driving real growth through promotions and campaigns.
VP of Marketplace
Bukalapak
November 2019 - October 2023
Hiring Manager
Leading Marketplace division (~15% of company revenue, 200+ team members), managed overall P&L, strategy and roadmap, including 4 acquired companies. - Defined LT strategy and a 3-12-month roadmap for Marketplace division, review initiative prioritization based on business impact, investment required and alignment with overall company strategy. - Turned division into EBITDA positive by increasing ROI of sales & marketing spent (ie better customer targeting, upgrading data infrastructure and ongoing A/B testing, changing incentives & commission structure) and organization transformation (ie process improvement at scale, priority resizing - Launched multiple high performing 0-1 products / businesses: new edtech business to provide professional trainings to >10million users ($10MM annual revenue), Advertising solution agency ($3MM annual revenue), SaaS tools to help SMB merchants manage their eCommerce omnichannel and analytics ($1MM MRR), P2P gaming marketplace ($3MM annual rev) - Integrated 4 acquired companies post-IPO, grew their portfolio - Promoted from AVP of Digital Product in <2 years. Previously led a team of 50+ people for Virtual Products division (Digital Billing Payment, Edtech, Travel and Entertainment), defined LT strategy, overseeing execution and responsible for P&L
Sr. Product Manager
Amazon
August 2017 - May 2019
Interviewer
- Launched Brand Dashboard from 0 to 1, empowering 50K sellers to track traffic, conversion, and unlock growth levers (e.g., Advertising adoption, Amazon pilot programs) - Shipped Fees Automation to enable monetization for 1,000+ sellers; reduced manual ops load by ~20 FTE hours/week and unlocked scalable revenue for Amazon Exclusives
Co-Founder, CPO
Preloved
December 2013 - May 2017
Pioneering multi-platform s-commerce transaction, Kleora is a C2C marketplace that enables people to buy and sell products via social media Recipient of Start-Up Chile Grant Round 10 | Raised undisclosed seed-round from Rebright Partners Exit: Sold to Bukalapak.com (IDX: BUKA)

Management Consultant
Kearney
September 2012 - May 2017
• Engaged in management restructuring project for major petrochemical company in Middle East • Developed financial model and conduct market analysis for petrochemical plant of a leading energy company and provide support in a new JV negotiation process • Co-lead the Project Management Office (PMO) in joint-venture formation project for a SEA NOC • Developed a detailed supply chain design for upcoming chemical plant • Worked on due diligence and site identification project for a multi-billion dollar chemical complex • Engaged on the corporate restructuring of a major cement manufacturer focusing on Marketing, Production and Procurement function to improve operational synergy including organization structure, blueprint and business process design • Supported procurement organization transformation initiative for one of the largest life insurance providers in Indonesia
Dessy was also given offers to work at
Coupang
Accenture
Offerup
Education

National University of Singapore
Bachelor of Computing (Hons), Computer Engineering and Business Management
• Dean's list, double major • NUSSU Council • NOC Stockholm alumni
The Wharton School (UPenn)
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
2015 - 2017
• Director's List (Top 10%) • Highly competitive Wharton SSF alumni
14 Reviews
Overall Rating
5.0
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