Jeriel Acosta
First-generation, non-traditional MBA/MS coach
Studied at Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern)
Works at FullStory
Available Sunday at 5:00 PM UTC
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Jeriel's Coaching Offerings
Custom hourly · $50/hr
Get help with Recommendations, Essays, and .
Jeriel’s MBA Qualifications
20+ people coached for MBA
Helped dozens of MBA applicants, especially ones coming from tech, sharpen their narratives for applications, deeply understand how to maximize their investment, and enter graduate school centered and ready to make the most of their experiences.
Jeriel can help with:
Recommendations
Essays
Secondary Review
Financial Aid & Scholarships
General Exploration
Resume
Interviews
Editing
Ding Analysis
School Selection
Work Experience
Senior Product Manager
FullStory
2025 - Present
Building an ecosystem of analysis-ready behavioral data for humans + AI agents.
Senior Product Manager
MoneyLion
2024 - 2025
Led the transformation of the web experience from static marketing pages into an interactive marketplace for all consumer finance. Product Strategy, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and +2 skills
MBA Product Manager Intern
Pendo
2022 - 2022
PM for the Analytics team - Led 0-to-1 product development lifecycle, from discovering a problem worth solving to launching a Formulas solution in Pendo's report builder that's now used by >50% of target users. Design Research, Rapid Prototyping and +4 skills
Product Manager
2019 - 2021
Growth PM for Keen, a collaboration between Area 120, Google's start-up incubator, and PAIR (People + AI Research), to increase user activation, retention, and engagement. Worked with small scrappy team to translate post-launch feedback from 700+ users into prioritized product roadmap to ship high-impact features. Launches include: * Recommendation System * Creators Showcase * Onboarding Flow * Series of Quality of Life improvements to mobile app Product Lifecycle Management, UX Research and +3 skills
Product Owner
2017 - 2020
Consistent top performer - 1st in Americas for Revenue attainment, 2nd in global Product adoption. Led product initiatives and API integrations to sustainably grow upsell, cross-sell, and customer retention for 10+ strategic partners ($360M/year in revenue). Product Development, Service Design and +2 skills
Account Strategist, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (Ads)
2016 - 2017
Consistent Top 5 performer for revenue, product adoption, and OKR goals each quarter. Solution Selling, A/B Testing and +1 skill
Co founder
Citeshare
2013 - 2015
Co-founded a start-up to create a platform of second-hand citations for research papers. Taught myself digital marketing, MVP hypotheses testing, and fell in love with entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship, Data Analysis and +2 skills
Education
Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern)
Master of Business Administration - MBA
2021 - 2023
Activities and societies: . - Recipient of the Levy Inspiration Grant for international entrepreneurship. Relevant classes: - AI and the Future of Work - Software Development - Launching and Leading Startups - Negotiations (Fundamentals + Advanced) - Leader as a Coach Negotiation, SQL and +5 skills
Northwestern University
Master of Science - MS, Design Innovation
2021 - 2023
Activities and societies: . -Launched AI product to automate the review, redaction & sealing of 100M+ public court records in Cook County to safeguard women’s “Right to Privacy” re: reproductive health information. (https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/lori-lightfoot-iris-martinez-womens-right-to-privacy/) Relevant classes: - Research, Design, Build - Digital Design Development - Equity-centered Design Research - Mindful Product Management - Whole Brain Communication Product Management, Domain Modeling and +3 skills
Columbia University
BA, Economics-Philosophy
2012 - 2016