Lapo O.

Lapo Odunjo

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Wharton MBA | President, Wharton Graduate Association | 60+ Top10 MBA Admit

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Studied at The Wharton School (UPenn)

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Works at The Wharton School

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Available tomorrow at 4:30 PM UTC

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Lapo's Coaching Offerings

Custom hourly · $170/hr

Get help with Recommendations, Cover Letters, and .

Lapo’s MBA Qualifications

Coaches professionally

60+ people coached for MBA

Lapo has helped clients get into these schools:

I coach MBA candidates using a combination of firsthand insight from top business schools and a proven record of admissions outcomes. I am a Wharton MBA and Trailblazer Fellow, and I currently serve as President of the Wharton Graduate Association, representing over 2,000 MBA students and working closely with school leadership. I was also admitted to Harvard Business School, which gives me a direct understanding of how the most selective programs evaluate candidates and differentiate between strong profiles. I’ve coached 60+ MBA applicants, helping candidates gain admission to Top 10 programs, including Wharton, Stanford GSB, Kellogg, Columbia, Haas, Booth, NYU Stern, and Duke Fuqua. Prior to business school, I worked across product, operations, and finance roles at Amazon, Capital One, TD Bank, and high-growth startups, allowing me to coach candidates from nontraditional and international backgrounds with real-world context. My approach is candid and outcome-focused: I help clients understand what truly matters in the admissions process, craft clear and authentic narratives, and approach business school intentionally as both an admissions decision and a long-term career investment.

Lapo can help with:

Recommendations

Cover Letters

Resume

General Exploration

Supplementary Materials

Testing & Assessments

School Selection

Essays

Secondary Review

Application Strategy

Financial Aid & Scholarships

Interviews

Editing

Ding Analysis

Networking Strategy

Waitlist Strategy

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About Lapo

My path to business school wasn’t linear, and that perspective shapes how I think about careers, leadership, and coaching. I studied engineering, worked across industries and geographies, and gradually gravitated toward roles that sit at the intersection of strategy, people, and execution. At Wharton, I became deeply involved in the student community and now serve as President of the Wharton Graduate Association, which has given me a close, practical view into the many reasons people pursue an MBA and the challenges they face along the way. Coaching grew naturally from conversations with talented candidates who had strong experiences but struggled to step back, connect the dots, and articulate their story with confidence. What I enjoy most is helping people make sense of their own journey and approach business school intentionally, not just as an admissions milestone, but as a broader life and career decision.

Why do I coach?

I coach because I’ve seen how much the right guidance and encouragement can change someone’s path. Mentors played a big role in helping me navigate uncertainty and make decisions I once doubted I could make. During business school, I met many talented people who underestimated themselves or struggled to clearly tell their story, even though they had strong experiences. I enjoy helping people see their own potential more clearly and take confident steps toward what they want. I genuinely love watching people achieve what they set their mind to, especially when it opens doors they didn’t think were possible.

Work Experience

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Student Body President

The Wharton School

May 2025 - Present

• Lead an MBA student government representing more than 1,700 students and coordinate initiatives with school leadership to strengthen student services and community engagement. • Oversee executive teams across events, operations, budgeting, and student life, improving cross-club coordination and university partnerships.

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Non-Profit Volunteer

The Wharton School

March 2025 - Present

• Support a nonprofit board through strategy discussions, financial reviews, and program planning, contributing to organizational decision-making and governance.

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Nonprofit Board Fellow

Golub Capital

March 2025 - Present

• Support board-level discussions on strategy, organizational growth, and program priorities, contributing analysis that informs decision-making. • Review financial reports and sustainability plans to assess funding needs and long-term viability of academic programs. • Partner with executive leadership to evaluate student success metrics and identify opportunities for operational improvement. • Conduct market research on community education needs and provide recommendations that strengthen program alignment and outreach. Strategic Planning, Board Governance and +6 skills

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MBA Candidate

The Wharton School

August 2024 - Present

I am pursuing an MBA with a concentration in finance, strategy, and entrepreneurship. My work focuses on financial analysis, market research, and investment strategy across fintech and digital infrastructure. As Student Body President, I lead initiatives that support more than 1,700 MBA students and collaborate with school leadership on key programs. I also serve as a Nonprofit Board Fellow and participate actively in the Wharton African MBA Society, where I support founder and investor engagements across the Africa digital economy. My academic experience builds on prior leadership awards and certifications in engineering and product delivery. Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Crisis Management and +8 skills

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Digital Advisor

Freelance

June 2024 - Present

• Conducted comprehensive pre-investment and market analyses in mobile money, FX infrastructure, agency banking, and embedded lending across Africa. • Developed investment memos, market maps, and thesis frameworks to identify early-stage fintech opportunities in Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana. • Evaluated unit economics, total addressable market (TAM), pricing models, and regulatory risks to assess product-market fit for startups. • Facilitated fintech founder-investor roundtables for the Wharton African MBA Society, enhancing ecosystem connectivity and deal flow.

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Head of Operations

Kinage

February 2024 - Present

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Senior Product Manager Technical

Amazon

May 2025 - August 2025

• Analyze subscription lifecycle data for millions of customers to identify high-impact churn drivers across trials and paid plans, informing new retention strategies and product priorities. • Build product requirements for ML-driven personalization features, including automated cart recommendations, benefit visibility modules, and adaptive onboarding flows that target key user segments. • Develop an experimentation roadmap that uses A/B testing, customer segmentation, and behavioral triggers to validate product hypotheses and measure lift in retention, engagement, and reorder rates. • Partner with engineering, data science, and design teams to evaluate feasibility of ML models, define performance metrics, and refine algorithms that support predictive user experiences. • Conduct competitive analysis across major subscription and e-commerce platforms to benchmark feature gaps and shape long-term strategy for customer activation and value expansion. • Produce quantitative insights on subscriber cohorts and benefit usage patterns and translate findings into product recommendations presented to senior leaders supporting roadmap decisions. • Collaborate with analytics to create KPI dashboards that monitor daily trends in subscription starts, churn, and benefit adoption, enabling early identification of friction points in the user journey. • Align cross-functional teams on launch criteria, technical dependencies, and success metrics to ensure that new features drive measurable improvements in customer lifetime value. Product Management, New Product Release and +12 skills

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Product Manager

TD Bank

March 2023 - March 2025

• Led the concept-to-launch of a commercial banking platform that enabled real-time transaction monitoring and generated more than 15 million dollars in revenue, improving digital adoption among commercial customers. • Analyzed customer behavior data and usage patterns to identify friction points across the banking journey and used insights to inform new feature requirements and prioritization. • Partnered with engineering, analytics, and design teams to define product specifications, assess technical feasibility, and deliver enhancements that strengthened customer experience and reduced operational bottlenecks. • Directed strategy meetings across product, operations, and risk teams to align roadmap decisions with market needs and competitive positioning, increasing team productivity by 37 percent. • Managed requirements for new digital capabilities and collaborated with data teams to improve accuracy of real-time transaction alerts, supporting proactive fraud detection and customer engagement. • Oversaw a team of five Senior Associates, established clear execution frameworks, and improved team productivity by 30 percent within one review cycle. • Evaluated pricing, competitive products, and customer value propositions to guide commercial strategy for digital banking features and support long-term revenue planning. • Coordinated releases of customer-facing features and worked with QA and engineering teams to reduce defects, improve delivery quality, and shorten release cycles. Corporate Advisory, Go-to-Market Strategy and +6 skills

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Principal Product Manager

Capital One

February 2022 - March 2023

Interviewer

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Project Strategist

Projekt202

February 2021 - April 2022

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Process Engineer

Chevron

June 2018 - March 2020

Lapo was also given offers to work at

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    Greenhill & Co.

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    TLcom Capital

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    Amazon

Education

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The Wharton School (UPenn)

Master of Business Administration - MBA, MBA Candidate

2024 - 2026

Activities and societies: Student Body President Nonprofit Board Fellow Wharton African MBA Society Focus areas: Finance, Strategy, Entrepreneurship Coursework: Financial Analysis, Market Strategy, Venture Capital, Product Management Skills: Strategic Planning, Leadership, Investment Analysis, Market Research, Product Strategy MBA candidate focused on finance, strategy, venture capital, and product management. Serve as Student Body President, leading initiatives for more than 1,700 MBA students. Support governance work as a Nonprofit Board Fellow and collaborate on investor–founder programming in the Wharton African MBA Society. Strengthen skills in financial analysis, market research, investment strategy, and product development through applied coursework and leadership roles. Strategic Planning, Financial Analysis and +2 skills

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Columbia University

Master of Science - MS, Chemical Engineering

2021 - 2023

Awarded Columbia Displaced Scholarship. Completed advanced coursework in electrochemical systems and process engineering. Conducted seawater electrolysis research in the Esposito Lab and co-authored a manuscript. Awarded the Columbia Displaced Student Scholarship. Developed skills in project management, data analysis, electrochemistry, and cloud-based research tools. Project Management, Electrochemistry and +1 skill

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University of Bradford

Bachelors in Engineering, Chemical and Process Engineering

2015 - 2019

Admissions Committee Experience

Lapo was also personally admitted to

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    Harvard Business School

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    Chicago Booth

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    Columbia Business School

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