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ARINGO Experience – Senior Application Consultants
Danielle Marom
Danielle’s clients have been admitted to the MBA programs of Stanford, Harvard, Wharton, Kellogg, INSEAD, Columbia, Chicago, MIT, Berkeley, Duke, NYU, LBS, Cornell, Cornell Tech, Yale, Tepper, UCLA, Tuck, UNC, USC, Darden, IE, IESE, ESADE, Oxford, Cambridge, HEC Paris, RSM, Rotman, McGill, HULT and Sauder.
Born into a multilingual, multicultural atmosphere, Danielle was raised by a Parisian mother and Tunisian father. Subsequent to her studies at an international high school in the US, she went on to earn a B.A. at McGill University in Montreal in Political Science and Environmental Policy.
Danielle has extensive experience in writing and editing and has developed these skills in the private and public sectors, as well as non-profit organizations. Furthermore, she has experience in freelance marketing and communication work for Hi-tech companies specializing in medical technology and environmental consulting.
Danielle has been advising MBA applicants since 2007 and is a Senior Application Consultant with ARINGO. She is greatly fulfilled by her work helping individuals pursue their dreams of studying abroad. Her thoroughness, attentiveness to her clients’ needs and her ability to create a strategy that fits them best, are some of Danielle’s natural traits that make her a talented ARINGO Consultant.
“I like developing an idea and making it as engaging and captivating as possible. The best part is when you transform a thought into something breathtaking.”
Evelina Roseman
Evelina walked an unconventional path to her MBA at Kenan-Flagler Business School at University of North Carolina and used it to change her career. She already had Masters and PhD in Economics behind her belt, as well as 12 years of experience in government and commercial banking before she arrived to Chapel Hill. After graduating, she has worked in Global Strategy, Technology and Operations for Media for 10 years.
Business writing, interviewing and personal marketing strategies were some of the most valuable skills she gained through her MBA and immediately started putting to use for the benefit of others. Evelina has assisted tens of candidates in their application process to Top 20 business schools and post-MBA jobs in the US and Canada. She is in it for the thrill of seeing candidates succeed and make the biggest step up in their careers.
Gwen Dreilinger
Gwen’s clients were admitted to the MBA programs of Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, MIT, Columbia, Chicago, Kellogg, Berkeley, LBS, INSEAD, Duke, UCLA, Michigan, Darden, Tuck, Yale, Cornell, Georgetown, NYU, UNC, IE, IESE, HEC, Rochester, Cambridge, Oxford, Ivey, Cranfield, Manchester, IMD, NUS.
Gwen has been helping clients, family members and friends prepare application essays and resumes since 2000.
Her son and daughter have been accepted into undergraduate and graduate programs at Cornell, Columbia (both children), Georgetown, George Washington, Wesleyan, and Northwestern, among others.
Gwen’s own application work got her into Northwestern University, and the University of Connecticut School of Law, from both of which institutions she graduated with Honors. She received several awards in law school for excellence in her classes.
Gwen’s superb and persuasive writing skills have been honed during her years as a successful family lawyer in the US. Her legal memoranda and briefs, prepared on her clients’ behalf, have been consistently praised by the Connecticut courts and, more importantly, almost always resulted in a successful outcome for her clients.
Besides her work at ARINGO, Gwen has written and edited for non-governmental organizations. Her freelance editing skills also continue to be sought after by friends who wish to take advantage of her ability to create compelling narratives. Most recently she helped a family friend get accepted to Vassar College.
Outside the professional sphere, Gwen’s devotion to writing shows in the creative, entertaining stories she crafts for her 9 year old daughter’s delight.
Jason Bond
Gwen’s clients were admitted to the MBA programs of Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, MIT, Columbia, Chicago, Kellogg, Berkeley, LBS, INSEAD, Duke, UCLA, Michigan, Darden, Tuck, Yale, Cornell, Georgetown, NYU, UNC, IE, IESE, HEC, Rochester, Cambridge, Oxford, Ivey, Cranfield, Manchester, IMD, NUS.
Gwen has been helping clients, family members and friends prepare application essays and resumes since 2000.
Her son and daughter have been accepted into undergraduate and graduate programs at Cornell, Columbia (both children), Georgetown, George Washington, Wesleyan, and Northwestern, among others.
Gwen’s own application work got her into Northwestern University, and the University of Connecticut School of Law, from both of which institutions she graduated with Honors. She received several awards in law school for excellence in her classes.
Gwen’s superb and persuasive writing skills have been honed during her years as a successful family lawyer in the US. Her legal memoranda and briefs, prepared on her clients’ behalf, have been consistently praised by the Connecticut courts and, more importantly, almost always resulted in a successful outcome for her clients.
Besides her work at ARINGO, Gwen has written and edited for non-governmental organizations. Her freelance editing skills also continue to be sought after by friends who wish to take advantage of her ability to create compelling narratives. Most recently she helped a family friend get accepted to Vassar College.
Outside the professional sphere, Gwen’s devotion to writing shows in the creative, entertaining stories she crafts for her 9 year old daughter’s delight.
Mark Archuleta
Lainie’s clients were admitted to the MBA programs of Harvard, Stanford, Chicago, Wharton, Columbia, INSEAD, Kellogg, LBS, MIT, Berkeley, NYU, Tuck, Michigan, Cornell, Duke, Texas, Georgetown, Babson, Oxford, Cambridge, IE, IESE, ESADE, Olin, City University London, Imperial College London, CEIBS.
Lainie received her bachelor’s degree in American Studies at Columbia University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated Magna Cum Laude. She was the editor of both her high school and college newspapers and always knew she wanted to write.
Lainie’s career has followed two frequently intersecting paths. As a writer and editor, she co-authored a non-fiction book and has worked for several periodicals and news organizations, including Travel Holiday Magazine, New York Magazine, Career Insights, and the Jewish Telegraphic Service. A certified teacher, Lainie has had the privilege to work with adults and children in a variety of learning environments for almost 20 years, most recently as a teacher of writing.
Lainie has been involved with the business world through her husband, who has built his career in the field of finance.
Being a consultant at ARINGO enables Lainie to utilize her talent and experience in both writing and bringing out the best in people. She finds the best part about this job is the clients, who are always interesting and demanding.
“I like being able to help capture someone’s essence on paper. It’s exciting, like being a photographer…”
Interesting fact: Lainie and her husband are part owners of “La Terra Promessa” Winery.
Rachel Segal
Rachel received her bachelor’s degree in Electronic Media at the University of Cincinnati where she also minored in Journalism. Throughout her undergraduate degree, Rachel worked in radio news and regularly contributed written commentary to both the university newspaper and television news channel.
Before continuing with a master’s degree in Middle East History at Tel Aviv University, she first headed to Atlanta, Georgia, where she worked at CNN. There, she wrote for CNN International’s weekly Inside Asia news magazine program and contributed research to the CNN Cold War television documentary series.
After completing her master’s degree, Rachel used her writing, editing and analytical skills in various non-profit fields, including assisting Holocaust survivors in preparing personal essays for legal claims against the Swiss and German governments for monetary compensation. She was later a journalist in the diamond industry, writing news and feature articles for online and print publications as well as writing, researching and editing reports and reference books for international companies, governments and banks.
Rachel has also ghostwritten a memoir, a crafts book about jewelry and various blog posts. She continues to pursue avenues of online content and marketing writing, including script writing for online educational courses.
Being a consultant at ARINGO allows Rachel to combine her skills and expertise in listening to people and helping them articulate their thoughts and experiences.
Rachel Segal
Rachel received her bachelor’s degree in Electronic Media at the University of Cincinnati where she also minored in Journalism. Throughout her undergraduate degree, Rachel worked in radio news and regularly contributed written commentary to both the university newspaper and television news channel.
Before continuing with a master’s degree in Middle East History at Tel Aviv University, she first headed to Atlanta, Georgia, where she worked at CNN. There, she wrote for CNN International’s weekly Inside Asia news magazine program and contributed research to the CNN Cold War television documentary series.
After completing her master’s degree, Rachel used her writing, editing and analytical skills in various non-profit fields, including assisting Holocaust survivors in preparing personal essays for legal claims against the Swiss and German governments for monetary compensation. She was later a journalist in the diamond industry, writing news and feature articles for online and print publications as well as writing, researching and editing reports and reference books for international companies, governments and banks.
Rachel has also ghostwritten a memoir, a crafts book about jewelry and various blog posts. She continues to pursue avenues of online content and marketing writing, including script writing for online educational courses.
Being a consultant at ARINGO allows Rachel to combine her skills and expertise in listening to people and helping them articulate their thoughts and experiences.
ARINGO Insiders – Senior MBA Consultants
Adam Louras
Kellogg graduate (2011). While at Kellogg, Adam gained substantial MBA application experience, helping a number of people through their applications and essays. When Adam applied to b-schools he was also admitted to Wharton and Chicago.
Adam holds a BA in Economics from University of North Carolina and Master in Trust and Wealth Management from Campbell University. His previous work experience includes financial center leader and regional business deposit officer at BB&T, senior analyst and marketing product manager at Bank of America and consultant at Bain & Company.
Aditya Ramachandran
Berkeley Haas graduate (2012). While at Haas, Aditya gained substantial MBA application experience, helping many people through their application process, and he’s currently serving as a mentor for admitted students. When Aditya himself applied to b-schools he was also admitted to Cornell.
Aditya holds a B. Tech in Civil Engineering from the National Institute of Technology in Tiruchirappalli. His previous work experience includes assistant project manager and assistant manager at ITC Limited, student instructor at Haas school of business and consultant at BCG.
Alice Chiu
Alice holds an MBA from NYU Stern with a specialization in Strategy and Marketing. While at Stern, Alice held leadership positions in both the Luxury and Retail Club and Graduate Marketing Association, and gained substantial MBA application experience, helping a number of people through their applications and essays. In collaboration with the admissions team, Alice participated in a number of panels and admit weekend events. Since Stern, Alice has continued to help others through career changes by providing resume and cover letter guidance.
Currently, Alice works in Omnichannel Strategy for Macy’s Inc. where she’s responsible for bridging the gap between technology and retail. Prior to this role, she wore several leadership hats from strategy to merchandise planning, to build the early stage e-commerce start-up, Chloe + Isabel. Additional previous work experiences include: Associate Planner at DFS Group LP and Strategic Planner & Business Development at Cole Haan.
Alice holds a BA in Political Economy of Industrial Societies from UC Berkeley with a specialization in Business Administration. Outside of work, Alice is a Make-A-Wish volunteer and a Pro-Bono Consultant for Taproot Foundation.
Alice Chiu
Alice holds an MBA from NYU Stern with a specialization in Strategy and Marketing. While at Stern, Alice held leadership positions in both the Luxury and Retail Club and Graduate Marketing Association, and gained substantial MBA application experience, helping a number of people through their applications and essays. In collaboration with the admissions team, Alice participated in a number of panels and admit weekend events. Since Stern, Alice has continued to help others through career changes by providing resume and cover letter guidance.
Currently, Alice works in Omnichannel Strategy for Macy’s Inc. where she’s responsible for bridging the gap between technology and retail. Prior to this role, she wore several leadership hats from strategy to merchandise planning, to build the early stage e-commerce start-up, Chloe + Isabel. Additional previous work experiences include: Associate Planner at DFS Group LP and Strategic Planner & Business Development at Cole Haan.
Alice holds a BA in Political Economy of Industrial Societies from UC Berkeley with a specialization in Business Administration. Outside of work, Alice is a Make-A-Wish volunteer and a Pro-Bono Consultant for Taproot Foundation.
Alice Chiu
Alice holds an MBA from NYU Stern with a specialization in Strategy and Marketing. While at Stern, Alice held leadership positions in both the Luxury and Retail Club and Graduate Marketing Association, and gained substantial MBA application experience, helping a number of people through their applications and essays. In collaboration with the admissions team, Alice participated in a number of panels and admit weekend events. Since Stern, Alice has continued to help others through career changes by providing resume and cover letter guidance.
Currently, Alice works in Omnichannel Strategy for Macy’s Inc. where she’s responsible for bridging the gap between technology and retail. Prior to this role, she wore several leadership hats from strategy to merchandise planning, to build the early stage e-commerce start-up, Chloe + Isabel. Additional previous work experiences include: Associate Planner at DFS Group LP and Strategic Planner & Business Development at Cole Haan.
Alice holds a BA in Political Economy of Industrial Societies from UC Berkeley with a specialization in Business Administration. Outside of work, Alice is a Make-A-Wish volunteer and a Pro-Bono Consultant for Taproot Foundation.
Ann Chao
Ann Chao’s clients were admitted to MBA programs at Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Chicago, Kellogg, MIT, Michigan, Darden, Yale, Cornell, Babson, UNC, USC Marshall, GWU, Georgetown, IE, Oxford, CEIBS, HKUST and Vanderbilt.
Ann is the CEO and cofounder of Sonation, a music technology company that makes singing and playing instruments more interactive and fun. Incubated at the Harvard innovation lab and New England Conservatory, Sonation is a MassChallenge 2014 finalist, chosen from over 1600 teams from around the world.
Ann obtained her MBA from Harvard Business School in 2013. Previously, she worked as a strategy consultant at Roland Berger China, serving multinational companies and Chinese state-owned enterprises in a variety of industries from nuclear energy to car manufacturing. During her time at HBS, she worked on the executive strategy team at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and at Guillermo del Toro’s studio Mirada. She attended Harvard for her undergraduate studies, majoring in Social Studies and East Asian Studies, and wrote her thesis on employment opportunities for the blind in China. She is passionate about storytelling and music, and plays the piano and flute.
Azella Perryman
While at Harvard, Azella gained substantial MBA application experience, helping a number of people through their applications and essays.
Azella holds a BA in Economics from Stanford University. Her previous work experience includes four years at Goldman Sachs (NY and London offices) where she worked as senior financial analyst, summer associate at UBS, strategic marketing intern at Jack Morton Worldwide and summer consultant at the Boston Consulting Group.
Barrett Campbell
While at business school and since graduating, Barrett has been providing advice on selecting and applying to MBA programs, positioning essays, choosing recommenders and doing mock interviews. Given his unique background in corporate finance, management consulting and investment banking, he’s also helped advise applicants on career direction and recruiting approaches.
Barrett’s work experience includes Sales Finance Lead at Google, IBD Associate at Barclays Capital, Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton and Sr. Finance Analyst at Intel Corp. He holds a BS in Commerce from the McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia.
Boaz Cohen
Boaz holds an MBA from Kellogg.
Boaz acted as an interviewer for the admission office between 2007-2010.
While at Kellogg, Boaz was the one-year program’s representative at Kellogg’s student government and led various activities. Boaz gained substantial experience in the field of admission to the leading MBA programs in the US, since 2006 he has been assisting many applicants with applying and getting accepted to the leading programs.
Boaz also holds an MBA (with distinction) from Tel Aviv University and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (with distinction) from the Israeli Institute of Technology.
Boaz served for 7 years as an officer at the Israeli Air Force as a telecommunication engineer, product and project manager.
Boaz worked at Hot Telecom, Israeli leading cable company, as a product manager in the engineering department. He also worked as a product manager at Amazon.com and as a marketing consultant at Rosetta Marketing.
Today Boaz is an entrepreneur in the filed of technology and also works as VP, Product & Partnerships at Eyeview.
Cathryn Noyes
Cathryn holds a BS in Computer Science and an MBA with a focus on marketing from Babson College. She has had a wide ranging career, beginning as a software engineer, then working in academia, marketing, consulting, writing, and more. For the past 5 years she has been a member of the MIT Sloan School of Management admissions team. In that role she recruited, interviewed, evaluated and supported hundreds of global applicants each year. She has traveled around the world meeting and interviewing applicants, most of whom were international.
Cathryn Noyes
Cathryn holds a BS in Computer Science and an MBA with a focus on marketing from Babson College. She has had a wide ranging career, beginning as a software engineer, then working in academia, marketing, consulting, writing, and more. For the past 5 years she has been a member of the MIT Sloan School of Management admissions team. In that role she recruited, interviewed, evaluated and supported hundreds of global applicants each year. She has traveled around the world meeting and interviewing applicants, most of whom were international.
Daniel Kim
Daniel is a graduate of the Wharton School of Business and former US Army Military Intelligence Officer. He currently works for a leading consumer goods company focused on strategy and revenue management after working on Wall Street as an investment banker. While at Wharton, Daniel worked as an Investment banking summer associate at JP Morgan and an admissions representative for military and non-traditional applicants. In addition to his Wharton MBA, Daniel holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Daniel enjoys helping MBA applicants of all backgrounds thinking critically about the decision to attend business school and master the application process. Daniel brings extensive knowledge of the application process and is truly passionate about helping candidates to be best positioned for success.
Derin Raji
Derin has a decade of Engineering and Project Management experience in the Energy industry working at Shell and Schlumberger; has worked in Policy for the Governor of Alabama, in Strategy for Alcoa and supported taking R&D technologies to market at the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy.
Derin holds a Master of Business Administration and Master of Public Policy, from Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School of Government respectively; a Master of Technology from Curtin University of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from University of Oklahoma. She has helped several candidates get admitted into HBS, HKS, Wharton & MIT Sloan.
Devin McGrath
While at UCLA, Devin gained substantial MBA application experience, helping many people through their application process.
Devin holds a B.S. in business management from Bentley University. His previous work experience includes Community Economic Development Volunteer at the US Peace Corps in Bulgaria, director of sales and development at ILISA, analyst at Austin Chambers Merchant Bank, assistant language teacher at Japan exchange and teaching program, consultant at Ascendant Business Solutions and summer associate at Credit Suisse.
Diana Maichin
While at Harvard Business School, Diana mentored many students on their applications and essays and held leadership positions in the West Coast Club and Healthcare Club. Diana also interned at Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers and Bessemer Venture Partners.
Diana has over five years of operational, financial and start-up industry experience in the healthcare industry and has worked for biotechnology powerhouses Genentech and Amgen, as well as biofuel start-up, Codexis.
Diana is a Kauffman Fellow and holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where she graduated with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Einav Dinur
Einav Dinur graduated from Chicago Booth where she received a merit based scholarship. After graduation she worked for the Chicago office of BCG and today she is the Director of Marketing and Strategy for a successful tech company. Since then she’s been passionate about helping other talented individuals get to the top programs.
Emily Criste
While at Columbia, Emily gained substantial MBA application experience, helping a number of people through their application process. When Emily applied to b-schools she was also admitted to Kellogg.
Emily holds a BA in economics and psychology from University of Michigan. Her previous work experience includes associate at JPMorgan Chase and summer intern at NYC department of small business services. After her graduation Emily joined Bain & Company as an associate.
Eran Peyser
E ran Peyser is an INSEAD MBA graduate (2008). Eran holds a B.Sc in electrical engineering from the Israeli Institute of Technology. He worked for 7 years at Intel in Haifa and Petach Tikva in various roles. Eran also worked for a year as an Industry Analyst for the telecom industry at INSEAD, producing case studies. Eran is a board member for two philanthropy funds.
Femie Sonuga
Femie graduated from Columbia Business school (2017) with a focus on Strategy and Finance. While at Columbia, Femie was part of the Hermes Society and a peer adviser leading students through orientation and life at CBS. She was also involved in meet with and helping prospective students with applications and essays.
Femie Graduated from the University of Alberta (Canada) with a BA in Psychology. Her previous work experience includes International Business development at her family business. She is currently working in financial strategy at, Oncology focused startup, Our Brain Bank.
Jamal Wilburn
Jamal holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where his concentrations were finance and entrepreneurship. He is a 2011 Management Leadership for Tomorrow MBA Prep Fellow. At Chicago Booth, Jamal was a leading member of the Investment Management Club, the LGBT student group OUTreach, and Follies. He received a BBA from Howard University, where he majored in International Business, and minored in Finance and Japanese.
Jamal has worked at Dimensional Fund Advisors, where he interned in portfolio management and worked full-time as a consultant to financial advisor clients. His roles included advising about asset allocation and strategic planning for business development.
Prior to business school, Jamal worked in Investment Management at William Blair & Company, where he managed trade orders for all domestic mutual funds and helped launch the firm’s separately managed accounts business. He has also worked at the Northern Trust Company where he performed a daily calculation of net asset value for defined contribution and defined benefit plans.
Jamal is a thirtysomething Chicago native currently loving the wierdery of Austin, TX. After completing an MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, he moved to Austin as an investment professional. Jamal is now pursuing entrepreneurship fulltime—when not reading the Economist, interrogating philosophies, or loving matcha lattes (almond milk, please).
Jenny Wang
Jenny holds an MBA from Columbia Business School where she focused on a mix of luxury retail and finance. While at Columbia, she was in the Hermes Society and acted as an ambassador for the Admissions Office to provide a perspective on student life. In addition, she has helped a number of people through applications and essays.
Prior to business school, Jenny was a Strategy and Operations consultant at Deloitte Consulting, focusing in consumer products and retail. Upon graduation, she spent a year in investment banking at UBS within the consumer/retail group. She also has experience in brand strategy consulting and is currently working in business development at Pernod Ricard USA.
Jenny graduated from Duke University with a BA in Public Policy and has a very unique background that includes management consulting, finance / investment banking, brand strategy and business development.
Jun Frank Ma
Frank holds an MBA from London Business School (LBS) where he was awarded an Annual Funds Scholarship. While at LBS, Frank gained substantial MBA application experience. He participated in numerous admissions events (in London and Hong Kong) where he advised potential candidates about the admissions process and its expectations. He also advised the LBS Admissions Office on exchange student applications.
Prior to the MBA, Frank worked in GE’s Energy business under the Edison Engineering Leadership Program and as a combustion engineer. His primary focus was on gas turbine new product development. He was also selected as the first GE Edison to complete an expatriate assignment in China.
Frank holds a B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering (with distinction) from Cornell University and an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech, where he graduated with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
During his MBA, Frank completed internships in London at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and The Carbon Trust, focusing on the energy and the renewables industries.
Frank is passionate about community service and founded the LBS Volunteers Club to promote student volunteering in the London community. Today he works as Global Strategy Director at John Crane.
Jun Frank Ma
Frank holds an MBA from London Business School (LBS) where he was awarded an Annual Funds Scholarship. While at LBS, Frank gained substantial MBA application experience. He participated in numerous admissions events (in London and Hong Kong) where he advised potential candidates about the admissions process and its expectations. He also advised the LBS Admissions Office on exchange student applications.
Prior to the MBA, Frank worked in GE’s Energy business under the Edison Engineering Leadership Program and as a combustion engineer. His primary focus was on gas turbine new product development. He was also selected as the first GE Edison to complete an expatriate assignment in China.
Frank holds a B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering (with distinction) from Cornell University and an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech, where he graduated with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
During his MBA, Frank completed internships in London at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and The Carbon Trust, focusing on the energy and the renewables industries.
Frank is passionate about community service and founded the LBS Volunteers Club to promote student volunteering in the London community. Today he works as Global Strategy Director at John Crane.
Keren Berler
Keren is the techno-marketing director at Atreo. She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School (2012) where she focused on finance, strategy, healthcare and non-profit. She has successfully helped many applicants earn admission in various top schools.
Prior to CBS, Keren was a Strategy and Finance consultant at TASC Consulting and Capital in Tel-Aviv, focusing on telecom, media, transportation and retail. Upon graduation, she spent three years in Investment Banking at J.P. Morgan’s Healthcare group and at Edgemont Capital, a boutique investment bank in NYC.
Keren holds a B.A. with distinction in Economics and Communications from Tel-Aviv University. Outside of the professional sphere, Keren is passionate about community service and has volunteered in many organizations such as Different Economy, Nova and Mind Matter.
Kfir Catalan
Kfir’s clients have been admitted to MBA programs at Wharton, Columbia, Georgetown, Texas McCombs, Texas A&M, Emory, Tepper, Ross, Oxford, HEC, IMD, Maryland, Indiana, Babson, Mendoza.
A graduate of the Tepper MBA (2010), Kfir helped many candidates submit applications, prepare for interviews and get accepted to leading programs. In addition, during his studies, he helped many of his fellow students with the preparation of resumes and job interviews.
Kfir holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and East Asian studies from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Kfir currently works in the Executive rotational program in a leading energy company in the US.
In addition, Kfir established a real estate investment fund in Maryland and is considered a leading real estate developer in Baltimore.
Kirill Osipenko
Kfir’s clients have been admitted to MBA programs at Wharton, Columbia, Georgetown, Texas McCombs, Texas A&M, Emory, Tepper, Ross, Oxford, HEC, IMD, Maryland, Indiana, Babson, Mendoza.
A graduate of the Tepper MBA (2010), Kfir helped many candidates submit applications, prepare for interviews and get accepted to leading programs. In addition, during his studies, he helped many of his fellow students with the preparation of resumes and job interviews.
Kfir holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and East Asian studies from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Kfir currently works in the Executive rotational program in a leading energy company in the US.
In addition, Kfir established a real estate investment fund in Maryland and is considered a leading real estate developer in Baltimore.
Kfir Catalan
Kfir’s clients have been admitted to MBA programs at Wharton, Columbia, Georgetown, Texas McCombs, Texas A&M, Emory, Tepper, Ross, Oxford, HEC, IMD, Maryland, Indiana, Babson, Mendoza.
A graduate of the Tepper MBA (2010), Kfir helped many candidates submit applications, prepare for interviews and get accepted to leading programs. In addition, during his studies, he helped many of his fellow students with the preparation of resumes and job interviews.
Kfir holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and East Asian studies from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Kfir currently works in the Executive rotational program in a leading energy company in the US.
In addition, Kfir established a real estate investment fund in Maryland and is considered a leading real estate developer in Baltimore.
Lin Zhao
ARINGO clients who worked with Lin were admitted to MBA programs at Harvard, Wharton, Berkeley, Duke, Ross, Darden, Tuck, Indiana.
Lin started prepping professionals for interviews when he was 23. His passion for coaching and mentoring started at Target (a large US-based retailer) and has continued through HBS, Clorox and now an eCommerce startup based in Boston, MA. With over 8 years of experience leading teams, he excels in effective communication and motivating others.
Lin started at ARINGO with the goal of helping similar minded young professionals reach their dream business school. Outside of work, he enjoys running, reading, playing squash. After finishing Les Mis, War and Peace and Anna Karenina, he’s on the hunt for his next epic novel to tackle.
Manish Agarwal
Manish holds an MBA from INSEAD and has represented the school at MBA fairs in London and Singapore.
While at INSEAD, he participated in information sharing and candidate interaction sessions assisting visiting and admitted students with their choice of MBA program and expectations thereof. Since graduation, his passion for assisting people has seen him help friends and acquaintances gain admission into top-tier schools, and make their post-MBA career choices.
Prior to his MBA, he worked with Hewlett Packard in their R&D and Manufacturing divisions in Singapore and the USA. Here, he led product development teams as a design architect. His designs have earned him 7 US patents, with a few more pending. Post INSEAD, Manish worked as a Strategy Consultant with a top-tier strategy firm in London, and is currently based in Singapore with the in-house strategy team of a Fortune-50 company.
An engineer by training, he completed his Bachelors and Masters in Mechanical Engineering on full scholarships from Singapore Airlines and Hewlett Packard respectively, and graduated at the top of his class.
On the fun side, Manish enjoys kayaking, golf, formula 1, but on most days his 2 yr old takes priority.
Maoz Lakovski
Maoz Lakovski is an INSEAD MBA graduate. While at INSEAD, Maoz led the TMT club (Technology, Media & Telecom) and gained substantial MBA application experience, helping a number of people through their application process.
Following INSEAD, Maoz worked in Uber SEA and devised Uber regional growth strategy. As a next step, Maoz joined Twitter and built the Sales Strategy & Ops team of Twitter EMEA. Today Maoz is leading the strategy group at SimilarWeb (one of the world’s fastest growing SaaS companies).
Maoz holds a B.Sc. in Industrial and Management Engineering from Tel Aviv University and prior to INSEAD gained unique experience as a management consultant and as an entrepreneur (founded a mobile app platform).
Mateen Abdul
Mateen has diverse experience in MBA admissions in helping candidates gain acceptance across leading programs. Mateen has 12 years of experience with automotive majors (Ford and Suzuki) and energy start-ups where he built businesses from the ground up. Mateen is Commerce graduate from Osmania University and Masters in management from National Institute of Technology, (Tiruchirapalli), India. Mateen currently is working with Emergence Bioenergy Inc.
Neda Navab
ARINGO clients who worked with Neda were admitted to MBA programs at Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Columbia, NYU, Yale, Darden, Babson.
Neda is an HBS graduate (2013). During her studies, she gained substantial MBA application experience, helping a number of applicants successfully earn admission to HBS, Wharton and Stanford GSB.
Neda holds a BA in Economics from Columbia University. Her work experience includes Operations at ENJOY Inc., Senior Product Marketing Manager at Box, consulting as a business analyst at McKinsey in New York and TechnoServe in East Africa, as well as interning at Lehman Brothers, Diane von Furstenberg and Zidaya.com.
Nikhil Bhatia
ARINGO clients who worked with Nikhil were admitted to MBA programs at Chicago, Duke, UCLA, Boston U, Foster, Georgetown, Babson.
Nikhil holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson (2008). He was a member of UCLA Anderson’s Student Council and President of the South Asian Business Association (SABA).
While at Anderson, Nikhil played an active role in the students committee, developing orientation programs that help incoming international students adapt to Anderson’s MBA program. As President of SABA, Nikhil advised the admissions office to promote the UCLA Anderson’s Full-Time program to prospective South Asian applicants.
As part of the Entrepreneurship Association’s Vistage and Management Development for Entrepreneurs (MDE) programs, Nikhil met with successful CEO’s and helped them develop business plans to expand their businesses. While at Anderson, Nikhil gained substantial MBA application experience. He has been helping and advising MBA applicants since 2007.
Nikhil holds a BTech. in Electrical Engineering with distinction from Indian Institute of Technology – Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU).
Nikhil worked for 4 years as a software engineer at HCL Technologies, and has worked with Symantec Corp as a MBA intern. Post MBA, he worked as Director – Product Management at a startup (Mobile-XL), Sales Director at HCL America, and Business Development Manager at Amazon.
Nurit Altura
Nurit holds a BA in computer science and mathematics from Yeshiva University. She then worked for JP Morgan, before earning an MBA from the Yale School of Management, where she was a Dean’s Scholar. After graduating from Yale, she worked in admissions for both Yale College and Stanford GSB. She then served as a college adviser at an elite New York private school, helping high school students gain admission to top colleges.
Nurit has worked for many years as a college and MBA admissions consultant, and her clients have been accepted to schools such as Cornell, Michigan, Columbia, NYU, Stanford, Hopkins, Yale, Harvard and Princeton. She enjoys guiding individuals through the application process and helping them realize their goals.
Oded Ben David
Oded holds an MBA from Harvard Business School where he focused on healthcare and strategy and successfully completed a career switch from consulting to healthcare. During his studies, he gained MBA application experience, helping a number of friends successfully earn admission to HBS. Prior to business school, Oded was a consultant and managed the Healthcare practice of TASC Consulting & Capital, an Israeli leading consulting firm where he led projects across the medical devices, digital health and public health segments. He also has rich experience in mentoring students having held multiple teaching positions in both the public and the private sectors.
Oded has taken strategy and business development positions in the two most vibrant biotech ecosystems in the U.S.- initially in San Francisco with Genentech, the world largest biotech company, and then in Boston – an M&A position with Waters Corporation (S&P 500 company). He is an active member of the Harvard Business School Association of Boston – Community Action Partners where he is involved in pro bono consulting projects for non-profit organizations in the healthcare space, most recently for Fenway’s National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center.
Oded holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business from Tel Aviv University.
Ori Elkin
Ori’s clients have been admitted to MBA programs at Chicago, Columbia, Kellogg, Wharton, UCLA, NYU, MIT, LBS, INSEAD, Cornell, Tepper, Berkeley, UC Davis, McCombs and UNC.
Ori holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley (2007). After receiving his MBA, Ori joined Veritas as an admission consultant for Business schools (with a focus on Haas).
During the last 3 years, Ori has assisted over 100 applicants with their applications, from strategy to interviews prep. Many of these applicants are now MBA students in the US.
Ori holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science. After graduating, Ori worked as a senior software engineer and project leader at Mercury Interactive (HP) in the company’s main R&D facility.
Today Ori is playing with Satellites as a product portfolio manager with DigitalGlobe and mentoring startups at Boomtown accelerator, as well as serving as advisor to Outder. He still dreams about playing professional basketball someday…
Prasanth Ramanand
Prasanth’s clients were admitted to MBA programs at Harvard, Wharton, Columbia, Chicago, Stern, LBS, Tepper, Tuck, Haas, Michigan, UCLA, McCombs, Tuck, Fuqua, INSEAD, IESE, ESADE, HEC, IMD, Georgetown, Oxford, Cambridge, Darden, Kenan-Flagler, USC, Johnson, Olin, Babson, Goizueta, NUS, ISB, IIMA-PGPX, Rotman, Indiana, Bocconi.
Prasanth is a Columbia MBA graduate (2012). Since 2012, he has successfully guided over 75 applicants earn admission in various top b-schools in USA and around the world. He is currently the Head of Product at Wealth-X, a SaaS venture in New York City.
Prasanth holds a MBA from Columbia Business School, MS in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon and a BS with honors from Cochin University. At Columbia, he served numerous leadership positions such as Peer Advisor and Hermes Society member. He also co-chaired the India Business conference.
Prior to Columbia, he worked at Accenture for four years advising financial services firms and government on technology strategy. Post Columbia, he worked in LexisNexis NYC for four years across strategy and product roles.
Outside of the professional sphere, Prasanth is passionate about community service, blogging, photography and he has fund-raised over $10,000 for charity by running marathons in USA and Europe.
Pratheek Krishna
Prasanth’s clients were admitted to MBA programs at Harvard, Wharton, Columbia, Chicago, Stern, LBS, Tepper, Tuck, Haas, Michigan, UCLA, McCombs, Tuck, Fuqua, INSEAD, IESE, ESADE, HEC, IMD, Georgetown, Oxford, Cambridge, Darden, Kenan-Flagler, USC, Johnson, Olin, Babson, Goizueta, NUS, ISB, IIMA-PGPX, Rotman, Indiana, Bocconi.
Prasanth is a Columbia MBA graduate (2012). Since 2012, he has successfully guided over 75 applicants earn admission in various top b-schools in USA and around the world. He is currently the Head of Product at Wealth-X, a SaaS venture in New York City.
Prasanth holds a MBA from Columbia Business School, MS in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon and a BS with honors from Cochin University. At Columbia, he served numerous leadership positions such as Peer Advisor and Hermes Society member. He also co-chaired the India Business conference.
Prior to Columbia, he worked at Accenture for four years advising financial services firms and government on technology strategy. Post Columbia, he worked in LexisNexis NYC for four years across strategy and product roles.
Outside of the professional sphere, Prasanth is passionate about community service, blogging, photography and he has fund-raised over $10,000 for charity by running marathons in USA and Europe.
Ravit Warsha
ARINGO clients who worked with Ravit were admitted to MBA programs at Cornell Tech, HEC, IE, IESE, ESADE, Oxford, LBS, INSEAD.
Ravit has over 15 years of experience in high-tech, across a range of positions including Business Development, Product Management, Project Management, R&D Team Leading and Engineering. She worked in small, fast paced, start-up environments as well as in big corporations.
Ravit has a B.Sc in Bioinformatics from Tel-Aviv University and an MBA from Cambridge Judge Business School (graduated in 2010), where she specialised in the health industry, as well as in product and innovation management, business models, strategy and change management.
Ravit’s passion is in the crosshairs of business, technology and health.
Ross Yesikov
Ross has graduated the Kellogg two-years combined MBA + MEM (MMM) program in 2012. Ross was also accepted to Tuck, Darden, Ross Michigan and Cornell.
During and after Kellogg, Ross guided multiple people through the MBA process to a successful admission into Kellogg, Berkeley, Stanford and Darden.
Ross has a background varying from software engineering, to starting several internet-based companies in Israel and in the US, to managing the telecommunications portfolio at Cisco.
Currently he’s working as a Senior Product Manager at Pandora Media and occasionally lectures at Stanford graduate school.
Sid Misra
Ross has graduated the Kellogg two-years combined MBA + MEM (MMM) program in 2012. Ross was also accepted to Tuck, Darden, Ross Michigan and Cornell.
During and after Kellogg, Ross guided multiple people through the MBA process to a successful admission into Kellogg, Berkeley, Stanford and Darden.
Ross has a background varying from software engineering, to starting several internet-based companies in Israel and in the US, to managing the telecommunications portfolio at Cisco.
Currently he’s working as a Senior Product Manager at Pandora Media and occasionally lectures at Stanford graduate school.
Sriram Emani
ARINGO clients who worked with Sriram were admitted to MBA programs at Stanford, Chicago, Kellogg, MIT, Columbia, NYU, Yale, INSEAD, LBS, Duke, UCLA, UNC, Tuck, Darden, Johnson, Kelley, Babson, UC Irvine, IE, IESE, Queens, Tepper, Miami, Boston College, Northeastern U, Rice.
Sriram was recently featured in a ‘Spotlight on Arts Entrepreneurs’ by the US Congressional Arts Caucus on Capitol Hill, Washington DC. He is a 2015 Global Fellow with the International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA), where he was the only Indian out of 52 Fellows from across the world. Under his leadership, IndianRaga has grown into one of the largest networks of talented musicians and dancers in North America, invited to perform at iconic institutions like Lincoln Center, Chicago Cultural Center, Joe’s Pub, and has been featured in NPR’s Here and Now. Previously, Sriram worked as a Strategy Fellow with the President of Lincoln Center, New York City, and with the President of Global Digital Business at Sony Music, New York City. He also started the marketing and business development team at the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Mumbai, and was a Consultant to Disney Theatrical Group.
Sriram was selected amongst the first batch of 12 Tata Fellows at the MIT Tata Center for Technology and Design. He is an alumnus of the MIT Sloan School of Management (Class of 2014) where he was 1 out of 5 students to be awarded the prestigious Siebel Scholarship for academic excellence and leadership. Sriram is also an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, where he was the Overall Coordinator of India’s largest student cultural festival, Mood Indigo, and a recipient of the institute’s highest honors for cultural and organizational excellence. Sriram has been invited as a guest speaker and panelist at MIT, NYU, Bank of Tokyo, KPMG, Lincoln Center and has moderated panels on entrepreneurship in media and entertainment at key conferences. Previously, Sriram led IndianRaga to win the 2015 Arts Entrepreneurship Award by Fractured Atlas, the MIT IDEAS Global Challenge (Community Choice Award), and the US Creative Business Cup.
Tal Laks
Tal Laks, a native of New York City, has worked in the field of business and entrepreneurship for over 20 years. In her early twenties she joined the family business, LHB Chatz Holding (1997) Ltd., a business consulting firm that assisted companies worldwide in marketing and developing their businesses and enterprises. In her early stages at LHB Tal was responsible for writing all company correspondence, documents, marketing material and business plans, as well as analyzing markets, country social and political situations of the different countries LHB entered.
After obtaining her MBA from Columbia Business School at 2013 Tal’s role in LHB expanded to strategy development, feasibility studies of potential projects and ventures and developing projects for private entities and governments, the largest of which is the conceptual design of a city which will become a major new financial center in West Africa, which is in its early stages of realization.
Vidya Shanmugam
While at business school and post-graduation from Duke, Vidya gained significant MBA application experience, helping a number of people through their applications and essays. With her business experience and technology background, she has also advised numerous people in career direction, mock interviews and recruiting strategies.
Vidya has a Bachelors in computer science engineering from Visweswaraiah Technology University, India, and an MBA from Duke University, The Fuqua School of Business, with a focus on strategy and marketing. At Duke, she was a career fellow and actively participated in technology, marketing and consulting clubs in various positions.
She has 5 years of product management and business strategy experience at Microsoft post MBA and 5 years of software development experience at Motorola and HP prior to business school. She interned at Johnson & Johnson and eBay during her MBA.
Outside of work, Vidya is very passionate about yoga, music and art. She is also passionate about travel, exploring new places, cultures and languages.
Yair Ton
Yair holds an MBA from NYU Stern (2012), with specializations in Strategy and Technology. While at Stern, Yair worked for the school’s Office of Career Development as a Career Coach, offering guidance and advice to first-year students on their career search plan, and helping them improve their CV and interviewing skills.
Yair holds a BSc in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from Tel Aviv University. Prior to his MBA studies, he worked in the telecommunications industry as a Computer Engineer at Intel and Marvell.
Currently, Yair works as a Senior Business Architect, Partnerships at American Express’s new loyalty program (Plenti). Prior to this role, he worked for more than 3 years at the Technology Strategy practice of Deloitte Consulting as a Senior Consultant and Manager.
Yair joined ARINGO’s team to help prospective students get into their universities of choice with great success. He specializes in accounting and consulting backgrounds for top 20 US schools.
