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¶ … laptop on the tray table in front of me. Business class roominess is so much more conducive to getting work done, I think, as my spreadsheet application opens. Legs casually crossed in front of me, cranberry juice at my side, I review my work on the company's financial statements. It's been a great quarter for my pet venture, which I launched just a year ago. It hasn't been entirely easy but once I received my MBA from the University of Florida, my career mushroomed. After working for many years with such prestigious companies as Shell and Motiva, I launched my own business venture based on the knowledge and skills I gleaned over the years. Looking down at the vanishing earth beneath our airliner, I reflected on what it took to get me where I am now.
In 2001 my first big break arrived when I landed my first position with Motiva Enterprises. Based out of Houston, I completely immersed myself in the financial operations...
On a daily basis I was in contact with clients to reconcile and analyze contracts. Therefore, in addition to improving my fundamental skills in accounting, financial management, and budget analysis, I learned a great deal about how to forge and maintain healthy business relationships. Developing amicable working relationships with external customers came easily to me: already multilingual, I was able to interact with people from a wide range of positions and backgrounds. The two years I spent as an exchange analyst for Motiva offered innumerable challenges and prepared me fully for my MBA and my eventual entrepreneurship.
Next, a promotion within Motiva drew me further toward my career goals. As data analyst I shifted focus to the distribution aspect of the oil refining business and worked primarily with Motiva terminals on the Gulf Coast. Another layer in my…
Talents aren't things developed. One is born with talent -- a natural propensity for accuracy and efficiency in particular tasks. A knack for a certain intellectual task. Skills, on the other hand, are things learned, practiced, and known; they're the result of schooling, training, and experience. I believe that skills can be thought of, in a sense, as the theory behind reality. In other words, skills are most appropriately consolidated
My notable contributions in this capacity include obtaining investment funding and sponsorships, securing a co-production partnership with Storm 360, a leading West African entertainment company, and forging media partnerships with HiTV, Silverbird TV, NN24, and BusinessDay among others. In addition, I established and implemented overall business objectives of becoming a world-class production and broadcast company offering international broadcast content to strengthen the spirit of enterprise and human development throughout
Fellow Students: As colleagues in the MBA program, we work together to create a mutually beneficial and supportive academic environment. I hope to challenge you and encourage you to push beyond your comfort zone, while remaining true to yourself and your goals. Together we can envision a better future in our personal and career path. I am sure we are all goal oriented, ambitious, and driven individuals who have reached
grandmother used to say to me in her native Russian, "Do whatever you love; money flows from love, not the other way around." I have always heeded her advice and never hesitated to pursue career paths that fulfilled and stimulated me. Accounting is the professional path that I have been following eagerly for many years, and although my education is still unfinished, I am already reaping the personal rewards
I want to learn how businesses function. In my time in the investment industry, I have gained a keen interest in finance, and how it can be used within the context of strategy. How a company structures its finances can contribute significantly to performance. I am also drawn to investment banking. In addition, marketing and strategy are areas which must be understood in order to help companies grow and
Ltr Having recently graduated from this fine educational institution, I now find myself in a position of applying for acceptance into the MBA program offered by the same university. I enthusiastically submit my name for consideration of that acceptance. Knowing that I will receive the finest education available is one reason why I am submitting my name. I know that the education offered to me through the MBA program will