Deric Corwin
MBA Student at MIT Sloan School of Management, Leader of the 2007 MIT Global Startup Workshop
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Industries: | Information Technology, Internet |
| Skills: | Business, Databases, English, Event planning, HTML / CSS, Javascript, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Product design, Software Engineering, Spanish, SQL, Web Development |
| Groups: | MIT GSW 2007 |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Helping friends, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities |
| Tags: | Innovation, Playing Soccer, Sailing, Technology-based business |
| Schools: | Dartmouth College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
FULL BIO
MBA Student at MIT Sloan School of Management, Leader of the 2007 MIT Global Startup Workshop
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Monitor Group |
| Position: | Strategy Consultant |
| Time period: | January 2007 - December 2008 |
| Description: | • Managed research projects to advise clients on issues of brand, competitive positioning, distribution, acquisition, and geographic expansion
- Uncovered $380M of brand impact over 4 years for major financial services firm - Quantified $430M in synergies arising from a potential acquisition in truck manufacturing - Led audit and benchmarking study for the U.S. Military’s $40B healthcare program • Crafted materials and communication plans to support investment decisions by senior executives - Presented trade-offs associated with various configurations of a $2B chemicals joint venture in Asia • Facilitated workshops to build process expertise with client managers • Led initiative to improve cash flow and create better collection and revenue tracking for Monitor CFO - New metrics and reports reduced accounts receivable by $10M after three months • Coordinated MBA recruiting event and served as mentor for summer consultant |
| Employer: | Symantec Corporation, Data Center Management Group |
| Position: | Product Manager |
| Time period: | January 2006 - December 2006 |
| Description: | • Identified $40M opportunity for core storage and clustering products in the Unix and Linux e-mail market
• Crafted materials to assist sales teams within the ISP/Telco sector and spark campaign to share global best practices • Initiated strategic partnership discussions with a prominent e-mail application provider |
| Employer: | Mit Global Startup Workshop (Gsw) |
| Position: | Co-Lead Organizer |
| Time period: | January 2005 - December 2007 |
| Description: | • Managed $500K budget and a team of 30 MIT students to produce annual 3-day conference
- Oversaw marketing, recruitment, logistics and networking for 40 speakers and 300 attendees from 30 countries • Led site selection process and contract negotiations between MIT and Norwegian partner university • Instituted new processes and infrastructure to improve annual organizational transition and conference impact - Recruited first GSW Board of Advisors - Pioneered content management and collaboration system - Introduced $40K scholarship fund and candidate selection process |
| Employer: | Monitor Software, A Monitor Group Company |
| Position: | Project Manager |
| Time period: | January 2002 - December 2005 |
| Description: | • Directed teams of 6-9 in designing and implementing upgrades to an analytical market research application
- Increased reliability and scalability; improved performance by more than 300% - Negotiated 30% discount on OEM license agreement for embedded software - Facilitated internal adoption leading to $2M reduction in annual consultant costs • Created process engine for syndicated sales tracking survey: generated $500K in sales in both 2004 and 2005 • Led technical development of Monitor’s first e-learning application, focused on consumer marketing content • Evaluated and recommended software packages for internal purchasing decisions • Served as Professional Development Advisor to three junior staff and mentored summer interns • Collaborated on office space redesign to improve entrepreneurial feel, morale and productivity |
| Employer: | Monitor Software, A Monitor Group Company |
| Position: | Developer / Decision Support Consultant |
| Time period: | January 1999 - December 2002 |
| Description: | • Developed tools for market segmentation, customer profiling, and direct marketing project evaluation
• Collaborated with COO of educational non-profit organization to design and build a user-friendly Excel-based cost and revenue model to support distributed budgeting across seven regions and ten departments • Led teams in upgrades to a suite of web-based marketing tools in support of a $6M contract with a major pharmaceutical company • Consulted with experts at major electrical utility to model profit opportunities and support regulatory negotiations • Developed website for tracking employee compliance with insider trading policies • Spearheaded adoption of Java programming language through development and training |
| Employer: | Digital Equipment Corporation / Compaq |
| Position: | Co-op, CAD Shared Services, Alpha Design Group |
| Time period: | January 1998 - December 1998 |
| Description: | • Designed software and data model which achieved 90% reduction in processing time for circuit database conversion
• Uncovered network hardware flaw while supporting web tool for tracking bugs in microprocessor designs |
EDUCATION
| University: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Time period: | 2005 - 2007 |
| Degree: | MBA |
| University: | Dartmouth College |
| Time period: | 1995 - 1999 |
| Degree: | Computer Science, BA |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | • Skiing, sailing, soccer |
| Hobbies: | • Guitarist & singer for local rock band, sound recording/processing |
| Clubs: | • Led church youth group, 2002 – 2005 |
| Memberships: | • Board of Advisors for MIT Global Startup Workshop, 2007 – present |
| Awards: | • Won the Patrick J. McGovern Entrepreneurship Award for leadership of the MIT Global Startup Workshop
• Earned certification in Global Sales Development Series training program from Basho Strategies • Received Monitor Exceptional Performance Award in 2002 & 2003 (given to only 5% of Monitor employees) • Elected to Dartmouth College Golden Key Honor Society • 2 Academic Citations in Engineering Sciences |
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Gustavo Pego
Spanish, 35, majoring in Industrial Management Engineering. Executive MBA at IESE Business School.
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