Daniel A.
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Harvard MBA | Transform Your B-School Application Journey
Studied at Harvard Business School
Worked at Santander Bank
Available Wednesday at 8:30 PM UTC
Limited spots
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Daniel’s MBA Qualifications
Daniel has helped clients get into these schools:
It is often said that applying to and attending business schools are transformative experiences. And certainly, it's been the case for me. I would love to be a part of your journey to understand better yourself and help you articulate what your unique value proposition is as a business school applicant. I am sure you have a compelling and interesting story, and I'm excited to help you present yours in a way that will stand out.
Daniel can help with:
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Editing
Recommendations
Interviews
Ding Analysis
Waitlist Strategy
Secondary Review
Application Strategy
Essays
Resume
About Daniel
I'm Dani, born and raised in Mallorca! Over the past years, I've worked as an advisor and operator at large technology and banking firms within Spain. Most recently, I was admitted into Harvard's MBA program. As a first-gen student, I did not have many resources to effectively chart my own path. Sure, I've always had great professional mentors, but sometimes we just didn't share common upbringing and perspectives, so I had to mostly figure things out step by step, from applying to schools to selecting careers and companies. Through this experiences, I've learned something. I've always believed that talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. Giving back is very important to me: I want to empower others (including maybe you!) to achieve their potential.
Why do I coach?
I have had strong mentors in the past, including now. They helped me broaden my horizon, consider alternative perspectives, and self-reflect on my values and path. On the back of my positive experiences, I now coach to contribute some of my learnings and advice to those seeking career or college / MBA application advice. If you are reading this, please make sure the rule of 3 in coaching. You should always have a person you coach yourself, someone who coaches you, and a peer whom you can exchange feedback. I encourage you to apply this rule, wherever you are in your journey, to maximize your learning!
Work Experience
Director, Business Transformation
Santander Bank
July 2023 - June 2024
Hiring Manager
Focused on an exciting transformation journey to make our Retail & Commercial franchise a global business within Santander, working at the intersection of business and tech.
Business Transformation Manager
Santander Bank
April 2023 - July 2023
Digital Advisor
Microsoft
January 2022 - March 2023
Digital Advisor @ Customer Transformation, Industry Solutions unit, trying to do some innovative stuff with FinTechs and banks, sometimes succeeding and mostly failing - both are great learning experiences. Focused on envisioning and delivering business-driven initiatives to unlock growth leveraging MSFT tech. Key activities: - Led C-suite presales activities for 4 banks, 2 utilities, and 2 public agencies in EMEA, developing value propositions and co-innovation initiatives to influence a +€xxbn partnership pipeline. Contributed to €xxmn in sales and directly owned €xxmn - Acted as Chief Architect in a technical program for an insurer with €2bn in premiums, overseeing xx FTE (customer and internal employees) and executing initiatives to drive a xx% profit uplift through Cloud, AI, and productivity technologies - Reverse mentored x executives on transitioning to tech and bridging generational gaps; mentored 2 underserved students starting their professional careers and x junior employees on career development; coached a startup on tech strategy
Digital Innovation + Strategy Advisor
Microsoft
May 2020 - January 2022
Consultant
Gartner
January 2020 - May 2020
Delivering digital strategy projects, with focus on telcos / software companies and financial services organizations. My goal is to serve clients bringing them high-impact consulting work at an accelerated pace. Key activities: - Executed 9 IT strategy consulting projects across Europe and 5 different industries within 1 year, generating +€xxxmn in incremental revenue over a 3-year timeframe. Out of 9 projects, led 4 to completion - Created 6 proposals (led 3) and pitched to clients with Managing Partner, resulting in €xmn deals sold in 2019 (xx% success) Sample projects include: - Digital competitive benchmark for intl. pharma - Defining the IT services portfolio for a fully-digital bank targeting international expansion - Defining the cloud risk management framework for a top retailer - Defining the hybrid, multicloud strategy of a Fortune 500 high-tech company - Developing the target skills architecture for the entire organization of a major telco in line with its future growth strategy as a tech player - Conducting an independent technology assessment review of a core insurance package to assist a top Spanish insurer in its decision-making process - Designing and executing a sourcing process to select an ERP and a Portfolio Management solution for a Spanish insurer
Associate Consultant / Senior Associate Consultant
Gartner
May 2019 - January 2020
Senior Digital Strategy Consultant
IBM
July 2018 - May 2019
- Led a team of xx to implement the first Open Banking strategy in Spain for a tier 1 bank. Program resulted in x% revenue increase for bank and €xxmn incremental revenue for IBM over 3 years. Awarded top 1% in ‘16, ‘17, and ‘18 - Acted as go-to expert in new tech (APIs, Cloud, and process automation), executing operating model projects for x customers; led content for xx proposals, pitching and selling €xmn deals, becoming the first junior consultant to do so - Acted as PMO for the first Hybrid Cloud program in Spain; coordinated xx FTE and €xxmn budget exceeding targets by xx% - Selected to mentor 3 early hires for 2 years, helping to accelerate their promotions by 1 year vs. their peers
Digital Strategy Consultant
IBM
July 2017 - June 2018
Associate Consultant
IBM
June 2016 - June 2017
Selected to be part of the Graduate Associate program
Education
Harvard Business School
Master of Business Administration - MBA
2024 - 2026
Ascend Leaders program Clubs: Investment Management, Women's Student Association (Director of Nominations), Bitcoin & Crypto (VP), VCPE (PE Director of Education)
Utrecht University
Master of Science (MSc), Business Informatics
2014 - 2017
Grade: 4.0 (GPA) Activities and societies: Teaching assistantship Top of class
Universitat de les Illes Balears
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Engineering
2010 - 2014
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Daniel has helped clients get into these schools: