Patricia M.
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Duke Fuqua MBA | "Non-Traditional" MBA Expert | LinkedIn Product Ops
Studied at Duke's Fuqua School of Business
Works at LinkedIn
Available tomorrow at 4:30 PM UTC
Usually responds within 12 hours
Meeting schedules and extracurriculars may sometimes conflict with this scheduling, but for the most part I should be available during these times!
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Patricia’s MBA Qualifications
Open to working with clients outside the U.S.
As a Duke Fuqua MBA graduate and Forte Fellow, I bring both firsthand experience and a deep commitment to helping aspiring MBAs succeed. During my time at Fuqua, I served as a Career Fellow and Co-Director of the Sustainable Business & Social Impact Conference, gaining unique insights into what top business schools seek in applicants. My current role at LinkedIn as a Product Operations Manager, along with a background in business transformation and marketing, gives me a comprehensive view of the intersection between business strategy and personal branding. I understand the challenges and opportunities of the MBA journey, especially for non-traditional candidates, and can guide you in crafting a compelling, authentic application that stands out to admissions committees. Let’s work together to make your MBA dreams a reality, building an application that reflects your unique strengths and aligns with your professional goals!
Patricia can help with:
Editing
Recommendations
Interviews
School Selection
Secondary Review
Application Strategy
Essays
Resume
About Patricia
I am a Forté Fellow and a Duke MBA graduate, with a passion for empowering people to achieve their potential via technology and education. I am excited to bring my diverse perspective, experiences, and competencies to help you craft your perfect application strategy, essays and resume - especially for those who may consider themselves "non-traditional" MBA candidates, as I once did too. Before deciding to get an MBA I completed a year of service in a middle school as a full-time tutor, was a founding member of the marketing team at the national non-profit Year Up, and created unique customer marketing campaigns with marketing and sales technology at the global technology company, LogMeIn (now GoTo). During my two years at Duke, I focused on rounding out my strategic leadership skills through a mix of academic coursework (ex: Sustainable Business Strategy, Leadership, and Strategic Implementation) and leadership roles (ex: Co-Director of the 17th Annual Sustainable Business & Social Impact Conference, Career Fellow, Fuqua Client Consulting Practicum Fellow). Fuqua led me to LinkedIn, where I was first on the Business Productivity team as a Senior Business Transformation Consultant, functioning as the connective tissue between the Global Support organization, internal tooling and process design. From here I transitioned to LinkedIn's Product Operations team, where I now directly partner with our Product and Engineering teams to help prioritize and build our internal technology (think: CRMs, routing engines, internal AI Agents) to enable our teams to provide customers the best support. When I am not working, I love running around Central Park, listening to live music, or reading a good book (historical fiction preferably!).
Why do I coach?
As a non-traditional MBA candidate, having a support system was critical to building my confidence, nailing my "why" and ultimately making the decision to go to business school. Once in Business School, while I navigated the competitive MBA Internship process, I heavily leaned on my "Career Fellow" and other Second Years who could provide guidance and support, and frankly helped me keep my head held high in an overwhelming process. Their roles as both coach and cheerleaders were what made me passionate about the power of coaching - and I hope to bring with me to anyone I am coaching!
Work Experience
Product Operations Manager
July 2023 - Present
Senior Business Transformation Associate
August 2022 - May 2023
Senior Customer Marketing Specialist
GoTo
2018 - 2020
Digital Marketing Specialist
Year Up
2016 - 2018
Patricia was also given offers to work at
Nutanix
Guild Education
Education
Duke's Fuqua School of Business
MBA, Strategy
2020 - 2022
Forte Fellow Scholarship Recipient & highly involved student leader, including: Career Fellow / Co-Director, 2022 Sustainable Business & Social Impact Conference (SBSI) / Energy Development & the Global Environment (EDGE) Fellow / Fuqua Client Consulting Practicum (FCCP) Fellow / Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) Fellow
Villanova University
Bachelor's of Arts, Communications
2010 - 2014
Patricia was also personally admitted to
Michigan's Ross School of Business
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Overall Rating
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