Venus Tse - McCombs MBA 2009

EDUCATION

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, McCombs School of Business - Austin, Texas

Master of Business Administration, Double Degree Program

Concentration in Management; GPA 3.61

THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG - Hong Kong, China

Master of Business Administration, Double Degree Program

Concentration in Finance; GPA 3.54; MBA Academic Scholarship

July 2009

PURDUE UNIVERSITY - West Lafayette, Indiana

Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Concentration in Semiconductors, Minor in Management

December 2004

EXPERIENCE

PROCTER & GAMBLE - Austin, Texas

01/09 - 06/09

Consultant, Operations Practicum

- Investigate damaged/expired product inventory management issues utilizing lean manufacturing and six sigma processes; analyze inventory and point of sale data using data mining and statistical models to identify trends in distribution curves; captured damage/expiry cause codes most correlated to damage/expiry data and generated hypotheses for field investigation

- Analyze the supply chain and customer logistics facilities for healthcare and beauty care line of SKUs to identify causes of product damage/expiration; process improvement recommendations resulted in damage cost reduction of $500,000 a month

REMODELINGBIDS.COM - Austin, Texas

Start-up online remodeling contractor referral platform that launched businesses in January 2009.

08/08 - 12/08

Consultant, PLUS Project

- Performed due diligence and business valuation of e-commerce company prior to official launch

- Conducted company and industry analysis including financial projections, market potentials, industry competitive landscape, business launch strategy and operations management to improve business efficiency

- Prepared business plan and presentation materials for the company; initiatives resulted in the company successfully raising $1.5M in venture capital investments in January 2009

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN - Austin, Texas

08/09 - 12/08

Management Consultant, Executive MBA Program

- Led evaluations of the current program marketing strategy and materials; gathered quantitative and qualitative data through interviews and surveys to identify applicant needs and expectations

- Initiated analysis of qualitative data using text mining to identify the category of words most used in interview responses; performed clustering and collaborative filtering processes on quantitative survey data to analyze program brand equity

- Proposed the redefined program value proposition and redesigned the marketing strategy based on analysis results. Recommendations are currently implemented in the marketing campaign in Spring 2009

L’OREAL HONG KONG - Hong Kong, China

06/08 - 08/08

MBA Intern, Giorgio Armani Cosmetics

- Analyzed the effects of brand equity on new product sales using data from over 400 quantitative surveys using different statistical models such as multiple regression, ANOVA, clustering and classification trees; managed redesign of a new product launch strategy based on analysis

- Authored a report and presented findings and the new marketing strategy to the business development division; successful campaign led to strong sales and continuous expansion at 4 additional locations in Hong Kong

SYSTEMS AND CHIPS INC. - Taipei, Taiwan

07/05 - 08/07

Hardware Engineer/Project Manager

- Developed OrCAD schematics design for semiconductor application devices implementing the company’s Bluetooth IC’s

- Identified market opportunity, planned project budget, allocated team responsibilities, managed milestones, kept KPI scorecards and managed product lifecycle as project manager of a semiconductor application project; team comprised of 10 engineers, and close collaboration with the marketing, operations and sales teams

- Led cooperative projects on RF antenna designs with teams in the US and China; managed client relationships and provided technical consulting services; assisted on design implementation and operation processes at client sites

- Mentored and supervised the training of an intern; generated feedback and evaluated intern on development

ADDITIONAL

- Fluent: English, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese, Traditional and Simplified)

- International Exposure: Hong Kong, Singapore, London, West Lafayette IN, Taipei and Austin TX

- Citizenship: United Kingdom; Permanent Resident: Hong Kong; US Temporary Work Authorization

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