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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:	Boston Young Entrepreneurs, MIT GSW 2007, Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship (QRCE)
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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