Rob Cherun
Business Administration graduate from The University of Western Ontario, currently pursuing MBA at Stanford
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Full-Time Student |
| Groups: | BASES, Stanford GSB Entrepreneur Club |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Stanford Business School, University of Western Ontario |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | American Museum of Natural History |
| Position: | Junior Council Steering Committee |
| Description: | Organized events |
| Employer: | Daytrippers Children’s Charity |
| Position: | Corporate Sponsorship Advisor |
| Description: | Co-led drive to obtain $70,000 |
| Employer: | Morgan Stanley |
| Position: | Senior Associate, Business Management and Strategy |
| Time period: | December 2005 - November 2008 |
| Description: | Core restructuring team that led turnaround in Global Wealth Management Division, with specific focus on compensation, client experience, talent management, cost-cutting, real-estate, and market planning
· Increased Division pre-tax income from $393M in ’05 to $1,155M in ’07 · Reorganized $1B+ compensation for the field (8,000 Financial Advisors, 450 Managers, 3000 Assistants) and communicated major changes through road shows, webcasts and presentations · Managed and led business-practice remediation of $90M+ class-action lawsuit against division |
| Employer: | McKinsey & Company |
| Position: | Business Analyst - Top quartile performance ranking |
| Time period: | December 2003 - November 2006 |
| Description: | Serviced clients in payments, financial services, technology and retail; led full-time client teams, directed problem-solving sessions, and communicated cogent, synthesized solutions, e.g.,
· Modeled system-wide growth, pricing, and valuation economics for a complex financial services value chain, evaluated potential organizational forms the entity could consider using in the future to maximize value for client owners · Conducted an ~$60 million cross-functional transformation for a leading retailer’s (~$7B in sales) marketing group by redesigning its current processes to best practice and defining its IT needs to meet future business requirements · Simulated the evolution of the Canadian food retailing industry for one of Canada’s top retailers ($27B in sales), and worked with senior management to construct future format and non-retail business plans/initiatives · Developed global knowledge pieces on subjects including Asian Innovation, RQ, and NA food retail |
| Employer: | PricewaterhouseCoopers |
| Position: | Associate, Assurance and Business Advisory Services |
| Time period: | May 2003 - July 2003 |
| Employer: | CellCompare.ca |
| Position: | Founder and President |
| Time period: | December 2000 - November 2003 |
| Description: | Web Company that matched cell phone plans in Ontario to individual consumer needs.
· Observed web traffic of over 10,000 independent web page requests per month · Organized all business creation functions (business plan, government licenses, bank accounts, financing, marketing, IT, proposals, human resources, programming, multimedia development) |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford Business School |
| Time period: | 2007 - 2010 |
| Degree: | MBA |
| University: | University of Western Ontario |
| Time period: | 2001 - 2004 |
| Degree: | Honors Business Administration, BA |
| University: | University of Western Ontario |
| Time period: | 1999 - 2002 |
| Degree: | Candidate for Bachelor of Arts, Psychology and Classical History |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Skiing – volunteered to teach disabled children how to ski; member of the Varsity Western Ski Team |
| Memberships: | HBA Accounting Association, President – developed inaugural year of corporate sponsorship |
| Awards: | · Placed third at DEX International Case Competition in Financial Services against 12,000 competitors
· Received Western Scholarship of Distinction, Lieutenant Governor’s Community Volunteer Award · Winner of Otago National New Zealand Business Case Competition (during Spring 2004 exchange in Dunedin, New Zealand) |
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Michael Dawson
Ethics, Politics, & Economics graduate from Yale, currently pursuing MBA at Stanford. CEO and Co-Founder of Quire, Inc.
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Jennifer Eident
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Class of 2010