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[Amit]

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Though somewhat late I would like to welcome you to the Johnson School thread and to congratulate you for your interest in this phenomenal community. My name is Amit Nisenbaum and I am a recent alum of the Johnson School. I graduated last year and currently work at one of the strategy consulting firms mentioned in this thread out of the Boston office.

I will love to answer any questions you have from an alum point of view but before doing that let me provide some context. If you are one of the many prospective applicants I already met feel free to skip the coming paragraph, as nothing there will be new to you.

My background is somewhat diverse. I spent six years in the Israeli Navy serving as a Naval officer, after leaving the Navy I studied computer science in the Technion and worked full time in parallel to my studies at Kidum. I started as an instructor in preparation courses for the psychometric exams, was promoted to the position of director of instruction and again to the position of regional VP. After graduating from the Technion I joined a start-up where I established and ran the R&D department, I left that company to run product and business development in couple of other start-ups. At the Johnson School I took the Entrepreneurship and Private Equity (EPE) immersion, I was a partner in BR Ventures, the Johnson School Venture Capital firm and a founding director of BR Incubator, the Johnson School business incubator. Finally, I was the chair of the Johnson Admissions Group (JAG), the group of students that work with the admissions office reading applications and interviewing prospective students. These days I am working at BCG with a focus on the technology and telecom industry.

After this long introduction I will just reiterate my willingness to answer any questions you have. I strongly believe that the growing Israeli community in the leading US MBA programs in general and in the Johnson School specifically is something that will help all of us and I am committed to support this trend.

Reading the questions and replies on this thread I found one question I would like to answer. As for top consulting firms that recruit in the Johnson School, the list Yinnon provided is a list of companies that consistently recruited in the Johnson School. We have great track record with these firms and especially with Deloitte. The other firms come and go according to the needs of the hour. McK came to campus last year and I believe they will come also this year. Bain did that before but not for the last couple of years. When BCG comes to campus it is usually for P.hd students. Dave, if the Johnson School web site said specifically that these firms will come to campus this year this is just great and is another proof of the recovering economy. But make sure that this is what is written exactly. Usually schools don’t commit for anything but provide a list of companies that recruited on campus in the past. This is true for all schools not just the Johnson school.

One advice I will give those of you that will get admitted to any school, be active about your job search! The most successful students are the ones that are proactive in general and at the context of the job search specifically. BTW – this is the place we see the real advantage Johnson School students have, they are PROACTIVE. The atmosphere at school encourages students to take this approach, which benefit them in spades.

Finally, I would like to congratulate Yinnon for being proactive in the realm of the IIMBA. He is continuing a long tradition of Israeli leadership in the Johnson School which we would like to continue. We hope that we will be able to find the right ones between of you that will be able to help us doing so.

All the best,

Amit