Silpa Sarma

Experience

1. Senior Expert Coach

   Fortuna Admissions

   May 2021 — Present

   As a Senior Expert Coach at Fortuna Admissions, I advise candidates from around the world who are applying to top MBA programs, working with an unparalleled team of seasoned business school professionals from schools including Wharton, Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, Chicago Booth, Columbia, Cornell, Stern, Duke, INSEAD, Kellogg, IE and London Business School. Fortuna Admissions is an elite team of former senior MBA admissions staff and industry experts offering tailored advice and coaching to business school applicants. We coach candidates through the highly competitive admissions process for top MBA programs, from identifying target schools, developing an application strategy that will effectively showcase their candidacy, through an iterative process of developing the application and coaching for interviews. The Fortuna team is regularly quoted on business school topics by a range of media including Forbes, the Financial Times, the Economist, the Wall Street Journal, Business Week and US News.

Education

• University of Pennsylvania

  BA, Economics, Mathematics

  2001 — 2005

• Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management

  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

  2009 — 2011

Skills

• Competitive Analysis
• Financial Services
• Mutual Funds
• Risk Management
• Budgets
• Finance
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Six Sigma
• Equities
• Financial Analysis
• Valuation
• Business Strategy
• Program Management
• Financial Modeling
• Equity Research
• Pricing
• Forecasting
• Investments
• Internal Audit
• Corporate Finance