Kavita Patel Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Reversing the impact of life in corporate America through yoga, dance, art, and travel; Focusing on spending quality time with friends and family; Pursuing passion projects and reigniting my purpose

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Led multiple teams to drive strategy and operational excellence for Premium, Growth, and DEI Product teams. Pitched and received funding for LinkedIn's DEI product solutions partnering with LinkedIn's co-founder; led tiger team to define product strategy and roadmap, develop KPIs, and define operational processes; led to multiple products being rolled out including self-ID and anonymized recruiter search.Led a team of 4 to drive 20+% y/y growth in revenue for Premium; developed a standardized go to market process for new products - partnering with the Product Marketing lead; drove QBR and other exec presentations; managed annual and quarterly planning processes - aligning on roadmap and strategy across engineering, design, product, marketing, data scienceLed a team of 5 to drive 15+% y/y in member engagement, and a 2x improvement in notifications quality; improved efficiency of identifying and resolving product performance issues; partnered with data science and product to identify ways to improve quality of notifications across multiple channels; defined KPIs and set quarterly and annual targets to drive alignment on strategic goals and incentivize ambitious product deliverables.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Worked on projects across strategy, HR, sales, and operations in the tech, healthcare, travel, social impact, and insurance industries; Had significant exposure to C-suite and VP level clients, at major Fortune 500 companies, to help their organizations gain better clarity and alignment on their long-term strategies, increase retention of employees, improve productivity of their sales teams, and ensure a smooth post-merger integration process. In addition to my client work, I was involved in recruiting MBA candidates to BCG

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Tracked, forecasted, and reported on local sales upgrades, one of the most profitable departments at Yelp; Worked closely with Senior VPs and our Business Operations team to ensure accurate reporting on the impact of major operational changes to the CFO and COOIn addition to my ongoing forecasting and reporting work, I:- Assessed the potential implications of a change to the compensation structure for all employees for the CFO- Organized a variety of culture-building initiatives within FP&A to increase team collaboration

Washington, D.C., Us

Worked with large Fortune 500 companies, major bilateral and multilateral donors, and government agencies to identify innovative new methods to deliver existing programs and services; Often paired insights, based on strong data-driven analysis and in-depth interviews, with facilitated ideation workshops to ensure stakeholder alignment on future strategy. In addition to my project work, I was involved in a variety of internal initiatives, including:- increasing the efficiency of IT purchases and services- identifying a new laptop that better met employee needs within a similar budget__Dalberg is a leading global management consulting company focused on enhancing the social impact of companies, Governments, NGOs and multilaterals.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Ae

GEMS was interested in developing a brand new line of low-cost private schools in Africa to add to its portfolio. In collaboration with senior team members, I identified markets in which to start the new schools, developed a business plan based on interviews with leaders of existing low-cost private schools, and developed an initial roll-out plan for Year 1. GEMS has since opened 7 profitable low-cost private schools in Kampala, Uganda. --GEMS is the largest private school operator in the world with schools in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.

New York, Ny, Us

In an effort to improve the operational efficiency of IT teams housed in the nation's largest healthcare provider's, I constructed a project tracking tool to track 79 process improvements that would reduce call-drop rates and identified bottlenecks across 6 workstreams in the IT lifecycle management process that led to follow-on work to stream line these workstreams and improve efficiencyI also worked with the recruiting team to develop processes to increase A&M's brand recognition within top MBA programs, and increase the total applicant pool. -- Alvarez & Marsal is a global professional services provider best known for their work in winding down Lehman Brothers after Lehman declared bankruptcy in 2008.

Oakland, California, Us

Managed the budgets of 13 severely underfunded schools located in Central Valley California (Stockton, Sacramento, and Modesto). The schools, in total, had $37 million in funds, which was, on average, 30% less than the national average. Coordinated across IT, Academics, HR, and Operations to ensure principals had sufficient resources to make necessary purchases and improvements, often helping to prioritize purchases based on impact to student outcomesI also supported a variety of activities designed to build and maintain the culture of Aspire, despite geographic distance.--As of 2013, Aspire Public Schools was the largest charter school operator in California with 34 charter schools focused on providing quality academic results in low-income communities.

Washington, Dc, Us

Served as the country expert for India, Singapore, the Philippines, Vietnam, and a variety of other small Asian countries, which included creating and managing quarterly forecasts for all countries and creating preparatory material for the Board of Governors and Chairman Bernanke prior to meetings with major foreign officials. Selected to serve on a special task force analyzing the potential impact of the Greek Debt Crisis on the US economy.In addition to my forecasting work at the Federal Reserve, I:- Created and organized a series of lunch and learns to help RAs meet these needs (resulting in RAs reporting a greater confidence and understanding of resources and career options available to them)- Co-led a K-12 education outreach program on financial literacy and monetary policy, helping it grow by 200%- Planned and executed a division-wide Christmas party that led to unprecedented donations to the local soup kitchen through a friendly team-based competitionPerformance Recognition: Received performance rating reserved for less than 10% of Research Assistants in recognition of outstanding contributions to the division (November 2011)--The Federal Reserve Board of Governors' International Finance Division is responsible for researching and monitoring events in all international markets, and recommending policy-based actions to Board Governors.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

General Course, Econometrics And Mathematical Economics

B.S; B.A, Economics; International Affairs

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