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ABOUT ABBY

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EDUCATION

I studied business and accounting at UC San Diego before finalizing my plans to join Bain & Company, one of the Big Three management consultancies, in 2022. While I have a broad range of experience in accounting, finance, and consulting, my penchant is for strategy. I also have an extensive track record teaching professional development and mentoring business-focused students.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Prior to Bain, I worked for Bainbridge Consulting, a management consulting firm recognized by Forbes as one of America's Best Management Consulting Firms, as well as Sound Technologies, a division of VCA (Veterinary Centers of America) and the global veterinary imaging leader. At Bainbridge, I worked on projects for Fortune 500 clients and conducted extensive industry research. At Sound, I helped develop standard operating procedures across 6 sub-divisions within the Inside Sales department.

My work within business strategy also extends to my project management experience for Triton Consulting Group. I've led teams of 4-6 on two separate engagements. My team worked directly with the owner of Elixir Espresso Bar, a San Diego coffee bar with 3 locations, to alleviate top-line financial concerns and propose turnaround solutions. I've also led a project serving UCSD IT Services to facilitate the smooth and successful launch of a required security software in just a couple of months to all 30,000 UCSD undergraduate students. Outside of directly leading project teams, I also served as Client Lead and Head of Consulting, which involved securing 15+ clients, staffing teams, and managing a network of ~20 projects.

I've also juggled a few roles at startups, including digital strategy at Nakamura Partners, a healthcare-focused systems engineering firm that partners with notable industry leaders such as IBM, and account management at AbovChem, a pharmaceutical sales company and BirdoTech Pharma Group subsidiary. 

MENTORSHIP EXPERIENCE

I have mentored 50+ UCSD students and offered career guidance to a handful of high school and college students. Outside of individual mentorship, I have developed curriculum for and taught 4 separate 6-week professional development bootcamps. My mentees have landed internships and jobs at Bain & Company, Amazon, Ernst & Young, KPMG, Kaiser Permanente, IBM, Western Union, AT&T, and more.

EXPERIENCE

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ABOUT AJ ADVISING

I founded AJ Advisory in 2021 out of a desire to further scale up my mentorship and give back to my community in a meaningful way. AJ Advisory focuses on personalized professional development tailored to each student, including individual resume and cover letter revisions, mock interview coaching, and career planning and advising. All coaching services and sessions are 1-on-1 and offered at affordable rates for high school and college students.

 

My mission is to provide broad professional development coaching for high school and college students studying business or aiming toward a business-related career path (finance, accounting, consulting, entrepreneurship, etc.) in order to help them develop a strong professional foundation with transferable skills.

 

My vision is twofold: 1) to encourage and enable my students to pursue their professional dreams with confidence and success, and 2) to develop future leaders who will give back to their own communities in generous, fruitful, and meaningful ways.

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