{"id":11,"date":"2025-12-05T15:54:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T23:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.cob.sjsu.edu\/rhearamalingam\/points\/woman-in-business-vp-of-consulting\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T15:54:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T23:54:26","slug":"woman-in-business-vp-of-consulting","status":"publish","type":"points","link":"https:\/\/community.cob.sjsu.edu\/rhearamalingam\/points\/woman-in-business-vp-of-consulting\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman in Business &#8211; VP of Consulting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"174\" data-end=\"747\"><strong data-start=\"174\" data-end=\"222\">Job function (overall role, assigned tasks):<\/strong><br data-start=\"222\" data-end=\"225\" \/>As the Vice President of Consulting, I managed the organization\u2019s consulting division and oversaw project teams working with local businesses and student-led ventures. My role included recruiting and training new analysts, coordinating project timelines, facilitating client communication, and ensuring that each engagement delivered actionable insights and high-quality deliverables. I also collaborated with the executive board to design professional development programming for members interested in consulting careers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"749\" data-end=\"776\"><strong data-start=\"749\" data-end=\"774\">Examples of projects:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"777\" data-end=\"1480\">\n<li data-start=\"777\" data-end=\"1042\">\n<p data-start=\"779\" data-end=\"1042\">Led multiple student consulting engagements with local companies and startups.<br data-start=\"857\" data-end=\"860\" \/>\u2022 Guided teams through market research, competitive analysis, and operational assessments.<br data-start=\"952\" data-end=\"955\" \/>\u2022 Reviewed deliverables, coached analysts, and ensured alignment with client goals.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1043\" data-end=\"1248\">\n<p data-start=\"1045\" data-end=\"1248\">Developed training modules on case interviews, problem-solving frameworks, and slide-deck storytelling.<br data-start=\"1148\" data-end=\"1151\" \/>\u2022 Hosted workshops to prepare members for recruiting cycles in consulting and strategy roles.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1249\" data-end=\"1480\">\n<p data-start=\"1251\" data-end=\"1480\">Oversaw semester-long internal consulting projects focused on organizational improvement.<br data-start=\"1340\" data-end=\"1343\" \/>\u2022 Streamlined internal processes, improved team communication workflows, and enhanced documentation standards for future project teams.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1482\" data-end=\"2093\"><strong data-start=\"1482\" data-end=\"1532\">What I learned and how it relates to my major:<\/strong><br data-start=\"1532\" data-end=\"1535\" \/>This leadership experience strengthened my skills in strategic analysis, project management, and structured problem solving\u2014directly connecting to coursework in business strategy, operations, and organizational behavior. I gained hands-on experience applying frameworks such as SWOT, root-cause analysis, and process mapping to real clients. Managing teams also improved my leadership, communication, and client-management abilities, which are essential competencies in consulting and align closely with the analytical and managerial foundations of my major.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2701,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","points","type-points","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.cob.sjsu.edu\/rhearamalingam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.cob.sjsu.edu\/rhearamalingam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.cob.sjsu.edu\/rhearamalingam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/points"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.cob.sjsu.edu\/rhearamalingam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2701"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.cob.sjsu.edu\/rhearamalingam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/community.cob.sjsu.edu\/rhearamalingam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points\/11\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.cob.sjsu.edu\/rhearamalingam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}