WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.420 So my name is Adrianne Verga. 2 00:00:02.420 --> 00:00:05.860 I'm a management consultant for Boston Consulting Group. 3 00:00:05.860 --> 00:00:08.630 line:15% So management consulting actually varies 4 00:00:09.620 --> 00:00:12.820 line:15% within skill sets, specialties. 5 00:00:12.820 --> 00:00:16.930 line:15% So primarily, what I focus on, is technology strategy. 6 00:00:16.930 --> 00:00:20.320 line:15% From a digital standpoint, we help industries 7 00:00:20.320 --> 00:00:22.890 line:15% become more modern, from their architecture 8 00:00:22.890 --> 00:00:27.610 line:15% to their data sets and overall transformation. 9 00:00:27.610 --> 00:00:30.870 line:15% It could be from traditional waterfall methodologies 10 00:00:30.870 --> 00:00:33.660 to an agile transformation. 11 00:00:33.660 --> 00:00:38.660 From my level, we actually have, what we call, proposals. 12 00:00:38.820 --> 00:00:42.030 Clients give us problems to solve, 13 00:00:42.030 --> 00:00:44.980 which is also a big thing why you go to MBA schools, 14 00:00:44.980 --> 00:00:45.813 you go to business schools. 15 00:00:45.813 --> 00:00:47.780 They always teach you case studies. 16 00:00:47.780 --> 00:00:51.210 Case studies is basically how you solve problems. 17 00:00:51.210 --> 00:00:53.330 It's our way of analyzing how you think, 18 00:00:53.330 --> 00:00:55.750 your framework so basically. 19 00:00:55.750 --> 00:01:00.370 Currently, at my role at BCG, I'm in a division 20 00:01:00.370 --> 00:01:04.800 line:15% called PIPE, Principal Investors & Private Equity. 21 00:01:04.800 --> 00:01:09.800 line:15% So we mostly focus on PE firms or investment banking firms 22 00:01:09.910 --> 00:01:12.853 who are looking to make a bid on clients. 23 00:01:13.720 --> 00:01:16.960 Some of our cases revolve in post-merger integration, 24 00:01:16.960 --> 00:01:19.090 M&A type of work. 25 00:01:19.090 --> 00:01:22.640 It takes proper coordination to be able to handle 26 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:27.640 all the data and to be able to, not only get the data, 27 00:01:27.820 --> 00:01:29.160 but to make sense of it. 28 00:01:29.160 --> 00:01:32.390 And that's also another skill set that consultants 29 00:01:32.390 --> 00:01:34.760 bring to the table, is how can we bring insights 30 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:38.750 and what value are we providing the client? 31 00:01:38.750 --> 00:01:40.180 With a management consultant, 32 00:01:40.180 --> 00:01:42.750 you're actually expected to be traveling 33 00:01:42.750 --> 00:01:45.693 almost 99%, 90%. 34 00:01:46.580 --> 00:01:50.680 So I'm constantly traveling from Sunday to Thursday, 35 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:55.180 line:15% but it's an adventure and especially being young 36 00:01:55.180 --> 00:01:56.330 line:15% and at this career level. 37 00:01:56.330 --> 00:01:58.810 line:15% I've been to California for six months. 38 00:01:58.810 --> 00:02:01.270 line:15% I've been to Boston, Chicago. 39 00:02:01.270 --> 00:02:05.073 This career really allowed me to grow and be adventurous.