Instructions : In 500 words, or less describe how your education and work, and life experience will contribute to your classmates' MBA experi7ence.
I believe that my engineering degree will offer lots of opportunities for knowledge and expertise exchange with students from finance, business and other educational backgrounds. The engineering skills set will prove remarkable for integration of different ideas and perspectives pertaining to diverse issues we will face during case studies and group projects. Moreover, I have recently secured a highly demanding certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) that grants me Project Management Professional (PMP) credentials. While studying the material provided by the institute I realized that my company, COMPANY, actually follows most of the PMI's frameworks and procedures, and that I had already used many of them in practice. Considering how important energy sector is for Kazakhstan's economy, I am sure that both theoretical and practical knowledge I possess in this field will be beneficial for my classmates.
Throughout the 7 years that I have been working in COMPANY, the leading oilfield service provider in the Middle East, I have had a chance to work in different departments and roles. Shortly after completing the technical training, I decided to switch to construction in order to get hands-on experience and deeply understand the challenges of the industry. I was soon deputed to Turkmenistan project, where all members of our team and all subcontractor personnel that I was working with were much elder than me (I was 22 at that time). In addition to that, I didn't have any construction experience when I joined. It was one the most challenging situations I had ever been in my life before. But instead of despair I responded to that challenge with perseverance and dedication, which gradually earned me good reputation and respect of the team. The amount of trust and belief I had received from the management helped me to unleash my leadership potential and greatly boosted my self-confidence. I will bring these abilities and experience with me to the UNIVERSITY.
Upon completion of that project I continued working in the main office in Project Engineering department receiving completely different insights on the project execution. Such diversified experience has given me a very comprehensive understanding of the overall EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) projects execution. I would be delighted to share my professional experience with other students, and to find out the common and differing features of the Kazakhstan's local and other international markets.
Finally, having worked for two years in Turkmenistan and for the rest of my career in the Middle East region, I have always been a part of international teams. I have closely worked with a wide range of nationalities and cultures, which has taught me to get along with diverse people and has helped me to make a lot of friends around the globe. These interactions will allow me to bring one more dimension to UNIVERSITY's already diverse culture. I would love to share the insights I gained with my classmates, and I look forward to enriching my world with the insights of others.
bringing more dimension
I believe that my engineering degree will offer lots of opportunities for knowledge and expertise exchange with students from finance, business and other educational backgrounds. The engineering skills set will prove remarkable for integration of different ideas and perspectives pertaining to diverse issues we will face during case studies and group projects. Moreover, I have recently secured a highly demanding certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) that grants me Project Management Professional (PMP) credentials. While studying the material provided by the institute I realized that my company, COMPANY, actually follows most of the PMI's frameworks and procedures, and that I had already used many of them in practice. Considering how important energy sector is for Kazakhstan's economy, I am sure that both theoretical and practical knowledge I possess in this field will be beneficial for my classmates.
Throughout the 7 years that I have been working in COMPANY, the leading oilfield service provider in the Middle East, I have had a chance to work in different departments and roles. Shortly after completing the technical training, I decided to switch to construction in order to get hands-on experience and deeply understand the challenges of the industry. I was soon deputed to Turkmenistan project, where all members of our team and all subcontractor personnel that I was working with were much elder than me (I was 22 at that time). In addition to that, I didn't have any construction experience when I joined. It was one the most challenging situations I had ever been in my life before. But instead of despair I responded to that challenge with perseverance and dedication, which gradually earned me good reputation and respect of the team. The amount of trust and belief I had received from the management helped me to unleash my leadership potential and greatly boosted my self-confidence. I will bring these abilities and experience with me to the UNIVERSITY.
Upon completion of that project I continued working in the main office in Project Engineering department receiving completely different insights on the project execution. Such diversified experience has given me a very comprehensive understanding of the overall EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) projects execution. I would be delighted to share my professional experience with other students, and to find out the common and differing features of the Kazakhstan's local and other international markets.
Finally, having worked for two years in Turkmenistan and for the rest of my career in the Middle East region, I have always been a part of international teams. I have closely worked with a wide range of nationalities and cultures, which has taught me to get along with diverse people and has helped me to make a lot of friends around the globe. These interactions will allow me to bring one more dimension to UNIVERSITY's already diverse culture. I would love to share the insights I gained with my classmates, and I look forward to enriching my world with the insights of others.
