Honor Society® member
Amy Kao
Google for Work Apps Team - Summer Intern at Google
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Business Administration
- Class of 2017
- Edison, New Jersey
Member since June 2016
About
Amy is currently pursuing her MBA degree at the Yale School of Management and will graduate in May 2017. She interned at Google in Singapore on the Google for Work Apps team for the summer. Prior to Yale, she worked as a Management Consultant within Deloitte’s Strategy and Operations team servicing clients across the pharmaceutical and financial services industries. Recently, she has returned from Shanghai, China as a Global Fellow working on an Emerging Market Growth Strategy project for a leading pharmaceutical company. Outside of her professional career, she serves as the Founder and Chairman of the International Music and Arts Society, a global non-profit organization dedicated to bringing enriching music programs to local and global communities.
Passionate about creating positive change through social impact, Amy has volunteered and provided pro-bono consulting services for educational and community development projects in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Panama, China, Italy, France, and Taiwan. In her spare time, Amy enjoys traveling, scuba diving, training for marathons, walking the runways of New York Fashion Week, and serving as a role model to impact youth as a local titleholder of the Miss America Scholarship Organization. Amy is extremely interested in the intersection of business and development, and looks forward to becoming a global leader in the social impact arena.
Education
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Yale School of Management
MBA
2015 – 2017
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Oxford University
Study Abroad
2010
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Carnegie Mellon University
Business Administration/Policy Management
2008 – 2012
Honors and awards
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NJ Governors Jefferson Public Service Award Recipient 2016
Selected among hundreds of applicants as the Ambassador Award recipient, who has served as an outstanding public service ambassador for the state of New Jersey.
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Miss Connecticut U.S. International 2016
Crowned as Miss CT USI 2016 and represented CT at the Miss United States International Pageant in Orlando, Florida - officially national prelim pageant to Miss International Pageant held in Tokyo, Japan.
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Facebook Hackathon Winner 2015
Winner of Facebook Hackathon Case Competition to develop an app to revolutionalize Facebook's current features and functionality. Selected as 1st price winner among 13 other business schools (judging panel consistent of Facebook CIO and product managers).
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ASPIRE's Outstanding Woman of the Year Award 2010
Selected out of 200 applicants for outstanding community leadership; Delivered speech at the annual Asian Women Leaders Conference.
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Liberty Mutual Responsible Scholar 2010
Selected as 1 of 5 students across the nation to receive a $10,000 award for founding a non-profit organization on campus with a global impact.
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Goldman Sachs Scholar and Award Winner
Selected by Goldman Sachs Committee to receive $10,000 scholarship for outstanding performance and potential in the financial services industry.
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Connecticut 40 Under 40
Named Connecticut's 40 Under 40 list, by Connecticut Magazine
Goals and interests
- Career goal
Social Enterprise and Non-Profit Management Consulting
- Graduate school interests
Social Enterprise: This past year, I traveled to South Africa and had the opportunity to work with local entrepreneurs on their business plans to drive triple bottom line growth. This upcoming semester, I have been accepted into Yale's Global Social Enterprise course and will have the opportunity to work with micro-entrepreneurs and grass-root organizations in India to help them empower their business and grow their triple bottom line.
Technology: This summer, I am an intern at Google on the Google for Work Apps team in Singapore.
- Outside the classroom
Scuba diving; Traveling the world; Speedcubing; Chess; Shopping; Exploring different cuisine; Serving as the spokesperson for the developmentally disabled community in NJ
Experience
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Google for Work Apps Team - Summer Intern
Google
May 2016 – Aug 2016
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Management Consulting - Strategy and Operations
Deloitte Consulting
Aug 2012 – Aug 2015
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Investment Banking - Summer Analyst
Wells Fargo
May 2012 – Aug 2012
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Sales and Trading - Summer Analyst
Citigroup
May 2011 – Aug 2011
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Personal Market - Claims Specialist - Summer Intern
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Jun 2010 – Sep 2010
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Office of the Child Advocate - Summer Intern
New Jersey State Department
Jun 2009 – Aug 2009
Volunteering
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Chairman and Founder
International Music and Arts Society
Jan 2010 – Present
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Founder
People to People International, Carnegie Mellon Chapter
Sep 2008 – May 2012
Languages
- English (US) Advanced
- Chinese (Taiwan) Advanced
- Chinese (Simplified) Advanced
- French (France) Beginner
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