NO. 4 DRAFT PICK
Emmanuelle Skala
College: Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University (dossier)
Age: 28
Hometown: Newton, Mass.
Other Degrees: B.S. in Industrial Management and French, Carnegie Mellon University, 1994
E-mail: e_skala@yahoo.com
Web Site: www.stern.nyu.edu
RESUME AT A GLANCE
Skala thinks the most important experience she's had so far is helping startup Expert Commerce, where she's director of business development and sales, shift from a b-to-c to a b-to-b business model. But she also knows her way around corporate venture capital from working at Lucent's New Ventures Group, and she developed solid project-management skills inside Intel (INTC).
HOOP DREAMS
Even though Skala always wanted to get her MBA, she initially had reservations about going to business school. "In the Internet Economy, now's the time to be out there," says Skala. It was the full scholarship to Stern that clinched the deal for her.
A self-described "self-starter and great networker," she vowed to learn in real time by working three out of four semesters while at school. Her last part-time gig at Expert Commerce required her to develop the business plan and build a team. Now she's looking to join an early-stage Internet technology or infrastructure company with a great management team that needs her to lead business development. But the job has to be in Boston, where her husband will be attending business school next year.
Reading books like Tom Peters' The Pursuit of Wow! provided some inspiration she couldn't get in the ivory tower. "It helps you define your goals and makes you want to go out and conquer the world," she says.
Skala likes to wow herself by skydiving and running three to four miles a day. Don't expect her to return your e-mail in June, though: She and her husband will be whitewater rafting the Amazon.
THE JUDGES SAY
"She has the strength of a significant amount of operating experience that will be directly applicable to the Internet environment," says Jana Rich.
Rating: 7.2
Salary: $89,000
