CCTMC Connect

Fall 2022

Welcome to the CCTMC Connect, a publication by the Consulting Club of the Texas Medical Center. The Connect showcases our distinguished alumni, recaps past and highlights ongoing projects, and spotlights industry leading consulting firms from a personal perspective. The Connect serves as a resources for advance degree candidates to explore the career of management consulting.

To the CCTMC Community,

We are pleased to announce the third issue of CCTMC Connect in 2022. This third quarter has been busy for all of us in the CCTMC community, but different divisions all gained amazing achievements. Education team spearheaded the organization of the successful Women in Consulting series in collaboration with 10 other consulting clubs, with the highest-ever attendance of 100+. Wonderful discussions were carried out among students and female consultants from Bain, BCG, McKinsey, LEK, IQVIA and Health Advances. Community division successfully hosted our first in-person social with Mercury Data Science. This is the first social we have hosted with a consulting firm and the division is looking forward to organizing more events to provide different avenues for members to network with firms and gain career development advice. The Business Development division kept doing an excellent job by bringing in another 4 projects during the fall cycle. They worked together with the Agency division to put a perfect end to all projects that we have this year. More projects will open at the beginning of 2023 and please keep tuned for updates. Finance and Marketing division gained this huge benefit for members by acquiring a 20% discount from Case Coach, the market-leading case preparation toolkit, for all our members within the Texas Medical Center. Apply the coupon code now if you are preparing for interviews!

In this issue, we have an exclusive and exciting interview with Mr. Pedro Martinez-Berrios who graduated from the Jones School of Business at Rice in 2022 with an MBA. He will be joining Deloitte as a consultant. The interview is especially important for providing interesting pointers on networking. Pedro provides a treasure trove of information on networking, the application process, and preparation. In addition, we have a short information section with an overview of the healthcare industry to help you with healthcare related consultant cases. We also have an informational article on our past quarter’s discussion panel on women in consulting and an exciting crossword that you can fill in to enter our raffle to win $50!

As always, we hope that the information provided here is valuable and helps you as you explore the consulting career.

Dibya Mishra and Neethu Pottackal

CCTMC Connect Editors

Cheryl Jiang

VP, Finance and Marketing

simone-hutsch-_wpce-AsLxk-unsplashcrop.j

Fall 2022 BY THE NUMBERS

400+ active members
120+ paying members
Over eight TMC institutions represented
Three ongoing agency projects

In this issue:

CONSULTING CORNER

Consulting Corner highlights a diverse array of management consulting firms through interviews with current consultants or offer holders. Get a personal perspective on company culture, the recruitment process, and career progression.

In this issue, we interview Pedro Martinez-Berrios, a senior consultant at Monitor Deloitte. Join us as we chat with Pedro, to learn about his career path and education at Rice and journey into consulting.

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

The industry overview takes a look at the healthcare industry and the United States expenditure on healthcare services. See where consulting fits in!

DIVISION OUTLOOK

Division Outlook recaps recent updates from each of our six divisions: Externals, Community, Education, Agency, Business Development, and Finance and Marketing. Find out what we've been up to and hear about upcoming opportunities to join as we build the future of CCTMC.

CROSSWORD

How good is your knowledge of case interview-related keywords? Try out our new crossword and see if you can get the correct answers. Submit the answer for at least 10 words for a chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card!

WOMEN IN CONSULTING

SEMINAR SERIES RECAP

Did you miss our "Women in Consulting" two-part seminar series? Do you want to read a recap? Take a look through our discussion to learn more about women and their views and experiences in the industry!

CONSULTING AT TMC

The Consulting Club at the Texas Medical Center is non-profit organization for advanced degree candidates (MD, PhD, and Postdoctoral Fellows) that are interested in management consulting. We aim to train the brightest minds in the biomedical sciences to transition from academia to careers in management consulting.

Our team expertly curates a collection of programs designed to hone the business acumen of our members. We also host an array of networking sessions, panel discussions, and training sessions to rigorously prepare our members for the management consulting recruitment process.