A practitioner who has made the moves others are told they can't.
The script for someone from India's public sector does not usually include a top European MBA, a seat at a tier-one strategy firm, or a project leadership role at a Silicon Valley AI start-up. And the market did not make it easier: this was one of the most AI-disrupted global hiring cycles in recent memory.
What carried me through was not a CV that read like the tier-one signals recruiters are trained to look for first (top strategy consulting, bulge-bracket investment banking, MANGO tech or Big 4 audit). It was a credible, well-positioned story that explained where I had been, what I had learned and why I was the right person for what came next.
Most non-traditional candidates have a story just as compelling. They have simply never been taught how to tell it in a way admissions committees and recruiters can hear. That is the gap Crestwise exists to close.